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20 Jun 2012, 10:10 am by Steve Hall
Epps, the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, said his efforts to revamp that state’s prisons had reduced the number of segregated inmates by 75 percent.Durbin’s legislation, which has yet to be introduced, would cut the number of prisoners in solitary confinement, improve mental health screenings and give prisoners greater opportunities to challenge decisions. [read post]
13 Jun 2012, 7:49 am by Jon L. Gelman
Mississippi correctional facility cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA forworkplace violence and other hazards; more than $104,000 in fines proposed The U.S. [read post]
12 Jun 2012, 11:13 am by CJLF Staff
The jurors also said the rising medical and mental health costs as a result of the rising number of inmates have been a "major challenge" to the county. [read post]
30 Apr 2012, 1:38 pm by Suzanne Ito
In fact, two other big private prison contractors — Corrections Corporation of America and Wexford — are already operating the medical and mental health systems in some Mississippi prisons, and the Department of Corrections is well aware that those private contractors are providing abysmal care to prisoners with serious medical and mental health needs. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 6:52 am by Suzanne Ito
• Georgia: We supported a reform bill that will send fewer people to prison for low-level offenses and expand drug and mental health courts, among other things. [read post]
29 Mar 2012, 10:27 am by Suzanne Ito
" (Emphasis his) Furthermore, he wrote, state officials "have been derelict in their duties" to monitor GEO "and remain deliberately indifferent to the serious medical and mental health needs" of the youth at Walnut Grove. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 10:09 am by Suzanne Ito
It's long been known that solitary confinement is extraordinarily damaging to mental health, often inducing mental illness in previously healthy prisoners. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 2:59 pm by Rekha Arulanantham, ACLU
Virtually every mainstream organization representing mental health experts and families of the mentally ill says so, and the American Bar Association (which does not take a position on the death penalty itself) agrees. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 9:49 am by Mandelman
    Oh, I know… it’s such a complex problem we’re having lately. [read post]
19 Dec 2011, 1:34 pm by James R. Marsh
Mardi Allen of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, on the subject of screening for abusive tendencies in adoptive and foster parent applicants. [read post]
14 Dec 2011, 9:21 am by CJLF Staff
The expanded jail would add 384 beds, mental health and medical treatment, and other features. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 3:00 am by Philip Thomas
On October 12, 2011 the Circuit Court of Rankin County, Judge John Emfinger, rendered a verdict and judgment of $333,319.08 against the Mississippi Department of Health. [read post]
1 Oct 2011, 4:38 am
Dept. of the Treasury, et al.Court: U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Docket: 10-35032 September 23, 2011 Judge: Graber Areas of Law: Constitutional Law, Government & Administrative Law, Non-Profit Corporations The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), a part of the United States Department of Treasury, froze the assets of Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, Oregon (AHIF-Oregon), a non-profit organization, and designated AHIF-Oregon as a "specially designated global… [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 10:10 am by Bill Raftery
Mississippi HB 1266 Imposes a 1% increase on fee charged for bail bonds to be deposited in the State Treasury for Department of Mental Health. [read post]
8 May 2011, 11:58 am by Law Lady
District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, seeks to stop the state's Department of Health and Hospitals from slashing its long-term personal care services program in the face of a $1.6 billion budget deficit.. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 8:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
  The efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services are designed to increase options for children across America and are already having an impact. [read post]
8 Jul 2010, 5:32 am by Clarence T.
  The “RID” program is operated by the Mississippi Department of Corrections, who describes it as ”an intensive paramilitary program designed to rehabilitate offenders in a short period of time. [read post]