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Article • September 15, 2026 • from PLN October, 2025
Indiana Supreme Court Announces Whether Defendant’s Actions Were “Objectively Reasonable” Justifying Self-Defense Can Be Considered in Hindsight by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Indiana held that the state’s self-defense statute justifies the use of force necessary for self-protection, even if …
Article • March 9, 2026 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Suicides, Prison Conditions
Washington Prisoners Gain Access to Crisis Hotline by As of late October 2025, prisoners incarcerated in Washington state’s prison system now have the ability to call a crisis hotline if they are experiencing suicidal thoughts. The hotline was created based on recommendations from a report after three prisoners—Mitch Hemphill, Everette …
Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In just over seven years, changes in prison mail policies proliferating across the country have severely restricted mail privileges at lockups holding the majority of America’s nearly 1.2 million prisoners. According to research conducted …
Shadow Prisons: How Civil Commitment Leads to Longer Confinement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman At the center of mass incarceration in the United States is a deeply troubling fact: More than two of every five people locked up have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. With nearly two million …
Brief • December 31, 2025
Filed under: Global Tel*Link Corp
State of Tennessee DOC and GTL Contract 01-01-23 to 12-31-2025 Part 1 NASPO/STATE OF NEVADA MASTER AGREEMENT Master Agreement Number: Solicitation Number: 99SWC-S1154 Title: Inmate Communications Government Entity: State of Nevada, Department of Administration, Purchasing Division Address: 515 E Mussel' St, Ste 300 City, State, Zip Code: Carson City, NV …
Brief • December 31, 2025
Filed under: Global Tel*Link Corp
State of Tennessee DOC and GTL Contract 01-01-23 to 12-31-2025 Part 2 STATE OF NEVADA COOPERATIV E CONTRA CT ATTACHMENT E SCOPE OF WORK Inmate Co mmunications SOI/', \ Revised: September 2022 Page 16 of 17 Cooperali ve Contract SCOPE OF WORK Category 2: Inmate Kiosks and Tablets Category 3: …
Publication • December 2, 2025
Department of Justice-National PREA Standards Alignment With Executive Order, 2025 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Washington , D.C. 20531 MEMORANDUM TO: All DOJ-certified PREA Auditors FROM: Tammie M. Gregg Principal Deputy Director Bureau of Justice Assistance SUBJECT: National PREA Standards Alignment with Executive …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
The Succession Battle for a Prison Empire by Katya Schwenk by Katya Schwenk The yacht is moored at the mouth of the Miami River, in the long shadows of the city’s luxury hotels and high-­rises. It is of Italian design: sleek, imposing, with a flybridge and sundeck and five cabins, …
Filing • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Brief • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Filing • November 21, 2025
Filed under: Public Records Act
Centurion of Florida LLC v. HRDC, FL, Order and Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs, Counterclaim-Public Records Request, 2025 Filing # 236344305 E-Filed 11/21/2025 01:53:06 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA LLC PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT CASE NO.: DIVISION: …
Brief • November 21, 2025
Filed under: Public Records Act
Centurion of Florida LLC v. HRDC, FL, Order and Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs, Counterclaim-Public Records Request, 2025 Filing # 236344305 E-Filed 11/21/2025 01:53:06 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA LLC PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT CASE NO.: DIVISION: …
Brief • November 2, 2025
Wilson v. Dixon, FL, Second Declaration of Stefano Schiavon, Conditions of Confinement, 2025 Case 1:24-cv-24253-KMW Document 82-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2025 Page 1 of 92 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 1:24-cv-24253 DWAYNE WILSON, TYRONE HARRIS, and GARY WHEELER, individually and on behalf …
America’s Deadliest Jails: Tarrant County Edition by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In January 2025, protests erupted outside the Tarrant County Jail (TCJ) in Fort Worth, Texas, with demonstrators holding signs that read “Sheriff of Shame” and “69 + Deaths = Mass Murder.” So many people showed up to …
Ninth Circuit Finds No Bivens Extension Needed for Federal Prisoner Prescribed Water and Exercise for Thyroid Storms by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The federal government’s immunity from lawsuits for damages might provide cover for mistreating prisoners to any employee of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), if it wasn’t …
Enormous $14 Million Settlement Reached by Los Angeles County with Former Prisoner Exonerated After 20 Years by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted on July 15, 2025, to pay $14 million to former state prisoner Alexander Torres, 45, to settle his federal civil …
HRDC’s Washington Jail Debit-Release Card Suit Survives Summary Judgment by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Tackling the pernicious practice of using prepaid debit cards to return funds seized from prisoners upon their release—and then eating up the balance with fees—the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit publisher of PLN …
San Diego County Files Unusual Suit Against NaphCare Over Jail Detainee’s Murder by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 18, 2025, less than a month after losing a bid to dismiss a wrongful death suit filed by the survivors of a detainee murdered in the county lockup, San Diego …
$11 Million Paid to Estate of Mentally Ill Illinois Jail Detainee Who Lost 60 Pounds During 85-Day Incarceration by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 13, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved an $11 million settlement agreement between DuPage County and the Estate …
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story is part of our ongoing coverage of barbaric conditions of confinement in American jails around the country. While American prisons tend to have a lot of problems keeping prisoners safe and healthy, jails tend to be much …
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