Commander's Log

June 2008: Inmates in State or local correctional facilities may challenge the revocation of diminution credits

March 2008: Detention Center Grievances Do Not Need To Name Particular Defendants In Order To Satisfy The Exhaustion Requirements Of The Prison Litigation Reform Act

December 2007: Defending Correctional Regulations Against Constitutional Challenge

September 2007: Monitoring Of A Prisoner’s General Incoming Mail By Prison Staff Does Not Infringe A Sender’s First Amendment Rights

June 2007: Detention Center Wardens Should Frequently Review Strip Search Policies To Ensure That They Meet Constitutional Requirements

March 2007: A Corrections Officer Is Not Obligated To Ask An Inmate Whether He Needs Medical Care After An Altercation In Which It Is Apparent That The Inmate Did Not Sustain Serious Injury

December 2006: The Prison Litigation Reform Act’s Requirement That An Inmate Exhaust His Administrative Remedies Prior To Filing Suit Applies Even If The Inmate Is Confined At A Drug Treatment Facility

September 2006: Inmate's Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) as a Basis of Liability Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983

June 2006: Requirements of Inmate's Federal Constitutional Claims for a Denial of Adequate Medical Care

March 2006: Liability of Correctional Supervisors and Local Governments for Suicide Committed by a Pretrial Detainee

December 2005: The “State of Mind” Component of a Federal Excessive Force Claim Against a Correctional Officer

September 2005: Inmates’ Federal Excessive Force Claims Require More Than Minor or Insignificant Injury

June 2005: Liability of Supervisors in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuits

March 2005: What an Inmate Must Show to Establish a Claim for a Failure to Protect From Violence

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