by Chad Marks
NBC anchorman Lester Holt has been to many prisons as part of his news reporting. But he had never slept in a locked cell for a few nights – until he went to the infamous Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in April 2019.
Holt said he and ...
by Chad Marks
In Maryland, prisoners sentenced to life with the possibility of parole must serve 15 years before they can be considered for release. After serving the minimum 15-year term, they have an initial hearing before two commissioners. Once passing that hurdle, they are scheduled for a risk assessment ...
by Chad Marks
In September 2018, three prisoners died on three consecutive days at the Menard Correctional Center in Illinois. Kevin Curtis, 31, who was on suicide watch, died on September 5. The next day, Edwin Freeman, 45, also on suicide watch, was found unresponsive in his cell and taken ...
by Chad Marks
Lisa R. Easley was a longtime New Jersey prison employee. She began her career in February 1996 as a prison guard, and by 2009, after forking over some bribes, became an assistant superintendent.
The pay-for-play scheme within the New Jersey Department of Corrections began after Easley met ...
by Chad Marks
In 2012, Emmanuel Diaz found himself in the custody of the New York City Department of Correction (DOC). While housed at the Rikers Island jail complex on multiple counts of burglary and robbery, he made nearly 1,100 phone calls. During some of the calls he made ...
by Chad Marks
Attorney General William P. Barr has paved the way to restart the “machinery of death,” in the words of former Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun, in the form of capital punishment on the federal level. In July 2019, Barr directed the Bureau of Prisons (BOP ...
by Chad Marks
Billy Dean Smith and Jacob Lee Anagick were prisoners at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Alaska when an unannounced shakedown took place. The reason for the search: Prison staff had information that there was a planned escape.
Both men worked at the Prison Industries Program, providing ...
by Chad Marks
Ajay Kumar, a citizen of India, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) officials in New Mexico and later transfered to Texas. He began a hunger strike because, in his words, he wanted his freedom. ICE officials wanted to force-feed him, but Kumar objected.
ICE, concerned with ...
by Chad Marks
Jeremy Lockett, a prisoner at the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), brought a lawsuit arguing that prison medical staff nurse practitioner (NP) Tanya Bonson and nurse Beth Edge were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs.
Lockett has a significant medical history, having been diagnosed with sickle ...
by Chad Marks
n May 2013, a class-action lawsuit was filed on behalf of prisoners housed at the Monterey County Jail in California. A settlement agreement was reached on May 1, 2015, in which the City of Monterey agreed to develop plans to improve medical care, services, programs and activities ...
