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2012
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Do you want the new EEOC guidance regarding the use of criminal records in making hiring decisions in black and white? This website presents an excellent summary of this guidance. Sections of this article include: introduction; the new guidance; indi... Read More
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2011
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“This report examines the prevalence of opiate addiction in the criminal justice system, its devastating consequences, and the widespread denial of access to one of its most effective forms of treatment: medication assisted treatment (“MAT”). Anyone ... Read More
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2009
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This report "examines three provisions of the PLRA [Prison Litigation Reform Act] -- the exhaustion requirement, the physical injury requirement, and the law's application to children - and their effect on prisoners' access to justice" (p. 4). Eleven... Read More
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2009
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Issues surrounding the limited right of an inmate to receive publications through the mail are discussed. Topics addressed are: legal test; total ban on receipt of publications; news and political speech; weapons escape plans, and illegal activity; ... Read More
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2009
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This article explains why constitutional remedies are needed to address "serious flaws" in lethal injection practices. Sections following an abstract are: introduction; an overview of lethal injection -- the three-drug protocol and the Supreme Court... Read More
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2009
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Issues surrounding legal challenges to the use of lethal injection are discussed. This chapter contains sections covering: background; brief history of execution methods; lethal injection's perplexing perpetuation -- how states resist changing execu... Read More
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2009
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The right of federally incarcerated female offenders to have an abortion is examined. Sections of this article include: the current state of prisons and prisoners’ rights -- pregnancies in prison, abortion policy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP... Read More
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2009
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The "increasing practice of prolonged or permanent solitary confinement [i.e., supermax prisons] constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution, and whether it violates the due process rights of the prisoners so confined" ... Read More
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2009
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Results from an evaluation of conditions at the Harris County Jail (Houston, TX) are presented. This report is divided into four sections: jail description; legal framework; constitutional deficiencies in medical care, protection from harm, and sani... Read More
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2008
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Results from this evaluation of conditions at the Erie County Holding Center and the Erie County Correctional Facility (located in Erie County, NY) are presented. This report covers the following areas of concern: background; findings according to i... Read More
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2008
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The author argues that the unnecessary and inhumane use of pancuronium or similar paralyzing drugs for human lethal injections is illustrated by the ban on their use in the euthanasia of animals. This article is divided into five parts: the problem ... Read More
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2008
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Constitutional issues related to the civil commitment of sexually violent predators in Washington are addressed. This paper is divided into five parts: the U.S. Supreme Court's civil commitment jurisprudence; the framework for assessing whether trea... Read More
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2008
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Conditions at the Worcester County Jail and House of Correction in West Boylston, Massachusetts, that violate the constitutional rights of inmates are explained. This report is divided into the following parts: background; findings regarding failure... Read More
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2008
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A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Garfield County Jail and Garfield County Work Center (Oklahoma) is provided. This MOA has these sections: introduction; definitions; substantive remedial measures for sec... Read More
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2008
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Claims regarding the violation of constitutional and federal statutory rights of confined youth at the Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility and the Marion Juvenile Correctional Facility are resolved by this Stipulated Judgment. Sections of this docu... Read More
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2008
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Conditions at the Cook County Jail in Chicago, Illinois that violate the constitutional rights of inmates are explained. This findings letter is comprised of the following sections: background; legal standings; findings regarding inadequate protecti... Read More
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2008
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This Second Amended Settlement Agreement addresses the denial of particular constitutional rights of youth confined in three Maryland juvenile facilities -- Cheltenham Youth Facility, Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, and Baltimore City Juvenile Justice... Read More
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2008
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This settlement agreement between the U.S. and the Wilson County Jail regards certain conditions that violate the constitutional rights of those jailed. Sections comprising it are: introduction; definitions; substantive provisions covering medical c... Read More
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2008
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A Settlement Agreement created to address the lack of compliance with a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) dealing with rectifying violations of constitutional or statutory rights of prisoners is provided. Sections of this Agreement are: introduction; ge... Read More
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2008
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The problem of religious discrimination in correctional facilities is examined. Sections contained in this briefing are: introductory remarks by the Chairman; speakers' presentations -- "Panel 1 -- Free Exercise of Inmates' Religious rights vs. Pris... Read More
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2008
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Conditions that violated federal constitutional requirements are noted with recommendations for their improvement. Sections of this document are: description of the jail; legal framework; constitutional deficiencies -- insufficient protection from h... Read More
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2008
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This Consent Decree resolves litigation concerning conditions of confinement that violate the constitutional rights of inmates at the L.E. Rader Center in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. Sections of this document are: introduction; definitions; substantive ... Read More
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2008
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The court finds that the "policy or practice of strip searching all arrestees as part of booking them into the general population of a detention facility, even without reasonable suspicion to believe that they may be concealing contraband is constitu... Read More
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2007
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This publication "reviews the history of correctional law and summarizes the results and effects of major court decisions" (p. 4). Sections comprising this document include: introduction; history of court involvement; corrections and the Constitutio... Read More
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2004
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A monograph "intended to help prisons operate ultra-high-security facilities in a way that minimizes liability in litigation" is presented (p. v). Section contained in this manual include: executive summary; introduction; supermax and case law backgr... Read More
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2000
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This meeting focused primarily on topics related to the role of the jail in the local criminal justice system. Contents include: meeting highlights; justice system coordination and cooperation -- how the jail benefits and the system is improved; crim... Read More
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1998
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The Constitution protects inmates in jails and prisons, and this paper discusses the continuing challenge of deciding what those protections mean in practice and the struggle to assure that inmate rights are met. "Condition cases" have resulted in co... Read More
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1996
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Developed to assist jail administrators, this document reviews the major legal issues concerning female inmates, including those arising under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, medical needs of women, and sexual harassment. It ... Read More
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