WASHINGTON — Taking up a case that could further erode the rights of people to sue federal officers for constitutional violations, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a prison inmate could sue a nurse for failing to provide medical assistance after a riot. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access … Read more
Rikers Island inmates get Father’s Day trip to museum with their kids – CBS News Watch CBS News Bradley Blackburn reports on a one-of-a-kind partnership, reuniting incarcerated fathers with their children. Source link
A death row inmate in Alabama is waiting on a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court to see if the state will be allowed to carry out his scheduled execution Thursday night using nitrogen hypoxia. The Alabama Attorney General’s Office petitioned the high court to reverse a federal judge’s decision to permanently ban the state … Read more
A search is underway for four inmates who escaped from a correctional center in central Alabama Saturday, authorities said. The inmates escaped the Perry County Correctional PREP Center in Uniontown, Alabama, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office reported. Law enforcement agencies were alerted at approximately 1 a.m. local time on Saturday of the escape, the sheriff’s … Read more
The planned execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers in Tennessee was called off Thursday after officials struggled to find a vein for an hour, according to his attorney, who was present at the execution. Maria DeLiberato, an attorney for Carruthers, said she saw Carruthers “wincing and groaning” and called it “horrible” to watch. An … Read more
Supreme Court dismisses case on death penalty for inmates with intellectual disabilities – CBS News Watch CBS News The Supreme Court dismissed a case on the death penalty eligibility for inmates with intellectual disabilities. CBS News’ Jan Crawford reports. Source link
Another inmate, the complaint says, told her she wouldn’t leave her side. Later that morning, a guard took McElroy to the jail’s medical clinic. Although McElroy was going into preterm labor, according to the lawsuit, the on-call nurse didn’t send her to the hospital. Instead, the suit alleges, McElroy was given a diaper and a … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Senate candidate and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is being ripped as a “complete failure” after hundreds of inmates released under his administration as part of a COVID-era agreement were rearrested on new charges within two years. This comes as Cooper is locked in a … Read more
One of multiple corrections officers charged in connection with the fatal beating of an inmate at an upstate New York prison last year pleaded guilty to manslaughter Monday and agreed to serve 11 years in prison. Former guard Caleb Blair had initially faced the most serious charges filed against the officers, including second-degree murder, in … Read more
A Louisiana sheriff was indicted Wednesday over her office’s role in a notorious jailbreak that sparked outrage last year. The brazen escape saw 10 inmates flee from a New Orleans jail, prompting a massive manhunt involving hundreds of officers from federal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson faces a 30-count … Read more