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Article • November 5, 2022
Michigan Warden Barred from Prison After Most Recent Prisoner Homicide by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 18, 2022, the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) placed Warden George Stephenson of the Macomb Correctional Facility (MCF) in Lenox Township on “stop order” – meaning he is barred from …
Article • November 5, 2022
Missouri Jail Guard Charged With Helping Teen Son Escape Juvenile Detention by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 25, 2022, a guard at the St. Louis County Justice Center (SLJC) was charged with shattering a window at the building to help her son and another teen escape …
Article • November 5, 2022
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Abuse
Former Pennsylvania Jail Guard Sentenced for Shocking His Kids With Electric Dog Collar by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 24, 2022, a now-fired guard at Pennsylvania’s Somerset County Jail (SCJ) was sentenced for abusing his five children with a dog shock collar. John Wesley Bailey, 35, …
Article • November 5, 2022
“I Fucked Up”: Retired Arizona Prison Guard and GOP Candidate Allegedly Caught Masturbating Near Preschool by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A 27-year veteran prison guard retired from the Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC) suspended his run for the Maricopa Community College District Governing Board on October 20, …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: COVID-19, Injunctions
COVID-19 Injunction Lapses in Oregon, Another Fails in Massachusetts by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On June 21, 2022, a preliminary injunction granted by the federal court for the District of Oregon expired, ending its mandate that state prison employees comply with the COVID-19 masking policy of the state Department …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Unending ‘Crisis’ in San Diego County Jails: Hundreds Dead, Millions in Legal Payouts by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott When the men and women incarcerated in San Diego County jails awoke on October 6, 2022, the biggest news was also the grimmest: Nothing had changed. A fellow detainee …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Most of PLN’s prisoner readers are housed in state or federal prisons and serving a sentence after being convicted of a crime. On any given day at least 500,000 people are being held in jails around the country, operated by cities, …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Telephone Rates
Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On April 15, 2022, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) approved H.P. 853, a new law capping the cost of calls in state prisons and county jails. Effective October 1, 2022, calls may not …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
San Diego County Pays $250,000 After Detainee Suicide in County Jail by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins On March 29, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of California approved a settlement between the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department (SDSD) and the widow of a 21-year-old U.S. Marine who …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Education
New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced a new “fresh start” policy for people whose student loans are in default, and it may help prisoners who would otherwise …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On September 2, 2021, the federal court for the District of Maryland denied a motion for summary judgment made by a state prison guard who is the defendant in a case brought by a prisoner who …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Mississippi Attempts to Offload Prisoner Healthcare Costs Onto Medicaid by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On April 21, 2022, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed H.B. 936, a new law creating “special care facilities” to house and provide healthcare for about 600 “medically frail” state prisoners eligible for parole …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Informants, Tape Recordings
Wisconsin High Court Admits Into Evidence Secret Tape of Prisoner Made by Fellow Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 1, 2022, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin decided that just because a jailhouse snitch used a government-provided device to tape incriminating statements made by a fellow pretrial …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Settlements, Suicides
$2.1 Million Settlement for Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide in Scandal-Plagued Ohio Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On May 5, 2022, Ohio’s Cuyahoga County agreed to pay $2.1 million to the estate of a mentally ill detainee arrested on bogus charges who was then left to …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Escapes, Murder by Escapees
Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jail Guard Lover Charged in Her Death on the Run by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On July 12, 2022, the District Attorney (DA) for Alabama’s Lauderdale County announced murder charges against a former detainee in the county jail who escaped with the help …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Experimenting on Prisoners: New California Lawsuits Reveal Old Abuses by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD The City of Philadelphia formally apologized on October 6, 2022, for medical experiments conducted on some 300 men — mostly Black, many of them pretrial detainees — incarcerated at the now-shuttered Holmesburg Prison …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Fifth Circuit Upholds Nearly $13.5 Million Restitution Order Against Federal Prisoner by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On February 25th, 2022, winning turnedout to be losing for a federal prisoner when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a massive restitution order issued by a district …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Maine Settles Suit Over COVID-19 Jobless Benefits Seized From Prisoners by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Like many prison systems across America, Maine’s Department of Corrections (DOC) has a work-release program that allows prisoners to hold jobs in local communities while serving their sentence. But when the COVID-19 pandemic struck …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: Death Penalty
South Carolina Judge Halts State Executions by Electrocution and Firing Squad by David Reutter, Edward Lyon by David M. Reutter and Ed Lyon On September 6, 2022, the Richland County Court of Common Pleas granted an injunction in a challenge brought by four condemned South Carolina prisoners to 2021 state …
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