Police can use evidence found on a search even if they deceived someone into consenting to the search.
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Florida Uses New Anesthetic in First-Ever Execution Protocol
In court, attorneys for Asay had questioned the use of the drug, noting it has apparently caused pain and involuntary writhing for some patients.
Read More »New Charges Against Inmate-Author: An Attempt to Muzzle Him?
Prison officials continue to persecute incarcerated Blogcritics columnist Christopher Zoukis for his perfectly legal writing activities. Federal prisons, and state prisons too, are hotbeds of censorship and repression.
Read More »Students Partner With Prisoners to Learn Problem-Solving Skills
The problem-solving course has shown promise in other areas of the inmates’ lives, too.
Read More »Federal Bureau of Prisons Needs to Understand, Control Health Costs: Report
Since 2009, while the agency has planned or carried out heath care cost control measures, it has yet to evaluate the effectiveness of those measures. Of 16 cost-control programs BOP identified, it could document cost savings from only one.
Read More »Senators Pitch Bill to Improve Conditions for Female Inmates
The bill mandates, for example, that inmates who are primary caretakers may receive visits from family members up to six days per week, with no limit to the number of children who may visit.
Read More »Prison Food Linked to Bad Behavior
A combination of pinching pennies, corruption, and privatization is resulting in prisoners being fed a stew of unhealthy, nutrient-poor meals in minuscule portions.
Read More »Is There Really Gender Bias in the Justice System?
Studies suggest that, broadly speaking, men become aggressive due to their environments and women due to their biology.
Read More »Under Trump, Things Don’t Look Good for Prison Reform and Rehabilitation
Where Obama sought to reduce unnecessary incarceration for minor crimes, Trump signed three executive orders that 'Rolling Stone' called “consistent with his firm but demonstrably false view that crime is out of control.”
Read More »Bawdy Rooftop Performances Entertain Inmates in Chicago Prison
Who knew some Chicagoans would go so far as to stage adult entertainment for the enjoyment of inmates in the Metropolitan Correctional Center?
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