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West Virginia Supreme Court Orders Prison Officials to Develop Good-Time Credit Policy
by David M. Reutter
On October 16, 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reversed denial of mandamus relief to a prisoner and compelled the Commissioner of the state Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) to “develop a policy directive and/or operational procedure that is in compliance” with ...
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- Southern California Jail Guard Arrested With 104 Pounds of Fentanyl
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Families of New Jersey Jail Suicide Victims Still Waiting for Settlement Payouts
- $500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days, by David Reutter
- These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years, by Victoria Law
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- Alabama Woman Jailed for “Fetal Endangerment” Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Shower
- Over 5,000 Prisoners Federally Sentenced Every Month, by Douglas Ankney
- $32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner
- Former Illinois Prisoner Pursuing PhD After 27 Years of Incarceration
- $7,500 Settlement Reached After Georgia Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
- Autistic Detainee’s Death in Pittsburgh Jail Blamed on “Culture” That Left Him “Punished Instead of Treated”
- HIV and Incarcerated People: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, by Douglas Ankney
- $6,500 Paid to Illinois Prisoner After Denied Records Request
- Two West Virginia Jail Guards Plead Guilty in Detainee Death, Six More Charged
- $125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing, by David Reutter
- Escaped Idaho Prisoner Recaptured, Three Accomplices Charged
- Class-Action Challenge to Medical Care at Tennessee Jail Results in $3.8 Million Settlement
- Prisoner-on-Prisoner Violence at California Prison Leaves One Dead, Another Stabbed
- Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court “Tilted the Scales Too Far” for Jailers in Missouri Detainee’s Fatal Overdose, by David Reutter
- Arizona Sheriff Accused of Misusing Detainee Funds to Buy Guns, Ammo
- Three Texas Prison Guards Among 13 Charged in Sprawling Smuggling Scheme
- Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths, by Matthew Clarke
- Washington Superior Court Says Jail Cannot Bill Poor Detainees for Medical Care
- Alabama Denied Summary Judgment in Prisoner’s Suit Over Knifepoint Rape, by Matthew Clarke
- Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath
- Ninth Circuit Refunds Filing Fee to “Struck-Out” California Prisoner Denied Indigent Status Under PLRA, by Matthew Clarke
- Pennsylvania Jail Warden Fired, Deputy Warden Resigns After Guard Assaults Detainee
- Was There a Plot to Discredit Former Missouri Sheriff Investigating Corruption?, by Douglas Ankney
- The Graying of American Prisons
- Regarding Death Penalty, Biden’s Actions Don’t Align with His Mouth, by Douglas Ankney
- $10 Million Reimbursed for Vacated Washington Drug Possession Convictions, by David Reutter
- “Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- Migrants at New Mexico CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Forced to Clean Up Sewage with Bare Hands, by Douglas Ankney
- Wyoming Supreme Court Grants Immunity to DOC in Prison COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up, by David Reutter
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- FTC Orders GTL/ViaPath to Help 650,000 Customers Whose Info Was Stolen, Posted on Dark Web, by Douglas Ankney
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- Ohio Supreme Court Orders Records Produced for State Prisoner, by David Reutter
- $25.2 Million Settlement for Two Connecticut Prisoners Exonerated After 35 Years, by David Reutter
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- $15,000 to Virginia Prisoner Mauled by DOC K-9, by Matthew Clarke
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- Ninth Circuit Affirms Class Action Consent Decree at California’s Alameda County Jail, by David Reutter
- Fired Alabama Guard Reinstated Despite Excessive Force Used on Prisoner Who Died, by David Reutter
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