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Former Maine Prison Official Stole $2.4 Million Through Fraudulent Supply Orders by Former Maine prison official Gerald Merrill, 64, pleaded guilty on March 16, 2026 of theft and accepting a bribe after stealing $2.4 million in stolen funds. As part of Merrill’s plea agreement, signed several days before a jury …
U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Breaks Down Federal Contraband Sentences by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 4, 2026, a federal indictment was unsealed against California state prison guard Matthew L. Madsen, 39, alleging that he accepted over $100,000 in bribes to smuggle contraband cellphones and tobacco into the Salinas …
Chicago Pays Exonerated Prisoners $7.5 Million, Bringing Total to $33.75 Million for Wrongful Convictions by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Chicago City Council voted on January 15, 2025, to pay $7.5 million to Clarissa Glenn and her husband, Ben Baker, who spent 10 years in state prison on drug …
Ten People Indicted in Three Separate Smuggling Schemes at a Maryland Prison by On December 1, 2025, state prosecutors announced that ten people—including three jail guards—were indicted on criminal charges related to three separate alleged smuggling schemes at the Jesup Correctional Institution (JCI) in Anne Arundel County. The first of …
Five New York Prison Guards Charged with Employment Fraud by Five prison guards at two facilities in upstate New York were charged for faking illnesses and workplace injuries to defraud the state’s workers’ compensation system. The five guards were arrested following an 18-­month investigation by the state Office of the …
Two Re-Entry Non-Profit Leaders in Tennessee and Massachusetts Accused of Criminal Charges by On August 27, 2025, DeAndre Brown, the executive director of the Shelby County Office of Reentry, was arrested after being indicted by a grand jury on 12 felony charges related to the alleged misuse of more than …
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 …
News in Brief by Alabama: Elmore County Jail guard Lita Williams, 57, was arrested and charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband on May 21, 2025, the Wetumpka Herald reported. Her arrest followed discovery of a cellphone in a jail cell during a routine search two weeks prior. Data from the …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Trump Pardons Virginia Sheriff Convicted of a Bribes-for-Badges Scheme by On May 27, 2025, President Donald Trump (R) issued an unconditional pardon for Scott Jenkins, 53, a former Northern Virginia sheriff who was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for 12 counts of conspiracy, fraud, and bribery. The pardon …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Virginia Bribes Prisoners Not to Set Themselves On Fire by At Virginia’s Red Onion State Prison, a new “Inmate Safety Agreement” uncovered through a public records request on February 9, 2025, revealed that the state Department of Corrections (DOC) has offered incentives like a quarterly fish fry to prisoners for …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
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Federal Charges Dropped Against Former Centurion Exec After Death of Co-Defendant Former Tennessee Prison Official by On December 6, 2025, federal prosecutors dismissed their case against Jeffrey Scott Wells, 54, a former Vice President of private prison medical contractor Centurion Health caught colluding with a former Tennessee Department of Correction …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
South Carolina Prison Guard Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Smuggling, Bribery by A former high-ranking guard with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy on February 3, 2025, for her role in a smuggling and bribery scheme at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia. As …
Details Vague on Spending from San Diego Jail Detainee Welfare Fund by The commissary operated in San Diego County jails collected enough revenue from detainee purchases to pump up the balance in its Incarcerated Persons’ Welfare Fund (IPWF) to $11.1 million by June 30, 2024. But the office of Sheriff …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Indiana Guards Sentenced for Stealing Prisoners’ Identities to Launder Cash From Online Romance Scam by Former Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) guards Lawrence Onyesonwu, 38, and Martins Tochukwu Chidiobi, 34, were sentenced on September 19 and 20, 2024, respectively, to three years in federal prison for stealing state prisoners’ …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Eighth Circuit Asked to Block New FCC Rules Capping Prison Phone Rates and Eliminating Ancillary Fees and Kickbacks by In a petition filed on September 30, 2024, the Republican Attorneys General of 14 states asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to block new rate caps on …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Another South Carolina Prisoner Convicted of “Sextortion” of U.S. Military Personnel by South Carolina state prisoner Javarius G. Teague, 32, will head to federal prison when he leaves Evans Correctional Institution in 2029; the federal court for the District of South Carolina sentenced him on May 8, 2024, to spend …
FCC Slashes Prison and Jail Phone Rates, Caps Video Call Cost, Eliminates “Site Commission” Kickbacks by On August 26, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) published its final rule in the Federal Register, formalizing rulemaking that the agency issued the previous month which significantly reduces the cost of phone and …
Indiana Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Corruption, County Pays $328,000 to Jail Detainees for “Night of Terror” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In federal court for the Southern District of Indiana on April 11, 2024, Clark County officials agreed to pay $328,000 to settle claims filed by 25 former detainees …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
South Carolina Prison Guard Supervisor Charged With Taking Over $219,000 in Bribes to Smuggle Cellphones by A former guard captain at South Carolina’s Broad River Correctional Institution is headed to trial after she was indicted on April 2, 2024, on charges of taking at least $219,360 in bribes over five …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
Alabama Sheriff Loses Appeal to Theft and Ethics Conviction by On May 22, 2023, the Circuit Court in Alabama’s Limestone County rejected an appeal by former Sheriff Mike Blakely to his conviction on charges of first-degree theft and using his public office for personal gain. After 38 years in office, …
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