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Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Virginia Prisoners Stuck Waiting for Education Programs by Anthony Accurso by Anthony Accurso On November 10, 2025, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) of the Commonwealth of Virginia released a report detailing the long wait prisoners can expect when trying to participate in educational programming in the state’s …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Killings Inside Mississippi’s Prisons Continue Unabated But Report Prompts DOC to Reopen Investigations by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney With at least 42 people killed inside Mississippi’s prisons over the last decade, multiple families are wondering why the Mississippi Department of Corrections (DOC) cannot protect people in its custody or …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
California Oversight Agency Hasn’t Finished a Single Review of Jail Deaths by In 2024, California created the In-Custody Death Review (ICDR) Division within the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). The division was intended to scrutinize investigations into jail deaths across the state; with more than 150 people dying …
Article • November 1, 2025 • from PLN November, 2025
South Dakota Approves $650 Million New Prison Construction by On September 23, 2025, lawmakers in South Dakota approved the construction of a new state prison in Sioux Falls at the cost of $650 million. The future men’s prison, once built, will replace the South Dakota State Penitentiary, which is known …
FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted on September 30, 2025, to issue a Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to relax the current ban on using cellphone “jamming” technology in prisons and jails. …
Article • September 15, 2025 • from PLN October, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
NEWS IN BRIEF by Alaska: Alaska Public Media reported that former Anchorage Police Department Off. Nathan Keays, 45, convicted of conspiring with a ConocoPhillips employee to embezzle over $3 million from the firm, is seeking a new trial, alleging his conviction was tainted by a secret romantic relationship between two …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Former Centurion Owner Accused of Helping Florida Governor Kill Legalized Weed by D uring a hearing on April 9, 2025, Florida lawmakers pieced together an elaborate money trail from the former owner of prison and jail medical giant Centurion Health, which pumped $10 million into an ultimately successful effort by …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
California Enacts Counterproductive, Regressive Solitary Confinement Bill by Prison systems are increasingly rethinking solitary confinement due to extensive research that has found solitary results in serious detrimental effects—particularly on prisoners who are mentally ill, pregnant, or otherwise vulnerable. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was ordered to implement …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Guards/Staff, News
Top Rikers Island Jailers Logged Overtime Equal to 14-Hour Days With No Days Off by The top New York City Department of Correction (DOC) employees in 2024 overtime averaged over 40 extra hours weekly—enough to fill every week with 14-hour workdays all year, with no days off. For the year, …
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 …
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Incarcerated Students Caught in Crosshairs of Trump War on Education Department by On March 11, 2025, the federal Department of Education (ED) announced the purge of nearly half of its employees, leaving students reliant on federally insured student loans facing processing delays and potentially predatory loan servicers now unshackled from …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
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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 …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
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News in Brief by Alabama: Former Crenshaw County Jail Administrator Christian Alexander Porter, 33, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of excessive force, falsifying records and witness tampering on January 28, 2025. According to the Washington Post, the charges stem from an October 2021 incident in which …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
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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 …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
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News in Brief by Alabama: Wiregrass Daily News reported that Mobile Metro Jail guard Timothy Lee Scarbrough, 39, was arrested on September 9, 2024, and charged with first-degree sodomy for the alleged sexual assaulting of a detainee who was still under the effects of anesthesia after eye surgery. Scarbrough had …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
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News in Brief by Alabama: Former state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Henry Guice, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on September 9, 2024, for his role in a drug smuggling conspiracy at Staton Correctional Facility. The Birmingham News reported that a fellow guard was inspecting …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
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News in Brief by Arizona: State prisoner Brigido Montoya made the briefest of escapes from the State Prison Complex in Eyman on August 10, 2024, before he was recaptured 48 minutes later by Florence Police, the Florence Reminder & Blade-Tribune reported. The state Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (DCRR) …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
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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 …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
New York City Mayor Blocks Solitary Confinement Ban After Council Overrides His Veto by New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) declared a state of emergency on July 28, 2024, issuing an executive order blocking a new law banning solitary confinement in city jails just one day before it was …
Virginia Governor’s Veto Exposes Prisoners Who Took Plea Bargains to Civil Rights Violations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 20, 2024, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed SB 334, a bill passed by state lawmakers to prevent prosecutors and courts from requiring criminal defendants to waive their Fourth …
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