by Jo Ellen Knott
For four years, broken ceiling-mounted cameras at the Cuyahoga County Jail (CCJ) in Cleveland failed to record many significant events, including at least three deaths, according to reporting by The Marshall Project.
The more than 100 cameras present at the jail were incompatible …
by Jo Ellen Knott
A New York City Department of Correction (DOC) guard captain, infamous for her tyrannical management, was indicted on June 11, 2026, for running a brazen shakedown scheme against her own staff. Latanya Brown, 51, nicknamed the “Terror of the Tombs,” faces federal extortion and …
by Jo Ellen Knott
On June 3, 2026, two detainees escaped from the Vance County Jail, a dilapidated facility in a rural area about 45 miles north of Raleigh. As detainees Michael Miles Jr., 33, and LiShawn Knott, 21, fled out of the jail, they were captured on …
by Jo Ellen Knott
A medical crisis has put the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV), the only women’s prison in Michigan, in the public eye as three prisoners died unexpectedly in less than a month.
Detroit Metro Times reported that 36-year-old prisoner Ashley Hoath died on …
by Jo Ellen Knott
Former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy Aaron Russell was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on May 29, 2026, for the fatal shooting of an unarmed, mentally ill detainee, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District …
by Jo Ellen Knott
The fate of the at least ten guards involved in a brutal beating death of a prisoner in 2025 is moving towards its inevitable end with two more guards facing prison time.
Former Midstate Correctional Facility prison guard Caleb Blair accepted a plea …
by Jo Ellen Knott
The Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) overhauled oversight protocols on May 6, 2026, following a disturbing use-of-force incident at the Washington Corrections Center for Women.
According to KING-TVin Seattle, a September 2024 altercation led to a state investigation after video showed guards deploying …
by Jo Ellen Knott
The incarceration of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell at the minimum-security Federal Prison Camp (FPC) near Bryan in east central Texas has sparked intense controversy regarding “preferential treatment” and the suppression of prisoner speech.
Per reporting by CNN on May 7, 2026, legal …
by Jo Ellen Knott
A stark example of prisoner preferential treatment was laid bare in a May 7, 2026, multicounty grand jury report detailing the “rank political favoritism” afforded to Sara Polston, 43, at the Cleveland County Jail. Polston, who was arrested for drunk driving and released early, …
by Jo Ellen Knott
The death toll within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carceral system reached a sad milestone with the April 12, 2026, passing of Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, 27, at a detention center in Miami. Carbonell-Betancourt, a Cuban national, was found in his cell, with suicide …
