Teen sues jail over 23-day confinement

Teen sues jail over 23-day confinement

A Syracuse, NY (Onondaga County) teenager is suing the Onondaga County Justice Center for locking him in a cell 23 hours a day for more than two months. Taijaleke Smith, 16, has a history of mental illness and went nearly two months without counseling or...
Rolling Stone defamation case rolling along

Rolling Stone defamation case rolling along

Jackie Coakley, the UVA student at the center of Rolling Stone’s bogus gang rape story from 2014, is going to be forced to turn over her email and phone records as part of an ongoing lawsuit despite efforts to withhold the documents. Rolling Stone is being sued by...
New York agrees to overhaul solitary confinement

New York agrees to overhaul solitary confinement

http://traffic.libsyn.com/veritasnews/VNN_039.mp3 Subscribe in iTunes New York State has agreed to a major overhaul in the way solitary confinement is administered in the state’s prisons. The move to significantly reduce the number of inmates held in isolation and...