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 lawsuit alleged correctional officers violated the men’s religious rights and denied them water to wash off chemical spray after the incident at the Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
An inmate claimed SCI Greene staff denied him hygiene supplies, legal materials and yard time during weeks in solitary confinement
The bill would have ensured that the deliberate killing of a corrections officer carries the same penalty as killing other law enforcement officers
Suit alleges Associate Warden Antonio Pires, 48, used his position to “manipulate and coerce” her into a brief sexual relationship and then gave her unfavorable assignments when she ended it
Ray Garcia, 55, former warden at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, Calif., already faces federal charges alleging he sexually abused inmates and forced them to pose nude for him
A separate jury convicted former CO Alex Banta, 30, of similar charges in April
Court records and data from the state shows New Jersey is likely undercounting its population of wrongly convicted inmates
She, and her lawyers with the ACLU, claim prison has failed to dispense Zayre-Brown’s prescribed hormones and has denied her request for surgical vaginoplasty
“Today’s verdicts prove that violence and threats have no place in our politics and those who seek to divide us will be held accountable. They will not succeed,” said Whitmer
The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against James Coddington’s appeal, stating his claims “allege only a theoretical possibility that something might go wrong”
During a courtroom break, “an individual in the gallery of a courtroom managed to get into the jury box and briefly attack an inmate.”
Lawsuit by family members of man who died in custody alleges guards at Monroe’s Richwood Correctional Center beat and pepper-sprayed handcuffed prisoners in area without security cameras
Complaint argues that IDHS is violating the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure by not taking custody of defendants within 20 days of their being found unfit to stand trial and remanded to the agency for mental-health treatment
Senators “concerned” about recent press reports of retaliation and violence against inmates at FCI Sheridan for their claims of mistreatment
The loss of the federal contract to hold the detainees likely will create a $6 million hole in the county budget that will have to be filled, according to officials
Last month, the General Assembly passed a budget amendment that excluded those with violent offenses from state’s earned sentence credit program
In the “kids-for-cash” scandal, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan shut down county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from co-owner of two for-profit lockups
The board of supervisors wants to speed the process of filling more than 350 vacancies for deputies, nurses and mental health clinicians
Program reduced spending on services such as emergency shelters and hospital care, offsetting between 50% and 100% of the cost of housing
The 25 state correctional officers were accused in 2019 of using excessive force against inmates and functioning as a criminal enterprise in jails around the city
The story got national attention after a judge ordered the plaintiff’s attorney to stop tweeting about it
The changes - replacing the term with “incarcerated person” - signed into law Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul are intended to reduce the stigma of being in jail
Friedmann moved locked storage crates to a friend’s house in nearby Joelton that contained 21 firearms, including assault rifles, handguns, shotguns and a 37mm launcher
Robin Limon claims she was demoted in retaliation for complaining about a deputy kneeling on an inmate’s head in March
The COs filed a complaint after an official barred officers of color from entering the floor where Chauvin was being held
Court ruled a jury could find that punching the inmate in the face and applying pressure to her neck, back and legs after her resistance was controlled was excessive
Prosecutor will not oppose post-conviction litigation in eight cases following a 2019 review of cases related to allegations of police misconduct involving Reynaldo Guevara
The case against him was largely based on testimony from jailhouse informants who claimed Deering admitted starting the fire that killed 5 children
Rape and sexual battery of female inmates at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center “was rampant, routine, and widespread,” according to the woman’s lawsuit
The incident drew national attention when Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced that the reporter who wrote the story was under criminal investigation
“These three-digit temperature days and the heat index is pretty strong evidence that we need to take a real look at what needs to be done,” an official said
Congressman “dismayed” that Michael Carvajal is staying on through the end of the month as a senior adviser to Peters, the former director of Oregon’s state prison system
Lawyers for four South Carolina death row inmates argued this week the prisoners would feel terrible pain whether their bodies were “cooking” by electricity or heart stopped by marksman’s bullet
