Criminal Law

Montague jail flooded with contraband, closed after FBI raid
Yikes! And we thought there was a contraband problem on Texas' death row!AP reports that in Montague County, the brand spanking new Sheriff's first official act was to move out all the inmates and close down the county jail in the wake of an FBI raid and apparent, rampant misconduct under his predecessor:A jail in northern Texas has been closed and its nearly 60 inmates transferred as authorities investigate what they call dangerous conditions for jailers and those behind bars ? including cells that locked from the inside or contained recliners...

Lawsuits Suggest Pattern of Rikers Guards Looking Other Way
Lawsuits Suggest Pattern of Rikers Guards Looking Other Way By BENJAMIN WEISER Published: February 3, 2009 When two guards were accused last month of encouraging inmates in one Rikers Island jail to police themselves, leading to beatings and in one...

Sexual Assault Trial To Begin For Former Strafford County New Hampshire Jail Chaplain Ralph Flodin - Provided “Special Therapy” For Female Inmates
DOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE ? The trial of a former county jail chaplain accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate during counseling sessions is scheduled to begin this morning at Strafford County Superior Court...

Prison Guards Charged With Letting Inmates Run Rikers
Unless they get caught having sex with inmates or smuggling drugs into a prison, it's rare for corrections officers (formerly known as prison guards) to be charged with criminal behavior in their administration of prison affairs...

U.S. blasts jail conditions
Sheriff calls 98 pages of criticism 'unprofessional,' defends reform program In a scathing report released Thursday, federal authorities said that a culture exists at Cook County Jail in which inmates are systematically beaten by guards and medical care is so...

Hamilton County Tennessee Raises Jail Fee Charged To Inmates To $51 Dollars A Day - Not That They Will Ever Make An Effort To Pay It
HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE - Hamilton County Commissioners approved a resolution today to raise jail fees for the first time in 23 years. Commissoners say they were thinking of the taxpayers trying to reduce the amount they pay when inmates cannot...

Women and the Law
Women in the Justice System (judges, attorneys)

Becker County
Faces Civil Rights Class Action by Inmates and their Attorneys

Housing Inmates
City of Renton pays Yakima County $1.7 million settlement.

County Jail Strip Search Class Action
Preliminary Settlement Reached

Restraining Chair
Santa Cruz County agree to $3 million wrongful death settlement after an inmate died while in jail.

Jail Gaurd Harassed
Yakima County to pay ex-gaurd $200,000 harassment settlement.

Female Employees Sue Goldman Sachs for Sex Discrimination
Female Employees Sue Goldman Sachs for Sex Discrimination