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Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
$7.15 Million for Oklahoma Prisoner Exonerated After Nearly 50 Years by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso An Oklahoma prisoner who was exonerated after nearly 50 years in prison has received over $7 million in compensation so far. Glynn Ray Simmons, 71, now holds the dubious distinction of serving more …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former Crenshaw County Jail Administrator Christian Alexander Porter, 33, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of excessive force, falsifying records and witness tampering on January 28, 2025. According to the Washington Post, the charges stem from an October 2021 incident in which …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Escapes
Four Escapes in Eight Months from Oklahoma Jail by After slipping away from Oklahoma’s Caddo County courthouse January 22, 2025, detainee Levi Yeahpau spent a day on the run until he was recaptured. His uncle, Daron Highwalker, said that the detainee “basically [] walked out both front doors, and he …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
News in Brief by Alabama: Clarke County Jail guard Larissa Thompson was arrested on December 5, 2024, for plotting to smuggle drugs into the lockup, the Thomasville Times reported. An investigation by state law enforcement, the office of County Sheriff DeWayne Smith, and Jackson Police uncovered evidence that Thompson planned …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Turn Key Health Walks Away From Oklahoma County Jail by On October 9, 2024, Turn Key Health Clinics ended its contract to provide healthcare at the Oklahoma County Jail in Oklahoma City. The firm gave notice 30 days earlier, after winning just a one-year $7.4 million extension to the contract …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
GEO Group Just Wants to Be a Landlord for Oklahoma DOC by In June 2024, after Oklahoma failed to meet a $3 million pay hike demanded by The GEO Group, Inc., the private prison operator gave notice to terminate its contract to run Lawton Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility (LCRF), the …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Prisoners Reportedly Locked in Showers in Oklahoma, Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter According to a lawsuit removed to federal court for the Western District of Oklahoma on May 1, 2024, prisoners at Great Plains Correctional Center (GPCC) were confined in a tiny shower stall for days on …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
At Oklahoma Lockup: Deputy Warden Fired and Arrested in Smuggling Scheme, Guards Charged in Prisoner’s Assault by Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections (DOC) fired Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) Deputy Warden Tasha Parker on May 9, 2024, one day before her arrest for smuggling contraband into the prison. Within a …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Mobile Metro Jail guard Robert Aaron Small was fired and arrested for assault on June 27, 2024, one day after he allegedly used excessive force against an unnamed detainee. WKRG in Mobile said that the guard had worked at the lockup since 2019. Mobile County …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Turn Key Health Clinics: Another Private Jail Medical Provider Leaving a Trail of Death and Misery by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Jails face a monumental task in the provision of medical care. Those who’ve just been arrested are often experiencing withdrawal from drugs or alcohol. Other pre-existing medical …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Tenth Circuit Affirms Former Oklahoma Jail Captain’s 46-Month Sentence For Brutalizing Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 28, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a 46-­month sentence handed to former Kay Correctional Detention Center (KCDC) guard Matthew Ware for depriving detainees …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Oklahoma Lawmakers Sue for Pardon and Parole Board Texts After Condemned Prisoner Denied Clemency by On March 14, 2024, a dustup over a contentious clemency request for condemned Oklahoma prisoner Richard Glossip spilled into state court, where a judge refused to dismiss a suit filed by two state lawmakers to …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On June 24, 2024, Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith told the Birmingham News that county jail guard Tony Dewayne Jackson, 29, had been arrested for smuggling “non-­drug” contraband into the lockup. Jackson was no longer working at the jail, but Smith didn’t say how or …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
After Takeover from CoreCivic, Oklahoma Prison Even More Short-Staffed by Five days after the Oklahoma Department of Corrections (DOC) took over a state prison from private operator CoreCivic on October 1, 2023, a ceremony was held to rename the former Davis Correctional Facility. On the same day, October 6, 2023, …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Atheist Chaplain Attends Atheist Oklahoma Prisoner During Execution by In the final hours before Oklahoma killed Phillip Hancock on November 30, 2023, he was attended by a chaplain, like almost all condemned prisoners. Unlike most though, Hancock was an atheist. So was his chaplain, Devin Moss. As the last minutes …
Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Since 2018, at least seven vulnerable detainees have died at the 366-­bed Pottawatomie County Public Safety Center, 30 miles east of Oklahoma City. Yet despite state law requiring deaths be reported within five …
$33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On August 23, 2023, a jury in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma made a massive award of $33 million to …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A headline in the August 1965 edition of The Daily Oklahoman said that then-Sheriff Bob Turner of Oklahoma County “denies his jail’s ‘deplorable.’” A new jail was later built, but almost six decades later, a …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
Oklahoma Parole Board Resignations Threaten Prisoner Clemencies by Just three of five seats remained filled on the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board after Chairman Richard L. Smothermon mailed his resignation on August 4, 2023, to Chief Justice M. John Kane IV of the state Supreme Court, which appointed Smothermon to …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 13, 2023, Kendall Brian Morgan, 45, a former undersheriff in Oklahoma’s LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), was sentenced to 22 months in federal prison, followed by 36 months of …
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