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Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Showers at St. Louis County Jail Riddled with Mold, Report Finds by In September 2025, inspectors from the American Correctional Association (ACA) visited the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton for an audit. In compiling their 92-page report, three inspectors toured the jail—which locks up an average of 1,340 people …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Eight Detainees Escape from Louisiana Jail, Captured in 24 Hours by In yet another recent jail escape in Louisiana, eight detainees fled from the River Bend Detention Center in East Carroll Parish, a rural area that borders Arkansas and Mississippi. The detainees ranged in age from 19 to 31, and …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
$300,000 Class-Action Settlement at California Jail Includes Policy Changes; Agreements with Aramark and Wellpath Reached Confidentially by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 10, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted approval to a settlement resolving claims against Alameda County for unconstitutional conditions of …
Missouri Judge Heavily Sanctions DOC for “Deliberate Disregard for the Authority of This Court” in Suit Over Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2026, a Missouri circuit court struck the defenses of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) as a sanction in a lawsuit over …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois Prisoner’s Segregation Lawsuit by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Norberto Torres spent three months confined in administrative segregation under harsh, filthy conditions because officials in his Illinois prison believed him to be engaged in gang activity. He sued, arguing that officials failed to …
Eighth Circuit Revives Case Against Guards Who Failed to Intervene As Chaplain Sexually Assaulted Arkansas Prisoner by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Officials at the McPherson Unit in the Arkansas Department of Corrections turned a blind eye as Chaplain Kenneth DeWitt sexually abused several prisoners for years. The chaplain has …
Detainee Death from Kidney Infection Highlights Broken Policy in Washington State by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Statistics provided by the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) show that 39 people died in state prisons in 2024. The annual death rate rose during the COVID-19 pandemic and has stayed high since. …
U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Breaks Down Federal Contraband Sentences by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 4, 2026, a federal indictment was unsealed against California state prison guard Matthew L. Madsen, 39, alleging that he accepted over $100,000 in bribes to smuggle contraband cellphones and tobacco into the Salinas …
U.S. Jails Hold 52,000 Detainees for Nothing More than “Failure to Appear” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman According to a report by the nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) published on January 8, 2026, arrests on “failure to appear” warrants account for over 13.6% of some 7.6 million annual jail …
“Devil in the Ozarks” Gets 13 More Years for Escape by Grant Hardin, a former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder, received an additional 13-year sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to a prison escape in May 2025. Hardin had planned his escape for six months, …
New Jersey Governor’s Order Allows People with Prior Felony Convictions to Serve on Jury Duty by On January 11, 2026, just days before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) left office, he signed an executive order that restores jury duty service rights to state residents with felony convictions. As Bolts …
Southern Poverty Law Center Report Shows Culture of Abuse at Florida Prison by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released a new report describing a two-year investigation into the endemic culture of violence and abuse in Florida prisons, especially that of the Gulf Correctional …
$6 Million Settlement with Washington DOC for Delayed Treatment That Let Prisoner’s Liver Cancer Become Fatal by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under terms of a settlement reached in September 2025, Washington agreed to pay $6 million to the surviving daughter of a state prisoner who accused the state Department …
Louisiana Prisoner Sustains Claim Against Prison Doctor for Allowing Assignment to “Field Duty” Despite Known Ankle Injury by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 7, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana refused to dismiss claims against a doctor with the Department of Public Safety …
Tenth Circuit Affirmed Denial of Guards Qualified Immunity in Disabled Detainee’s Fourteenth Amendment Claim by David Reutter by David Reutter On August 4, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to two jail guards who refused to assist a pretrial detainee …
Overcrowded State Mental Hospitals Lead to Longer Jail Time and Lack of Treatment by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Prospective mental health patients struggle to find beds in psychiatric hospitals across the nation. Most mental health hospitals are short-staffed and turn away patients who battle to find treatment options. The …
Utah Pushes for Additional $130 Million to Expand Prison that Cost $1 Billion by In 2022, when Utah opened a new prison, the Utah State Correctional Facility, it was the largest construction project in the state’s history and cost more than $1 billion to build. Now, lawmakers are asking for …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Oklahoma County Jail Could Lay Off Half Its Staff Due to $5.4 Million Budget Gap by The Oklahoma County jail, a 13-story building located in downtown Oklahoma, is running out of money. Managed since 2020 by the Oklahoma County Justice Authority (OCJA), a jail trust, officials announced on February 19, …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Colorado Lawmakers Approve Prison Bed Funding, Despite DOC Understaffing by Just days after the Colorado legislature’s Joint Budget Committee (JBC) blocked a request from the state Department of Corrections (DOC) for hundreds of new prison beds, lawmakers backtracked and voted to approve the additional beds in a 5-1 vote on …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Two Detainees Captured After Escape from Southwest Georgia Jail by On February 8, 2026, two detainees facing charges including murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated battery escaped from the Sumter County Jail. Detainees Rickey Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, reportedly fled through a faulty maintenance door on the jail’s ceiling …
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