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News in Brief
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A Jefferson County Jail guard was briefly abducted and assaulted by detainee Reontay Harley, 33, on January 13, 2025. WBMA in Birmingham said that after Harley took the unnamed guard hostage inside a cell, responding jail Extraction Unit guards rescued their fellow guard and restrained …
News in Brief
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: State Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Arianna Kimberly Slater faces life in prison after she was arrested while attempting to smuggle contraband into Ventress Correctional Facility on February 24, 2025. According to the Birmingham News, a routine employee screening of Slater’s food container found unspecified …
The Grift That Keeps on Giving: $33 Million for State Prisons Generated by Seized Native Land
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Native American, Abandoned Property
The Grift That Keeps on Giving: $33 Million for State Prisons Generated by Seized Native Land by In 2024, land trusts in 10 states generated an estimated $33 million in revenue for their prison systems. The figure was estimated from reports by Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, …
News in Brief
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Mobile Metro Jail guard Robert Aaron Small was fired and arrested for assault on June 27, 2024, one day after he allegedly used excessive force against an unnamed detainee. WKRG in Mobile said that the guard had worked at the lockup since 2019. Mobile County …
North Dakota Guard Fired After Suicide of Convicted Quadruple Murderer
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Suicides
North Dakota Guard Fired After Suicide of Convicted Quadruple Murderer by Justin McFatridge by Justin McFatridge On September 22, 2022, a guard was fired by the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) after he twice failed to check on a state prisoner who then committed suicide. The firing …
Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Over North Dakota Juvenile Detainee’s Suicide
Article • January 4, 2023
Filed under: Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Juveniles
Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Over North Dakota Juvenile Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On August 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reversed dismissal of a lawsuit alleging a private North Dakota juvenile home was liable for the suicide of a 12-year-old …
North Dakota Prisoner’s Conviction for Assault on Guard Vacated Due To Erroneous Jury Instruction
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner-Staff Assault, Jury Instructions
North Dakota Prisoner’s Conviction for Assault on Guard Vacated Due To Erroneous Jury Instruction by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 26, 2022, the SupremeCourt of North Dakota vacated a state prisoner’s conviction for aggravated assault of a guard because the trial court committed error by instructing the …
News in Brief
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by California: A guard at San Quentin State Prison and one of two outside co-conspirators were arraigned on September 8, 2021, on federal charges they smuggled cellphones to an unnamed prisoner on death row at the California lockup. According to a statement by the U.S. Department of …
News in Brief
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 19, 2021, twoconvicted robbers were convicted of murder in the death of a fellow prisoner they and two others attacked in 2017 at Bibb Correctional Facility in Brent, Alabama. According to a report by Montgomery TV station WSFA, Dominique Covin and Roderick DeLaune …
A Case Study of the Quest to End Solitary Confinement in North Dakota 2021
Publication • 2021
Filed under: Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement
A Case Study of the Quest to End Solitary Confinement in North Dakota 2021 Cloud et al. Health and Justice (2021) 9:28 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-021-00155-5 RESEARCH ARTICLE Health and Justice Open Access “We just needed to open the door”: a case study of the quest to end solitary confinement in North Dakota …
Almost Half of North Dakota Jail Tests Positive for COVID-19
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General)
Almost Half of North Dakota Jail Tests Positive for COVID-19 by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Nearly half the population at North Dakota’s Grand Forks County Correctional Center (GFCCC) tested positive for COVID-19 on November 17, 2020. Of the jail’s 20 housing units, there were positive cases in 16 …
North Dakota police officer decertifications
Publication • 2019
Filed under: Police Misconduct
North Dakota police officer decertifications NorthDakota_Decertifications First Name Arden Kathryn Wesley Lonnie Scott Travis Amee Vernon Eric William Harvey Michael Charles Randall Roxanne Robert Kyle Paul Robert Keith Joey Scott Frank Cody Ed Julie Keith Duane Robert Mark Clifford Larry Matthew Middle Name A. L. St. J. R J W. …
Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018
Publication • October 1, 2018
Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Lockdowns, Mental Health, Juveniles, Fourteenth Amendment, rights
Assoc. of State Correctional Administration - Reforming Restrictive Housing - The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell, 2018 Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell Reforming Restrictive Housing: The 2018 ASCA-Liman Nationwide Survey of Time-in-Cell The Association of State Correctional Administrators The Liman Center for Public Interest …
State Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Gaining Traction
Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018
Filed under: Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, State Legislation
State Criminal Justice Reform Efforts Gaining Traction by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis On the federal level, hopes for criminal justice reform have fallen victim to partisan bickering in Congress and a lack of substantive interest from the White House. Fortunately, state officials are not waiting around, and state-level reform …
North Dakota: Altered Pencil in Prison Results in Weapon Possession Conviction
Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Filed under: Disciplinary Appeals
North Dakota: Altered Pencil in Prison Results in Weapon Possession Conviction by The North Dakota Supreme Court affirmed the conviction of Arthur Lee Crissler on a charge of possessing a weapon in a correctional facility. During a September 3, 2016 search of Crissler’s cellblock, a pencil wrapped in paper, thread …
ND DOC Immune Claims of Injury Suit Unless Act Intentional
Article • February 8, 2018
Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Employee Litigation
ND DOC Immune Claims of Injury Suit Unless Act Intentional by David Reutter by David Reutter The North Dakota Supreme Court held the North Dakota Department of Corrections (NDDOC) is immune from litigation unless an employee injury is due to intentional act of conscious purpose. Delmar Markel was a guard …
ND Supreme: 6-Month Sentence for Contempt Binding
Article • February 8, 2018
Filed under: Contempt (Civil Procedure)
ND Supreme: 6-Month Sentence for Contempt Binding by David Reutter by David Reutter The North Dakota Supreme Court held that N.D.C.C. 27-10-01.4(1)(b) prohibits a prisoner’s incarceration for contempt of court for more than six months where no specific extension was ordered by the district court or referees. Tricia Taylor was …
North Dakota Sex Offender Commitment Reversed Due to Insufficient Trial Court Findings
Article • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Sex Offender Treatment
North Dakota Sex Offender Commitment Reversed Due to Insufficient Trial Court Findings by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On February 18, 2016, the North Dakota Supreme Court vacated the ruling of Ward County District Judge Gary H. Lee denying a petition for discharge from civil commitment as a sexually violent …
ND DOC Securus Contract 2017-2020
Kickback publication • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Telephones
ND DOC Securus Contract 2017-2020
ND DOC Kickbacks Part 1
Kickback publication • August 22, 2017
Filed under: Telephones
ND DOC Kickbacks Part 1 Securus Technologies, Inc. COM-002 Call Commission Report - April, 2017 RUN DATE: 5/3/2017 8:44:53 AM Process Date: 5/15/2017 9:10:45 AM Site: DAKOTA WOMENS CORR AND REHAB CNTR - ND Contract ID: I-002812 Site ID: 05799 Prepaid Collect Orig. ANI Cont Port Location 7015795075 99 2 …
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