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Jackson v. Indiana, 406 U.S. 715 (1972), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that determined a U.S. state violated due process by involuntarily committing a criminal defendant for an indefinite period of time solely on the basis of his permanent incompetency to stand trial on the charges filed against him.
Prison Legal News (PLN) is a monthly American magazine and online periodical published since May 1990. It primarily reports on criminal justice issues and prison and jail-related civil litigation, mainly in the United States. It is a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. [1]
It’s the second lawsuit that has followed the October 2021 incident that led to a guard at the Indiana jail being criminally charged. ‘Night of terror’: Female inmates raped when male ...
In 1988, the prison was ordered to move 130 female inmates to other state facilities in order to comply with a lawsuit filed claiming that women received unfair treatment at the prison. According to several inmates, the women at Westville were not allowed options such as work opportunities outside the facility, General Equivalency Diploma ...
The Marion County sheriff filed court papers Wednesday requesting that a man accused of killing a deputy in a transport van be transferred to the custody of the Indiana Department of Correction.
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The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e, [1] is a U.S. federal law that was enacted in 1996. [2] Congress enacted PLRA in response to a significant increase in prisoner litigation in the federal courts; the PLRA was designed to decrease the incidence of litigation within the court system.
There were 6,963 adult males on parole in Indiana ( 6,649 Indiana parolees, 239 In-State, and 75 Out-State other jurisdiction parolees) on January 01, 2025. There were 745 adult females on parole in Indiana ( 708 Indiana parolees, 32 In-State, and 5 Out-State other jurisdiction parolees) on January 01, 2025.