by Jo Ellen Knott
State inspectors from the Ohio Bureau of Adult Detention reversed their previous findings, concluding that Cuyahoga County Jail staff and contracted MetroHealth medical personnel committed a fatal failure by not performing CPR immediately on 41-year-old Jennifer Wade.
Discovered unresponsive on her cell floor …
by Jo Ellen Knott
On August 4, 2026, private prison giant CoreCivic announced a lucrative five-year, $75 million annual contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to reopen Prairie Correctional Facility in rural Appleton, Minnesota. Vacant since 2010, the 1,600-bed facility is set to house immigrant detainees starting …
by Jo Ellen Knott
Two Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) guards pleaded guilty in federal court on July 14, 2026, to conspiring to deprive a prisoner of his civil rights. According to the Daily Record of Vincennes, guards Lieutenant Ethan Yates, 30, and Craig Muhs, 28, participated in …
by Jo Ellen Knott
On July 28, 2026, Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) officials executed 80-year-old Dominick Occhicone and former police officer James Duckett, 68, marking the first double execution in the state since 1964.
According to NBC News, Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has aggressively accelerated Florida’s …
by Jo Ellen Knott
More than two dozen people have been charged following multiple criminal investigations at South Carolina’s Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center in Columbia, exposing widespread staff misconduct and pointing to persistent operational failures at a jail already cited for unconstitutional conditions.
Richland County Sheriff …
by Jo Ellen Knott
Legal payouts by the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) more than doubled in fiscal year 2025, reaching over $7 million in settlements and court judgments.
Despite the sharp increase from the previous year, civil rights attorneys point out that the sum represents a …
by Jo Ellen Knott
According to The Lowell Sun, four Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) guards face criminal charges for abusing restrained prisoners following a September 2024 incident at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Shirley.
Prosecutors detailed the guard misconduct during a July 10, 2026, arraignment: guard Shaun …
by Jo Ellen Knott
Neglect and punishing isolation have turned the Joliet Treatment Center (JTC) in Illinois from a promised mental health sanctuary into a desperate inferno.
According to an investigation by The Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times, conditions at the lockup became hellish after …
by Jo Ellen Knott
For over half a century, the state of Maryland buried the tragic reality of its racially segregated juvenile justice system beneath overgrown brush and nameless cinder blocks in Prince George’s County.
Between 1870 and 1939, at least 230 Black boys and teenagers died …
by Jo Ellen Knott
In a move to control its mounting fiscal crisis, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced on July 1, 2026, that it will shutter at least six low- and minimum-security facilities housing thousands of prisoners.
The sweeping consolidation plan targets facilities plagued by …
