Inmate wins $404,000 award in civil rights case against Ohio prison officers

Ohio inmate Tommy Meadows won a $404,000 jury award in a civil rights lawsuit. Meadows was pepper sprayed and put into ...
Panama City News-Herald

What's going on at the Bay County Jail? Jail staff respond to allegations after two deaths

Former Bay County Jail inmates alleged harsh conditions following two deaths. BCSO and jail leadership defended the facility.

Arkansas attorney general’s office wants to question jurors who awarded inmate $5,001

Damien Ford produced something akin to a legal unicorn. Ford, who is housed at the East Arkansas Region Unit prison in ...
Law

Circuit Rules Grievances by Inmates Are Protected

The voicing and filing of grievances by members of inmate liaison committees in New York state prisons are constitutionally protected activities, a Second Circuit panel has ruled, reinstating an ...
The Connecticut Mirror

Repeal CT’s law that denies justice to injured inmates

On November 8, 2022, Marvin Minter was pinned against a wall by a malfunctioning elevator door at the New Haven Correctional Center. The aging elevator, unserviced since 2020 despite numerous ...
KVUE

Settlement in case of Hays County Jail inmate who claimed guards crushed his hand

HAYS COUNTY, Texas — A settlement has been reached in the case of a Hays County Jail inmate who claimed correction officers intentionally crushed his hand and deleted video of the incident. In the ...