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$200,000 Awarded to Missouri Prison Guard Over Sexual Harassment, Retaliation

Article • June 1, 2020 • from PLN June, 2020

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances

, and retaliation. The harassment continued after she resigned the second time as other guards falsely claimed she had sex with prisoners, smuggled drugs, and was employed by a Hispanic prison gang while she ...

Metropolitan Detention Center Guards Convicted in Sex Abuse Scandal

Article • January 9, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Misconduct/Corruption

Metropolitan Detention Center Guards Convicted in Sex Abuse Scandal by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin PLN previously reported the 2017 arrests of a trio of Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC ...

Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction

Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013

Filed under: Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Witnesses, Cross Examination, Wrongful Conviction, Guards/Staff, Employee Litigation

Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a 51-month sentence imposed on a former California prison guard ...

Arizona Guards Continue to Rape Prisoners

Article • April 15, 2003 • from PLN April, 2003

Filed under: Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct

Arizona Guards Continue to Rape Prisoners by Michael Rigby Two guards at Arizona's Perryville prison are facing numerous charges, substantiated by internal investigations, of sexual ...

Oklahoma Prison Guard and Gilbert Postelle’s Brother Among 125 Convicted in Drug Ring

Article • May 1, 2022

Filed under: Prison Gangs, Drug Laws/Offenses

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 ...

Fifth Circuit Vacates $70,000 Award Against Texas Prison Officials

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Gang Policies, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Damages, Premises Liability

informed Captain Richard Crites that certain guards were smuggling in drugs for the Texas Syndicate. Several days later, Adames was attacked by another gang member as he returned from the shower. Adames ...

News in Brief:

Article • November 15, 2006 • from PLN November, 2006

Filed under: News, News in Brief

since made it online. He is now in protective custody. Louisiana: On September 21, 2006, Union Parish jail guards James Webb, 23, and Nicholas Wilson, 21, were charged with smuggling an ounce ...

New Mexico County Officials Settle Jail Prisoner’s Suit for $750,000

Article • December 7, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016

Filed under: Settlements

counts of criminal sexual penetration and guilty to two similar counts, while another guard, Joshua Corley, 24, pleaded guilty to charges that included smuggling contraband, criminal sexual penetration ...

Former Prisoner Appointed to New York City Board of Correction

Article • March 1, 2016 • from PLN March, 2016

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Prison Reform, Jail Specific

at Rikers remains an issue. On October 13, 2015, former jail guard Austin Romain was sentenced to 3½ years in federal prison for smuggling marijuana and contraband; the following month his co ...

Lawsuits Filed, Renewed Push to Block Cell Phones After Deadly South Carolina Prison Riot

Article • July 1, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Cell Phone Access

at the time of the disturbance, claims that “guards were allowed to assist inmates with illegal activities in exchange for payment, including the smuggling of contraband and turning a blind eye to attacks ...

Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges

Article • August 15, 2007 • from PLN August, 2007

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Sexual Harassment, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Unions

, who had smuggled a personal firearm into the prison. The gunfire left Hill and Special Agent William Sentner dead and a prison lieutenant wounded. [See: PLN Oct. 2006, pp. 12-13]. Five other guards ...

News in Brief

Article • September 30, 2016 • from PLN October, 2016

Filed under: News in Brief

the indictments of 17 individuals, including Rikers Island guards and prisoners, after an extensive investigation into contraband smuggling at the jail complex. New York City Department of Correction Commissioner ...

Mexican Prisons in Crisis: Cartels Murder Prisoners and Guards

Article • December 15, 2005 • from PLN December, 2005

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Crime, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, International, Prisoners-International

Mexican Prisons in Crisis: Cartels Murder Prisoners and Guards by by Matthew T. Clarke One of the achievements of which Mexican President Vicente Fox is most proud is the record-breaking ...

A First Glance in Rear-View Mirror at Pandemic

Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022

Filed under: COVID-19

kind of intentional action taken by prison officials to protect folks,” Sawyer said. Media reports and a Twitter poll of former prisoners revealed that drug smuggling into prisons actually ...

Visitor Cannot Withdraw Consent to Search Once Search Has Begun

Article • January 15, 1994 • from PLN January, 1994

Filed under: Visitor Searches, Pat Searches, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution

the sweat pants the guard requested to examine his groin. At this point Spriggs objected and sought to terminate the attempt to visit in order to halt the search. This was refused and Spriggs was restrained ...

Counsel Appointed to Brief Questions of PLRA Total Exhaustion and Sandin Confinement Conditions for Atypicality

Article • July 15, 2004 • from PLN July, 2004

Filed under: Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Liberty Interests, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Disciplinary Appeals, Drug Testing, Showers, Appointment of Counsel, Administrative Exhaustion

Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472, 115 S. Ct. 2293, 132 L.Ed.2d 418 (1995). While at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, Ortiz was charged with misbehavior reports by guard D. McBride for drug possession ...

Counsel Appointed to Brief Questions of PLRA Total Exhaustion and Sandin Confinement Conditions for

Article • May 15, 2007

Filed under: Drug Testing, Appointment of Counsel, PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Ad-Seg Hearings

, Ortiz was charged with misbehavior reports by guard D. McBride for drug possession and drug smuggling. Ortiz passed four urinalysis tests, and the only evidence of guilt was the word of a confidential ...

Former Oregon Prison Guard Loses Wrongful Termination Suit

Article • November 15, 2011

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Employee Litigation

as a guard at the Oregon State Penitentiary (OSP). He resigned in September 2007 amid an investigation into allegations that he smuggled tobacco and creatine, a muscle-building supplement, into the prison ...

Failed Extortion Scheme Led to Washington Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Lawsuit Says

Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Retaliatory Segregation, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Crime/Demographics, Crime, Conspiracy

attempted to commit suicide, a guard at the McNeil Island Corrections Center retaliated against prisoners who failed to pay extortion fees. Leon G. Toney was left in a coma and permanent vegetative state ...

Prison Conditions in Venezuela

Article • October 15, 1997 • from PLN October, 1997

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Overcrowding

prisoners are jammed into space designed for 15,000; and understaffing: one guard is usually responsible for over 100 prisoners. Guards receive no training and are underpaid. This creates a lucrative "prison ...