Inmates bring legal phone protest; Prison Service under fire for alleged breach of human rightsLucy Adams
prison officials have been found to be justified in forbidding certain items because they fear that permitting inmates to accumulate some form of wealth encourages gambling, theft, and buying favors from guards. Judges have sometimes refused to support prisoner demands for the right to own such item...
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...
ABUSE. Every thing which is contrary to good order established by usage. Merl. Rep. h.t. Among the civilians, abuse has another signification; which is the destruction of the substance of a thing in using it. For example, the borrower of wine or grain, abuses the article lent by using...
Of course, this is not unique to me, but is the case in some form for each of my co-defendants and for every American who has been caught up in our criminal justice system. Undoubtedly, spending more than two years in prison is going to be difficult; however, when I reflect on my ...
“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...
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...
When I had arrived at this prison to serve 11 years, I never felt at home as my fellow inmates were very sketchy. This one time a young, big White guy offered me some juice which was D-Bal stating that "it makes you big, though it aint cheap". My response was "Im the biggest ...
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...
results. Supreme Court jurisprudence has shifted over the last decade, which has in some cases lowered the constitutional barriers for aid to religious organizations. However, some cases have indicated that the Court may not favor aid in particular cases of providing funding to religious organizations...