Archive for March, 2010

Do Prison Websites Keep Inmates In Their Search System After The Inmate Dies?

I was having a conversation with my grandpa (The details are irrelevant) but he brought up his cousin, who murdered several people and went to prison, where he later died of a heart attack. He said that our family doesn’t talk about it and he won’t give me the guys last name, only his first [...]

how long does it take the Illinois Dept of Corrections to change an inmate’s status from paroled to in c?

I heard a rumor that someone that was on parole failed a drug test and was locked up again, and I wanna know! How long does it take? oh, it cut me off. that was supposed to say "from paroled to in custody" It can take several days.

What year were the torture photos from Abu Ghraib released?

2003. The photos were never released to the public, the dumb a** Army guards who took them put a few of them on the internet to show their friends, that is how all this got started. If you call being naked and having underwear on your head is torture, it was more humiliation. But more [...]

Do jail sentences start the jail you go to jail or the next full day?

My brother went to jail on the 27th immediately after court so does this day count or does his time start on the 28th? Yes, his first day in is his first day in.

How do the officers search a female inmate?

How is the search done? by a female they do the search

How many soldiers were convicted for the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib?

And were ANY officers convicted? Nine Army reservists have been convicted of abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. All of them were enlisted: — Pfc. Lynndie England, a 22-year-old reservist from Fort Ashby, W. Va., was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison after being convicted on six of seven counts related [...]

Can an inmate sue a prison if they are attacked by another inmate?

If the guards don’t do enough to protect the safety of an inmate, and the inmate gets beaten up or raped, can they sue the warden or the prison? If the inmate can prove that the facility provided less that the ordinary effort to ensure safety, they could try to sue for negligence. It’s not [...]

how many inmates are serving a sentence in Iowa as a sex offender?

I am looking for information for a report i am writing. Wanting numbers on how many inmates are serving a sentence in iowa for a sex crime . this site may give you information on such crimes http://www.iowasexoffender.com/