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Article • August 15, 2006 • from PLN August, 2006
Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund by Mobile County, Alabama, Sheriff Jack Tilman has been charged with theft and violation of the public officials ethical laws for allegedly taking for personal use funds allocated by the state to feed jail prisoners. Alabama paid Tilman $1.75 per day to …
Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James Prison Systems co-workers Joe Reynoso and Dave Lewis both were called heroes by their peers. One was an investigator digging into prison crime, and one was accused of a crime. Guess which one was supported by the guards union. In her letter supporting …
Crimes of the Heart: Incarceration Collusion by Bob Williams by Bob Williams & G.A.Bowers What would a woman do for her man? Run a frontend loader through a jail wall? Drive her lover out of prison in a food service truck? Murder witnesses? Smuggle in guns and drugs? Melt her …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Gun-smuggling Prisoners Convicted in Shooting Scam by Gary Hunter Fraud takes many forms but few as bizarre as the one allegedly concocted by D.C. prisoners Shawn Gray, Jamal Jefferson, Leonard Johnson and Fredrick Robinson. On December 20, 2003 all four men were wounded by gunfire inside of the Southeast Washington …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Alleged Attacks Plotted By New Folsom Prisoners Uncovered by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke A federal grand jury has indicted four men--two of whom have been prisoners at the California State Prison-Sacramento (New Folsom Prison)--with conspiracy to levy war against the United States, to possess and use firearms in …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Guard Out on Bond, Woman He Allegedly Raped Jailed Beyond Her Sentence by Platte County (Wyoming) Detention Center control clerk Jeremy King was charged with two counts of second-degree felony sexual assault for having sex with a female Jamaican prisoner convicted of federal drug offenses. The woman, who was not …
Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke In another bizarre twist to an already bewildering prosecution history, on September 9, 2005, Texas federal district judge Lynn Hughes, by judicial fiat, acquitted Andy Collins, the former executive director of the Texas Department of …
Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption by On December 9, 2005, a Lee County, Illinois, grand jury returned indictments against former Illinois Department of Corrections official Ron Matrisciano and former Illinois Parole Board member Victor Brooks. Matrisciano was indicted for five counts of official misconduct and two …
Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter Louisiana sheriff Ronald Gun Ficklin faces 22 counts on charges of conspiracy, trafficking in motor vehicles with removed or altered vehicle identification numbers (VINs), removing or altering VINs, aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm by a …
Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley The mission of the Maine State Prison is to provide a safe, secure, and humane correctional environment for the incarcerated offender. Five hollering guards wearing helmets, face shields, and full body armor charge into a mentally …
Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006
Love Letter Mail Scam Nets Ten Prisoners $221,000 and Fed Time by On October 4, 2005, Karen Ann Erdely, 40, a Pennsylvania state prisoner, was sentenced to the maximum term of five years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The federal court found that she was the …
Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter Brian Freitas, a former guard was sentenced to one year probation for his part in the death of Antonio Revera, a prisoner at Halawa prison in Hawaii. Revera was beaten …
California Guards Lose Appeals On Federal Conspiracy Conviction, Bail; Still Free by Two former California prison guards, who were convicted in federal court of conspiracy to violate the constitutional rights (18 U.S.C. § 241) of Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP) prisoners, lost both the appeals of their convictions of denial …
Article • May 15, 2006 • from PLN May, 2006
Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds by David Reutter Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds by David M. Reutter The former Executive Director of Floridas now defunct Correctional Privatization Commission (CPC) has pled guilty to charges of fraud and …
Abu Ghraib: Enduring Symbol of Hated Regimes by Matthew T. Clarke Abu Ghraib, a 280-acre prison complex located 20 miles west of Baghdad, is a well known symbol to the Iraqi people. Abu Ghraib holds about 3,500 of the approximately 10,500 prisoners held by American forces in Iraq. All prisoners …
Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke Four guards have been indicted for reckless homicide and aggravated assault in the July 2004 murder of a female prisoner at the Metro Detention Facility in Nashville, Tennessee, previously reported in PLN. [see PLN, Apr. 2005, p. …
Georgia Prisons: A Blight On The Peach State by Michael Rigby During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Shermans devastating march through the South was a blight on Georgia and all who lived there. Today, the safety of many Georgians particularly the 50,000 confined in the states 37 prisons is …
Former Georgia Parole Chairman Loses Appeal of Corruption Conviction by by Gary Hunter Former Georgia parole board chairman Bobby K. Whitworth launched a last-ditch attempt, in the Georgia Court of Appeals, to thwart his felony conviction for corruption. He failed. Whitworths tenure with the Georgia prison system is replete with …
Article • March 15, 2006 • from PLN March, 2006
Former Riker's Island Head Goes to Prison by Matthew T. Clarke In March 2005, Anthony Serra, formerly the second-in-command of the New York City corrections department and top official at Rikers Island Jail, pleaded guilty to state and federal charges. He was subsequently sentenced to a year in prison. As …
Second Circuit Upholds Guard's Rape Sentence Under Federal Guidelines by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that multiple counts of prisoner sexual abuse against a prison guard had been properly grouped under federal sentencing guidelines. While employed as a guard at the federal prison in Danbury, …
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