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COVID-19 cases, deaths surging again in Illinois prisons

Between mid-August and mid-October, the cumulative number of inmate infections more than tripled and total staff cases more than doubled

December 22, 2020 09:03 AM

Death penalty again overturned for man who killed couple

U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry, in a ruling Thursday, called the portion of Carman Deck’s trial that led to the latest death sentence “fundamentally unfair”

April 18, 2017 12:53 PM

Legal

US appeals court says Ohio inmates don’t get extra vote time

The Cincinnati-based 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled inmates shouldn’t be given the same ability to vote late as those who are suddenly hospitalized

March 05, 2020 08:59 AM

Calif. prison strip searches reviewed

June 11, 2009 01:39 AM

Teacher suspended after third-grade class writes notes to cop killer

Teacher assigned her third-grade class to write “get well” letters to a sick inmate convicted of killing a Philly cop

April 10, 2015 11:17 AM

Supreme Court: Prison agency immune from foul ball lawsuit

A former inmate can’t sue the Department of Corrections over injuries he suffered when a foul ball hit him during a prison yard baseball game four years ago

July 10, 2015 08:04 PM

Okla. changes lethal injection procedure

Short of the chemicals it normally uses to execute people, Oklahoma wants to use new lethal drug combinations

March 25, 2014 04:43 AM

Correctional Management

Advocates: Texas jail inmates were hungry, shivering during unusual freeze

An inmate said it was freezing cold, “pitch black,” and water pressure was also lost, leading to “feces and urine backing up in the commodes”

March 01, 2021 10:16 AM

Senate plan would create independent oversight board for Fla. prisons

Board would have the power to investigate and crack down on abuse and wrongdoing

February 14, 2015 11:36 AM

Juvenile Offenders

Calif. juvenile hall declared ‘unsuitable,’ must shut down in 60 days due to low staffing

A notice states Los Angeles County failed to address long-standing staffing shortages, requiring Los Padrinos to be emptied by Dec. 12

October 16, 2024 11:20 AM