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.
Prosecutors have a different perspective on Raymond Minaya’s motives: the Gorilla Stone Bloods member has a long history of violence and rule-breaking behind bars
The 7th Circuit ruled consensual sex between a prison nurse and an inmate did not constitute cruel and unusual punishment, despite concerns
Jail reform advocates said the audit validated concerns they have brought up for years
The second-term Republican governor said that she wants the death penalty as an option for convicted killers of police, children and corrections officers
The violence has left at least two inmates dead, put COs in danger, and forced the lockdown of as many as eight of Georgia’s 33 prisons
The five inmates at Cook County Jail have assaulted officers by spitting, kicking, and punching the COs
Alden Morgan, 35, was 17 when he used a gun to hold up a couple with their baby daughter and took their car
Republicans argued that there’s no practical difference between Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s new process and his previous actions
The pendulum has shifted to favor the inmate population
The bill would bar the federal government from spending money on any Guantanamo prisoner transfers, even those to a foreign country
The gap is due to a law that mandates inmates convicted of non-serious, nonviolent and non-sexual offenses serve time in county jails rather than state prisons
After botched executions and drug mix-ups, AG Scott Pruitt won’t request any execution dates until five months after the new protocols are approved
About 40 inmates engaged in civil disobedience by refusing COs’ orders and taking control of at least one dorm at Columbia Correctional
Voters face two capital punishment choices on the November ballot: End the death penalty or speed the way for execution
A jury will decide if Miriam Mendiola-Martinez was exposed to harm by restraints and if officers were deliberately indifferent to the risk
A new DNA test that pointed to a different killer in a 1981 murder case has led to a retrial for Michael Darnell Harris, who is serving a life sentence
A spokeswoman for the prison said multiple fires were set and two housing units have been left unlivable
An announcement was released calling for prisoners from around the US to stop working to shut down prisons
Superior Court Justice Dennis Curran found that one inmate had filed a total of 285 cases, while another filed 720 pleadings
Mo. must identify any execution drug source to two Miss. death row inmates who have subpoenaed the state for details
Twenty-three inmates suspected of injuring two members of a rival gang after a fight broke out last year have been indicted in connection with the attack
More than 400 inmates were involved and COs from five other prisons were brought in to help
A CO was stabbed and another injured after an inmate attacked them with a weapon at Marquette Branch Prison.
The prison was previously under investigation to determine if there were crimes of neglect, abuse, and intimidation
The DOC’s new report recommends hiring 138 more COs, which poses a fiscal challenge, particularly given the state’s current weak tax revenues
Privatized institutions are profit-motivated with incentives to keep salaries and expenses low
The U.S. Department of Education is running a three-year trial program in which Pell grants will be available to people who are incarcerated
A report released Monday suggests the state could save $70M in jail costs by shifting to drug courts nearly 9,000 convicts whose criminal histories are limited to drug possession
The crime is rarely prosecuted, but it remains on the books as a relic of America’s long history of regulating sexual activity inside marriage
The 1991 Talladega Prison Riot showed how the FBI played a crucial role in the successful resolution of a prison riot that ended without loss of life or serious injury
Jacob Elzey became the first inmate at Reno County Correctional Facility to earn a high school diploma through general educational development tests
The sentence drew criticism and is bringing change to how California will treat future criminal cases
Lawrence Logan is charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in the stabbing death of inmate Christopher DeBoe
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