by Michael Thompson
On September 17, 2025, the Hawai’i State Supreme Court affirmed a ruling allowing a warden who was fired in 2014 over a litany of accusations, including sexual harassment, to be reinstated. The warden’s reversal of fortune became quite literal as the state is now …
by Michael Thompson
On December 16, 2016, James Breyley, a prisoner at the New Lisbon Correctional Institute in Juneau County, was punched in the face “ten times, severely fracturing his nose.” A doctor subsequently instructed him to see a specialist within a week to check its progress. Medical …
by Michael Thompson
Jose Montanez was incarcerated in Pennsylvania on August 28, 2021 when he suddenly collapsed in his cell. His body was numb from the chest down and he was unable to move his legs and, he soon discovered, he became incontinent.
He alerted a guard …
by Michael Thompson
In August of 2016, Jerry Lee King was involved in an altercation with guards at the Kern Valley State Prison in California. According to King, he was attacked by the guards while in restraints. He was then placed in Administrative Segregation and found guilty …
by Michael Thompson
Cordell Sanders spent eight years in segregation housing at the Pontiac Center in Indiana after committing multiple disciplinary offenses. While being held apart from others, he suffered from severe mental health issues, harmed himself, attempted multiple times to take his own life, and was found …
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 …
