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News in Brief

Article • January 15, 1996 • from PLN January, 1996

Filed under: News, News in Brief

, former Allen County Correctional Institution guard Elza Ward was sentenced to two years in prison for smuggling marijuana into the prison. Ward was arrested after prison officials discovered a plastic bag ...

Denial of Medical Care Causes Two Riots at GEO Group Texas Prison

Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Physicians Network Association, Retaliatory Segregation, Retaliation for Use of Medical Services, Prison Rebellion, Protests, Seizures, Systemic Medical Neglect, Criminal Prosecution, International, Immigration, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides

been arrested for bribery, fraud, smuggling contraband and other misconduct. Such as GEO guard Jose Alberto Ybarra, who was charged in March 2008 with bringing marijuana into the Val Verde Correctional ...

Prison Tobacco Bans Reduce Smoking-related Deaths

Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016

Filed under: Smoking, Eighth Amendment

benefits gangs and already-established smuggling operations while posing additional safety concerns for both staff and prisoners. Employees are also more inclined to smuggle cigarettes than illegal drugs ...

Rikers Island Detainees in Struggle

Article • February 15, 1995 • from PLN February, 1995

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Organizing, Prison Rebellion, Hunger Strikes, Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Drug Treatment/Rehab

that a guard had been arrested smuggling contraband into the jail, in the form of razor blades and a knife blade, presumably for sale to prisoners. [Editors Note: Past issues of PLN have reported on the sale ...

News in Brief:

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

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief: by Alabama: On May 7, 2007, Leigh Ann Cochran, 33, a guard at the Houston county jail, was arrested and charged with having sexual contact with at least one prisoner ...

GCI Corruption Continues

Article • March 15, 1996 • from PLN March, 1996

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct

smuggling drugs into the prison and making telephone calls to prisoners' families to arrange drug deals. FDLE interviewed 77 prisoners, several guards and many people in the community and at other prisons ...

News in Brief:

Article • July 15, 2008 • from PLN July, 2008

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief: by Alabama: On September 26, 2007, Leigh Cochran, 33, a guard at the Houston County Jail was sentenced to five years probation after pleading guilty to felony custodial sexual ...

Maryland Prison Guards Busted for Helping Gang Members

Article • August 15, 2010 • from PLN August, 2010

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution

, a prison guard, was accused of smuggling drugs and a cell phone to incarcerated BGF members in ex-change for cash and pre-paid debit cards. See: United States v. Brown, U.S.D.C. (D. MD), Case No. 1:09-cr ...

Misconduct Shades Sexual Assault Suit As Hawaii Settles With Prisoners for $2 Million

Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, New Trial Motions, Discovery

dances and vaginal penetration—often with fingers, but once with a dildo—all the while buying the prisoners’ silence with smuggled drugs, food, cosmetics, cellphones and other contraband ...

A Prison Telecom in Sheep’s Clothing

Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016

Filed under: Advocacy, Telephones, Telephone Rates, PLN Litigation, PLN related

of contraband by staff as the crux of the problem,” HRDC wrote. “News reports nationwide are replete with examples of prison guards and other prison employees and contractors smuggling cell phones ...

Maine Court Rules Prisoner’s Rights Violated by 22 Months in Segregation Without Meaningful Review but Awards No Damages

Article • July 1, 2020 • from PLN July, 2020

Filed under: Retaliatory Segregation

of segregation in the DOC. Over a month later, a disciplinary hearing was held during which he was accused and convicted of smuggling drugs into the prison. There were numerous irregularities in the disciplinary ...

State-by-State Prisoner Rape and Sexual Abuse Round-Up

Article • April 15, 2012 • from PLN April, 2012

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Assault by Police, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Management and Training Corporation, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Harassment by Police, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Rape Elimination Act

count of trafficking in a controlled substance. He is accused of smuggling drugs into the facility and sexually abusing female prisoners. Louisiana Two Dixon Correctional Institution guards were ...

Georgia Prisons Enter Dark Ages

Article • April 15, 1996 • from PLN April, 1996

Filed under: Work, Prison Labor, Smoking, Prisoner Privileges

in Vermont did the same after they realized the smoking ban contributed to staff corruption because guards were willing to smuggle packs of cigarettes into the prison for $50 - $80 per pack. As our GA ...

Honduras Prison Massacre: What Really Happened

Article • October 15, 2003 • from PLN October, 2003

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Gang Policies, Overcrowding, Excessive Force, Prisoners-International, Wrongful Death

with a smuggled pistol. The Mara 18 gang then fought with guards from 9:55 a.m. to 10:05 a.m., until soldiers from a nearby camp along with national police units and members of a special operations squad called ...

Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: Prison Gangs, Conditions of Confinement, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Prisoner Media

-on-detainee violence and guards using excessive force. Stabbings, fistfights and suicide attempts from the past six years play out on the videos, as well as disturbing incidents of neglect. In one, a woman ...

Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails

Article • April 26, 2024

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific

jailers, as well as incidents of detainee-on-detainee violence and guards using excessive force. Stabbings, fistfights and suicide attempts from the past six years play out on the videos, as well ...

Former Ohio Prison Guard Dies Shackled to Hospital Bed

Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011

Filed under: Cancer, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Former Ohio Prison Guard Dies Shackled to Hospital Bed by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke For five years, Jeff Maier, 53, was an Ohio prison guard. Then for 13 months he was an Ohio state ...

Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails

Article • July 14, 2023

Filed under: Prisoner Media

, as well as incidents of detainee-on-detainee violence and guards using excessive force. Stabbings, fistfights and suicide attempts from the past six years play out on the videos, as well as disturbing ...

At Massive and Corrupt Philippine Prison, Contraband Includes Jacuzzis and Horses

Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Bribery/Extortion/Theft

in charge, with many guards recruited to smuggle contraband for them. Since guards pick and choose what rules they enforce and against whom, visitations may be cancelled without reason or warning. Attorneys ...

Medical Staff Shakeup But No Charges After Teen Dies in Ohio Juvenile Facility

Article • July 25, 2022

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders

. The facility was under COVID-19 protocols that barred visitors as well as most mail at the time of Wright’s death. At least three guards at the facility have been charged with smuggling contraband or drugs ...