Byline: Graham Grant Home Affairs EditorDaily Mail (London)
The September 1971 revolt and riot by inmates at the Attica State Correctional Facility in Attica, New York, ended in a violent response by state officials. However, during the five days inmates controlled the prison, lawyers for the inmates and prison officials sought to negotiate a peaceful so...
MLaw Professor Nicholas Bagley elected to membership in American Law Institute November 07, 2024 Professor Nicholas Bagley is among 22 newly elected members of the American Law Institute (ALI), one of the most prestigious distinctions for judges, lawyers, and academics. ...
the law that has been used to target nonviolent pro-life activists with years in federal prison. You can visithttps://paaunow.org/repealfacefor more information on how to get involved in this crucial campaign
One member of our Steering Committee was a victim of torture in prison and tells of being led from his cell on a number of occasions, having been told he was to be executed, only to discover that it was a mock execution. The Iranian government has never identified those who were secretly...
“Jurisdictional Relationships: Democracy and the Administrative State through the lens ofCaring Society v Canada”. In this piece, I explore an example from Canada involving the decades-long, inadequate and discriminatory provision of child welfare and family support services for Indigenous children and...
In the Netherlands, a man got a week in prison for calling Queen Beatrix a “whore” and another man got a month for “intentionally insulting King Wilem-Alexander. The Netherlands has, however, repealed its lèse-majesté law as of 2020. But not here, right?
Drug crimes are a serious issue in the United States. The War on Drugs has resulted in an exponential increase in drug related crimes. The prison system brims with inmates who have been convicted of drug related crimes. In addition to criminal prosecutions, there are also many cases of sexua...
Generally, the government may not provide direct aid to religious organizations that use the aid for religious purposes, but the Supreme Court has allowed aid for non-religious purposes. It appears that the purpose of the aid and the types of programs that it was used to fund are the critica...
Inmates bring legal phone protest; Prison Service under fire for alleged breach of human rightsLucy Adams