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Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Former L.A. County Jail Detainees Denied Promised Sentence Credits by A nonprofit is asking for help for 23 former Los Angeles County jail detainees who completed work and education programs but were never credited promised time off the sentences they eventually received. KeepYourWordCali says the detainees participated in the Education-Based …
Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure by Douglas Ankney On July 18, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of summary judgment to jailers who tasered a detainee suffering an epileptic seizure at the Pasadena …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Nebraska Supreme Court Affirms Sheriff’s Misconduct Conviction by On May 26, 2023, the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the conviction of former Dawes County Sheriff Karl J. Dailey for official misconduct. In a split decision the Court agreed with both a county court and a district court’s findings that Dailey was …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
At Massive and Corrupt Philippine Prison, Contraband Includes Jacuzzis and Horses by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In an article published on March 3, 2023, ABS-CBN News said that conditions at the Philippines’ New Bilibid Prison (NBP) – one of the largest prisons in the world – were simply …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Jail Misconduct
Pennsylvania County Commissioner Barred from DA’s Email After Own Prison Record Is Purged and Jail Key Copied by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss On January 3, 2023, when Debi Domenick was re-appointed to serve as Vice-Chairwoman for the Board of Commissioners of Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County, she chided her colleagues …
Article • November 5, 2022
Michigan Warden Barred from Prison After Most Recent Prisoner Homicide by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 18, 2022, the Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) placed Warden George Stephenson of the Macomb Correctional Facility (MCF) in Lenox Township on “stop order” – meaning he is barred from …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Nebraska Crime Commission Says Dodge County Jail Noncompliant With Reporting Requirements by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead On January 28, 2022, when Sheriff Steve Hespen retired after 35 years in Dodge County, Nebraska, he left behind unanswered a charge from the state Jail Standards Board (JSB) that the county jail …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Federal Court Puts Troubled Mississippi Jail in Receivership by David Reutter, Keith Sanders by David Reutter and Keith Sanders On July 29, 2022, the federal court for the Southern District of Mississippi took the dramatic step of placing Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center (RDC) under federal receivership. A series of …
Article • May 1, 2022
Indian Prison Superintendent Sentenced to Seven Days for Denying Parole During Pandemic by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Nagpur, an educational and cultural center of nearly three million located at the geographical center of India, made judicial headlines on March 16, 2022, when the local bench of the …
Article • February 1, 2022 • from PLN February, 2022
Judge Sentences Boss of ‘Horrific’ Cuyahoga Ohio Jail to Prison by Edward Lyon “I don’t know how you can live with yourself.” by Ed Lyon In Cuyahoga County, Ohio, County Executive Armond Budish (D) is now the last man standing in a decade-long county government and jail malfeasance and mismanagement …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Massachusetts Department of Corrections Sued Over Use of “Fake” Drug Tests on Legal Mail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) has been knowingly using drug tests described by plaintiff’s lawyers as “fake” on legal mail to both interfere with attorney/client communications and impose …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment” by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna A report by the California State Auditor found that Los Angles, Alameda, and Fresno counties have failed to properly account for funds provided to them …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
Ohio County Executive and Underlings Under Investigation for Jail Corruption and Deaths by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon  Usually the highest elected official of a county in the U.S. is the sheriff. In Ohio, the highest elected county official in the state’s counties is the county executive. That position is …
Florida Jail Administrators Fired After Woman Gives Birth in Cell by Daniel A. Rosen by Daniel A. Rosen A jail prisoner in Broward County gave birth in her cell recently, with staff ignoring her pleas for help until just prior to delivery. Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony fired two top administrators …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Successive Corruption Scandal Rocks Mississippi Prison System by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon "We are the ones who are supposed to be protecting society from the criminals, not be the criminals,” the commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) said at a September 18, 2020 press conference. “So we …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, COVID-19
California Prison System Fined $400,000 For Prisoner Transfers That Sparked Surge in COVID-19, Also Faulted For Easing Restrictions by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon On February 4, 2021, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) was fined $400,000 by a state agency for placing the staff of its San …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
California Sheriff Hid Number of Deaths in Sacramento County Jails by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Sheriff Scott Jones of Sacramento, California has been exposed for failing to report deaths at two Sacramento County jails. California Department of Justice records show that at least nine people died in the county …
Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020
Innovative Vermont Prison Superintendent’s Demotion for Sexist Language Proves Controversial by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Former Vermont prison Superintendent Ed Adams has found himself the subject of repeated media scrutiny over the last few years, and his story is illustrative of the problems that surround prison reform, public records …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Former Angola Warden Burl Cain Appointed Head of Mississippi Prison System by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Former Louisiana State Penitentiary Warden Burl Cain’s 21-year tenure running the prison complex at Angola was both long and controversial. His critics accused him of religious bias, blatant racial prejudice and excessive use …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Fines
Can Kentucky Keep Charging Prisoners for Their Jail Stay if They Are Found Not Guilty? by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Kentucky State law allows county jails to charge prisoners a daily fee during their stay while fighting their case. But what happens when the person is found not guilty …
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