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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 …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Filed under: Editorials
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright As long as there have been prisons, the people who run them have endeavored to keep prisoners as ignorant, ill informed and cut off from the outside world as possible. At the same time, those in charge aim to ensure that …
Three Prisoners Killed in Fight at Georgia Prison by On January 12, 2026, three prisoners were killed after a fight broke out at the Washington State Prison, a medium-security facility in Davisboro, Georgia, which is around 135 miles south of Atlanta. A guard and 12 other prisoners were also injured …
Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In just over seven years, changes in prison mail policies proliferating across the country have severely restricted mail privileges at lockups holding the majority of America’s nearly 1.2 million prisoners. According to research conducted …
Shadow Prisons: How Civil Commitment Leads to Longer Confinement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman At the center of mass incarceration in the United States is a deeply troubling fact: More than two of every five people locked up have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. With nearly two million …
Brief • December 31, 2025
Filed under: Global Tel*Link Corp
State of Tennessee DOC and GTL Contract 01-01-23 to 12-31-2025 Part 1 NASPO/STATE OF NEVADA MASTER AGREEMENT Master Agreement Number: Solicitation Number: 99SWC-S1154 Title: Inmate Communications Government Entity: State of Nevada, Department of Administration, Purchasing Division Address: 515 E Mussel' St, Ste 300 City, State, Zip Code: Carson City, NV …
Brief • December 31, 2025
Filed under: Global Tel*Link Corp
State of Tennessee DOC and GTL Contract 01-01-23 to 12-31-2025 Part 2 STATE OF NEVADA COOPERATIV E CONTRA CT ATTACHMENT E SCOPE OF WORK Inmate Co mmunications SOI/', \ Revised: September 2022 Page 16 of 17 Cooperali ve Contract SCOPE OF WORK Category 2: Inmate Kiosks and Tablets Category 3: …
Publication • December 2, 2025
Department of Justice-National PREA Standards Alignment With Executive Order, 2025 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance Washington , D.C. 20531 MEMORANDUM TO: All DOJ-certified PREA Auditors FROM: Tammie M. Gregg Principal Deputy Director Bureau of Justice Assistance SUBJECT: National PREA Standards Alignment with Executive …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
The Succession Battle for a Prison Empire by Katya Schwenk by Katya Schwenk The yacht is moored at the mouth of the Miami River, in the long shadows of the city’s luxury hotels and high-­rises. It is of Italian design: sleek, imposing, with a flybridge and sundeck and five cabins, …
Filing • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Brief • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Filing • November 21, 2025
Filed under: Public Records Act
Centurion of Florida LLC v. HRDC, FL, Order and Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs, Counterclaim-Public Records Request, 2025 Filing # 236344305 E-Filed 11/21/2025 01:53:06 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA LLC PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT CASE NO.: DIVISION: …
Brief • November 21, 2025
Filed under: Public Records Act
Centurion of Florida LLC v. HRDC, FL, Order and Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs, Counterclaim-Public Records Request, 2025 Filing # 236344305 E-Filed 11/21/2025 01:53:06 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA LLC PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT CASE NO.: DIVISION: …
Brief • November 2, 2025
Wilson v. Dixon, FL, Second Declaration of Stefano Schiavon, Conditions of Confinement, 2025 Case 1:24-cv-24253-KMW Document 82-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2025 Page 1 of 92 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 1:24-cv-24253 DWAYNE WILSON, TYRONE HARRIS, and GARY WHEELER, individually and on behalf …
America’s Deadliest Jails: Tarrant County Edition by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In January 2025, protests erupted outside the Tarrant County Jail (TCJ) in Fort Worth, Texas, with demonstrators holding signs that read “Sheriff of Shame” and “69 + Deaths = Mass Murder.” So many people showed up to …
Oklahoma County Jailers Lose Bids to Derail Three Suits Over Detainee Murders by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Claims filed over a trio of detainee murders at the Oklahoma County Detention Center survived motions to dismiss in March 2025. As PLN reported, the lockup was stripped from control of the …
Federal Government, CoreCivic Slow-Walk Class-Action Challenges to Forced Labor of ICE Detainees by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Two legal challenges to forced labor for minimal or no pay, which were mounted by detainees held for federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), were gaining steam when Pres. Donald J. Trump …
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 …
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Sex Abuse Claims Filed by Three Texas Prisoners Against Guard by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a frustrating series of court rulings, three Texas prisoners seeking redress for a guard’s blatant sexual abuse saw their last claims dismissed on April 15, 2025. Though devastating for them, …
$100,000 Settlement Reached Between Imprisoned BOP Guard and Prisoners He Raped by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman When he was sentenced to prison on July 3, 2025, former federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard Mikael Rivera, 48, received an eight-year term for sexually assaulting three prisoners at the Federal Detention …
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