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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Thursday,  June 30, 2022, became the U.S. Supreme Court's newest justice, a historic move that makes her the first Black woman to serve on the high court in its 232-year history (…

People in prisons may bring claims alleging they were denied access to legal materials while they were pursuing civil rights cases from behind bars, the Third Circuit said Wednesday in a precedential opinion setting forth that right to access the courts (…

The United States Sentencing Commission published a new report today titled Recidivism and Federal Bureau of Prisons Programs Vocational Program…

In Egbert v. Boule, No. 21-147, the Court held that the authority of a court to imply a cause of action under Bivens does not extend to Robert Boule’s Fourth Amendment excessive-force claim or his First Amendment…

On June 8, 2022, the state of Arizona executed Frank Atwood by lethal injection in Florence, Arizona 35 years after he was sentenced to death in 1987 for kidnapping and murder.…

On Thursday, three members of Congress called for an immediate federal investigation into violence and abuse at the U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Ill., prompted by reporting by The Marshall Project and NPR.

Sens. Dick Durbin…

NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths at a new penitentiary in Thomson, Ill (access audio and article).

There have been at least 167…

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has announced he is making moves to abolish the death penalty in the country (view article).

“We will work with parliament to run this…

A Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office list of more than 300 Baltimore police officers with credibility issues, many of whom continue to be called to testify in court, has been made public for the first time after a court ordered its release last fall.

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby told a…

Three federal Bureau of Prisons employees of the United States Penitentiary Big Sandy, located in Inez, Kentucky, were indicted on Thursday, for federal civil rights violations, specifically violating an individual’s rights under the color of law and of falsifying records to impede an…