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‘Failure of the system’: Case of deaf man killed in Baltimore’s jail was mired in delays
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBALTIMORE — In a Baltimore courtroom one July afternoon, attorneys scrambled to make sense of the...
Hurricane Ian brings renewed focus to 'life and death' struggle for prisoners during a disaster
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe day before Hurricane Ian slammed into Florida, attorney Rene Suarez was preparing to help his...
Judge may decide if Arizona law requiring private prison health care is a problem
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA federal judge on Friday suggested she may consider overriding an Arizona law requiring the privatization of prison health care so that prisoners can start receiving the level of care required ...
Arizona inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will, women claim
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThree women imprisoned in the Arizona Department of Corrections while pregnant claim their labor was...
Video shows deputy slamming handcuffed inmate into concrete wall at Men's Central Jail
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) A Los Angeles County...
Senators fault Department of Justice for 'appalling' conditions in Los Angeles jails
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA guard at the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles. Inmates at jails across the U.S....
Judge Responds to Woman's Request to Watch Her Father's Execution [Update]
The Root via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUpdated as of 11/28/2022 at 9:30 a.m. ET Nineteen-year-old Khorry Ramey requested to witness her...
'Plainly grossly inadequate': Arizona prison health care system ruled unconstitutional
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn an emphatic rebuke of Arizona's privatized prison health care model, U.S. District Judge Roslyn...
Federal judge orders contempt hearing over L.A. County's failure to clean up its jails
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLawyers for the county admitted Wednesday that officials never fully complied with a court order to...
Arizona prison health care contract awarded to company that allegedly overcharged feds
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Arizona Department of Corrections announced Friday it awarded a prison health care contract to...