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A&E Reality Show Puts Undercover Volunteers, Hidden Cameras in Jails

Article • July 2, 2018 • from PLN July, 2018

Filed under: TV/Movies

; was created by TV channel A&E to show its viewers what things are like for prisoners held in local lock-ups, by following volunteers jailed on fictitious charges. None of the guards or other prisoners knew ...

News in Brief

Article • December 15, 1996 • from PLN December, 1996

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief by CA: Former L.A. Rams cornerback Darryl Henley and Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) guard Rodney Anderson were indicted in June, 1996, on charges of conspiring to kill ...

Criminal Guards and Escaping Prisoners in Texas

Article • March 15, 2003 • from PLN March, 2003

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Staff Assault, Guard Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Attorney Misconduct

Criminal Guards and Escaping Prisoners in Texas by On July 21, 2002, Lt. Rick McCullough was arrested for assaulting two female guards at the Riverside State Prison for women in the central ...

Ohio Update

Article • February 15, 1996 • from PLN February, 1996

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Snitch Jacketing, Lockdowns, Mail Regulations, Guards/Staff, ACA

Ohio Update by John Perotti At Mansfield Correctional Institution (MANCI) the warden, Dennis Baker, Major Mack, the Business Manager, and two guards were placed on administrative leave while ...

Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area

Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006

Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Escapes, Transportation, Death Row

, handcuffs are effective restraints. Similarly, officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) arent saying how a state prisoner escaped from a prison van under the noses of two guards ...

Texas Prison Officials Demoted, Fired after Disciplinary Quota System and Planted Contraband Exposed

Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings)

) Ramsey Unit in Rosharon smuggled out of the facility and into the hands of the Houston Chronicle records that proved the existence of a quota system for disciplinary charges, as well as threats against ...

News in Brief

Article • October 15, 2012 • from PLN October, 2012

Filed under: News, News in Brief

, 2012. Turner likely obtained the handgun from one of three former jail guards who had been arrested a week before the shooting incident for smuggling contraband into the facility, including cell phones ...

$35,000 Settlement in Indiana Jail Failure to Protect and Medical Care Suit

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

Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Skeletal Injury, Dental Care, Surgery, Failure to Protect (General), Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings

from 2000 to 2002. Between November 30, 2000 and March 21, 2001, he was assaulted seven times by both other prisoners and a guard. During Grieveson’s first six months at the jail he shared a cell ...

Prisoner’s Homicide at Maryland Jail Not Prosecuted

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

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force

“missing” from the Prince George’s County Jail armory and several guards were suspended for smuggling cell phones to prisoners. [See: PLN, Jan. 2009, p.50]. And in March 2009, jail guard John Hanna ...

Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt

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

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Staffing, Wrongful Death

on corruption charges. Alex Andrews, Andrew Taylor Roy, John Paul Ketterman and Shamarion Dozier were charged on November 29, 2022, with smuggling contraband in exchange for bribes. James Chambers, a former guard ...

News in Brief:

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

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief: by Arizona: On April 19, 2008, Maricopa county prosecutors announced they were seeking the death penalty against former Maricopa county jail guard Jeffrey Hamlet, 55, who ...

News in Brief

Article • April 1, 2017 • from PLN April, 2017

’s name was released. United Kingdom: Private prison operator Serco confirmed on November 13, 2016 that a guard had been arrested while attempting to smuggle cannabis into HMP Kilmarnock. Ian Gibson ...

News in Brief:

Article • March 15, 2007 • from PLN March, 2007

Filed under: News, News in Brief

, a guard at the Nassau County jail, was arraigned on charges he smuggled marijuana into the jail for a prisoner concealed in a box of cannoli pastries. North Carolina: On May 12, 2006, Robert Neely, 38 ...

DOJ Probe Finds Alabama Men’s Prisons Overcrowded, Plagued by Ongoing Violence

Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019

Filed under: Overcrowding

and sexual assaults by guards. Also at issue was whether prisoners are provided with sanitary, secure and safe living conditions. The DOJ found that due to a toxic combination of overcrowding and understaffing ...

COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe

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

Filed under: COVID-19, Telephone Access, Visiting

from the 1,500-capacity prison that houses 9,000. Prisoners used smuggled cellphones to release video of them setting fire to mattresses and throwing objects at guards and police while being sprayed ...

News in Brief:

Article • December 15, 2008 • from PLN December, 2008

Filed under: News, News in Brief

News in Brief: by Arkansas: On June 9, 2008, Rolanda Barron, 33, the director of nursing at the Tucker unit prison was arrested after a search disclosed she was smuggling tobacco ...

South Carolina Prison Chief Fired as Scandal Widens

Article • April 15, 2001 • from PLN April, 2001

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Work, Prison Labor

South Carolina Prison Chief Fired as Scandal Widens by Dan Pens Governor Jim Hodges angrily fired South Carolina's prisons chief January 11, 2001 after two guards were charged with allowing ...

News in Brief:

Article • June 15, 2008 • from PLN June, 2008

Filed under: News, News in Brief

sex with the prisoner and that he was being set up by the victim, her civil rights lawyer and another female guard. The victim was able to smuggle an item of clothing with Nunn’s semen on it outside ...

Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners

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

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Train/Supervise

Ohio Prison Guards Cited for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis Several Ohio state prison guards have been disciplined following at least 19 allegations of sexual ...

Rikers Prisoner Smuggles DNA Evidence of Rape Out of Jail; $500,000 Settlement

Article • January 9, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020

Filed under: Sexual Assault, DNA Testing/Samples, Settlements

Rikers Prisoner Smuggles DNA Evidence of Rape Out of Jail; $500,000 Settlement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A female Rikers Island prisoner who was raped by a guard had to sneak DNA ...