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 court said expanding Bivens would undermine prison operations and duplicate established inmate complaint processes
Scott Robert Tardy, an ex-Marine who worked for the Connecticut DOC, used encrypted apps to threaten the agent and his wife, urging others to set their home on fire
The judge said Adams’ emergency orders violated the democratic process after the City Council overrode his veto of Local Law 42, which limits restrictive housing in jails
Jeffrey Sterling was convicted last year after leaking details of a CIA mission to New York Times journalist James Risen
A man who gouged out his own eye while in jail says jailers failed to adequately protect him from himself
The FBI admitted analysts it trained repeatedly gave flawed evidence about tracing hair left at crime scenes
The tent will allow the fire department to store their equipment and keep it dry during ongoing construction
Attorneys asked the board to spare Ronald Phillips, calling the case tragic but arguing that he is not one of the worst of the worst offenders
Lawyers say the state’s process for setting and carrying out executions denies a death row inmate due process
The goal is to reduce the chances that inmates will commit crimes after their release and to help ease their return into society
Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez has sued a company after some of his jailhouse phone calls were apparently listened to by an unknown person
The court has yet to decide whether recent rulings apply to all death row inmates or only to the ones going through their first rounds of automatic appeals
He sued for emotional trauma
The Court seems likely to side with an inmate who claims he is intellectually disabled and thus ineligible to be executed
The ex-U.S. House speaker is now pointing to a technicality to argue that a state body should restore his $17K-a-year teacher’s pension that it yanked after his sentencing
The assault is the seventh attack on COs in the state over the last few months
Jurors may decide whether they believe a CO based on the 93 percent of communication that has nothing to do with what the officer says
Calif. voters legalized cannabis for recreational use, reducing the penalties for crimes like growing, selling and transporting
Defense attorneys filed a motion seeking permission to perform extensive evidence testing to prove Steven Avery’s innocence
U.S. prison leaders are trying to incorporate European principals, where COs strive to make prison as close to normal life as possible, leading to lower recidivism rates.
Christopher Lee Cornell allegedly kept trying from behind bars to urge others to violence in support of the Islamic State group
Scott Roeder will have to serve at least 25 years of a life sentence before becoming eligible for parole.
The Justice Department’s drug policy is important given the sheer volume of defendants moved through the federal system
The dogs are brought to the jail weekly to be trained by inmates
The time you put into refining your skills before entering court will definitely improve your experience in court
Viktor Bout’s attorneys argued that his prosecution was tainted because of new evidence showing the man he was supposedly conspiring with worked for the U.S. government
Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed terms include doubling employee healthcare costs, a 4-year wage freeze, and the ability to subcontract work at any time
Judge Michael Davis’ sentences are expected to set the pattern for other Islamic State-related terrorism cases across the country — only about half of 110 have been resolved
The court upheld Terrance Phillips’ two murder convictions, but found his two death sentences were “disproportionate”
Florida has been in a moratorium for a year after SCOTUS ruled the death penalty sentencing process unconstitutional. (AP Photo)
Convicted murderer Clayton Lockett was executed on April 29, 2014, in a procedure that took almost an hour
U.S. Magistrate Judge William Duffin overturned Brendan Dassey’s conviction in August
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