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News in Brief

Article • August 15, 1996 • from PLN August, 1996

Filed under: News, News in Brief

. OH: Orient prison guard John Bennet was arrested and charged with attempting to smuggle contraband into a prison on May 10, 1996. State police arrested Bennet at home where they found almost an ounce ...

Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Violence, Cover-ups at Rikers Island Jail

Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019

Filed under: Conditions of Confinement

Whistleblower Lawsuit Exposes Violence, Cover-ups at Rikers Island Jail by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell A former guard at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City has filed a lawsuit ...

Louisville Jail Counts 12 Deaths in Ten Months

Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Death

and understaffing. To address the latter, Collins implemented hiring incentives and a lateral transfer program. To combat overdoses from smuggled drugs, prisoner mail is now scanned and digitized, and two new state ...

BOP Settles for $4.18 Million With Six Prisoners Raped by Guard at Now-Shuttered Manhattan Federal Jail

Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Settlements

, U.S.C. § 242. Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said the guard also smuggled contraband personal hygiene items, makeup and food to his victims. With at least one woman, she said, he &ldquo ...

Attempted Arrest of Federal Prison Guards in Florida Turns Deadly

Article • October 15, 2006 • from PLN October, 2006

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Prison/Jail Murders, Crime

guards as they ended their overnight shifts at the detention center. As the agents moved to make the arrests, Hill pulled out his personal gun, which he had smuggled into the prison, and began firing. When ...

Problems Mount In Maryland Prisons

Article • October 15, 2005 • from PLN October, 2005

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Assaults on Staff

violence, inadequate medical care, overcrowding, understaffing, and other systemic deficiencies, new tremors continue to rattle the division. Eight guards accused of beating a prisoner to death have been ...

Washington Prisoner Escapes from State's Most Secure Lockup

Article • July 15, 1997 • from PLN July, 1997

Filed under: Escapes, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement

, the penitentiary's infamous Intensive Management Unit (IMU). On Sunday, March 16, 1997, Lamb strolled out of the IMU, scaled two fences unnoticed by nearby tower guards, and walked away from the maximum security ...

Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: Strip Searches, Visitor Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages, Settlements, Qualified Immunity, Juveniles

to accompany a guard to a local hospital where the search would be conducted. Laughter was told she was not under arrest. Laughter was subjected to a full strip search by a doctor in the presence of a female ...

Widespread Prisoner Labor Abuse Requires Reform

Article • September 15, 2006 • from PLN September, 2006

Filed under: Classification, Work Release, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Prison Labor

the service has been offered during his entire twenty-year tenure. Fox mentioned that one concern was the possibility a prisoner might steal, smuggle or swallow medication found on the job. Ohio State ...

Widespread Prisoner Labor Abuse Requires Reform

Article • December 15, 2003

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Work, Prison Industries, Prison Labor

his entire twenty-year tenure. Fox mentioned that one concern was the possibility a prisoner might steal, smuggle or swallow medication found on the job. Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating ...

Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department Reports Inaccurate Jail Violence Data

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

Filed under: Statistics/Trends

. Tanaka, 59, and former Sheriff Lee Baca, 75, were convicted of obstructing an FBI investigation that uncovered corruption among LASD jail guards, who accepted bribes to smuggle contraband to some prisoners ...

Mississippi Closes Troubled Former Youth Prison

Article • August 30, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Management and Training Corporation, Guard Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Juvenile Prisons

Correctional Facility (WGCF) on September 15, 2016. As previously reported in PLN, Walnut Grove had been under a federal consent decree since 2012 over allegations of guards smuggling drugs and having sex ...

Nevada DOC’s Ban on Male Supervisors at Women’s Prison Invalidated

Article • November 15, 2011 • from PLN November, 2011

Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Men, Federal Statutory Law, Title VII, Employee Litigation

Correctional Facility (SNWCF) was operated by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) when a male guard impregnated a female prisoner in September 2003. The prisoner claimed “that her relationship ...

Ohio Activist Needs Help

Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995

Filed under: Retaliation for Media Contact, Organizing

the Ohio DOCs instigation of the Easter 1993 uprising here, resulting in an l l day siege where 9 prisoners and 1 guard died. As a result, Ohio got the FBI to arrest Little Rock in New Mexico ...

Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet  on Construction of New Jail

Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025

Filed under: Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Exercise, Exposure to Cold, Jail Specific, Lighting, Noise, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Security Systems

the analysis of repeat and systemic problems with facilities,” the report said. Short-staffing was called “chronic.” About 1,000 people work at the lockup, including 700 uniformed guards&mdash ...

Federal New York City Jail Made Infamous by Jeffrey Epstein Death Closed Due to Persistent Problems and Incompetence

Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death)

trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who died, or was murdered, while guards slept and surfed the internet [See PLN, Jul 2021, p. 65]. Other famous prisoners who have been held at the jail include Mexican drug lord ...

Artificial Intelligence for Surveillance Spreading to Prisons Around the Globe

Article • April 1, 2020 • from PLN April, 2020

Filed under: Databases, Police State-Surveillance

officials in December 2018 concluded that employees of the facility had not fully understood “its political nature in the new era.” It also determined that guards had violated rules, thus casting ...

The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: Cell Phone Access

on the county, state, and federal level, the sale of overpriced cellphones, with prices climbing sometimes above $1,000, are a way for underpaid guards to supplement their income. This underground supply network ...

News in Brief

Article • August 15, 1998 • from PLN August, 1998

Filed under: News, News in Brief

$1,500 in cash from the jailed drug dealer in exchange for smuggling unspecified contraband into the jail. NY: On June 6, 1998, former Riker's Island jail guard Darrel Harris was convicted ...

News in Brief

Article • October 15, 2001 • from PLN October, 2001

Filed under: News, News in Brief

for raping a 12-year-old girl. Guards found nude photos of Leja in Smith's cell and claim she smuggled drugs into the prison for him. At least two informants witnessed Holder's killing and are duly ...