The Montana State Prison system must face constitutional claims by mental health advocates that its policies and practices create “horrific” treatment of severely mentally ill
Tag: Eighth Amendment
Civil Rights Retrial Over Black Inmates’ Lockdown
An African-American inmate at Corcoran State Prison won reinstatement of his civil rights claims for injuries after violent incidents involving inmates and guards resulted in
Prisons Ordered to Speed Up Paroles
California prison officials have been ordered to implement a new parole determination process that would speed up the parole of non-violent second-strike inmates and minimum
No Money for Prison Dental Care, No Problem
A federal appeals court split 7-4 to reject an inmate civil rights claim that prison officials made him wait 18 months to treat severe dental
