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Jail alternatives dwindle for defendants with mental illness
For defendants with mental illness or substance problems, alternatives to incarceration have become harder to find because of budget cuts that have reduced the number of jail diversion beds in Connecticut. Despite a waiting list with hundreds of people, the state’s Court Support Services Division has cut the number of beds since 2016 from 311 […]
Jail alternatives dwindle for defendants with mental illness
For defendants with mental illness or substance problems, alternatives to incarceration have become harder to find because of budget cuts that have reduced the number of jail diversion beds in Connecticut. Despite a waiting list with hundreds of people, the state’s Court Support Services Division has cut the number of beds since 2016 from 311 […]
ACLU seeks to force Missouri to treat inmates’ hepatitis C
Missouri prison officials have authorized treatment of only 15 of the 4,590 Missouri prison inmates who have been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C, according to a motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union this past week. The ACLU is seeking an emergency court order to force the Missouri Department of Corrections and its medical […]
ACLU seeks to force Missouri to treat inmates’ hepatitis C
Missouri prison officials have authorized treatment of only 15 of the 4,590 Missouri prison inmates who have been diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C, according to a motion filed by the American Civil Liberties Union this past week. The ACLU is seeking an emergency court order to force the Missouri Department of Corrections and its medical […]
Government fails to release data on deaths in police custody
More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how and why people die under the watch of law enforcement. The information vacuum is hampering […]
Government fails to release data on deaths in police custody
More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how and why people die under the watch of law enforcement. The information vacuum is hampering […]
St. Louis asks for more time to release suspects from jail
St. Louis officials are asking for more time to determine which of the nearly 900 felony detainees should be freed from jail, citing concerns that a judge’s ruling could put potentially dangerous suspects back on the streets. U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig ruled Tuesday that St. Louis must stop jailing people awaiting trial simply because […]
St. Louis asks for more time to release suspects from jail
St. Louis officials are asking for more time to determine which of the nearly 900 felony detainees should be freed from jail, citing concerns that a judge’s ruling could put potentially dangerous suspects back on the streets. U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig ruled Tuesday that St. Louis must stop jailing people awaiting trial simply because […]
Women complain about discriminatory jail screening policy
A Missouri county legislator has said her local jail has a sexist screening policy that requires any woman wearing an underwire bra to remove the lingerie before entering the facility — a claim the sheriff and corrections department director dispute. Jackson County legislator Crystal Williams raised the issue on Twitter this week after female attorneys […]
Women complain about discriminatory jail screening policy
A Missouri county legislator has said her local jail has a sexist screening policy that requires any woman wearing an underwire bra to remove the lingerie before entering the facility — a claim the sheriff and corrections department director dispute. Jackson County legislator Crystal Williams raised the issue on Twitter this week after female attorneys […]
St. Louis County jail inmate population drops by 22 percent
Several years ago, officials in the largest and busiest judicial circuit in Missouri set a goal: to shrink St. Louis County’s jail population by 15 to 19 percent. After a period of trial and error, they’ve met that target — and exceeded it. According to county data, the jail population has dropped by 22.3 percent […]
Civil Rights: Inmate Action-Administrative Segregation-Retaliation
Where an inmate presented evidence that specific defendants placed him in administrative segregation and prevented him from providing his attorney with legal documents shortly after he filed a prior lawsuit against prison officials, an issue of material fact remained on the inmate’s retaliation claim, so summary judgment is reversed in part, but the judgment is […]
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