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At This Prison, Staffing Fluctuations Land Hardest on Lifers by Jeffrey Shockley by Jeffrey Shockley This article was originally published by Prison Journalism Project.   Located at the edge of rural western Pennsylvania, State Correctional Institution, Mercer, has long been considered one of the calmer prisons in the state system. …
$667,000 Awarded to Muslim Missouri Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed for Praying by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 9, 2026, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri awarded a total of $667,000 to a group of Muslim state prisoners pepper-sprayed by Department of Corrections (DOC) …
Virginia Jail Suicide Results in $950,000 Settlement, Claims Against Wellpath still Pending by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A $950,000 settlement received approval from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on January 28, 2026, resolving claims against the City of Norfolk by the Estate of Philemon …
D.C. Judge Blocks Transfer of Biden-Commuted Federal Death Row Prisoners to “Supermax,” Citing Lack of Meaningful Due Process by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2026, a D.C. federal judge issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the Trump administration from transferring 20 federal prisoners whose death sentences had been …
Faults Found with Centurion in Kansas Four Years Ago Are Still Not Fixed by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Kansas has a mechanism in place that allows it to fine the medical provider contracted to serve the Department of Corrections (DOC). From just January through September of 2025, Centurion, the …
Texas Attorney General Clarifies Scope of Statute Requiring Outside Agency Investigation of Jail Deaths by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 12, 2026, Texas Attorney General (TAG) Ken Paxton issued an opinion clarifying the scope of a statute requiring the Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) to appoint an …
Judge Orders Rikers Manager Must Fix Jail in Seven Years Or Less by In the latest update to efforts to reform the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, Manhattan federal court judge Laura Swain issued an order to the jail’s new overseer, Nicholas Deml, to fix the …
California County Hires New Healthcare Company After Jail Deaths Under Wellpath by On March 10, supervisors of the Shasta County Jail in Redding, California voted unanimously in favor of a three-year, $25 million contract with Mediko Correctional Healthcare to take over the jail’s medical and mental health services. The jail, …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Oklahoma County Officials Move to Dissolve Jail Trust Created for Oversight by On March 18, 2026, officials in Oklahoma County approved a motion to dissolve the jail trust that was placed in charge of administering the county jail in downtown Oklahoma City. Officially titled the Oklahoma County Criminal Justice Authority, …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
The Cells Inside ‘One of the Most Archaic Prisons in the United States’ by Shakeil Price by Shakeil Price This article was originally published in Prison Journalism Project   In 1917, a group assembled by the New Jersey Legislature to investigate prison conditions found that the buildings at West Compound …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
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From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright This month’s cover story on the ongoing implosion of the Alabama prison system is just the latest installment of a long running saga of death, brutality, corruption and neglect that typifies the Alabama criminal justice system, coupled with the indifference and …
$10.3 Million Paid for Teen’s Death at Kansas Juvenile Detention Facility by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 4, 2026, the Board of Commissioners of Kansas’ Sedgwick County approved a $10.3 million payout to settle claims filed by the survivors of a 17-year-old who died under a pile-on of …
Federal Jury Awards $1,670,000 for Diabetic Detainee’s Preventable Death in Philadelphia Jail, YesCare Reaches Separate Confidential Settlement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a verdict reached on March 4, 2026, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded $1.5 million to the surviving …
First Circuit Revives Federal Prisoner’s Claim Against Rhode Island Lockup by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman When a prisoner is held in a state facility to await sentencing on federal charges, does that confer federal immunity on the lockup? That was the question presented to the U.S. Court of Appeals …
Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $1,000 for Denied Records Request by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Former Ohio prisoner Ronald Ayers was awarded $1,000 by the state Supreme Court on June 18, 2025, when it found that an official with the state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) wrongly denied …
Colorado Governor Tells Lawmakers to Open New Prison by On March 18, 2026, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) told state lawmakers that the state must immediately move to open a new new prison to account for a projected growth in prisoner numbers, according to The Colorado Sun. Gov. Polis’ demand …
More Measles Cases Detected at Jails in New Mexico and Texas by Jo Ellen Knott by Jo Ellen Knott The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) confirmed a third measles case at the Doña Ana County jail, bringing the state’s total to 13 so far this year, all occurring within …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
The Same Company that Built Guantanamo Bay Is Building Kansas City’s World Cup Jail by With an anticipated 650,000 tourists visiting Kansas City, Missouri this summer for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the city rushed to construct a municipal jail in seven months. The jail is scheduled to open on …
Five Prisoners in Georgia Injured in Fight, Two Months After Three Prisoners Were Killed by On March 23, 2026, five prisoners at Georgia’s Dooly State Prison in Unadilla required medical attention after a fight broke out at one of the prison’s dormitories. The Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) has so …
Idaho DOC Transfers Prisoners to Arizona Facility Run by CoreCivic by On March 26, 2026, the Idaho Department of Corrections (DOC) announced that it would be transferring hundreds of prisoners out of state to a private prison in Arizona. The transfer is intended to reduce overcrowding at the 10 prisons …
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