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23 Jan 2012, 5:54 am
Remarkably, Liberty County has reduced its local jail population by nearly 2/3 since early 2011 simply by issuing more personal bonds to low-risk defendants, reported the Cleveland Advocate ("County's jail population down, but companies now asking for more money per inmate," Jan. 22):Liberty County is already seeing a reduction in costs for the operation of the county jail thanks to a plan initiated by… [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 9:23 pm
The Los Angeles Times reports that the American Civil Liberties...Ventura County Grand Jury Finds Overcrowding At Two County Jails! [read post]
30 Dec 2015, 10:55 am
For them, there will be no happy ending.RELATED: Glimpses of the Harris County Jail's dark underbelly [read post]
30 May 2009, 7:06 am
The Los Angeles Times reports that the American Civil Liberties...3 California Counties to Check Inmate Immigration Status! [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 9:26 am
Jurors recently were unable to reach a verdict in an inmate jail assault case, raising questions about other allegations that have surfaced about deputy brutality in Los Angeles County jails. [read post]
1 Feb 2019, 2:13 pm
When I saw that an inmate recently hanged himself in the Waller County Jail - the same jail in which Sandra Bland died - on a hunch, I checked to see if Waller has failed its last jail inspection. [read post]
16 Nov 2012, 10:44 am
Here are links to a number of recent items from Texas Prison Bidness which deserve Grits readers' attention:Jury awards $2.25 million to family of man who died at LCS' Brooks County Detention CenterStudy: As Liberty County reduces jail population, ending privatization saves money (see a related, recent Grits post)Sexual abuse allegations at CEC's Liberty County JailDeaths at Dawson State Jail investigated by Dallas news… [read post]
2 Jul 2017, 1:50 pm
The New York Civil Liberties Union and Legal Services of Central New York announced a settlement with the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office today that ends the routine practice of 23-hour-a-day isolation of juveniles at the Justice Center jail in Syracuse. [read post]
22 Jan 2020, 8:15 am
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia on Tuesday urged the sheriff’s office of Cobb County, Georgia to conduct a full investigation into the water contamination that allegedly left the jail’s inmates without water to drink or shower for multiple days. [read post]
30 Jun 2017, 4:37 pm
Both men had The post Scott County, MS, Settles Class Action Over ‘Indefinite’ Detainment of Inmates in County Jail appeared first on Legal Reader. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 4:25 am
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania filed an emergency petition to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday seeking the release of some in the Commonwealth’s county jails—what the petition argues is a necessary measure to allow jails space to follow CDC-recommended safe social distancing practices to prepare for COVID-19. [read post]
1 May 2011, 12:24 pm
" With a jail population of more than 10,000, Harris County jails more than Dallas and Tarrant counties combined. [read post]
16 Dec 2014, 12:49 pm
LA County jails have been a very dark and toxic place for a long time – and sunlight has turned out to be the best disinfectant. [read post]
29 May 2020, 5:36 am
This order comes in response to the class action lawsuit the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Pennsylvania, filed on April 7, 2020, on behalf of three people awaiting trial at the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, arguing that they were placed in conditions that increased the likelihood of contracting COVID-19. [read post]
2 Jun 2011, 5:34 am
”The plan calls for hiring a director of adult probation who will be stationed at the Liberty County Jail, according to McNair. [read post]
15 Sep 2016, 9:02 am
The Harris County Jail (“Jail”) houses more than 9,000 inmates and is the third largest jail in the country. [read post]
2 Apr 2019, 3:03 pm
According to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle¸ Gallatin County Sheriff Brian Gootkin and jail Cmdr. [read post]
23 Jan 2018, 2:15 pm
Dallas County must end its addiction to money bail, and ensure that no one’s liberty depends on their wealth. [read post]
25 May 2010, 7:11 am
Star-Telegram: ACLU raises questions about Parker County's refusal to transport inmate to get an abortion, by Bill Hanna: The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas questions whether Parker County is infringing on the constitutional rights of its female prisoners after... [read post]
5 Jun 2014, 8:57 am
Join the New York Civil Liberties Union's call to tell Suffolk County that instead of wooing Hollywood, it should stop violating the law and clean up its jails. [read post]
