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.
Jeffrey Hutchinson killed his girlfriend and her three children with a 12-gauge shotgun and was convicted in 2001
The Garden State Youth Correctional Facility’s inspection score rose from 72.9% to 85% after the DOC made key repairs and sanitation upgrades benefiting staff and inmates
The judge ruled that lethal injections can’t proceed unless IDOC officials allow full press access to lethal injection drug preparation and administration
Nebraska prison officials say the errors made in calculating sentences for hundreds of inmates will cost the state about $4 million over the next decade
A federal appeals court is taking a second look at the case of a Mississippi prison guard who was cited for recklessness during a 2007 fight in which an inmate died and two others were injured
Denver officials have reached a deal to pay $3.3 million to settle a federal jail-abuse lawsuit filed by a former inmate
AG’s office asked to dismiss 21 death row inmates who are trying to halt any attempt to execute them with current state methods
Richland County will pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit for the brutal beating of a homeless mentally ill inmate at the county jail
A new lawsuit accusing the Sierra County Detention Center claims that an inmate placed in solitary confinement lost 22 pounds over the course of 18 days as a result of the conditions
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in St. Louis against various prison officials, says Eugene Kenneth Jones was too poor to afford the item
Kenneth Howard Jr. made the lucky call in a coin toss Tuesday in a Gallup courtroom
The board said Wednesday evening it had decided to commute Tommy Lee Waldrip’s death sentence to one of life without parole
A typo in a court record set free a man who admitted to beating his ex-girlfriend so badly that she had to have her spleen removed
Produced an SD card with alleged evidence of his innocence
Several deputies are being scrutinized after video surfaced showing the alleged beating of an inmate
They say they were alerting their coworkers to their union rights, officials say they were interfering with an internal investigation
Said county employees retaliated against him, causing his termination at the jail without due process
They are hoping to sue the DOC without paying a filing fee
The tab includes jail stays, airfare and other transportation costs
An inmate lost his temper during a court hearing when the judge ordered no bond related to his charges of alleged battery of a pregnant woman
Family of a mentally ill inmate who died in restraints filed a lawsuit saying COs ignored his medical needs as he suffered a series of seizures
Filed suit last week when he was denied a copy of the internal investigation into allegations that he installed a keylogger program on computers at the jail to track keystrokes on the machines.
The video is part of an inmate’s federal lawsuit against two deputies and the city of Denver
Suing for an inadequate amount of food and for being forced to sleep on the floor
A Muslim chaplain at the State Correctional Institution in Coal Township has filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections and prison authorities after being allegedly held against his will at the prison
Former Wasco State Prison inmate is suing the facility and state department of corrections
Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that states must look beyond an intelligence test score in borderline cases of mental disability to determine whether a death row inmate is eligible to be executed
Vicious gang member Lester Alford is arguing that solitary confinement violates his rights against cruel and unusual punishment
“Idaho supports the spirit and intention of PREA and the National PREA Standards, but a law with good intent has evolved into a law with too much red tape”
Brooklyn prosecutors have persuaded judges to throw out six convictions so far this year
Suit alleges that the corrections department is violating the Missouri Sunshine Law
Massachusetts prison officials on Thursday made another push to overturn a court ruling that would force them to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-change operation to a murder convict with gender-identity disorder
Said the inmates were left waiting years for dentures
