Kentucky Prisoners Take Advantage of Securus Software Glitch for $1 Million by On August 24, 2024, Kentucky’s Lexington Herald-Leader reported that prisoners at several state prisons took advantage of a software vulnerability in state-­issued Securus Technologies tablets to fraudulently create over $1 million in digital credits. The counterfeit funds were …
News in Brief by Alabama: Former state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Henry Guice, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on September 9, 2024, for his role in a drug smuggling conspiracy at Staton Correctional Facility. The Birmingham News reported that a fellow guard was inspecting …
After Positive Drug Test, Kentucky Prisoners Allegedly Forced to Choose Between Tasing or Drinking Urine by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over more than three decades of publication, PLN has chronicled some outlandish and horrifying stories of prisoner abuse, but few can compete with the Hobson’s choice guards at …
Environmental Impact Statement Released for Controversial Proposed BOP Lockup in Kentucky by On July 10, 2024, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) released the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for a proposed new lockup to be constructed in Kentucky, moving the project closer to construction than it has ever been …
Regional Jail in Kentucky Settles DOJ Complaint, Agrees to Provide Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On November 29, 2023, the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Eastern Kentucky settled a complaint brought by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) with an agreement to provide …
Criminalizing Poverty Drives Mass Incarceration in Kentucky, Washington by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney As a teen in the South, I often heard it said: “Being poor ain’t no sin.” But apparently it has become illegal. According to a report from the Vera Institute of Justice, Kentucky’s courts charge myriad …
Kentucky Parole Officer Gets Three Years for Sexually Assaulting Probationers by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) parole officer Ronald R. Tyler, 57, was sentenced to three years in federal prison on March 21, 2024, for sexually assaulting three probationers. Victims Stephanie Logsdon Smith, Cammie …
Warden and Deputy Out at Kentucky Prison As DOC Investigates Guard Misconduct by Warden Charles Craig Hughes, 53, was fired from Southeast State Correctional Complex in Kentucky on February 22, 2024, the same day Deputy Warden Danny Dean McGraw, 52, also resigned from the lockup, which is leased by the …
Four BOP Guards Sentenced for Three Federal Prisoner Assaults at Kentucky Lockup by A former guard supervisor at the U.S. Penitentiary in Big Sandy, Kentucky, was sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison on December 6, 2023, for covering up three prisoner assaults by fellow guards. The …
Seventh Kentucky Guard Sentenced for Restrained Prisoner’s Beat-down by Former Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Sgt. Eric L. Nantell, 48, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison on June 11, 2024, for beating a restrained prisoner at Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex. The federal court for the Eastern District …
$20.5 Million Settlement for Two Kentucky Prisoners Exonerated and Freed After 22 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On September 7, 2023, the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government in Kentucky agreed to pay $20.5 million to settle a civil rights action alleging constitutional violations in the wrongful murder …
Louisville Jail Records 15 Detainee Deaths, 16 Employees Fired by On September 26, 2023, Louisville Metro Corrections Department (LMCD) suspended guard Terry Henderson after he crashed his car into a vehicle driven by fellow guard Andrew Young. Responding Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) officers reportedly suspected Henderson was drunk, but …
Francis v. Green, KY, Complaint, Excessive Force, 2024 Case: 0:24-cv-00030-DLB-EBA Doc #: 1 Filed: 03/12/24 Page: 1 of 15 - Page ID#: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY ASHLAND DIVISION CASE NO.__________________ [Electronically Filed on March 12, 2024] JOHN FRANCIS; TERRY LARUE; ERIC WILLIAMS; RANDY MCCLEARY; SAMUEL …
Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse by A complaint filed on June 29, 2023, accused the former chaplain of Kentucky’s Eastern Correctional Complex (ECC), of repeatedly harassing and threatening a state prisoner, as well as subjecting him to abuse and sexual molestation. In addition, the suit alleged, …
News in Brief by Alabama: Within 48-hours of booking into the Morgan County Jail on August 29, 2023, Miles Rea Batson, 39, had two second-degree assault charges added to his public intoxication charge as well as another for disarming a law enforcement agent. WHNT in Huntsville reported that during booking …
USA v. Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority, KY, Settlement, Discrimination, 2023 ADA SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED ST ATES OF AMERICA AND BIG SANDY REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY DJ No. 204-30-103 BACKGROUND 1. This Settlement Agreement (the Agreement) is entered into by: Big Sandy Regional Jail Authority (hereafter, Big Sandy Authority); …
News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan County Jail guard Bobby Simmons, 19, was arrested on August 3, 2023, when he was charged with promoting …
Hardin v. City of Louisville, KY, Settlement, Wrongful Conviction, 2023 RELEASEANDSETTLEMENTAGREEMENT This Release and Settlement Agreement is made and entered into this _ _ _ day of September 2023, by and between the Parties as defined below. DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Release and Settlement Agreement ("Settlement Agreement"): (I) …
News in Brief by Arizona: A private prison guard in Arizona was picked up on drug charges in California on April 18, 2023, as he made his way back from Mexico with his wife and kids – along with almost 53 pounds of meth and heroin stashed in the gas …
Costick v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KY, Joint Noticed of Removal, Sexual Assault, 2023 Case: 5:23-cv-00198-GFVT Doc #: 1 Filed: 06/29/23 Page: 1 of 3 - Page ID#: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at LEXINGTON CIVIL ACTION NO. __________ ELECTRONICALLY FILED JASON COSTICK, and …
