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Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma held that a Jail Trust is not a law enforcement agency and cannot withhold requested records under the …
$1.25 Million Paid for Special Needs Teen’s Fatal Beating in Houston Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Texas’ Harris County agreed to pay $1.25 million to the surviving mother of Fred Harris, a teen suffering from diminished mental capacity who was fatally beaten by a cellmate at the county …
Taser Use Doubled After Grand Jury Report on Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Everett Palmer Jr. died in the York County Prison (YCP) in Pennsylvania as a direct result of attempts to extract him from his cell in 2018. Palmer was suffering a severe mental health …
Texas Officials Testify That Cost to Air Condition Prisons Tops $1.5 Billion by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman During a trial in the federal court hearing a challenge to excessive heat in state prisons on March 31, 2026, new Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Director Bobby Lumpkin testified that …
Faced with Record-Breaking Jail Deaths, L.A. County Supervisors Tell Sheriff’s Department to Improve Access to Naloxone, Camera Monitoring, and Security Checks at California Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 3, 2026, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 to approve a motion by Supervisor Janice …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 6, 2026, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico granted the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC)—the publisher of Prison Legal News, Criminal Legal News, and …
Nearly 50 People Have Died in ICE Custody Since Trump’s Return to White House by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott The death toll within the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carceral system reached a sad milestone with the April 12, 2026, passing of Aled Damien Carbonell-Betancourt, 27, at …
Pennsylvania Closes Its Second-Oldest Prison by In early March 2026, Pennsylvania closed Rockview state prison, the state’s second-oldest, which had been in operation for 111 years in Centre County. The proposal to close Rockview was first floated last February, and since then, all of the prisoners have been moved to …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
ACLU Threatens New Lawsuit After Indiana County’s Repeated Failures to Abide by 17-Year-Old Settlement Agreement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On April 14, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana granted the latest in a series of extensions that have added more than 17 years …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
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From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Welcome to our 36th anniversary issue of Prison Legal News. In May 1990, we published the first issue of PLN. In an industry where publications rarely make it into the double digits, it is amazing we have lasted 36 years and …
Oklahoma DOC Paid Prison Guards $35.5 Million in Overtime in 2025 by Last year, prison guards working beyond their standard hours accounted for close to half of all overtime spending for state employees in Oklahoma, according to an analysis of payroll data by Tulsa World. Throughout 2025, the state Department …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
News in Brief by Alabama: On February 13, 2026, Jarvis Moore, a former guard at the Morgan County Jail, turned himself in to face seven counts of felony extortion lodged against him following an August 2025 investigation. According to WAFF in Huntsville, Sheriff Ron Puckett accused Moore of threatening prisoners …
Survey of Arkansas Jails Reveals Strained, Costly Health Care System by Abbey Kim by Abbey Kim This article was originally published in Arkansas Advocate.   County jails in Arkansas hold some of the state’s most vulnerable people, including many experiencing mental health crises.Hundreds are detained in county jails awaiting psychiatric …
Hawai’i Settles Prison Mental Healthcare Class-Action With $100,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Expert Inspection That Produces Damning Report by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i granted dismissal on September 10, 2025, to a group of mentally ill state prisoners and pretrial detainees …
Mississippi DOC Retains Law Firm to Monitor VitalCore Contract by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Mississippi has had recurring problems from the private healthcare providers they have hired for their prisons. The problems accumulating with VitalCore Health Strategies, their current provider, have pushed the state into hiring a law firm …
$950,000 Settlement Reached for Pennsylvania Jail Detainee Repeatedly Pepper-Sprayed During Mental Health Episodes by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Pennsylvania’s Bucks County executed a settlement agreement on December 20, 2025, paying $950,000 to resolve claims filed by the parents of Kimberly Stringer, a mentally ill detainee who was repeatedly pepper-sprayed …
$1 Million Paid by Cuyahoga County for Detainee’s Preventable Suicide in Cleveland Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 1, 2025, the Chief Executive of Ohio’s Cuyahoga County put the last signature on a resolution authorizing a $1 million payout to settle claims filed by the estate of …
In Texas, Harris County Commissioners Approve $1.2 Million for Fourth Study of Jail Since 2020 After Dozens of Abuse Allegations by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 12, 2026, the Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, voted 3-1 to approve paying CGL Management Group, LLC, a justice-system consulting firm, …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Digital Tablet Shift Brings Added Cost, Lost Data to Prisoners in California by Since 2023, nearly all of the more than 90,000 prisoners locked up by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) have been assigned a tablet that can make calls, receive messages, and access other apps. But …
Watchdog Report Finds More than 1,500 Waiting for Specialty Care at Connecticut Prisons by Wait times for prisoners in Connecticut who need to see a specialist for treatment can often extend for months. And as more prisoners linger without care, the backlog of patients only grows. As of mid-March 2026, …
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