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Indiana Prisoner Dies after Cell Extraction

Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016

Filed under: Lockdowns, Restraints, Wrongful Death

Indiana Prisoner Dies after Cell Extraction by In 2012, Pendleton Correctional Facility prisoner Justin Addler was one of 40 people charged in connection with a cell phone smuggling ring ...

$30,000 Settlement in Milwaukee Jail Death

Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009

Filed under: Medical, Medication, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

suffered a heart attack caused by a cocaine overdose. Guards gave first aid which was continued by Milwaukee Fire Department personnel while Hopgood was transported to Sinai Samaritan Hospital. Nonetheless ...

News in Brief

Article • June 5, 2014 • from PLN June, 2014

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by News in Brief Arizona: Former state prison guard Robert Joseph Hamm, 34, was sentenced on September 9, 2013 to 11 years in prison for having a sexual relationship ...

News in Brief

Article • October 9, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018

Filed under: News in Brief

with injuries and resulting in a facility-wide lockdown. Alaska Department of Corrections spokeswoman Megan Edge said guards deployed pepper spray when the prisoners became “combative toward each other ...

News in Brief

Article • September 15, 1994 • from PLN September, 1994

Filed under: News, News in Brief

of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. The drugs in question were cocaine and marijuana which Gantt was smuggling into the jail to give to prisoners. About 100 of Gantt's former co-workers, guards ...

Judge Sentences Boss of ‘Horrific’ Cuyahoga Ohio Jail to Prison

Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Misrepresentations

were pregnant. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost (R) spoke after the trial about guards who smuggled drugs to some prisoners while assaulting others and about denial of medical care at the jail. &nbsp ...

Former Texas Prisoner Wins 12-Year Fight for Justice

Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023

Filed under: Prison Gangs, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements

. Wayne Tucker suspected the guard was on the take from prisoners to smuggle contraband; in an attempt to flush him out, he fabricated a story that Davis had ratted out the crooked guard. In revenge ...

Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine

Article • March 15, 2009 • from PLN March, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, DOC/BOP misconduct, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Employee Searches, Guard Unions

guards and counselors, were strip-searched. By request of MCTC’s Warden, D. Kenneth Horning, the Maryland Department of Corrections (MDOC) Contraband Interdiction Team set up an IONSCAN drug ...

News in Brief

Article • March 10, 2017 • from PLN March, 2017

Filed under: News in Brief

.” Since 2012 more than 50 jail guards have been charged with assault, smuggling contraband and falsifying reports, according to a Reuters article. In 2015, the city settled a class-action lawsuit ...

Women Behind Bars

Article • June 15, 2001 • from PLN June, 2001

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Gender Discrimination -- Women, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

are sending these women off to lead, behind bars and steel doors, under the watchful eyes of mostly male guards who monitor their every move? It's a question that Amy Ralston, a tall, poised 41yearold woman ...

Texas Last State in Union to Get Prison Phones

Article • November 15, 2007 • from PLN November, 2007

Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Victims, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, State Legislation

, freeing up guards for other duties. Prison officials also believe the availability of phones may reduce the smuggling of cell phones into the prisons. The bill requires biometric identification ...

Federal Watchdog Finds BOP Staffing, Maintenance in Crisis

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

Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Staffing, Guard Unions, Bureau of Prisons (BOP)

) in Atlanta and the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City. Widespread corruption among guards at USP-Atlanta was blamed for a massive problem with smuggled contraband, leading BOP to transfer ...

Florida Prisons Playing “Whack-a-Mole” With Jailbroken Tablets

Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024

Filed under: JPay, Inc., Electronic Tablets

; It can cost the prisoner with a jailbroken tablet another $250 to bribe a guard to smuggle a $25 Amazon wifi-hotspot so he can connect to the internet. Even if that cost isn’t shared with neighboring ...

Texas Prison System Bans Greetings Cards, Postcards, Colored Paper in Mail

Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020

Filed under: Mail Regulations

amount of drugs smuggled into prison on paper that was dipped in liquid drugs, then dried and mailed to prisoners. He said searches turned up greeting cards containing SIM cards for use in contraband ...

From the Editor

Article • August 15, 2008 • from PLN August, 2008

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Commentary/Reviews, Editorials

. The petty corruption of the guards who smuggle contraband into facilities, who steal money and property from prisoners, is small potatoes compared to the institutional corruption of the head honchos. In many ...

News in Brief

Article • August 15, 2013 • from PLN August, 2013

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Alabama Department of Corrections guard Bryant Thompson and former guard Quincy Walton are the subjects of a 29-count indictment unsealed on March 8, 2013, charging ...

News in Brief

Article • October 15, 1998 • from PLN October, 1998

Filed under: News, News in Brief

with female prisoners. NM : On August 18, 1998, New Mexico State Penitentiary guard Edward Catanach pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs to prisoners for $20 a run. He faces a year in jail. OH : In July, 1998 ...

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Article • April 15, 2008 • from PLN April, 2008

Filed under: News, News in Brief

members of the military to be tried for crimes against humanity and the first who was willing to speak publicly as well. Arizona: On June 7, 2007, Ciriam Montante, 26, a state prison guard, was sentenced ...

Culture of Abuse and Corruption Plagues Jail in Denver, Colorado

Article • January 10, 2017 • from PLN January, 2017

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Retaliatory Discipline, Interpreters (Disciplinary Hearings), Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Restraints, Witnesses, Wrongful Release, Overdetention, Interpreters, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Guards/Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff), Staff Training, Racial Profiling

. After sneaking a sip from Rumer’s Thermos and finding it was vodka, Page confronted the guard about his on-the-job drinking. Page said Rumer became visibly shaken and quickly agreed to smuggle ...

News in Brief

Article • November 6, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019

Filed under: News in Brief

: Former Wallkill Correctional Facility guard Trayvon Webb was held at the Ulster County jail before posting $5,000 cash bail. Webb, 30, resigned in February 2019 after he was caught trying to smuggle 64 ...