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14 Oct 2008, 3:15 am
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday rejected a petition [order list, PDF] to hear a Georgia death row inmate's appeal, lifting a stay on his execution, while agreeing to hear a case dealing with supplemental jurisdiction. [read post]
26 Sep 2010, 1:36 pm
Brown petitioned to join a lawsuit filed by death row inmate Michael Morales [JURIST news archive], challenging the state's lethal injection process, and sought a stay of execution. [read post]
21 May 2010, 9:50 am
Comstock, 08-1224, in which the Court upheld the law passed by Congress ordering the civil commitment of a mentally ill federal prisoner who is a sex offender with the commitment to continue beyond the date the inmate otherwise would be released. [read post]
10 Mar 2010, 6:58 pm
Colorado Independent DENVER– Juveniles charged as adults in Colorado and awaiting trial as inmates in adult prisons find themselves part of a system that fails to educate them, provide them equal access to services like mental health care or even to ensure they are housed according to strict safety guidelines. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 2:20 pm
Under the MORE Act, marijuana legalization would be retroactive for many individuals by allowing people with prior federal marijuana convictions to get their criminal records expunged and allowing certain inmates serving prison time for federal marijuana offenses to get their sentences reduced or vacated. [read post]
4 Mar 2022, 4:00 am
., March 3, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals held that Arizona's Free Exercise of Religion Act did not repeal by implication a provision in Arizona's statutes that allows prisoners to sue for injuries suffered while incarcerated only if the inmate alleges serious physical injury. [read post]
31 Aug 2005, 7:17 am
[JURIST] Indonesia released over 1,400 Achenese rebel inmates Wednesday, granting them blanket amnesty in accordance with a decree signed by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Tuesday night. [read post]
24 May 2013, 6:02 am
It would eliminate Prisoner Legal Services, instead giving inmates access to computer [...] [read post]
23 Sep 2007, 12:25 pm
In a suit by a prisoner complaining about the kosher diet provided him by the prison kitchen, Judge Muirhead received a motion for an injunction from the inmate, with an enclosed hard boiled egg. [read post]
30 Nov 2024, 6:26 am
Under Rishi Sunak, the Conservative government released more than 10,000 inmates to ease some of the logistical strain […] The post Rehabilitation, Restoration, and Reintegration: Addressing Prison Overcrowding, Prison Officer & Guard Shortages, and Reoffending Rates first appeared on WardblawG. [read post]
6 Jun 2015, 8:12 pm
.'s death row": The Washington Post has an article that begins, "A federal lawsuit in Virginia is threatening to upend the state's practice of automatically placing death row inmates in near constant solitary confinement, and experts say it could spark similar challenges across the country to a prison practice that is increasingly being scrutinized. [read post]
21 Feb 2014, 5:52 am
The New York TImes COLORADO SPRINGS — AT 6:45 p.m. on Jan. 23, I was delivered to a Colorado state penitentiary, where I was issued an inmate uniform and a mesh bag with my toiletries and bedding. [read post]
31 Jul 2015, 6:30 am
The law, which passed in a close vote of 46 - 40, requires that the force-feeding of an inmate be sanctioned by a judge following the recommendation of a doctor. [read post]
7 Oct 2014, 12:05 pm
Hobbs [transcript, PDF] the court is considering whether an Arkansas prison policy [inmate handbook] that prohibits Muslim prisoners from growing a half-inch beard violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) [42 USC § 2000cc et seq.]. [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 4:39 am
[JURIST] Judge Thelton Henderson [official profile] of the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official website] told the Sacramento Bee Saturday he was "hopeful" that a court battle between the state of California and inmate advocacy groups over state prison conditions could be resolved before trial. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:58 am
In August, a special panel of federal judges ordered [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] California to reduce its prison population by about 46,000 inmates, finding... [read post]
27 Jan 2018, 9:00 am
[more] The US Supreme Court [official website] on Thursday halted [order, PDF] the planned execution of Alabama death row inmate Vernon Madison. [read post]
12 Aug 2020, 7:28 am
Criminal procedure — Governor’s refusal to commute sentence — Due process Willie Lee Barton, an inmate serving a life sentence in the care of the Maryland Department of Corrections, filed, in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County, a Petition for Judicial Review challenging the Maryland Parole Commission’s recommendation that Mr. [read post]
22 Mar 2019, 7:40 am
Bailey, an inmate at Eastern Correctional Institution, filed suit in the Circuit Court for Wicomico County against Sergeant Lance Lloyd of the Maryland State Police and the “Wicomico County Narcotics Task Force. [read post]
27 Jan 2011, 1:02 pm
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 30, 2010 by Michael Brissenden http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s3104015.htm “It’s fairly typical in a Californian prison to have hundreds and hundreds of inmates in triple bunks in what used to be gymnasiums or cafeterias. [read post]
