“We’ve taught the system how to speak inmate,” said James Sexton, another executive at LEO Technologies. (MORE: Nearly 18 years after 9/11, the federal air marshals program is in 'crisis') At other times, the intentions an inmate conveys in a prison phone call are crystal clear. Af...
Successfully appealed religious freedom case on behalf of a California inmate, a member of the Sikh faith, challenging prison grooming rules that required him to cut his hair, contrary to his religious beliefs. Represented amicus curiae, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, in urging a s...
Bilal Abdul Kareem, who is a US born journalist and has worked for the BBC and CNN, filed a case in federal court in 2017 alleging that he had been put on a US government kill list. The pleadings cite at least four attempts on Kareem’s life in the Middle East, where he has been...
That’s in a state where a federal judge ruled two years ago that the prison medical care was unconstitutional and “plainly, grossly inadequate.” “I think the healing hurt worse than the actual accident,” Moore said. The Arizona corrections department would not comment on injuries that ...
–Mandatory minimums and 3-strikes statutes can leave judges with no discretion in sentencing, resulting in sentences of decades or life in prison for minor offenses. The trend has been to reform these mandates, but they still exist on the federal level and in many states. ...
prison programsbarriersparticipationAnnually, over half a million prisoners are released back into the community. It is important to identify and implement evidence-based strategies within prisons to aid in inmates' re-entry. An impressive knowledge base exists describing the effectiveness of these ...
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Osipova is expected to be transferred to the Danbury prison in Connecticut, as ordered by the federal judge. This facility houses another high-profile Russian inmate, pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko. Bogdana Osipova case On June 6, a US federal court in Wichita, Kansas, sentenced Osipova to 84 mon...
Reacting to a spike in virus cases reported in Arizona, the top health official in the Mexican state of Sonora is asking Mexico’s federal government to temporarily close the border to non-essential visits from the U.S.
Federal prison workers claim their lives are in danger during coronavirus outbreak Employees at federal prisons are facing supply shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic as the first two workers test positive. Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up ...