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Texas Jails Troubled by Deaths, Negligence and Failed Inspections
For decades Texas jails have been cesspool's of misery, medical neglect, brutality and over crowding. Class action litigation in the 1970's alleviated some of the worst aspects of the Texas jail system and led to modest improvements. By the late 1990's the jail consent decrees and injunctions had been removed ...
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More from this issue:
- Texas Jails Troubled by Deaths, Negligence and Failed Inspections, by Gary Hunter
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Federal Judge Enforces "Valdivia Remedial Plan" for California Parole Violators
- California Parole Board Lax In Contracting For Foreign Language Interpreters
- Indiana State Courts Have Jurisdiction In Prisoner Phone Contract Case, by Bob Williams
- Michigan's Dirty Little Secret: Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners Pervasive, Ongoing
- President Bush Orders Compliance With World Court Order, Withdraws From Optional Protocol
- North Carolina Pays $43,500 to Women Strip-Searched By Prisoners
- California's New Governor Has Paroled 102 Lifers, But Rejected Twice That Many
- Private Prison Firms Stumble; Hire Former California Officials to Lobby for For-Profit Facilities
- Texas State Auditor Questions Necessity of Prison Health Care Oversight Board
- Death Penalty for Texas Prison Horses Stirs Controversy
- New York's Sex Offender Treatment Program Enjoined; Stay Issued Pending Appeal
- Ex-Prisoners Barred From Nursing in Texas
- Los Angeles County Jail Tests Prisoner Radio ID Tags
- Texas Enacts Life Without Parole Law
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- New York Jail Doctor Put on Probation After Wrong Prescription Kills Detainee
- Suspicious Deaths And Beatings Allegations Still Plague Santa Clara County, California Jail
- GEO Group Buys Out Correctional Services Corporation
- New Jersey Taxpayers Underwrite Unqualified, Unnecessary Prison Employees
- Auditors Uncover Hidden Cash Accounts at Chester County, Pennsylvania, Prison
- Judge Reduces Damage Award Against PHS In New York Jail Heart Attack Suit
- Federal Court Finds California Murder Paroles Blocked by Illegal No-Parole" Policy
- Class Action Suit Filed Against L.A. County Jail After 4,000 MRSA Infections
- Feres Doctrine Bars FTCA Actions
- California's Preferential Bulk Price For Hepatitis-C Drugs Kept Secret
- New Jersey Parole Officials Pay $50,000 for Delayed Release
- New York: Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Settles For $5,000,000
- Los Angeles County Pays $60,900 To Settle Jail Detainee Rape Claim
- Wisconsin Must Install Air Conditioning in Supermax
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- Hawaii Prisoner Injured In Fight Awarded $25,427
- 11th Circuit Finds S.Ct. Overruled Heightened Pleading Standard
- Seventh Circuit Reverses § 1915(e)(2) Dismissal of Meritorious Complaint
- News in Brief
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More from Gary Hunter:
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- Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Ignoring and Instigating Prisoner Attacks, April 5, 2017
- California Health Care Facility Found Deficient and Unconstitutional, March 29, 2017
- Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel, Oct. 3, 2016
- Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered, Oct. 3, 2016
- Destined to Fail: the Negative Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws, Aug. 10, 2016
- Federal Guard Has Sex with Coworkers and Impregnated by Prisoner, Aug. 10, 2016
- Negligence not Grounds for Prosecution in Deaths of Wisconsin Prisoners, Aug. 5, 2016
- New York Based Ex-Offender Assistance Program Sues Landlord for Discrimination, Aug. 4, 2016
- Human Rights Report Reveals Inequities in U.S. Sentencing Practices, Aug. 3, 2016
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- Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025. Sexual Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Stun Guns/Tasers.
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- Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Americans with Disabilities Act.
- News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
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