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Article • February 22, 2023
Florida Guard Arrested for Having Sex with Prisoner Allegedly Took Bribes to Smuggle Cigars in Her Vagina by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On January 13, 2023, a former prison guard from the Graceville Correctional Facility in northwest Florida near the Georgia state line was arrested and charged …
Publication • February 22, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Internal Affairs Complaint-Valley State Prison, February 2023 Law Office of Robert E. Young ROBERT Q. BERGSTROM, ESQ., INC. ATTORNEY AT LAW P.O. BOX 5642 OXNARD, CA 93031 (818) 799-7091 180 West Bullard, Suite 102 Clovis, California 93612 E-Mail: Robert-Bergstrom@bergstromlaw.net Telephone: (559) 299-5365 BY US MAIL AND EMAIL February 22, 2023 …
Article • February 7, 2023
Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A former guard and a former nurse at a prison in the United Kingdom – who both fell for “flirty” calls on a contraband cellphone from a “Romeo inmate,” …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption by Anthony Accurso, David Reutter by Anthony W. Accurso and David M. Reutter After 16 detainee deaths in 2021[See: PLN, Feb. 2022, p.1], the carnage continued at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex in 2022, leaving 19 …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 30, 2022, nearly two years after a 44-year-old Alabama prisoner died, an amended complaint filed by his sister claims he “literally baked to death in his cell” where a …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Oklahoma Jail Guard Gets 46 Months for Setting Up White Supremacist Attack on Black Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On December 6, 2022, a former guard at Oklahoma’s Kay County Detention Center was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for violating the civil rights of detainees. …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former BOP Warden Convicted of Sexually Abusing Prisoners in California ‘Rape Club’ Scandal by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On December 1, 2022, a jury in federal court for the Northern District of California convicted Ray J. Garcia, the former warden of the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) at Dublin, …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
$480,000 Paid by California County to Detainee Whose Newborn Died After Guards Stopped at Starbucks en Route to Hospital by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 23, 2022, the Board of Supervisors of California’s Orange County approved a settlement providing $480,000 to a former detainee in the county …
Article • January 20, 2023
New York City Guards Charged With Fraudulently Taking More Than a Year’s Paid Sick Leave by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 10, 2022, three guards who work for the New York City Department of Correction [DOC] at Rikers Island were arrested on charges of federal program …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
California Guards Kill Two Prisoners Who Attacked a Third by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 29, 2022, two California prisoners attacked a third with a homemade knife in the recreation yard at the High Desert State Prison (HDSP). Responding guards first attempted to intervene with verbal …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
California Prison Guards Sentenced for Assaulting Prisoners by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett A pair of former guards with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) have been sentenced to federal prison for assaulting prisoners, one of whom died. A third guard has also been indicted on charges of …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Staffing
Guards Fleeing Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a March 2022 report published by the Texas State Auditor, the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has an extremely high staff turnover rate — 32.8%, compared to a 21.5% rate for all state employees in fiscal year …
Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On June 16, 2022, the federal court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin ordered a state prison guard to pay $110,042.38 in legal costs and fees for a former state …
Fourteen Officials Indicted in New Jersey Women’s Prison Abuse Scandal, $21 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On September 27, 2022, a New Jersey grand jury indicted 14 officials at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility (CF), the state’s only women’s prison. It was the latest fallout …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
$2.57 Million Settlement for Hogtying Death in NC Police Custody by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD On October 20, 2022, a federalcourt in North Carolina approved a settlement obligating the City of Greensboro to pay $2.57 million for the wrongful death of a mentally ill man, after city …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Class Certified in ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown Lawsuit by Illinois Prisoners by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit certified a class of Illinois prisoners in a suit accusing officials in the state Department of Corrections (DOC) of conducting …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Tenth Circuit Revives Suit Against Colorado Jail Guard in Death of Mentally Disabled Detainee by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 25, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reinstated a claim against a guard at Colorado’s Mesa County Detention Facility (MCDF) in the death …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Former South Carolina Deputy Gets 18 Years for Driving Transport Van With Two Detainees Into Flood, Drowning Them by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A former South Carolina Sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 19, 2022, for driving a jail transport van onto a …
Article • November 29, 2022
Guards Nabbed for Worker’s Comp Fraud in Illinois and Connecticut by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 15, 2022, a guard at Illinois’ McLean County Jail was arrested and charged with worker’s compensation fraud after he allegedly lied about a work-related injury to goose his payout from …
Article • November 18, 2022
N.Y. Jail Sergeant Charged With Sexual Misconduct – Again by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss New York’s Erie County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) fired a county jail guard on May 19, 2022, after several detainees came forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct. The move came a month after a …
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