Legal

Ruling could block Alabama execution scheduled next week

Attorneys argue the low-IQ inmate should have been given help understanding the prison paperwork that laid the groundwork for the planned lethal injection

Mass. correctional officers union has day in court over vaccine mandate

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The case comes after the Massachusetts State Police unsuccessfully sued Gov. Charlie Baker

How this new gel/antidote combo provides a better less-lethal tool

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Reflex Protect Tactical

Reflex Protect Presidia Gel doesn’t spread once sprayed, and its effects can be easily reversed once compliance is achieved for quicker relief to the subject and a quicker return to duty for the officer

Judge holds DC jail officials in contempt in Jan. 6 riot case

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The inmate, who is accused of assaulting police officers, has yet to receive treatment for a broken wrist sustained in May

Do your social media posts pass the bullhorn test?

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Don't be misled into thinking the First Amendment protects you from becoming a social media career casualty

Washington’s new laws tie the hands of law enforcement officers

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These laws will cause every law enforcement and corrections agency and all its officers to reconsider the way they go about their jobs

Mich. judge: Courts can't set jail medication policy

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The ruling allows the jail's medical contractor to continue altering inmate prescriptions as it deems fit

Trials reset for inmates charged with killing Iowa prison employees

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Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a March incident that left a corrections officer and a nurse dead

Mistrial halts case on minimum wage for Wash. immigrant detainees

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A trial over whether immigration detainees must get minimum wage — instead of $1 a day — has ended with a hung jury

Okla. prison closure leads to job losses, feared economic devastation

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Nearly 140 employees work at the minimum-security prison. About 1,000 inmates will be moved to other facilities

Court orders California to move severely disabled defendants into treatment within 28 days

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Lawyers say too many mentally ill patients spend months in jail, where they suffer while awaiting medical attention

2 SC executions halted until firing squad formed

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Under the state's revised capital punishment law, inmates must have the choice between the electric chair and a firing squad

Jury to decide if immigration detainees should get minimum wage

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Jury selection is underway in a trial to determine whether GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees at its Wash. state immigration detention center