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DOJ Directs BOP, U.S. Marshals to Improve Suicide Prevention by On December 3, 2024, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco issued a directive updating suicide prevention protocols and improving mental health assessments for federal prisoners and detainees. The reforms apply to the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the U.S. …
Second Rapper Stabbed in Atlanta Jail During Record-Long Trial by Rapper Yak Gotti, whose real name is Deamonte Kendrick, 32, was stabbed in the south annex of Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail on December 1, 2024, during a racketeering trial involving fellow rapper Young Thug—real name Jeffrey Lamar Williams, 33—and four …
The Good That Prisoner Rights Lawyers Do by On April 23, 2022, UCLA law professor Sharon Dolovich delivered the keynote address at a Prisoner Rights and Prison Conditions symposium. She cited the challenges faced by attorneys who pursue prisoners’ rights litigation—an area of law “stacked a mile high against plaintiffs”—including …
All Ohio Prison Guards to Wear Body Cams by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In January 2022, the Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation began requiring the state’s 5,000 prison guards to don body-worn cameras. Supplied by Axon, the “body cams,” which complement over 1,000 security cameras already installed in …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
New Advocacy Group for New Mexico Prisoners Created by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A new watchdog nonprofit in New Mexico is focusing on exposing the culture of secrecy in the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD), which the group says interferes with the ability to monitor civil rights violations against …
Brief • October 19, 2017
Crime Justice & America Inc v. Honea, CA, Opinion, Jail Mail Policy, 2017 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CRIME JUSTICE & AMERICA, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, Nos. 15-16119 16-17195 v. KORY HONEA, in his official capacity as Sheriff of the County of Butte, Defendant-Appellee. D.C. No. …
U.S. v. Jones, FL, Complaint in Intervention, Failure to Accommodate Disabled Inmates, 2017 Case 4:16-cv-00047-RH-CAS Document 53-1 Filed 01/09/17 Page 1 of 12 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff-Intervenor, ) ) v. ) …
Bush v. County of San Diego, CA, Order Partially Granting Cross Motions for Summary Judgment, Dog Shooting, 2016 Case 3:15-cv-00686-L-JMA Document 40 Filed 10/17/16 Page 1 of 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ROGER MARK BUSH, …
Thomas. v. Butkiewicus, CT, Ruling re: Plaintiff's Motion for Sanctions, Spoliation of Evidence, 2016 Case 3:13-cv-00747-JCH Document 134 Filed 04/29/16 Page 1 of 41 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT : : : : : : : : : TYE THOMAS, Plaintiff, v. DAVE BUTKIEWICUS et al., Defendants. CIVIL …
Brief • March 27, 2015
Bush v. County of San Diego, CA, Complaint, Dog Shooting, 2015 Case 3:15-cv-00686-L-JMA Document 1 Filed 03/27/15 Page 1 of 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Devin J. Burstein (CSB 255389) Warren & Burstein 501 West Broadway, Suite 240 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: (619) 234 …
Statement of the Department of Justice on the Enforcement of the Integration Mandate of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Omstead v. L.C., U.S. Department of Justice, 2011 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Statement of the Department of Justice on Enforcement of the Integration Mandate …
Brief • July 8, 2010
U.S. v. Schultz, CO, Order and Judgement, Guard Misconduct, 2010 Case 1:00-cr-00481-WYD Document 1730 Filed 07/08/10 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 8 Case: 09-1275 Document: 01018453512 Date Filed: 07/08/2010 Page: 1 FILED United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT July 8, …