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Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Prisoner’s Challenge to Guard Tackle That Broke His Foot by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a ruling on September 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found not one but two errors in a lower court’s dismissal of a Michigan prisoner’s …
Southern Poverty Law Center Report Shows Culture of Abuse at Florida Prison by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released a new report describing a two-year investigation into the endemic culture of violence and abuse in Florida prisons, especially that of the Gulf Correctional …
Leaked Video Footage Shows California Prison Guards Engaged in Retaliatory Assault by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Leaked surveillance and body-camera footage from the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla exposed a brutal August 2, 2024, assault on incarcerated women, many of whom were elderly or mobility-impaired. …
Differing Judicial Outcomes for the New York Guards Who Killed Robert Brooks by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott According to WKTV in Utica, former New York state prison guard David Walters will remain free on bail while appealing his manslaughter conviction. Walters, 37, posted a $100,000 bond and …
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 …
Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan Jailer Accused of Retaliatory Assault by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a decision reached on April 7, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit clarified the boundaries of qualified immunity (QI) for a Michigan jailer accused of …
$600,000 Awarded So Far in Disgraced Georgia Sheriff’s Trial for Abusing Detainee in Restraint Chair by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A jury in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia awarded $600,000 in compensatory damages on December 4, 2025, to a former pretrial detainee at the …
$404,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Brutalized by Trio of Guards, Kept in Solitary for Two Years by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 12, 2025, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio returned a verdict awarding $404,000 in damages to state prisoner Tommy …
Brooklyn Jail Guard Convicted for Shooting and Car Chase by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The New York Times reported that Leon Wilson, 51, a veteran guard at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn, was convicted on October 28, 2025, in the borough’s Federal District Court for …
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 …
New Jersey Breaks Ground on New $330 Million Women’s Prison After Raid at Old Facility by In October 2025, New Jersey broke ground on the construction of a new 420-­bed, $330 million prison for women that will replace a crumbling 112-­year-­old facility that shuttered in 2021. The Edna Mahan Correctional …
Record $42.75 Million Verdict in Louisiana Detainee’s Death in LaSalle Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In one of the largest verdicts ever returned in a suit over an American jail death, a federal jury in Louisiana awarded $42.75 million on October 20, 2025, to the Estate of Erie …
Prisoner Assaulted by BOP Guard and Left With Bleeding Rectum—Then the Cover-Up Began by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A 50-­page complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on October 30, 2025, seeks “some measure of justice” for the prisoner who filed it, identified in …
$7 Million Paid by Ohio County for Jail Detainee’s Death in Restraint Chair by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Board of County Commissioners of Ohio’s Montgomery voted on September 30, 2025, to pay $7 million to the Estate of Christian Black, who died at the county jail the previous …
One Guard Pleads Guilty, Another Receives Light Sentence in New York Prisoner’s Killing by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott As part of the ongoing legal proceedings in the death of 22-­year-­old New York state prisoner Messiah Nantwi, Mid-­State Correctional Facility guard Francis Chandler pled guilty in Oneida County …
Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Widespread Abuse of Restraints on Prisoners by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A June 2025 report from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) called out the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for misuse of restraints on prisoners. The OIG also called on BOP …
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 …
California’s Attorney General Is Suing Los Angeles County Jails Over “Inhumane Conditions” by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson In a remarkable 78-page complaint stemming from a four-year investigation, the California Attorney General’s office has sued Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, et al. over the harsh and …
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 …
Ninth Circuit Reinstates Wheelchair-Bound Washington State Prisoner’s Suit Over Failure to Accommodate Disabilities During Transport by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 19, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by a wheelchair-bound Washington State Department of Corrections …
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