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 …
by Jo Ellen Nott
Leaked surveillance and body-camera footage from the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla exposed a brutal August 2, 2024, assault on incarcerated women, many of whom were elderly or mobility-impaired. CCWF is the state’s largest women’s prison, with an intended capacity of 2,000 …
by Jo Ellen Nott
On January 21, 2026, the Dallas County Commissioners Court formally declared Tommy Lee Walker innocent of a 1953 rape and murder, 70 years after the State of Texas wrongfully executed him.
According to the Innocence Project of Dallas, Walker was just 19 when …
by Jo Ellen Nott
Maryland’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is reeling from a surge in fatalities, with seven prisoner deaths recorded in just two months.
Per reporting by The Baltimore Sun, this spike follows a grim 2025, when the state saw a four-year …
