Legal
Legal issues in the correctional system encompass various topics, including inmate rights, staff conduct, and compliance with state and federal laws. This directory offers articles and resources on the legal aspects of correctional facility operations, helping staff stay informed about the regulations and policies that govern their work. Understanding legal responsibilities is essential for minimizing liability and ensuring facilities operate within the law. For more information, explore our section on Corrections Policies.
A maintenance worker shut off water to a toilet covering a hole in the wall after an inmate threatened to “shank” him, arrest documents state
Benjamin Ritchie was put to death by lethal injection for the 2000 murder of Beech Grove Officer Bill Toney, who was shot during a foot pursuit
Prosecutors say Lt. Chad Lester ordered false reports and threatened fellow officers after the 2022 in-custody death of Southern Regional Jail inmate Quantez Burks
Inmate Ramon C. Estrada died April 5 after two dialysis technicians switched shifts and nobody showed up for his appointment
City and federal prosecutors have been negotiating for months
Robert Foley and Ralph Baze claim the governor’s absolute clemency authority violates their due process rights
Now, his family wants to make sure what happened to him doesn’t happen to anyone else
State lawmakers approved legislation that would pay $968,700 to settle claims by three wrongly convicted Californians
She reported finding a swastika and the letters “KKK” written on a door frame in the jail last September
Davonte Thomas, 22, claims that the protective padding on both goalposts at the prison’s recreational yard in Salem had been removed earlier that month
Robert Clayborne is seeking $1 million from the prison, Director Scott Frakes, Warden Brian Gage and four other staff workers
The family of 35-year-old Julio C. Aguirre sued after he died in December 2010
Family of Jarrae Nikole Estepp is suing the state, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Satellite Tracking of People (STOP), 3M Company and five parole officers
Both suits were dismissed for the same reason - lack of filings by the plaintiffs for the case to proceed
Senate Bill 67 is designed to overhaul both the overcrowding issue and how those inmates are supervised after release
Suit details reports of serial rape and sexual abuse by eight correctional officers at the all-female Rose M. Singer Center
Bonita Bourke claims the search procedure left her feeling horrified and humiliated
Charles Gifford says in the lawsuit that the group lured him to Cell 110, tied him up and beat him for more than a hour on Aug. 4, 2013
Bill would address prison overcrowding by reducing recidivism, reclassifying certain offenses, limiting prison time for others and mandating supervision time following release
Sean K. Ellis was convicted of fatally shooting Police Detective John Mulligan five times in the face as he slept in his car during a paid detail
Florida Senate unanimously voted to reject a prison reform compromise bill that was passed last week by the Florida House
Sam Ouk, a Fresno County inmate who sustained burns, is now suing PG&E and could possibly sue Fresno county as well
Wide-ranging changes tacked onto the bill (SB 7020) show that the Senate has backed away from its demand for an independent oversight commission to guide Florida prisons
Responded with a rant titled “To F--- This Court and Everything that it Stands For”
Compromise would replace the independent commission with a legislative select committee, staffed by at least four investigators
Bradley Cournoyer, 32, visited the conference at an elementary school in Washington County with a firearm
Criticism follows media reports of the shotgun slaying of Carlos Manuel Perez Jr., who was handcuffed when a corrections officer trainee fatally shot him in a shower hallway last November
Would have correctional officers wearing body cameras, replace staff, and add a hotline for abuse claims
Kerik: “I know the truth about it. . I know how to fix it. I just hope someone will listen to me”
Settlement would prohibit male guards from videotaping strip searches of female inmates
A lawsuit claiming that a serving of chicken tacos sickened 250 inmates is now a federal case against Kent County and Aramark
A judge will permit live video coverage of convicted murderer Jodi Arias’ sentencing April 13
Federal judge called his claims frivolous
