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Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
Senators Spank BOP Director on Last Day Before Replacement by Former Oregon DOC Director by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett On August 2, 2022, the federal Department of Justice introduced its pick to helm the nation’s Bureau of Prison (BOP): Collette Peters, the director of Oregon’s Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Article • August 30, 2022
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
Two Top Oregon Prison Administrators Ousted by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett One official in the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) has been fired and another has resigned following separate investigations into allegations of misconduct. On July 29, 2022, then-DOC Director Colette Peters fired Assistant Director Nathaline Frener, 52, in …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
After Paying $500,000 to Consultant Outed for Corruption Ties, Iowa DOC Accused of Allowing “Corporate Dodge” by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett After two staff members were brutally beaten to death by prisoners in March 2021, the Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) hired prison consultant CGL Companies to review security …
Article • May 1, 2022
Warden Accused of Sexual Misconduct and Forced to Take Leave from Job at Violence-Plagued Alabama Prison by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott   The warden was escorted from Alabama’s Limestone Correctional Facility and placed on mandatory leave on March 19, 2022, following allegations of sexual misconduct and the …
At Least 35 Florida DOC Employees and Contractors Arrested in Just Over a Year by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott An examination of Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) employee and contractor arrests from March 2021 to April 2022 revealed that 18 were charged with introducing contraband, and another …
Federal Judge Sanctions Former Arizona DOC Director’s Foot-Dragging Attorneys in Pro Se Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 12, 2022, a federal judge advanced a former Arizona state prisoner one step closer to collecting fees for his own pro se legal work in a suit against …
Corrections Special Applications Unit Builds a Lucrative National Track Record of Abuse and Torture by J.D. Schmidt by J.D. Schmidt On December 13, 2021, a group of 49 current and former prisoners sued the York County Prison (YCP) in Pennsylvania, along with a contractor hired to train its guards, Corrections …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Judge Sentences Boss of ‘Horrific’ Cuyahoga Ohio Jail to Prison by Edward Lyon “I don’t know how you can live with yourself.” by Ed Lyon In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, County Executive Armond Budish (D) is now the last man standing in a decade-long county government and jail malfeasance and mismanagement …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
How Corrupt is Too Corrupt for Atlanta Federal Prison? by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The U.S. Penitentiary (USP) in southeast Atlanta, a federal complex that has been at the center of multiple scandals and allegations of corruption over the last decade, was “nearly vacant” at the end of …
Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022
California Federal Prison Warden Charged with Sexually Abusing Prisoner by The Federal Correctional Institution at Dublin, California, about 20 miles southwest of Oakland, has had its share of publicity since it opened in 1974. Publishing heir-turned-bankrobbing-militant Patty Hearst did time there, as did “Hollywood Madam” Heidi Fleiss, as well as …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Federal New York City Jail Made Infamous by Jeffrey Epstein Death Closed Due to Persistent Problems and Incompetence by In late August, 2021, the federal Bureau of Prisons announced what is likely a temporary closure of its Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), located in lower Manhattan. It has been cited for …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Virginia Federal Court Sentences Former Superintendent of Rockbridge County Jail to 51 Months in Prison for Brutality and Corruption by In May 2021, the former supervisor of Virginia’s Rockbridge County Regional Jail was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison after he was convicted for violating the civil rights of …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct
BOP Official Reportedly Had Sexual Relationship With Former Police Union Head by Bill Barton by Bill Barton A Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General report from September 24, 2019, found that an assistant director of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) took part in a sexual and financial relationship with …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Captain at Jail Where Epstein Died Offered New Position of Authority; Warden Remains on Desk Duty by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss In March 2020, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced it would transfer guard Jermaine Darden to Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fort Dix, where he will serve as the …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The year 2019 was a busy one for a grand jury in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Indictments were handed down for seven guards, a former associate warden and a former director of the …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Washington: Prisoners’ Complaints Lead to Changes in DOC’s Drug Testing Policy by Chad Marks by Chad Marks After two unidentified prisoners complained that they were being punished based on faulty drug test results, the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) made changes to its testing policies. One prisoner was subjected to …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Scammers Deprive Prisoners with Legitimate Substance Abuse Problems of BOP Drug Treatment by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney An industry composed of prison consultants charges thousands of dollars to help people prepare for life behind bars. One service they provide is information about the Residential Drug Abuse Program (RDAP) offered …
Continued Problems with Mental Health Care, Suicides in Alabama DOC by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Counting 13 suicides among Alabama state prisoners within a 14-month period ending in early February 2019, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has accused the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) of not …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
Congressional Report Finds Misconduct by BOP Administrators Often Ignored by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke A memorandum from the House Subcommittee on National Security, released on January 2, 2019, concluded that misconduct by senior leadership in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) “appears to be largely tolerated or ignored altogether.”  …
Brief • February 20, 2019
Bossardet v. Ryan, AZ, Plaintiff's Motion for Sanctions, Signing Disclosure Agreements, 2019 1 2 3 Stacy Scheff LAW OFFICE OF STACY SCHEFF P.O. Box 40611, Tucson, AZ 85717-0611 (520) 471-8333 • FAX (520) 300-8033 stacy.scheff@gmail.com State Bar No. 028364 4 5 DISTRICT COURT FOR THE UNITED STATES 6 DISTRICT OF …
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