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Protective custody (PC) is a type of imprisonment (or care) to protect a person from harm, either from outside sources or other prisoners. [1] Many prison administrators believe the level of violence, or the underlying threat of violence within prisons, is a chief factor causing the need for PC units.
Solitary confinement (sometimes euphemistically called protective custody, punitive segregation (PSEG) or room restriction) generally comes in one of two forms: "disciplinary segregation," in which inmates are temporarily placed in solitary confinement as punishment for rule-breaking; and "administrative segregation," in which prisoners deemed ...
The Supreme Court not only ruled that Michigan misapplied Terry v. Ohio and the Fourth Amendment but also ruled that Long had insufficient adequate and independent state ground. O'Connor, a former judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals , affirmed the doctrine of independent state ground, but wrote that the Michigan Supreme Court adjudicated ...
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case looking at whether a Michigan prisoner can sue prison officials for not doing enough during the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent ...
As the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention centers increases under the Biden administration, some Democratic lawmakers want a phasing out of the practice.
Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of police sobriety checkpoints. The Court held 6-3 that these checkpoints met the Fourth Amendment standard of "reasonable search and seizure." However, upon remand to the Michigan Supreme Court, that court held ...
Last January, a Court of Appeals panel ruled 2-1 that the lower court was correct in binding Schurr over for trial. In a one-page order issued Monday, Michigan Supreme Court justices declined to ...
Following is a list of justices of the Michigan Supreme Court. Current justices. Justice ... Tenure on Supreme Court 1: William A. Fletcher: 1836–1842: 1836–1842 2: