Skip navigation

Search

4220 results
Article • September 15, 2026 • from PLN October, 2025
Indiana Supreme Court Announces Whether Defendant’s Actions Were “Objectively Reasonable” Justifying Self-Defense Can Be Considered in Hindsight by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Indiana held that the state’s self-defense statute justifies the use of force necessary for self-protection, even if …
One in 10 Prison Admissions Is Now for Technical Parole Violation by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The death of a pair of parole reform bills in the New Jersey legislature highlights a persistent problem plaguing prisons across the country: 10% of new prison admissions are not for new crimes …
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 …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Colorado Lawmakers Approve Prison Bed Funding, Despite DOC Understaffing by Just days after the Colorado legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) blocked a request from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for hundreds of new prison beds, lawmakers backtracked and voted to approve the additional beds in a 5-1 vote on …
Maine Was the First State to Abolish Parole. Incarcerated Mainers, Advocates Hope to Bring it Back. by Emma Davis by Emma Davis This article was originally published by Maine Morning Star.   Incarcerated Mainers can get college degrees, earn wages through remote work and vote. There’s universal access to medication …
Texas State Jails Fail: Institutions Conceived as Safe Spots for Rehabilitation After Minor Drug Convictions Now Flooded With Drugs and Major Felons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke In 1995, the Texas Legislature created the state jail system as a place to send prisoners convicted of minor crimes in order …
SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) ruled on February 6, 2026, that federal prisoners seeking habeas corpus relief are not bound by the statute that limits state prisoners to one shot at their claims. …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson In 2018, Colorado lawmakers unanimously passed a law designed to relieve overcrowded state prisons. It was set to trigger whenever the total vacancy rate for state prison beds drops below 2% for more than …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Fourth Circuit Holds Federal Prisoner Does Not Earn First Step Act Time Credits While in Transit Between Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 13, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the denial of a federal prisoner’s petition for a writ of …
Federal Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Are Facing Retaliation by Trump by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson One of former Democratic President Joe Biden’s parting actions was to commute the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal prisoners on death row. In doing so, he stopped President …
North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A settlement reached on September 15, 2025, moved the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission a step closer to finally realizing changes that it was ordered to …
Michigan Claws Back $1.2 Million Paid to Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a decision that upheld a lower court ruling, the Michigan Court of Appeals said on December 22, 2025, that exonerated former state prisoner Desmond Ricks must use a $7.5 million settlement from …
Third Circuit Rules Awarding BOP Prisoners 54 Days of Good Time Per Year Is Pro-­Rated by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 9, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that 18 U.S.C. section 3624(b)(1), which awards federal prisoners of up to 54 days per …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of Alabama held that because the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) failed to raise the issue of venue in the circuit court, the Court of Criminal Appeals’ (CCA) reversal …
BOP Announces New Conditional Placement Date Calculation by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman With a change announced by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on October 20, 2025, federal prisoners should finally begin to see more concrete results from the First Step Act (FSA), the 2018 law passed to reduce …
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 …
Study Finds Parole Hearings and Grants Continue to Fall by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In the “tough-­on-­crime” years that closed out the last century, parole was eliminated in many states, as well as the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP). But as the U.S. Supreme Court noted most recently in …
Exonerated Former Prisoner Wins Election for Chief Record Keeper in New Orleans by On November 15, 2025, a man who was once serving a life sentence for murder was elected as the chief record keeper for New Orlean’s criminal court. Calvin Duncan, 62, spent 28 years in prison before winning …
Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son by On November 7, Julie Myhre-­Schnell, 65, the former wife of Minnesota Department of Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell, was sentenced to three years for trying to kill their disabled adult son. Myhre-­Schnell’s sentence arrived three months after she pleaded …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
CDCR May No Longer Use Sentence Credits to Advance Parole Eligibility of Some California Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentences by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a tough ruling for some California prisoners, the state Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, said on July 28, 2025, that a 2016 voter initiative …
Page 1 of 211. | 1 2 3 4 5 ... 207 208 209 210 211 | Next »