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 youth development specialist allegedly received $72K in payments from youth and associates while smuggling razor blades, oxycodone and marijuana into Crossroads Juvenile Center
Stephen Bryant will be the third person executed by firing squad in South Carolina since executions resumed in 2024
Veteran CO Michael Dempsey, a veteran CO and court-appointed monitor, described a culture of fear, chronic absenteeism and untrained staff in testimony on L.A. County’s juvenile justice failures
The order had been sought as part of a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general last week
“For sale” signs have popped up. Restaurants and hotels — which rely on inmates’ visitors — brace for plummeting business
Both men have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a March incident that left a corrections officer and a nurse dead
A trial over whether immigration detainees must get minimum wage — instead of $1 a day — has ended with a hung jury
Nearly 140 employees work at the minimum-security prison. About 1,000 inmates will be moved to other facilities
Lawyers say too many mentally ill patients spend months in jail, where they suffer while awaiting medical attention
Jury selection is underway in a trial to determine whether GEO Group must pay minimum wage to detainees at its Wash. state immigration detention center
Attorneys have argued that the state hasn’t tried hard enough to get lethal injection drugs or compound them itself — as some other states have done
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The lawsuit challenges a new directive “that not only disregards the rights of crime victims, but it fails to follow the law,” AG Daniel Cameron said
The settlement is one of 73 payouts involving the sheriff’s department in the past 13 months, totaling more than $14 million
The settlement also requires COs to be trained in the state’s zero-tolerance policy regarding sexual misconduct in correctional facilities
California Correctional Center, which employs over 1,000 people, is slated to close next summer
Orange county avoided releasing as many as 1,800 “dangerous criminal offenders,” the sheriff said
Closing Edna Mahan Correctional Facility will take years; here are 11 changes the report authors recommend now
The bill, introduced by a retired state corrections officer, now goes to the governor for signing
SCDC is slated to use the electric chair to execute Brad Sigmon on June 18
Caron Butler knows from experience the impacts of isolation in prison
The 2018 verdict awarded 13,000 COs $113.7 million for uncompensated work
The prison’s medical director lacked board certification and had never completed an approved residency
Jeffrey Green was previously sentenced to nine months in prison for the 2016 assault
Starting in July, mothers and their babies will be placed in a community-based program for up to a year
“Allowing the early release of the most dangerous criminals impacts crime victims and creates a serious public safety risk,” said DA Anne Marie Schubert
The ACLU sued county prison officials over the issue just last week
The hearings are the next step in a lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program and others
Almus Taylor had been left in his cell untreated following a car accident, arrest for DUI
“This is how we transform lives,” said Gov. Bill Lee at the signing
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday, the policy change does not seem to apply to other attorneys seeking meetings with inmates
The bills come as the state faces a federal lawsuit over unsafe conditions in its prisons
ADOC said the Justice Department is relying upon “anecdotal narratives” while ignoring the state’s efforts to improve conditions
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