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Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Half of South Dakota’s Prison Population Returns to Prison by The state’s carceral system is failing prisoners at record rates, with the 2025 annual report from the South Dakota Department of Corrections (DOC) revealing a 50% recidivism rate, the highest in eight years. The South Dakota Searchlight reported that the …
The New York Prison System’s Culture of Cruelty and Impunity by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson According to Daniel F. Martuscello III, commissioner of New York state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), “Individuals are sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment, and there is an expectation of …
Punished for Bleeding: How Periods in Prison Become a Trap by Candace Norwood by Candace Norwood, The 19th This article was originally published by The 19th, an independent nonprofit newsroom “reporting on gender, politics, policy, and power.”   The tampons were stacked and bound together with a rubber band. The …
Federal Court Strikes Much of Virginia’s Felony Voting Restriction by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 22, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the state’s felony disenfranchisement law ran afoul of the power granted by Congress when the state was readmitted to the …
New York State Prisons Turning Away Visitors with Tampons After Scan by Since March 2025, when New York’s state prison agency began requiring visitors to pass through scanners before visiting their loved ones, attorneys, advocates, and lawmakers have heard stories of people getting turned away for things like piercings or …
Delaware Settles Suit Over Depriving Young Prisoners of Special Education by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under a legal settlement approved on December 2, 2025, prisoners with learning disabilities held by the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) moved several steps closer to receiving the educational instruction necessary to achieve a …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Report Shows How Prison Gerrymanders Distort Democracy Across U.S. by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a report compiled on November 25, 2025, the nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) broke down the impact of prison “gerrymandering” in 14 of the 33 states that have so far failed to halt the …
Report on “Pay-­to-­Stay” Fees Makes Strong Case for Their Repeal by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Campaign Zero, a “research and data-­driven organization working to end police violence and carceral harm” released in June 2025 a report titled Paying for One’s Own Incarceration: National Landscape of ‘Pay-­to-­Stay’ Fees and called …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
$4,652 for Jewish Nevada Prisoner Denied Passover Meal by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On July 29, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada granted dismissal to a suit filed by state prisoner Thomas Burdsal, 62, after he agreed to accept a $4,652 payment from the state …
Disabled Prisoner Who Won $1.85 Million After Fall in Chicago Jail Secures Class Certification for Separate ADA Challenge to Jail Conditions by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman  On September 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted class certification to a complaint filed by disabled …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
Guards at an Infamous Mississippi Jail Mocked a Disabled Detainee by In late November 2025, reporters at Mississippi Today uncovered two videos taken inside the Rankin County jail that showed guards mocking a disabled detainee; just days earlier, the guards had filmed the same detainee being shocked in an electrical …
Arkansas Prison Reaches ADA Settlement by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement with the Arkansas Division of Correction (DOC) on September 5, 2025, resolving violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–12134, at the prison system’s Ouichita River …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
Broken Water Pipe Leads to Unsanitary Conditions at Montana State Prison by When a water pipe broke at the Montana State Prison (MSP) in the city of Deer Lodge, prisoners were unable to shower or even wash their hands for at least a week.  The break was first discovered at …
Hawaii Prison Warden Reinstated After Being Fired in 2014 for Sexual Harassment by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson On September 17, 2025, the Hawai’i State Supreme Court affirmed a ruling allowing a warden who was fired in 2014 over a litany of accusations, including sexual harassment, to be reinstated. The …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit by Civilly Committed Texan by Matthew Clarke   by Matt Clarke On October 7, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a Texas civil rights lawsuit challenging conditions of confinement at the Texas Civil Commitment Center …
Ohio Sheriff Agrees to Outside Probe in Investigation of Jailed Double Amputee’s Death by Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel announced in late October 2025 that he will allow an outside agency to investigate the homicide of Tasha Grant, a 39-year-old double amputee who died in a hospital while being restrained …
Eighth Circuit Orders Preliminary Injunction Requiring Minnesota to Reinstate Program Teaching Biblical “Authentic Manhood” by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On August 14, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ordered the issuance of a preliminary injunction compelling the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) to reinstate …
Ohio Appoints Special Prosecutor to Investigate Double Amputee’s Restraint and Death by Tasha Grant, a 39-year-old double amputee, was being detained at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio. On May 2, 2025, after 15 days in the jail, Grant—whose legs were amputated years earlier—complained of chest pain and was …
Eleventh Circuit Overturns 1990 Alabama Death Sentence Over Racially Biased Jury Selection; ACLU Report Shows It Is Still Happening by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 30, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an Alabama prosecutor practiced purposeful discrimination in violation of …
Florida Appeals Court Finds Rationale for “Sexual Predator” Label on Former Prisoner’s Drivers License by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Prisoners released from terms for violent sexual offenses may find that Florida is not “the free state” that it claims to be. In an en banc ruling on August 15, …
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