by Douglas Ankney
"When mom told staff something was wrong, they said to her ‘you’re fine, you’re fine’ even though there was fluid literally coming out of her belly button,” said Evangelina Perez, describing her incarcerated mother’s condition after missing another dialysis treatment. Evangelina Perez lost count of …
by Douglas Ankney
A three-judge panel of the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey (“Court”) has ruled that the New Jersey Department of Corrections’ (DOC) denial of a civilly committed transgender female’s request for transfer to a women’s prison violated neither the Law Against Discrimination …
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, on February 27, 2026, upheld a consultants’ finding and decision that Oklahoma is not honoring its obligations under a consent decree to provide mental health treatment to persons adjudged incompetent to stand trial.
On …
by Douglas Ankney
Seeking to make the killing of incarcerated persons easier, the 2026 Regular Session of the Idaho Legislature has passed House Bill No. 803 (“HB 803”) that, inter alia, exempts from judicial review the procedures used in executions.
Idaho, like most of the remaining states …
by Douglas Ankney
Corizon Health, Inc. (“Corizon”) was a private profiteer that, in 2019, contracted with 149 prisons to provide medical care to incarcerated persons. While Corizon’s business shrank to serving just 52 prisons by May 2022, its decadence expanded from cheating prisoners and their families out of …
by Douglas Ankney
"I bled every day for five years until I finally had a hysterectomy,” said Lisa Rae Wright, describing her injuries after her husband had repeatedly punched her in the stomach during her pregnancy with their son.
In 2024, the Oklahoma Survivors’ Act (OSA) was …
by Douglas Ankney
A Procedural Report (“Report”) issued by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor on February 4, 2026, detailing the findings of an audit of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC), revealed that the DPSC continues to fail to adequately review changes to prisoners’ time computations; …
by Douglas Ankney
The California Court of Appeal (CCA), First Appellate District, ruled that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) amendments to the California Code of Regulations (“CDCR Regs.”) § 3043 (“Rule 3043”) narrowing the application of credits to advance the Youth Parole Eligibility Date (“YPED”) …
by Douglas Ankney
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit revived a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint (“Complaint”) that alleged claims of, inter alia, deliberate indifference to serious medical needs and a failure to train, on behalf of Jovon Mitchell who died from a stroke while …
by Douglas Ankney
After more than a dozen New Jersey guards were arrested on charges of assaulting and sexually abusing incarcerated women at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility (“EMCF”) in what may plausibly be termed “cell-extraction nacht,” state Governor Phil Murphy (D) ordered EMCF be closed and replaced …
