Also found in:Dictionary,Thesaurus,Medical,Financial,Acronyms,Idioms,Encyclopedia,Wikipedia. aid or abet in English law,aiding and abettingis the helping in some way of the principal offender. It is in itself a crime but depends upon some earlier communication between the parties. See, for Scotla...
The Niantic Project sought to create a prison environment which would avoid the pitfalls of conventional correctional settings. The goals of the proposed alternative were to create a setting which would actively stimulate the sociolegal thinking of the inmates involved and would aid inmates in leading...
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...
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...
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 The Netherlands has, however, repealed its lèse-majesté law as of 2020.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?
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...
and apologizes to the child-victim, especially in cases of sexual assault. Therapists holding this view maintain that an admission of this nature has a dual therapeutic purpose — it may aid in restoring family relationships and may relieve child abuse victims of guilt and responsibility for acts...
for Virginia prison inmates or Immigration detainees or Federal inmates, locate Virginia Public Defender and Legal Aid offices, access information about Virginia uncontested divorce, reckless and drunk driving, access Virginia, Maryland and District of Columbia substacne abuse programs, search for ...
for himself, and nobody came to his aid then. Former HEARD board member Pat Bliss, has worked on Felix’ case for nearly two decades and is currently supporting a bid for clemency for him. Like many deaf people who receive little or no access to communication throughout life, Garcia had...
Inmates bring legal phone protest; Prison Service under fire for alleged breach of human rightsLucy Adams