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Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
NYC Rehires Former Head of Rikers Island Lockup Where Guard Assault Left Detainee Quadriplegic by On May 11, 2024, the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) rehired Ned McCormick, the former official in charge of a Rikers Island lockup where a massive guard pile-­on exactly one year earlier left …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Two More West Virginia Jailers Plead Guilty in Detainee’s Homicide by Guilty pleas from two former guards at West Virginia’s Southern Regional Jail were filed on August 8, 2024, for their roles in the fatal beating of detainee Quantez Burks, 27, in May 2022. As PLN reported, two other former …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Prisoners Reportedly Locked in Showers in Oklahoma, Florida by David Reutter by David M. Reutter According to a lawsuit removed to federal court for the Western District of Oklahoma on May 1, 2024, prisoners at Great Plains Correctional Center (GPCC) were confined in a tiny shower stall for days on …
CDCR Slammed for Reclassifying Staff Misconduct Allegations as Routine Grievances by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A report issued by California’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) on January 29, 2024, harshly criticized the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for taking prisoner grievances that contained allegations of …
Indiana Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Corruption, County Pays $328,000 to Jail Detainees for “Night of Terror” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In federal court for the Southern District of Indiana on April 11, 2024, Clark County officials agreed to pay $328,000 to settle claims filed by 25 former detainees …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Suspended South Carolina Sheriff Acquitted of Using Excessive Force on Jail Detainee by Former Sheriff Charles Lemon of South Carolina’s Marlboro County was acquitted by a federal jury on August 19, 2024, of violating the civil rights of a detainee whose brutal assault was caught on video at the county …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Paternity Questions Dog Miami Jail Birth by A South Florida woman gave birth to a baby girl at Miami-Dade County’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center (TGK) on June 19, 2024. But it remained unclear how Daisy Link, 29, became pregnant or who the child’s father is. Link is accused of …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
South Carolina Prison Guard Supervisor Charged With Taking Over $219,000 in Bribes to Smuggle Cellphones by A former guard captain at South Carolina’s Broad River Correctional Institution is headed to trial after she was indicted on April 2, 2024, on charges of taking at least $219,360 in bribes over five …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
After Positive Drug Test, Kentucky Prisoners Allegedly Forced to Choose Between Tasing or Drinking Urine by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Over more than three decades of publication, PLN has chronicled some outlandish and horrifying stories of prisoner abuse, but few can compete with the Hobson’s choice guards at …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Maine State Prison Warden Replaced As Misconduct Allegations Investigated by An investigation into staff misconduct at Maine State Prison (MSP) resulted in replacement of its top leader. New Warden Nathan Thayer began work on May 20, 2024. Meanwhile, state Department of Corrections (DOC) Director Randall Liberty had no update on …
Transgender BOP Prisoner in Arizona Wins $10,243 for Guard’s Negligence by On June 21, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to pay $10,000 to transgender prisoner Grace Pinson for her claim under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) that …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Three Former Rikers Island Guards Among Five Ex-Employees Charged in Massive Smuggling Scheme by Corruption charges against three former guards and two other former employees at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex were continued on May 9, 2024, a week after a massive stash of contraband was uncovered at …
Crucial Surveillance Video Missing in Nevada Prisoner’s Homicide Caused by Guards by In August 2024, a nine-month investigation by the office of Melanie Rouse, Coroner of Nevada’s Clark County, concluded that the death of state prisoner Patrick Odale, 39, was a homicide. Odale was killed when guards pepper-sprayed him and …
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Georgia Guard Gets 15 Years for Using One Prisoner to Assault Another by Former Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Daniel Farmer, 33, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison on July 10, 2024, after pleading guilty to allowing one prisoner to attack another at Augusta State Medical Prison …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Former Ohio Deputy Prison Warden Gets Probation for Overtime Fraud by The former Deputy Warden of Ohio’s Warren Correctional Institution was sentenced on March 20, 2024, to probation not exceeding five years, after pleading guilty to theft in office. Robert Welch, 57, admitted stealing over $19,000 in pay for overtime …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Georgia Prison Warden Fired, Seven Guards Arrested in Prisoner’s Massive Drug Operation by The Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC) took the extraordinary step of firing a prison warden on July 1, 2024. Warden Ralph Shropshire was walked off the job after just 16 months at Valdosta State Prison (VSP). During …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Tenth Circuit Affirms Former Oklahoma Jail Captain’s 46-Month Sentence For Brutalizing Detainees by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On February 28, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a 46-­month sentence handed to former Kay Correctional Detention Center (KCDC) guard Matthew Ware for depriving detainees …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Montana Prison Warden Fired for Creating Hostile Workplace by Montana Women’s Prison (MWP) Warden Jennie Hansen was fired on March 4, 2024, after an internal investigation determined she created a hostile workplace for prison employees. She had been on administrative leave since January 2024, while investigators with the state Department …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Multiple Abuse Allegations Against Texas Prison Guard Deemed “Unsubstantiated” by TDCJ by After Texas prisoner Wendy Morales accused Lane Murray Unit guard Nathaniel Aviles of groping her during an August 2023 cross-­sex strip-­search—itself a policy violation—the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) ruled her complaint “unsubstantiated.” It was not the …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Former D.C. Guard Gets 42-Month Sentence for Assaulting Handcuffed Prisoner by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On June 28, 2024, former District of Columbia (D.C.) Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Marcus Bias, 28, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison and 24 months of supervised release for assaulting a …
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