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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 …
Connecticut Correction Ombuds Finds DOC in “Sustained Institutional Failure” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 20, 2026, the Connecticut Office of Correction Ombuds (OCO) released its first annual report on conditions in state prisons, finding them so deplorable that Ombuds DeVaughn L. Ward could only conclude the state …
Arrests of Unhoused People Driving Albuquerque Jail Bookings by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson The number of unhoused people in Albuquerque doubled between 2022 and 2025. During that same period, the number of unhoused people jailed by the city more than tripled, according to a report by ProPublica. The Bernalillo …
Arkansas Board of Corrections Settles Sunshine Law Charges, Caving to Governor’s Power Grab by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 30, 2026, the Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC), which manages and oversees the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC), gave up its fight against two new laws that severely limit …
$750,000 Paid by NaphCare for New York Jail Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman After a spate of deaths at the Onondaga County Justice Center (OCJC), the New York Attorney General’s office found the jail’s private medical contractor, NaphCare, Inc., in violation of state medical licensing laws, leading to …
Federal Jury Awards $307.6 Million to Former Michigan Prisoner After Corizon Refused Surgery, Forcing Him to Wear Colostomy Bag for Two Years by Robert Haughn by Robert Haughn A federal jury awarded a $307.6 million verdict to a former Michigan prisoner who said he suffered for two years in prison …
Indiana DOC Found in Violation of State Public Records Act for Withholding Execution Drug Cost Information by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 27, 2026, an Indiana court found the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) in violation of its Access to Public Records Act (APRA), granting summary judgment to …
HRDC Sues Colorado Jail for Prohibiting Dozens of Magazines and Books by Robert Haughn by Robert Haughn On March 31, 2026, the Human Right Defense Center (HRDC), nonprofit publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News (CLN), filed suit in the U.S. District Court of Colorado against the Weld County Jail …
Records Show Culture of Impunity Among Kentucky Prison Guards by Jo Ellen Knott by Jo Ellen Knott Inhumane conditions within the Kentucky Department of Corrections (DOC) were outed in state records detailing a “hostile and toxic environment” at the Southeast State Correctional Complex in Floyd County, according to reporting by …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
Prisons in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula “in a Death Spiral” Due to Under-Staffing by Data from the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) shows that, like many state prison systems across the country, chronic guard vacancies are on the rise. While all of the DOC’s 26 prisons are under-staffed, the problem is …
Watchdog Finds Barely 1 in 10 Complaints Against California Prison Staff Handled Adequately by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In its 41st semiannual report on staff investigations by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), the state Office of the Inspector General (OIG) found that prison officials adequately handled …
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