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Three Killed in Gang Activity at Mississippi Private Prisons Plus High-Profile Escape, But Only One MTC Guard Arrested by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Though a state investigation concluded a Mississippi prisoner had inside help making a short-lived escape in September 2021, no charges have ever been announced for officials …
Publication • 2022
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Audit Report-Dept of Public Safety's Texas Gang Intelligence Database-Aug. 2022 Lisa R. Collier, CPA, CFE, CIDA State Auditor An Audit Report on The Department of Public Safety’s Texas Gang Intelligence Database August 2022 Report No. 22-039 State Auditor’s Office reports are available on the Internet at https://sao.texas.gov/. An Audit Report …
Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal by Casey Bastian By Casey J. Bastian On March 18, 2022, a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard was indicted in federal court in New York City on charges he smuggled a loaded gun into the now-shuttered …
Article • May 1, 2022
Oklahoma Prison Guard and Gilbert Postelle’s Brother Among 125 Convicted in Drug Ring by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott On April 5, 2022, federal prosecutors announced convictions in a massive drug-trafficking conspiracy for 125 associates of an Oklahoma-based prison gang, one of whom was a state prison guard …
Article • February 19, 2022
$20,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Settle Claims of Medical Neglect and Failure to Protect Disabled Prisoner Beaten by Gang Members in County Jail by Chuck Sharman By Chuck Sharman   A settlement was executed on August 27, 2019, by lawyers for Santa Clara County, California, agreeing to pay …
Brief • September 7, 2021
Small v. New York City Department of Corrections, NY, Exhibit a - Verdict Form, Failure to Protect, 2021 Case 1:09-cv-01912-RA-SDA Document 377-1 Filed 09/07/21 Page 1 of 8 EXHIBIT A Case 1:09-cv-01912-RA-SDA Document 377-1 Filed 09/07/21 Page 2 of 8 Case 1:09-cv-01912-RA-SDA Document 350-8 Filed 06/03/21 Page 1 of 7 …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Scores of Ecuadoran Prisoners Die in Coordinated Melees by Ecuador’s prison system has been operating in crisis mode for three years. Beginning in 2019, 24 prisoners were killed in overcrowded prisons holding over 38,000 prisoners which was designed and built to hold 27,000. That number soared to 103 deaths in …
McCall v. Wooley, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number 17-1009 17-CV-1009 McCall, Vennis #K55319 v. Wooley, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Case Name Official Case # Ca se# Defendants: Statu s Received closed 9/20/17 11/1/17 Date Served Class Action L On Appeal Spears Opposing Coun …
Houston v. Pfister, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2021 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case # Case# 16-8861 16-CV-8861 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel: Institutions: Filed Case Houston, Willie #N11484 v. Pfister, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received Status 11/4/16 1/19/17 closed Date Served Class Action D On Appeal D Spears D …
Brief • September 8, 2020
Horshaw v. Mayo, IL, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Official Case# Case# 14-248 SD 14-CV-248 Harshaw, Kirk #M21693 v. Mayo, et al. IDOC# Plaintiffs: Filed Case Name Defendants: 11/17/14 Date Served Received Status 12/1/14 closed Class Action On Appeal Spears Opposing Counsel: Institutions: 0 Pro …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Lockdowns
Lockdowns Follow “Coordinated” Gang Fights at Oklahoma Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter After what officials are calling coordinated fights, six Oklahoma prisons were placed on lockdown status for over a week. One prisoner died and 36 prisoners and several staff were injured in the melees. The lockdowns …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Mississippi Prisons in Crisis by David Reutter Prisons beset with gang-related violence, overcrowding, understaffing and weak funding. by David M. Reutter Between late last year and early April 2020, more than 30 Mississippi prisoners died due togang violence, suicide or illness – over 10 times the average of 3.4 prisoner …
Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020
Policy Change Leads to Gang Riot at Utah Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 11, 2020, a group of about a dozen protesters gathered outside the administrative offices of the the Utah Department of Corrections (UDOC) in Draper. They were there to express their anger over …
California Prison Officials Put Hold on Policy That Led to “Gladiator Fights” by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. In September 2019, California prison administrators and officials agreed to put a hold on a policy known as “incremental release” after complaints from prisoners and their relatives that it had …
Arnold v. Butler, Settlement, Failure to Protect, 2020 Information Sheet for Case Number Case Name Official Case # Case# 17-79 17-CV-79 Plaintiffs: Opposing Counsel : Institutions: Filed Arnold, Sean #B37516 v. Butler, et al. IDOC# Defendants: Received closed xx/xx/xx 7/5/17 Date Served Status Class Action 0 On Appeal D Spears …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
California AB Prison Gang Members, Others Indicted by Feds by A 143-page federal indictment filed on May 21, 2019 described criminal violations allegedly committed by Ronald Yandell, Daniel Troxell, William Sylvester, Travis Burhop, Brant Daniel, Donald Mazza, Pat Brady, Jason Corbett, Matthew Hall, Samuel Keeton, Michael Torres, Jeanna Quesenberry, Kevin …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Filed under: Prison Gangs
Arizona Court Equates Prison Gang Dropouts with Confidential Informants to Require Redaction of STG Files by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The Arizona Court of Appeals held on September 25, 2019 that the possibility of information about gang members who had dropped out or were not in “good standing” falling …
Brief • October 25, 2019
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Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Prison Gangs, Settlements
North Carolina Prisoners Sue Over Gang Violence, Obtain $62,500 Settlement by According to a February 8, 2019 news report, a lawsuit filed by North Carolina prisoners Tavieolis Hunt, 39, Benjamin White, 35, and Sean Smith, 38, settled for a total of $62,500. The settlement was reached after the trio and …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Audit Finds Mississippi Private Prison Plagued by Violence, Run by Gangs by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Former warden Jody Bradley depended on gang leaders at a privately-run Mississippi prison to maintain control of the facility. That was one finding of a December 2018 internal audit by Management & Training …
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