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“Large Fight” Broke Out at Alaska Prison After Downsizing Effort by Jo Ellen Knott by Jo Ellen Knott The Alaska Beacon reported that the state’s “cost-cutting” downsizing measures backfired when a costly riot broke out at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward. On January 24, 2026, a massive brawl …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Almost $1 Million in Settlements Paid to Three Nevada Prisoners by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Nevada’s Board of Examiners agreed on January 13, 2026, to payouts totaling $997,500, settling a trio of lawsuits filed by state prisoners. The Board, which consists of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), Attorney General Aaron …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Unsafe Drinking Water at Multiple Texas Prisons Highlights Lack of Transparency by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) recently published “Unlocking Safe Water in Texas Prisons,” a report on the lack of transparency exhibited by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) when it pumps …
Death of Washington Jail Standards Bill Risks Repeat of $2.5 Million Settlement That Closed One County’s Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Washington will remain one of just a dozen states without oversight or even enforceable standards for jails, after legislation to rectify the problem died on January 30, …
Internal Assessment Contradicts Public Claims About Women’s Prisons by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Michigan’s only women’s prison “is infested with mold,” according to U.S. District Judge Stephen J. Murphy III. Three women incarcerated at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Hope Zentz, Paula Bailey, and Krystal Clark, are suing the …
Groundbreaking Statistical Study of Pregnant Texas Jail Detainees Finds Over 400 Monthly by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Pregnant women in jails are a long-neglected and overlooked population. Federal law does not require detailed statistical tracking of jail pregnancies. “What it symbolizes is that women who don’t count, don’t get …
Eighth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Iowa Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit reinstated a civil rights lawsuit brought by the parents of an Iowa jail detainee who committed suicide after reporting that he …
New Illinois State Law Requires Prisons to Submit Annual Hospice Reports by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson American prison populations are aging rapidly while studies have continued to show that prisoners have significantly lower life expectancies than those outside of prisons. In Illinois, some 23% of state prisoners are over …
Two Texas Women Charged for Using Plastic Crows in Smuggling Scheme by Two women allegedly used drones and plastic crows filled with contraband in an attempt to smuggle contraband into the United States Penitentiary, Pollock (USP Pollock) in Grant Parish, Louisiana. Melanie Worthington, 38, and Kassy Cole, 41, were arrested …
At This Prison, Staffing Fluctuations Land Hardest on Lifers by Jeffrey Shockley by Jeffrey Shockley This article was originally published by Prison Journalism Project.   Located at the edge of rural western Pennsylvania, State Correctional Institution, Mercer, has long been considered one of the calmer prisons in the state system. …
Judge Orders Rikers Manager Must Fix Jail in Seven Years Or Less by In the latest update to efforts to reform the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, Manhattan federal court judge Laura Swain issued an order to the jail’s new overseer, Nicholas Deml, to fix the …
Virginia Jail Suicide Results in $950,000 Settlement, Claims Against Wellpath still Pending by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A $950,000 settlement received approval from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on January 28, 2026, resolving claims against the City of Norfolk by the Estate of Philemon …
Article • March 9, 2026 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Suicides, Prison Conditions
Washington Prisoners Gain Access to Crisis Hotline by As of late October 2025, prisoners incarcerated in Washington state’s prison system now have the ability to call a crisis hotline if they are experiencing suicidal thoughts. The hotline was created based on recommendations from a report after three prisoners—Mitch Hemphill, Everette …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment by Kwaneta Harris, Leigh Goodmark by Kwaneta Harris and Leigh Goodmark This article was originally published by Truthout.   Most true crime media is consumed by women, some of whom may be watching because they relate to the …
Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Prisoner’s Challenge to Guard Tackle That Broke His Foot by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a ruling on September 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found not one but two errors in a lower court’s dismissal of a Michigan prisoner’s …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Washington Appellate Court Uses Personal Restraint Petitions Mooted by Prisoners’ Transfers to Order Remedial Measures at Troubled Juvenile Lockup by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 1, 2025, the Washington Court of Appeals found that conditions at the state’s toughest juvenile prison violated state law. The case was remarkable …
South Dakota Sobriety Program Participants Will No Longer Be Jailed for Non-Payment of Fees by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota granted preliminary approval on December 3, 2025, to a settlement resolving a putative class-action challenge to Pennington County’s policy of …
One in 10 Prison Admissions Is Now for Technical Parole Violation by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The death of a pair of parole reform bills in the New Jersey legislature highlights a persistent problem plaguing prisons across the country: 10% of new prison admissions are not for new crimes …
Eleventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing BOP Prisoner’s Medical Claim, Finds Prison Officials Made Administrative Remedies Unavailable by David Reutter by David Reutter On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s medical Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and …
Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme by David Reutter by David Reutter On July 29, 2025, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division II, affirmed the conviction of a guard who conspired to be shot. The Court rejected the guard’s defense that because …
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