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Department of Justice-National PREA Standards Alignment With Executive Order, 2025
Publication • December 2, 2025
Filed under: Transgender, Discrimination (Transgender), Prisoners' Rights
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 …
News in Brief
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft
News in Brief by Alabama: On Sunday, June 15, 2025, state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Airika Dorsey was arrested for allegedly smuggling food to a prisoner at St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to WABM in Birmingham. The DOC confirmed that Dorsey was caught in the act and subsequently booked …
Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet 
on Construction of New Jail
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Exercise, Exposure to Cold, Jail Specific, Lighting, Noise, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Security Systems
Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet on Construction of New Jail by Chuck Sharman A report issued by the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) on May 28, 2025, outlined the municipality’s “urgent need for a new jail.” The population of the existing lockup, spread over two adjacent buildings …
D.C. District Court Dismisses Class Action Against BOP 
Over Earned Sentence Credits
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Good Time, First Step Act, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of
D.C. District Court Dismisses Class Action Against BOP Over Earned Sentence Credits by On June 9, 2025, the federal court for the District of Columbia dismissed a class action lawsuit that challenged the way the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) treated sentence credits earned by prisoners toward early release under …
Trans BOP Prisoners Win Restraining Order Preventing Transfer to Men’s Prison, Discontinuation of Hormone Therapy Medication
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Transfers, Transgender, Transgender Medical Procedures
Trans BOP Prisoners Win Restraining Order Preventing Transfer to Men’s Prison, Discontinuation of Hormone Therapy Medication by David Reutter On February 4, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted three “male-to-female transgender women” imprisoned by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) a temporary restraining order (TRO). …
ACLU Sues BOP Over Failure to Implement First Step Act Release Credits
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
ACLU Sues BOP Over Failure to Implement First Step Act Release Credits by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit in federal court for the District of Columbia on December 20, 2024, challenging the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for treating sentence credits …
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Complaint Due to PLRA Three-Strikes Rule
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Filed under: Medication, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Pending Appeals
D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Complaint Due to PLRA Three-Strikes Rule by In a ruling on October 18, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit revived a case filed by federal prisoner Michael S. Owlfeather-Gorbey. A “prolific litigator” housed at the U.S. …
Pardoned Insurrectionists Brought to D.C. Jail Demanded Others’ Immediate Release
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Filed under: Protests, Pardons/Clemency, Prohibitions Against Protests, Bail/Pretrial Release
Pardoned Insurrectionists Brought to D.C. Jail Demanded Others’ Immediate Release by When Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) returned to office on January 20, 2025, he pardoned some 1,500 prisoners convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol to keep him in office in January 2021, after his loss to former Pres. Joseph …
Federal Court Lets BOP Withhold Mortality Reviews Under FOIA
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Wrongful Death, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Federal Court Lets BOP Withhold Mortality Reviews Under FOIA by The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held on August 1, 2024, that mortality reviews prepared by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) following a prisoner’s in-custody death may properly be withheld or heavily redacted in response to …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: Brisbane Correctional Center prisoner Jack James Peterson, 29, was sentenced to an additional 18 months in January 2023 for assaulting a guard with a squash racket, the Courier reported. Peterson struck the unnamed 34-year-old during a confrontation involving a riot response team, leaving him with …
D.C. Jail Watchdog Uncovers Alarming Solitary Confinement Practices
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Advocacy, Prison Reform, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
D.C. Jail Watchdog Uncovers Alarming Solitary Confinement Practices by A report by the District of Columbia Council for Court Excellence (CCE) released on March 14, 2024, revealed troubling details about solitary confinement in the D.C. Jail, including overly long stays in isolation and refusal by the city Department of Corrections …
Former D.C. Guard Gets 42-Month Sentence for Assaulting Handcuffed Prisoner
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Restraints
Former D.C. Guard Gets 42-Month Sentence for Assaulting Handcuffed Prisoner by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2024, former District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Marcus Bias, 28, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison and 24 months of supervised release for assaulting a …
News in Brief
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 12, 2023, an Alabama jail guard was caught – in uniform – stealing Pokemon cards from a Walmart. WBMA in Birmingham reported that Josh Hardy then fled store security on foot before cops caught him in a nearby restaurant. Calhoun County Sheriff Matthew …
HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Memorandum and Opinion, Public Records, 2023
Filing • September 27, 2023
Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act
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HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Order Granting Plaintiff's MSJ, Public Records, 2023
Filing • September 27, 2023
Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act
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HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Order Granting Plaintiff's MSJ, Public Records, 2023
Brief • September 27, 2023
Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act
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HRDC v. WMATA, D.C., Memorandum and Opinion, Public Records, 2023
Brief • September 27, 2023
Filed under: Public Records, Public Records Act
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Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Settlement, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2023
Brief • September 25, 2023
Filed under: Americans with Disabilities Act
Charles H. V. District of Columbia, DC, Settlement, Special Education to Students in Jail, 2023 Case 1:21-cv-00997-CJN Document 191-1 Filed 09/25/23 Page 1 of 69 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CHARLES H., ISRAEL F., AND MALIK Z. on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, …
Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act-Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2023
Brief • July 26, 2023
Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates
Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act-Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, 2023 Federal Communications Commission DA 23-638 Before the Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Incarcerated People’s Communications Services; Implementation of the Martha Wright-Reed Act Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services ) ) ) ) ) …
Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Conditions of Confinement, 2023
Brief • July 6, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Telephone Access, Detention - Generally
Americans for Immigrant Justice v. US Dept of Homeland Security, DC, Memorandum Opinion, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 1:22-cv-03118-CKK Document 103 Filed 07/06/23 Page 1 of 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICANS JUSTICE, et al., FOR IMMIGRANT Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 22-3118 (CKK) v. U.S. …
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