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Repercussions from Georgia Courthouse Escape, Shootings Continue by Inadequate security, which had existed for years at Georgia's Fulton County Courthouse, as well as lapses by Sheriff's deputies, are being blamed for the deadly March 11, 2005 escape of Brian Nichols. PLN has previously reported on the many problems afflicting the …
Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail by The County of Los Angeles (L.A.) agreed to pay $700,000 to the mother, and $200,000 to the father, of a 20 year old county jail prisoner murdered in his cell by a free-roaming prisoner against whom he …
Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails by by Michael Rigby Tennessee isn't known for its huge prison system, like Texas or California. Nor is the state's capital city, Nashville, recognized for massively overcrowded jails such as the ones in Los Angeles or New York City. But one …
Article • January 15, 2006 • from PLN January, 2006
Double-Celling Mentally Ill California Ad-Seg Prisoners Proves Fatal by When administratively segregated mentally ill prisoners were placed in the same cell at California State Prison, Los Angeles (LAC) in September, 2004, one strangled the other with a bed sheet. Upon investigating the death, the watchdog Office of the Inspector General …
28 Die in Philippines Jail Uprising by A March 14, 2005, botched escape attempt by an Al-Qaida linked Abu-Sayyaf member at the Camp Begang Diwa (CBD) detention center in Tanguig, Manila started as a two-day takeover of CBD that ended with 28 dead. When the incident began, CBD held 470 …
Mexican Prisons in Crisis: Cartels Murder Prisoners and Guards by by Matthew T. Clarke One of the achievements of which Mexican President Vicente Fox is most proud is the record-breaking number of drug lords who have been arrested and thrown into federal prison during his tenure. He has a right …
28 Die in Philippines Jail Uprising by A March 14, 2005, botched escape attempt by an Al-Qaida linked Abu-Sayyaf member at the Camp Begang Diwa (CBD) detention center in Tanguig, Manila started as a two-day takeover of CBD that ended with 28 dead. When the incident began, CBD held 470 …
Rising Deaths and Violence Among Problems In Illinois Prisons, Jails by by Michael Rigby Imprisonment in Illinois is becoming more perilous, according to the John Howard Association, a Chicago-based nonprofit group that monitors prisons and jails. Between August 2003 and May 2004, according to the association, several state prisoners died …
Oklahoma Prisons Suffer Crisis of Violence and Mismanagement by by Matthew T. Clarke 2005 has turned out to be a violent year in Oklahoma prisons. Between January and July, 2005, the prisons in Oklahoma suffered multiple riots, multiple murders of prisoners, and extensive probes of drug running. The stage for …
Problems Mount In Maryland Prisons by by Michael Rigby Even as the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) reels amid mounting criticism over pervasive violence, inadequate medical care, overcrowding, understaffing, and other systemic deficiencies, new tremors continue to rattle the division. Eight guards accused of beating a …
Bringing Down The Brotherhood by by Alan Prendergast Inside the feds' war on the deadliest prison gang: 16 murders. 21 death-penalty cases. Snitches galore. A wide red line runs across the floor of the visiting room like a clown's grin, separating the guard post and the civilian exit from the …
No Qualified Immunity for Michigan Prison Warden in Guard's Murder by The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, held that Tripett, the warden of the Thumb Correctional Facility in Michigan (TCF), was not entitled to qualified immunity, in a suit brought by the estate of a …
USP Beaumont, Texas: Murder and Mayhem in the Thunder Dome by Leah Caldwell Located in East Texas, the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) at Beaumont is made up of a trio of federal prisons that are home to 5,667 prisoners. These prisons are run by the Bureau of Prisons, which is …
Another CCA Prison in Oklahoma, Another Riot by by Matthew T. Clarke On March 22, 2005, a riot at a private prison run by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) near Cushing, Oklahoma resulted in the death of one prisoner and injuries to fifteen others, one of them critically. No guards …
Arizona Boot Camp Director Convicted In Teen’s Death by On January 3, 2005, the founder of a tough-love boot camp in Arizona was convicted of reckless manslaughter in the 2001 death of a 14-year-old camper who collapsed under the relentless desert sun. On May 24, 2005, Long was sentenced to …
Article • May 15, 2005 • from PLN May, 2005
Texas Prisoner Kills Prison Employee and Himself by On October 21, 2004, a prisoner at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s 2,800-bed, maximum-security Connely Unit in Kenedy, Texas, killed a prison employee, then committed suicide. Gary Laskowski, 38, a Texas state prisoner, had been serving a life sentence in TDCJ …
Four Guards Suspended By CCA Following Their Murder of Prisoner in Tennessee Jail by Four Guards Suspended By CCA Following Their Murder of Prisoner in Tennessee Jail by Matthew T. Clarke Four male CCA Guards have been placed on paid administrative leave following their murder of a female prisoner at …
Five Homicides In L.A. County Jail Blamed On Security Lapses; 25 Sheriff's Deputies May Be Disciplined by Five Homicides In L.A. County Jail Blamed On Security Lapses; 25 Sheriff's Deputies May Be Disciplined by Marvin Mentor After investigating five brutal prisoner-on-prisoner slayings in a six month period inside the Los …
Delaware Prisoner Killed In Hostage Standoff, Counselor Raped by By Michael Rigby On July 12, 2004, Scott A. Miller, a Delaware prisoner serving a 699-year sentence for rape, assault and kidnapping, was shot to death by a prison guard at the Delaware Correctional Center. The shooting ended a 6 ½ …
Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising by Karen Thimmes By Staughton Lynd; Temple University Press, 2004; soft cover, 244 pages. $16.95 Reviewed by Karen G. Thimmes Death Row in Ohio is located at Mansfield Correctional Institution, a stone's throw from the fabled Mansfield Penitentiary, where much of the …
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