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The lawsuit "seeks to prevent the early release of inmates until such time as the statutorily-required notice to the inmates’ victims is provided"

The suit says counties are unfairly stuck with the costs of housing, feeding and providing medical and psychiatric care for inmates

The bill would limit confinement to no more than 15 consecutive days and prohibit placing anyone in solitary who is pregnant or has a physical or mental disability

The order means that it could be four more months until justices decide whether a newly organized firing squad or the electric chair are legal methods of execution

Inmates will be allowed access to limited services, including substance use treatment and mental health diagnoses

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of 182 inmates over "some of the most brutal death row conditions in the country"

The 22 attorney generals said the devices allow prisoners to plot violence and carry out crimes

The lawsuits were dismissed after the inmates' attorneys and the DOC said improvements to inmate living conditions had been made

Javarick Gantt, a deaf man who relied on sign language to communicate, was found dead inside his cell last October

DCFS and Family Services allegedly wrongfully incarcerated children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to their guardian

The woman sued over alleged mistreatment while in custody, but decided not to proceed the day before the trial was set to begin

The state’s latest attempt to end nearly 12 years without an execution is to pass a new shield law to protect the identities of drug providers

The state has sought to prevent the video from being released to the public, claiming the footage poses a security risk at the prison

Several other states, including California and Georgia, allow for a multi-day execution process

Kelly Ann McCann, convicted of fourth-degree assault, also sentenced to community service and probation for concussing a police officer