by Michael Thompson

In 2022, Stephen James was being held in the St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana Jail while awaiting his trial. At his intake interview, he notified the medical staff of the prosthetic eye he had possessed for 55 years. On June 1, he visited the medical provider, …

by Michael Thompson

In a remarkable 78-page complaint stemming from a four-year investigation, the California Attorney General’s office has sued Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, et al. over the harsh and inhumane conditions at the various jails within the county. Attorney General Rob Bonta …

by Michael Thompson

In 2020, Abre Jackson was involved in a physical altercation with prison guards at Illinois’ Stateville Correctional Center when he stuck his arm through a small “chuckhole” in his cell door. As a result, he was confined to disciplinary segregation for three months, along with …

In 2017, a prisoner describing himself as a “Christian-Israelite” was denied access to his Arizona prison’s Passover meal after the unit chaplain challenged his religious beliefs.

Michael Ray Fuqua was incarcerated at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Stafford when he requested “to be placed on the list …