U.S. Supreme Court
Jan. 12, 2012
High court reverses 9th Circuit on private prison suit
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday that inmates serving time in privately managed federal prisons don't have the same ability to enforce their constitutional rights as those in government-run prisons.
Not all federal inmates are equal
The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday that inmates serving time in privately managed federal prisons don't have the same ability to enforce their constitutional rights as those in government-run prisons.
Reversing the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the high court ruled 8-1 that inmates in private prisons can use state tort law instead of the Constitution to seek redress for abuses suffered at t...
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