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5 Apr 2024, 5:54 am by Phil Dixon
Prison guards and other corrections staff were among the 13 people convicted of a wide-ranging drug trafficking conspiracy in federal court in Louisiana. [read post]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC) on Thursday, claiming the department’s ban on news media interviews for incarcerated people violates the First Amendment to the US Constitution. [read post]
On December 20, 2023, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued regulations implementing the state’s first-ever voluntary environmental self-audit program. [read post]
13 Feb 2024, 11:53 am by Phil Dixon
The plaintiff was an inmate at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in the Western District of North Carolina. [read post]
7 Feb 2024, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety, (5th Cir., Feb. 5, 2024), the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a vote of 11-6, denied an en banc rehearing in a RLUIPA suit seeking damages from officials in their individual capacities. [read post]
14 Dec 2023, 9:09 pm by Kurt R. Karst
  The governors noted that the public safety requires protection of the state-regulated marketplace by ensuring regulated companies are able to operate efficiently. [read post]
5 Oct 2023, 9:06 pm by News Desk
Georgia H 475, Code Revision Commission Corrects errors or omissions in and reenacts the statutory portion of said Code, including food safety. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 9:05 pm by Josephine A. Phillips
The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) of the U.S. [read post]
2 Jul 2023, 8:48 am by Kalvis Golde
Crittendon 22-1171Issues: (1) Whether high-ranking state prison officials violate a prisoner’s constitutional rights by failing to promulgate policies cajoling independent, locally elected sheriffs to do their jobs timely and efficiently; (2) whether any clearly established law warned Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections officials that they would be held personally liable for failing to promulgate such policies; and (3) whether any… [read post]
2 May 2023, 3:23 am by Seán Binder
 John Butkovich, a corrections officer at Florence Prison, which includes the country’s most secure supermax unit, said the staffing shortage “creates a safety issue. [read post]
20 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Berniard Law Firm
Brandl’s three children filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the apartment’s owners, Steven Caruso and Willow Creek, L.L.C., their insurers, and the State of Louisiana through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of the State Fire Marshal (SFM) and its inspector. [read post]
19 Mar 2023, 9:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Florida H 865 revises the approval of food safety training programs and responsibilities of public food service establishments. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 4:00 am by Berniard Law Firm
Rick Sheppard, an inmate in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections, injured his left shoulder two separate times while participating in the Angola Prison Rodeo. [read post]
21 Sep 2022, 9:05 pm by Erica V. Rodarte Costa
Sinkman and Dorchak note that although the ADA allows for public entities to impose legitimate safety requirements, for example, in placing a ban on MOUDs, the ban must be based on “actual risks, not on mere speculation, stereotypes, or generalizations about individuals with disabilities. [read post]
13 Sep 2022, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  Ideally, it would generate a brutally candid conversation—presumably, unlike the Philadelphia convention in 1787, open to the public through C-SPAN and other streaming services—about the adequacy of the Constitution to the American republic in the 21st century. [read post]
9 Sep 2022, 4:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
A November 2020 study examined collaboration between state departments of health and state departments of corrections and found that only nine states “met all four criteria of sharing data, issuing guidance, updating guidance, and including information on the working relationship between the DOH and DOC on state websites. [read post]