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Monitor Says Massachusetts Prisons Will Not Meet Settlement Deadline for Mental Health Reforms by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Massachusetts prisons are not going to meet a December 2026 deadline to achieve substantial compliance with the terms of a 2022 settlement agreement covering the provision of mental healthcare to state …
Seventh Circuit Upholds Liability but Reverses Damages in Lawsuit Over Illinois Warden and Investigator Using Prisoner as Bait to Catch Staff Member Raping Her by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 26, 2026, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a jury’s finding of liability …
Six Maryland Guards Convicted in Prisoner’s Beating, Cover-up; § 1983 Suit Filed by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman For bloodying a state prisoner and then deleting video of his teary account to cover up the assault, the last of six Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) guards …
Trump Approves Firing Squads for Federal Executions by On April 24, the administration of Pres. Donald Trump (R) approved the use of firing squads as a method of killing federal prisoners slated for execution. The Department of Justice (DOJ), in an accompanying 48-page report entitled “Restoring and Strengthening the Federal …
Negligence, Lack of Training at Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail Led to String of Deaths by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Ohio’s weak oversight of its jails has left the state nearly powerless to effect change as the Cuyahoga County jail continues to experience a string of largely preventable deaths. The …
Nevada Non-Profit Founder Under Investigation for Misconduct by Jon Ponder, the CEO of non-profit organization Hope for Prisoners, is under investigation for alleged misconduct, the Nevada Current reported. Ponder was convicted three times for bank robbery in 2005; after his release from prison in 2009, he founded Hope for Prisoners, …
Trump Wants $152 Million to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison by The prison on Alcatraz Island, which is in San Francisco Bay, has not been used as a prison for more than 60 years. While Alcatraz looms large in American pop culture, the federal prison located on the island …
Oklahoma DOC Paid Prison Guards $35.5 Million in Overtime in 2025 by Last year, prison guards working beyond their standard hours accounted for close to half of all overtime spending for state employees in Oklahoma, according to an analysis of payroll data by Tulsa World. Throughout 2025, the state Department …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
Alabama DOC Terminates $1 Billion Contract with YesCare by In late April of this year, the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) announced it had terminated its 5-year, $1 billion contract with prison healthcare profiteer YesCare. According to reporting by the Alabama Reflector, the contract was axed because the company could …
Prison Policy Initiative Updates Its Mass Incarceration Report by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) has released its newest report on how many people are locked up in prison across the country and the reasons for their incarceration. After breaking down the carceral numbers, the report …
Texas Moves to Restrict Cashless Bond and Reverse Federal Court-Ordered Misdemeanor Bail Reform by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Recent legislation has helped Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) challenge federal court-ordered misdemeanor bail reform that expanded the availability of personal recognizance (PR) bonds. Texas was never friendly toward PR …
Judge Denies New York Prison Chief’s Motion to be Dismissed from Case Related to Robert Brooks’ Murder by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Robert L. Brooks, Sr., 43, was murdered by guards moments after arriving at the Marcy Correctional Facility in New York in 2024. Both then and now, Daniel …
Guaranteed Income Helps People Leaving Jail and Prison, and That Helps Everyone by Aleks Kajstura by Aleks Kajstura This article was originally published by the Prison Policy Initiative.   Upon coming home from prison, people face the same—and rising—costs of living as the rest of us. But they have to …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
News in Brief by Alabama: A Barbour County Sheriff’s deputy arrested two men for attempting to smuggle contraband into Ventress Correctional Facility on March 18, 2026—after they called 911 to report that they were “cold and their ride had left them” outside the state Department of Corrections (DOC) lockup. WSFA …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
News in Brief by Alabama: On February 13, 2026, Jarvis Moore, a former guard at the Morgan County Jail, turned himself in to face seven counts of felony extortion lodged against him following an August 2025 investigation. According to WAFF in Huntsville, Sheriff Ron Puckett accused Moore of threatening prisoners …
Survey of Arkansas Jails Reveals Strained, Costly Health Care System by Abbey Kim by Abbey Kim This article was originally published in Arkansas Advocate.   County jails in Arkansas hold some of the state’s most vulnerable people, including many experiencing mental health crises.Hundreds are detained in county jails awaiting psychiatric …
Hawai’i Settles Prison Mental Healthcare Class-Action With $100,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Expert Inspection That Produces Damning Report by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i granted dismissal on September 10, 2025, to a group of mentally ill state prisoners and pretrial detainees …
Mississippi DOC Retains Law Firm to Monitor VitalCore Contract by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Mississippi has had recurring problems from the private healthcare providers they have hired for their prisons. The problems accumulating with VitalCore Health Strategies, their current provider, have pushed the state into hiring a law firm …
$950,000 Settlement Reached for Pennsylvania Jail Detainee Repeatedly Pepper-Sprayed During Mental Health Episodes by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Pennsylvania’s Bucks County executed a settlement agreement on December 20, 2025, paying $950,000 to resolve claims filed by the parents of Kimberly Stringer, a mentally ill detainee who was repeatedly pepper-sprayed …
$1 Million Paid by Cuyahoga County for Detainee’s Preventable Suicide in Cleveland Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 1, 2025, the Chief Executive of Ohio’s Cuyahoga County put the last signature on a resolution authorizing a $1 million payout to settle claims filed by the estate of …
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