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Judge orders Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry to face trial In a scathing rebuke of the Arizona Department of Corrections, a federal judge has ordered that the state agency will face trial for repeatedly violating a settlement agreement in a long-standing lawsuit over prison healthcare. and last updated 2021-07-21 21:33:17-04 PHOENIX — In a scathing rebuke of the Arizona Department of Corrections, a federal judge has ordered that the state agency will face tria...

Citing "pervasive material breaches" of Arizonas prison health care class action settlement, U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver rescinded the settlement and ordered the Department of Corrections and prisoner attorneys to prepare for a trial in an order issued on Friday. The Parsons v. Ryan settlement was certified more than 6 years ago in 2015. The state agreed to a set of performance benchmarks that were created to raise the standard of health care in the 10 state-run prisons. On Friday, ...

Sentencing Law and Policy Federal Sentencing Reporter issue considers "After Trump: The Future of the President’s Pardon Power" It strikes me as a great bit of great timing, as we head into a weekend celebrating our great nations declaration of independence from a monarchy, that the new issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter focused on the pardon power in the US Constitution is just now available online.  It is often said that the presidential pardon authority in Article II section 2 of t...

Hunger strikers were subjected to involuntary and invasive medical procedures, placed in solitary confinement and experienced retaliatory deportations

Hunger strikers were subjected to involuntary and invasive medical procedures, placed in solitary confinement and experienced retaliatory deportations

The report covers hunger strikes by at least 1,378 people from 74 countries, across 62 immigration detention centers in 24 states, including Arizona.

To result in a reversal. those are some of the toughest types of appeals to take. >> martha: so looking at what life would be like for derek chauvin now. i mentioned with ted williams, this idea already for all of this time in jail hes been under watch, 23 hours of each day in a solitary cell. hes kept away from other inmates, hes allowed an hour for exercise. thats it. will that continue? >> it may have to continue in some form, yeah. i run a prison project for older prisoners. i spend a lot of...

The San Francisco label is marking the milestone by introducing a podcast featuring founder Bob Duskis interviewing artists who have recorded for the company.

New data show federal judges granted compassionate release petitions at dramatically different rates depending on their location.

Surjit Singh, a 64-year-old Indian immigrant, was sentenced to five years in prison for manslaughter after a fatal vehicle accident in Yuma, Arizona.