Internationally, prison rape is recognized as a form of torture. While it is illegal in the U.S, correctional officers have argued in some states that – despite the clear power imbalance – inmates gave their consent. Laws vary widely. For example, sexual abuse ...
Only two state legislatures, Illinois and California, have addressed the issue of using physical restraints on pregnant inmates; the vast majority of states rely on corrections officials to craft policy.This article analyzes both states' justifications for shackling policies as well as the ...
The research of this paper explores the history of mass incarceration and how it identifies with female inmates and the inadequate medical attention and treatment they incur worldwide within the prison system. The numbers of female incarceration has risen significantly within the past 7 years and is...
inmates increasing so is the cases of sexual misconduct against male correctional officers. It is not something that happens at every female prison but it is alarming to know how much this type of activity does indeed take place. This type of misconduct creates major problems for the prison as...
Prosecutors said the motive was that Montgomery’s ex-husband knew she had undergone a tubal ligation that made her sterile and planned to reveal she was lying about being pregnant in an effort to get custody of two of their four children. Needing a baby before a fast-approachin...
Parker was convicted of killing a 21-year-old pregnant mother to take her unborn child. She has been on death row since 2022. Kimberly Cargill Texas Department Of Criminal Justice Kimberly Cargill Cargill was convicted of killing another person who was going to testify against her. She doused ...
Montgomery was the first of the final three federal inmates scheduled to die before next week’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who is expected to discontinue federal executions. In a separate ruling Tuesday, which the government can still seek to overturn, another federal judge halted...
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One of Montgomery's lawyers, Kelley Henry, told The Associated Press Tuesday morning that her client arrived at the Terre Haute facility late Monday night from a Texas prison and that, because there are no facilities for female inmates, she was being kept in a cell in the execution-chamber ...
Internationally, prison rape is recognized as a form of torture. While it is illegal in the U.S, correctional officers have argued in some states that – despite the clear power imbalance – inmates gave their consent. Laws vary widely. For example, sexual abuse of an inmate can be a ...