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California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons by Victoria Law by Victoria Law This article was originally published in The Appeal.   After 34 years in prison, 67-year-old 1Cat Reed is suffering from sarcoidosis in the lungs, thyroid disease, sciatica, high blood pressure, and type …
Idaho Struggles to Respond to Devasting Report of Widespread Prisoner Sex Abuse by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 13, 2026, lawmakers sitting on Idaho’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee (JLOC) ordered the state Office of Performance Evaluation (OPE) to assess state prison officials’ response to allegations of staff sexual …
Missouri Prisons Called Out for Incomplete Death Records, Hellish Solitary Heat by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Missouri has made clear its disregard for its state prisoners as much through what it doesn’t do as what it does, according to new research that found dozens of unreported deaths, as well …
$2.75 Million Paid by Washington County and NaphCare for Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The story repeats with depressing regularity. It begins with a man struggling with drug dependency, acquired from a prescription for pain medication. Depressed, he makes suicidal threats. His frightened partner calls sheriff’s …
Class Certification Granted to Suit Challenging Suspension of HALT Act in New York Prisons by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A state court in New York granted class certification on February 16, 2026, to a suit challenging suspension of the state’s Humane Alternatives to Long Term (HALT) Solitary Confinement Act …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Massachusetts Settles Lawsuit with Promise to Release Jail Voting Data by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts approved a settlement on March 9, 2026, resolving a lawsuit filed the month before by members of a nonprofit advocating for incarcerated voter rights and a pair …
ICE Jails Denied Muslim Detainees’ Right to Celebrate Ramadan by For many Muslims, the holy month of Ramadan—which, this year, stretched from mid-February to late March—is observed by fasting from sun up to sunset, communal prayer, studying the Quran and other ceremonies. While religious accommodation behind bars is a right …
Houston Jail Renews $38 Million Contract to Outsource Detainees to Private Lockups by On March 19, 2026, commissioners in Harris County renewed a $38 million contract to send detainees out of Texas to private facilities controlled by companies like CoreCivic. For years, the Harris County Jail has outsourced detainees in …
“Large Fight” Broke Out at Alaska Prison After Downsizing Effort by Jo Ellen Knott by Jo Ellen Knott The Alaska Beacon reported that the state’s “cost-cutting” downsizing measures backfired when a costly riot broke out at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward. On January 24, 2026, a massive brawl …
More Than 40k 311 Calls From Rikers Go Into a Black Hole Every Year by Reuven Blau, Kennedy Sessions by ReuvenBlau and KennedySessions This article was originally published in The City.   After visiting her son on Rikers Island last June, Benjamin Kelly’s mother dialed 311 in a panic. He …
ICE Settles Suit Over Opening Detainees’ Legal Mail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 9, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York granted approval to a settlement agreement by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its parent agency, the U.S. Department of …
Fourth Circuit to BOP Prisoner: Any “Disqualifying Offense” Means Zero FSA Credits by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a stark warning to federal prisoners on November 25, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit declared that federal courts will not disaggregate a combined sentence to apply …
$1.5 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached in Texas Jail Over-Detention Case by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman When Ladarion Hughes struck a plea deal and was sentenced to time served in December 2021, he had been held over two years since his July 2019 arrest, mostly in Texas’ Smith County Jail, …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Tulsa Jail Withholds Records Related to Detainee Deaths by The Frontier, a non-profit investigative news outlet in Oklahoma, recently found that seven detainees died from preventable causes in Tulsa’s municipal jail over a three-year period. These deaths occurred due to causes such as overdoses, suicides, an infection, and at least …
Officials in Kansas Allow CoreCivic to Reopen Leavenworth Prison by After a yearlong fight by advocates to prevent private prison profiteer CoreCivic from reopening its prison in Leavenworth, Kansas, city commissioners approved a special use permit on March 10, 2026, allowing the company to proceed. Two people were arrested and …
Montana Switches to Sending Prisoners to a Private Prison in Mississippi by The Montana state Department of Corrections (DOC) announced on March 23, 2026 that it will no longer send prisoners to a private prison in Arizona. Instead, it will send the roughly 600 out-of-state prisoners to a facility in …
Former Maine Prison Official Stole $2.4 Million Through Fraudulent Supply Orders by Former Maine prison official Gerald Merrill, 64, pleaded guilty on March 16, 2026 of theft and accepting a bribe after stealing $2.4 million in stolen funds. As part of Merrill’s plea agreement, signed several days before a jury …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Analysts Recommend Closing California’s Soledad Prison by With California’s declining prison population and a growing state budget deficit, the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), a nonpartisan agency that provides policy advice to the state lawmakers, has recommended closing the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad. While the California Department of Corrections and …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Almost $1 Million in Settlements Paid to Three Nevada Prisoners by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Nevada’s Board of Examiners agreed on January 13, 2026, to payouts totaling $997,500, settling a trio of lawsuits filed by state prisoners. The Board, which consists of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), Attorney General Aaron …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Unsafe Drinking Water at Multiple Texas Prisons Highlights Lack of Transparency by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) recently published “Unlocking Safe Water in Texas Prisons,” a report on the lack of transparency exhibited by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) when it pumps …
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