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.
The group calls on Congress to change federal law to help corrections officials stop inmates from using contraband phones to commit crimes
Dwight Eaglin, who killed Corrections Officer Darla Lathrem and an inmate during a failed escape, will face a new sentencing phase under Florida’s revised death penalty law
Under the plan, Ohio prisons would be directed to pursue lethal injection drugs in partnership with the DOJ and provide twice-yearly progress reports
Supreme Court says federal officials can hold “sexually dangerous” inmates after term complete
Teenagers may not be locked up for life without parole if they haven’t killed anyone
Prosecutors would be able to charge parents with misdemeanors punishable by up to a year in jail
John Albert Gardner III’s case may lead to sweeping changes in the way child sex predators are punished
Police want local access to patients’ criminal history
Urban lawmakers say rural counterparts with prisons have an unfair advantage
The former inmate says he went one year without toothpaste while in jail
Justice Stevens doesn’t believe in the death penalty
Sheriff’s deputies forced a woman to remove her hijab in a courthouse holding cell
“I just don’t want to leave my 4,000 dedicated employees,” Arpaio said
The county made the payment in early March to Matthew Fleuret, who alleged he was Tasered while handcuffed and slammed to the floor by sheriff’s deputies
Woman would be first put to death in Tenn. since 1820
The American Board of Anesthesiologists says ‘we are healers, not executioners’
A court-appointed receiver will continue to improve inmate care
A prison violence lawsuit brought by 24 Idaho inmates against CCA will move forward
Execution is scheduled for June 18th
Immigrant advocates say their fears of racial profiling supported
The bill requires local police to question people about their immigration status
Nonviolent offenders would be released on parole after serving 120 percent of their minimum sentence
Inmates who sued Calif. in 1966 seeking access to law books have finally dropped their case
The case of a crime lab technician suspected of stealing cocaine booked as evidence may force reviews
New legislation would strip a key safeguard from Ga.'s death-penalty law
The inmate’s interview will be used against him in an upcoming federal death-penalty trial
Condemned killer Darryl Durr waited too long to raise the issue of an allergy
24 inmates and the ACLU sued the jail
Backers support crackdown on the verge of approval in Ariz. Legislature
New law would put some child sex offenders behind bars for life
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