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21 May 2014, 5:00 pm
According to prison records, the defendant has worked as an employee in the state system for over 15 years. [read post]
19 Aug 2016, 10:00 am
The reform, long overdue, is the result of years of patient, persistent advocacy by criminal justice advocates, including the publication of the ACLU’s 2014 report, Warehoused and Forgotten: Immigrants Trapped in Our Shadow Private Prison System, a five-year project that comprehensively documented the shocking conditions in this shadow system of private prisons. [read post]
20 Dec 2018, 3:08 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Sam, who spent more than 3 years in prison and is a leading voice on overhauling the criminal justice system. [read post]
29 Jul 2011, 12:11 pm by Kim Zetter
Vulnerabilities in electronic systems that control prison doors could allow hackers or others to spring prisoners from their jail cells, according to researchers. [read post]
15 Mar 2009, 10:57 pm
It appears contraband cases are not being aggressively prosecuted, the Chron reports:Gina DeBottis, head of the prison system's Special Prosecution Unit, has sought to prosecute 68 prison employees for contraband since 2003, filing more than 90 charges. [read post]
24 May 2011, 5:31 am
Supreme Court's recent prison overcrowding case of Brown v. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 12:50 pm
Nor is there any place under the Convention system, where tolerance and broadmindedness are the acknowledged hallmarks of democratic society, for automatic disenfranchisement based on what might offend public opinion". [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 11:27 am by guest-writer
After the prisoners’ escape, a review by the Arizona Department of Corrections found several flaws in the security system, including a faulty alarm system that prison employees often ignored because it was so unreliable. [read post]
17 Feb 2007, 7:05 am
Two Wisconsin prisoners have been getting unemployment benefits, to the tune of $2,697 last year. [read post]
15 Jul 2007, 12:41 pm
In its Indictment filed against 14 Nevada inmates, the United States makes substantial allegations against prison guards and other staff within the Nevada prison system. [read post]
22 Jul 2011, 11:03 am by Inimai Chettiar and Zoë Bunnell, ACLU
As the state seeks further reforms to its prison systems, other states would be wise to look to California. [read post]
15 May 2023, 5:50 am by Bob Kraft
Understanding the legal system can be hard, but during prison time, this is the essential guide your clients must follow. [read post]
15 Dec 2015, 7:39 am by Dean Freeman
Florida’s prison system and jails are coming under fire amid a host of inmate injuries and deaths that are alleged to have been caused by abuse and neglect. [read post]
25 Feb 2007, 11:00 pm
It also held that the prison's refusal to purchase Taosit religious texts for the prisoner failed to raise a Free Exercise claim. [read post]
26 Jan 2011, 6:13 pm
With the severe budget crisis California is facing and a prison system swelling with inmates, California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed that some "low level" inmates be shipped to local county jails, including here in Santa Clara. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 1:35 pm
Young people are taught in school to honor and respect our system of government, including the judicial system. [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 3:05 am
[JURIST] The Israeli Supreme Court [official website, in Hebrew] banned privately-run prisons on Thursday, ruling [opinion, in Hebrew] that they violate prisoners' fundamental rights by introducing an element of profit into the prison system. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 9:00 am by jly
With 5 percent of the world population, the U.S. hosts upward of 20 percent of its prisoners. [read post]
29 Jul 2008, 9:25 am
Just because another prison in the state's system operates a sweat lodge without incident does not demonstrate that prohibiting a sweat lodge was the least restrictive means to further the institution's security concerns. [read post]