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8 Mar 2009, 11:40 am
LEXIS 16092 (WD MI, Feb. 25, 2009), a Michigan federal district court rejected a prisoner's challenge to the prison's no-smoking rule. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 3:55 pm by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 60530 (WD KY, June 18, 2010), a Kentucky federal district court rejected an inmate's equal protection, free exercise and RLUIPA claims growing out of his treatment by the prison chaplain. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 7:39 am
The prison will hold pre-trial federal detainees for the U.S. [read post]
11 Aug 2008, 7:20 am
LEXIS 59857 (ED TX, Aug. 6, 2008), a Texas federal district court rejected a RLUIPA challenge by a Muslim prisoner to Texas prison grooming standards that prevented him from wearing a beard. [read post]
29 Jun 2022, 12:52 pm by Bickerton Law
Kelly, R&B star and writer, was sentenced to 30 years in prison after his federal convictions for racketeering and Mann Act violations. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 9:37 am by Media Law Prof
The New York Times reports that federal law enforcement returned Michael Cohen to prison after he refused to agree not to publish a book or to speak to the press without prior approval from the Bureau of Prisons while serving... [read post]
13 Apr 2014, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 47753 (ED LA, April 6, 2014), a Louisiana federal district court permitted a Rastafarian inmate who was placed in lock down for refusing to cut his dreadlocks to proceed with his RLUIPA challenge to the prison's hair policy.In Harris v. [read post]
11 May 2014, 8:10 am by Howard Friedman
The court also dismissed a prison chaplain as a defendant. [read post]
28 Sep 2007, 6:12 am
New from the BJS, HIV in Prisons, 2005: Provides the number of HIV-infection and confirmed AIDS cases among State and Federal prisoners at yearend 2005. [read post]
10 Jul 2015, 4:58 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Texas may not be required to air condition its prisons, but there's a good chance they'll need additional heat mitigation measures judging by a federal court ruling this week. [read post]
29 Nov 2009, 6:00 am
LEXIS 108365 (SD OH, Nov. 4, 2009), an Ohio federal district court permitted inmates from separate prisons to bring a single action challenging prison authorities' refusal to permit them to abstain from work on Sundays violates their religious exercise rights under RLUIPA. [read post]
12 Jan 2017, 8:14 pm by Michael M. O'Hear
The federal prison population actually continued to grow throughout President Obama’s first term. [read post]
7 Aug 2011, 8:57 am by Howard Friedman
LEXIS 85940 (WD MI, Aug. 4, 2011), a Michigan federal district court dismissed a Jewish inmate's complaint that his rights were violated when prison authorities would allow him to use a prayer shawl purchased with prison funds only if it was marked as prison property.In Jernigan v. [read post]
28 Oct 2021, 11:53 am by Associated Press
A neo-Nazi group member was sentenced to nine years in prison in a case that highlighted a broader federal crackdown on far-right extremists. [read post]
13 Mar 2021, 1:00 am by Matthew D. Kaplan
Case law at both the federal and state levels is clear: when the government takes away someone’s freedom it also assumes responsibility for their well-being. [read post]
8 Feb 2009, 5:00 am
LEXIS 6846 (ED CA, Jan. 21, 2009), a California federal magistrate judge denied defendants' motion for summary judgment and permitted plaintiff to proceed with claims that various prison officials denied him participation in the Ramadan fast.In Robinson v. [read post]
20 May 2009, 12:35 pm
CNN reports that Michael Vick left federal prison this morning, after serving 21 months out of his 23-month sentence. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 6:07 am by Grant Ellis | New England Law, US
A Massachusetts federal judge sentenced a Texas man to serve three months in federal prison on Thursday for threatening a Boston, Massachusetts doctor affiliated with the national LGBTQIA+ health education center. [read post]
Shkreli was released from Allenwood prison to a Federal Bureau of Prisons halfway house. [read post]
10 May 2012, 12:37 pm by Jessica Monaco, ACLU
 In January, the United Methodist Church divested itself of all private prison stock holdings; in February, Florida legislators killed a plan to privatize nearly 30 prisons; in April, the Illinois Senate passed a bill to block plans for a privately-run federal immigration lockup. [read post]