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A crappy case concerning prisoner poo before New Hampshire Supreme Court

By Douglas A. Berman

Though easily the basis for a lot of bad dirty jokes (as this post has already excreted), this story from the The Concord Monitor actually raises a host of interesting legal issues concerning prison conditions and criminal assaults.  (Potty tip: How Appealing.)  The piece is headlined "Prison waste is matter for court; Justices to rule if feces on floor equals assault," and here is how it gets started: It's a crime for inmates to throw feces, urine and blood at jail and prison staff. The question before the state Supreme Court is whether throwing it on the floor for staff to clean up also qualifies as assault. A lower court has said no. The state attorney general's office says yes and has asked the high court to decide. Meanwhile, prison and jail officials are watching...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 24, 2010 (boomark / email).