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8 Jan 2009, 4:03 pm
The law allowing civil commitment of "sexually dangerous" federal inmates intrudes on police powers that the Constitution reserves for states, many of which have their... [read post]
23 Apr 2007, 11:40 pm
A Christian ministry is now allowed to use a mobile portable baptismal tank-- furnished by the ministry-- to baptize inmates. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 7:32 pm
Higgins Over the past year, the Maine State Prison has been the scene of a murder, a hunger strike and a hostage crisis that have frayed nerves at the 900-inmate facility in Warren. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 2:47 pm
The dispute at issue is summarized in the first sentence of the majority opinion: "We consider when prison officials may be held liable for depriving inmates of outdoor exercise. [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 7:54 pm
"Fate of high-level Texas judge rests in San Antonio courtroom": Monday's edition of The San Antonio Express-News will contain an article that begins, "For almost two years, protesters statewide and nationally have called for the forced resignation of Sharon Keller, one of Texas' highest-echelon judges, over charges of unethical conduct after she refused to accept a last-minute appeal from a death row inmate. [read post]
22 May 2009, 12:12 pm
View the article here And like I've said before, this is why in prisons and jails, ALL criminals should be segregated, and not in cells with other inmates. 05/22/2009 THE parents of a sex offender who was murdered by his cell mate at HMP Whatton want an independent inquiry into his death. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 5:15 am
JTA reported yesterday that Florida Governor Charlie Crist has recently signed a directive ordering the state Department of Corrections to provide a kosher food plan for state prison inmates. [read post]
23 Jul 2009, 10:27 am
"Judges reinstate guard's brutality convictions": Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has an article that begins, "A federal appeals court has reinstated the brutality convictions of a Southern California prison guard for yanking two shackled inmates from a van and throwing them to the ground headfirst. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 8:15 am
” Elyse Carmosino of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has an article that begins, “A Louisiana board Wednesday voted unanimously to release a 75-year-old inmate sentenced to life in prison as a teenager for killing an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy. [read post]
22 Feb 2009, 8:18 am
"Judge's ethics case may hinge on phone calls; Recollections differ about Keller's two exchanges on day of execution": Today in The Austin American-Statesman, Chuck Lindell has an article that begins, "Sharon Keller picked up the phone at her Austin home two times on the day death row inmate Michael Richard would be executed. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 5:23 am
The inmate was executed later that night. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 11:57 am
"Attorney General's Office blasts Kevin Cooper's innocence claims in petition response": Today's edition of The Contra Costa Times contains an article that begins, "The state Attorney General's Office responded this week to Death Row inmate Kevin Cooper's petition to the U.S. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 7:17 am
Chatman, 47, added to Dallas County's nationally unmatched number of wrongfully convicted inmates. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 9:26 am
Joseph Lave, 42, would have been the 25th inmate given lethal injection in Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state. [read post]
15 Sep 2007, 12:54 pm
Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that "Judge wants more time to study new injection procedure for inmates. [read post]
12 May 2015, 4:00 am
The most significant legislation centered on prison reform, as Campbell’s administration ended the contract lease system for inmates and implemented more humane treatment of prisoners. [read post]
21 Aug 2011, 12:02 pm
For those interested in how California is complying (or attempting to) with federal court orders to reduce their incarceration levels, the Prison Law Blog had a good basic roundup recently of a policy that's being dubbed "realignment" (shifting state inmates to county jails) including summaries of what various CA counties are doing in preparation. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 6:20 am
Florida legislature recently passed a law granting former inmates $50,000 for each year spent wrongfully imprisoned. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 2:46 pm
From the Houston Chronicle:Inmate's mother to speak against private Texas prisonsThe mother of an Idaho inmate who killed himself in a private Texas prison on March 4 plans to urge Texas lawmakers to stop accepting out-of-state prisoners at their for-profit lockups. [read post]
31 Mar 2008, 8:21 am
Although it would be unthinkable for the government today to institute corporal punishment in prisons, there is little or no outrage when the government interns prisoners in institutions where their fellow inmates will brutally violate them. [read post]
