Use of Force

After turmoil in youth jails, COs from adult prisons respond with UOF authorization

The temporary approval of such tactics is a sign of increasingly desperate conditions inside Louisiana's aging and understaffed juvenile jails

Jury convicts 1 CO in Ill. inmate death, hung on 2nd

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Alex Banta now faces up to life in prison for actions the jury said led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin

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In L.A. County jails, deputies punching inmates’ heads is a ‘persistent problem,’ monitor finds

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“It is time for the jail culture to stop supporting behaviors that are forbidden by policy," the monitors wrote

Ill. corrections officers' trial in fatal inmate beating opens

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Larry Earvin, whose death was ruled a homicide, died five weeks after the 2018 incident

Alabama CO charged with assaulting inmate who died

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The coroner's office said the inmate suffered apparent blunt force trauma, but it was unclear whether that caused his death

Fla. detention deputy fired for lying during use-of-force investigation

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Cpl. Jamason Jessie also failed to intervene during the November incident, the sheriff's office said

Use of force during attempted escape of convicted prisoners

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The Eighth Amendment controls use of force outside prison walls

NYCDOC lacks ‘elementary skills’ to fix Rikers Island, federal monitor writes

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The watchdog report came on the same day another report revealed the city spends more than $550K per inmate each year

Former Texas county CO acquitted of inmate assault

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Robert Garcia, a 12-year law enforcement veteran, said he acted to protect another officer

NYC jails ordered to speed up use of force cases involving correction staff

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Nearly 2,000 cases need to be resolved, some of which have been pending for more than three years

Use of force on pretrial detainees: Constitutional amendment controls and constitutional standards

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The Supreme Court’s Kingsley decision resolved a federal circuit split regarding an “objective reasonableness” standard vs. a “subjective intent” standard

Use of force on convicted prisoners: Constitutional amendment controls and constitutional standards

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The Supreme Court has ruled that legality of force directed at convicted prisoners by prison officials must include not only an analysis of the nature and degree of the force used, but also a review of the rationale and purpose for the use of force