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$150,000 Settlement But No Charges After Schizophrenic Florida Detainee Killed by Jail Guards by On June 7, 2024, officials in Florida’s Marion County agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a suit filed by the survivors of Scott L. Whitley III, 46, a diagnosed schizophrenic who died naked and Tasered under …
BOP Shutters “Rape Club” in California, Director Peters Quits by The troubled federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lost Director Collette Peters on January 20, 2025, when she resigned just as incoming Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) was sworn into to office. Peters held the job for just 30 months, and …
Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Missouri Guards in Transgender Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Retaliation and Unreasonable Search by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed denial of qualified immunity (QI) to defendant Missouri Department of Corrections …
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Guard Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force at Indiana Jail Sued Nine Times in Two Years by Entering a guilty plea in federal court for the Southern District of Indiana on October 15, 2024, former Henry County Jail guard Curtis Lavon Doughty, 27, admitted using excessive force against a compliant …
No Charges in Alabama Prisoner’s Torture, Rape and Murder by Terry Williams, the father of a murdered Alabama prisoner, was reportedly left “speechless” in late October 2024 after an Elmore County grand jury refused to indict his son’s alleged attacker, another prisoner identified as “X.” Just a year earlier, Daniel …
Senate Votes to Increase Penalties for BOP Contraband Cellphone Smuggling by On September 28, 2024, the U.S. Senate passed legislation enhancing penalties for contraband cellphone possession in federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) lockups. Named after BOP Lt. Osvaldo Albarati, who was killed in a 2013 ambush arranged with contraband cellphones …
Fourth Circuit Grants Rare Bivens Extension to Federal Prisoner Allegedly Abused by Guards at Virginia Lockup by On July 25, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed that the constitutional tort first recognized in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Narcotics Bur., 403 U.S. …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Kentucky Warden, Deputy Warden Accused of Overtime Fraud by The top two officials at Kentucky’s Southeast State Correctional Complex (SSCC) who abruptly left their jobs earlier in 2024 were accused of bilking the state of pay for hundreds of hours they didn’t work, according to analysis of records obtained …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Jury Awards $352,300 to Prisoners Tortured at Notorious Utah Jail by After an investigation into rampant abuse by guards, Utah’s Daggett County Jail closed its doors in 2017. A group of four state prisoners held at the jail under contract with the state Department of Corrections (DOC) then filed suit …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Corruption Charges Dropped Against Maryland Sheriff, Former Virginia Sheriff Headed to Trial by On November 12, 2024, federal prosecutors dropped their criminal case against Sheriff Chuck Jenkins of Maryland’s Frederick County, for allegedly obtaining weapons fraudulently from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). Meanwhile, on the other …
BOP Guard Indicted, Sued for Assaulting Handcuffed Prisoner at Kentucky Lockup by The U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Eastern District of Kentucky announced on November 12, 2024, that a federal grand jury had returned an indictment against a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard for violating a prisoner’s rights …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Indiana Guards Sentenced for Stealing Prisoners’ Identities to Launder Cash From Online Romance Scam by Former Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) guards Lawrence Onyesonwu, 38, and Martins Tochukwu Chidiobi, 34, were sentenced on September 19 and 20, 2024, respectively, to three years in federal prison for stealing state prisoners’ …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Warden at Troubled Illinois Lockup Promoted to Run BOP Training Academy by Overlooking a troubling record of overseeing abusive conditions, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) promoted Andrew Ciolli in July 2024 to serve as director of the agency’s Management and Specialty Training Center (MSTC) in Aurora, Colorado. Ciolli …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Georgia Deputy Warden and Guard Fired for Prisoner Sex Assaults, Second Guard Sentenced to 25 Years by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On November 4, 2024, former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Larenzo Cheeks, 25, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for having sex with three prisoners …
Third Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Pennsylvania Guards Who Pepper-Sprayed Asthmatic Prisoner by On April 11, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed a grant of qualified immunity (QI) to Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) guards at the State Correctional Institution in Benner, who doused an …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
California Pays $4.45 Million to Prisoners Allegedly Raped by Guards by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Since reporting a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation was opened in September 2024 into sexual abuse of prisoners at two California lockups, PLN has obtained documentation of $4 million in settlement payouts …
Alabama Guard, Prisoners Among 13 Sentenced in Phone Scam and Drug-Smuggling Ring by On July 1, 2024, the last of 13 people was sentenced in a drug-­smuggling scheme at Alabama’s Donaldson Correctional Facility that included five prisoners. The last of those, Otis “Big O” Bowers, 44, had been sentenced on …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Florida DOC Failed to Investigate Background of Guard Convicted in Mass Shooting by On June 26, 2024, a Florida jury recommended the death penalty for former state prison guard Zephen Xaver, 27, who was convicted of the execution-­style murders of five women at a Sebring bank in 2019. The slayings …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Fifth Circuit Reinstates Former Federal Prisoner’s Suit Over Assault By Guards at Louisiana Lockup by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed dismissal of a former federal prisoner’s Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claim for an injury …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Fired Missouri Guards Charged with Murder in Prisoner’s Suffocation Death by Five former Missouri prison guards were charged on June 28, 2024, in the death of prisoner Othel Moore, Jr. at Jefferson City Correctional Center in December 2023. Four guards were charged with second-­degree murder and a fifth with accessory …
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