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Pregnant Woman Suffers Needless Death in Oklahoma Jail
Jamie Lynn Russell (a.k.a. Jamie Fisher), 33, who was pregnant and experiencing severe abdominal pain, sought medical care at a hospital in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on January 3, 2013. She was difficult and “not cooperating,” according to nurses, who summoned a nearby police officer to assist.
Medical staff decided to …
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- LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm, by Matthew Clarke
- Tenth Circuit: Terrorism Prisoners Lack Liberty Interest in Transfer to ADX, by Derek Gilna
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- The Battle to Open Prisons to Journalists, by Jessica Pupovac
- Two Companies Acknowledge Exporting U.S. Prisoner-Made Goods to Canada, by David Reutter
- Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview, by Mel Motel
- GAO Examines How BOP Can Reduce Prisoners’ Time in Prison, by Derek Gilna
- In Memory of Jon E. Yount (1938-2012), by Peter Wagner
- Supreme Court Extends Qualified Immunity to Private Attorney
- U.S. Imprisons the Most Women, Tops International List
- Supreme Court Adopts Strickland Prejudice Standard for Rejected Plea Bargains, by Derek Gilna
- NY Federal Judge Deals Rare SHU Placement Defeat to BOP, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon Jail Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner, Gets 30 Days in Jail
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Sets Aside Convictions Based on Actual Innocence, by Matthew Clarke
- The Collapse of American Criminal Justice, by William J. Stuntz (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011). 432 pages, $35.00, by Derek Gilna
- Illinois: Current Insurer Must Pay Wrongful Conviction Award after Exoneration
- Pay-to-Stay Jail Programs Growing
- Nevada DOC Audit: Doctors Work 5 Hours, Get Paid for 10
- Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Firing of PHS Medical Director
- Oregon Prosecutor’s Son Escapes Mandatory Prison Time for Sexual Assault
- Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption, by Nancy Mullane (Public Affairs Books, 2012). 384 pages, $26.99 (hard-cover), by John Dannenberg
- Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction
- Texas Supreme Court Rules Compensation Required in Schlup-type Innocence Cases, by Matthew Clarke
- FBI Loses Prisoner’s Property but Sovereign Immunity Foils Recovery, by Derek Gilna
- Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison, by Matthew Clarke
- Pregnant Woman Suffers Needless Death in Oklahoma Jail, by Matthew Clarke
- Seventh Circuit Approves Illinois Prison’s Rejection of PDR and Drug Guide
- Alabama Law Meant to Ensure Transparency in Judicial Elections Not Enforced for 16 Years, by Derek Gilna
- Idaho DOC Settles 30-year-old Class-action Lawsuit
- New York Jail Profits from TV Ads, by Joe Watson
- Federal Prison Industries Contract Leads to Freeworld Job Losses
- California: Denial of Kosher Diet to Messianic Jew Violates RLUIPA
- New Hampshire: $450,000 Settlement in Suit Over Prisoner’s Opiate Detoxification Death
- Ohio Supreme Court Sides with Defendant in Sex Offender Registration Case, by Derek Gilna
- FCC Finally Moves on Wright Petition After Almost a Decade of Inaction
- TASER Liability Verdict Upheld, but Remittitur Granted
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- News in Brief
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- New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Corrections Department Regulations Do Not Exempt Use-Of-Force Documents from Public Records Disclosure, Aug. 1, 2026
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- $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
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