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.
Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake met dozens of court-ordered reforms years after allegations of excessive force and abuse
Combs, serving over four years for transporting people for sex, says he’s undergone a “spiritual reset” in jail
Officials say the inmate set the fire, but the officers are accused of failing to intervene before his death at the William P. Clements Unit
Investigators say correction officers blocked care for a sick woman on six separate occasions, leading to her death from organ failure
TDOC said it had “completed its revision of the lethal injection protocol, which will utilize the single drug pentobarbital”
Daniel Mitchell ordered a Federal Correctional Institute Butner Medium II CO to carry out a physical assault instead of using official discipline protocols, prosecutors said
A Shakopee State Prison inmate allegedly funneled state benefits through a fraud scheme involving a personal care attendant in Chicago
Trump said relatives of victims are angry that Biden spared the lives of some of the “worst killers in our country,” including inmates convicted of killing police and military officers
A Luzerne County corrections officer was holding a restraint belt when the inmate violently rushed back toward the CO, injuring her wrist which required amputation
A staffing crisis and unsafe conditions put the facility at odds with state law, but officials argue closure would worsen the system’s problems
Gov. Kathy Hochul has ordered the firing of 14 employees, most of whom are correctional officers, for their involvement in the attack
The move comes after more than a decade of complaints, audits, class action lawsuits and threats of a DOJ lawsuit
Those whose lives were spared by the move include those convicted in the killings of police and military officers and the killings of correctional officers or prisoners in federal facilities
The racketeering case against three gang members, filed in 2019, aimed to move California’s most violent gangsters from state prisons to BOP restrictive housing units
The Kentucky DOC requested the opinion from the state’s attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for inmates
Kevin Ray Underwood admitted to luring Jamie Rose Bolin into his apartment and killing her as part of a cannibalistic fantasy
The Justice Department will pay an average of about $1.1 million to each of 103 women who sued the Bureau of Prisons over their treatment at FCI Dublin
The emergency proclamation will activate “disaster service workers” to temporarily take over the civilian duties of probation officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
Joseph Corcoran was convicted in the July 1997 shootings of his brother, his sister’s fiancé and two other men
Alameda County deputies repeatedly walked by the inmate days before he was declared dead, with some wondering aloud “is (Monk) awake? Is he alive?”, the lawsuit alleges
The renewed Local Conditional Release Commission releases low-level offenders who are then monitored by probation for a year
After the county failed to pay money owed to the security company, the company ended its contract and let its officers walk out of the Fulton County Jail in the middle of the day
The Georgia Senate committee also recommended adopting single-person cells to enhance safety and looking to get federal approval to jam cellphone signals at prisons
A spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said Luigi Mangione is being held alone in a cell in the prison, which has 14 housing units
Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is being held at SCI Huntingdon
David Pearson was performing a “mirror drill” at the Correctional Training Academy’s tactical firing range when he fired a live round at Lt. Rodney Osborne, killing him
The ACLU of Colorado alleged Pueblo’s contempt of court practice was unconstitutional because defendants never received charging documents
As part of the settlement, the Bureau of Prisons “will issue a formal, public acknowledgment to victims of staff sexual abuse at FCI Dublin”
The lawsuit cited mandatory 15-minute roll call meetings and a rounding system that allegedly denied Howard County corrections officers proper pay for all hours worked
The Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employees allegedly disguised the theft by replacing stolen cash with check disbursements from the Inmate Trust Fund bank account
A review found Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center confined juveniles for long periods due to staffing shortages rather than behavioral issues
Christopher Collings was known to Rowan Ford as “Uncle Chris” after he spent months living with her family; Collings was executed for sexually assaulting and killing the girl
The Hardee Correctional Institution inmate identified himself as a gang member in the letter and made threats to harm the judge’s family if he couldn’t reach him directly
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