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New York City Stops Reporting Rikers Island Deaths Amid Rampant Guard Misconduct

Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Securus Technologies began arriving at the end of 2022. Three Guards Convicted of Fraud, Two More of Smuggling In-cell diversion cannot make up for missed programming and medical appointments caused ...

Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption

Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Wrongful Death

, Corrections Officers’ Benevolent Association President Benny Boscio poo-poos the notion that contraband at Rikers Island is smuggled by guards — pointing to expensive body scanners that are supposed ...

British Prison Guard Sentenced for Contraband Smuggling Conspiracy

Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: Guard Misconduct

British Prison Guard Sentenced for Contraband Smuggling Conspiracy by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin More than 60 handwritten, sexually graphic letters contained all the proof that prosecutors ...

Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison

Article • June 1, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Drugs - Determination of

Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A guard and a prisoner at Oahu Community Correctional Center in Honolulu were among ...

Pennsylvania Jail Guards Accused of Smuggling, Assaulting Mentally Ill Prisoners

Article • June 29, 2022

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Mental Health

Pennsylvania Jail Guards Accused of Smuggling, Assaulting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Three guards at the Beaver County Jail in western Pennsylvania were hit ...

Trio of Guards Fired and Arrested for Smuggling at Louisiana Jails

Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct

Trio of Guards Fired and Arrested for Smuggling at Louisiana Jails by A rash of smuggling at Louisiana jails put at least three guards in handcuffs in less than a month, beginning on April ...

News in Brief

Article • March 1, 2022 • from PLN March, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

resigned from his job in which he claimed, “I miss choking people.” Oklahoma: According to KUSH, a prison guard at the Cimarron Correctional Facility (CCF) was caught attempting to smuggle ...

Problems Plague Illinois Jails And Prisons, Employees Watch Television for Pay

Article • March 15, 2005 • from PLN March, 2005

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct

in another corrupt guard, Tanya Flowers. Flowers, 32, was convicted of having sex with at least two Statesville prisoners and smuggling in marijuana for another prisoner. After pleading guilty to the charges ...

Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison

Article • January 15, 2009 • from PLN January, 2009

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation against Staff, Criminal Prosecution, Staffing, Media

include sex between prisoners and guards, as well as the smuggling of tobacco, drugs and cell phones. One Terrell Unit guard faces felony charges; another has resigned, a captain was fired, and the warden ...

News in Brief

Article • December 15, 2013 • from PLN December, 2013

Filed under: News, News in Brief

on the steep hills of the island. Georgia: In early February 2013, former guard Lance D. Driggers was caught trying to smuggle four quart-sized and two gallon-sized bags of loose tobacco, plus 15 packages ...

News in Brief

Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: A former guard at the Mobile Metro Jail was scheduled to be arraigned on May 19, 2021, after being indicted for his role in an alleged scheme to smuggle cellphones ...

U.S. Coast Guard Operating Inhumane Floating Prisons

Article • May 9, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018

Filed under: International Law, Prisoners-International, Military Prisons

, or “hammer” in Spanish, the Coast Guard has detained more than 2,700 people in international waters on suspicion of smuggling cocaine to Central America. Once detained, the Coast Guard employs ...

News in Brief

Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: Three jail guards in the Yellowhammer State were hit with drug smuggling charges in August 2023 and another the month after. WAFF in Huntsville reported that Morgan ...

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Article • June 15, 2007 • from PLN June, 2007

Filed under: News, News in Brief

fire on their vehicle as it was leaving the prison. The dead soldiers were training guards in the puppet Afghan regime to build a new maximum security wing to house political prisoners released from US ...

Oklahoma Lawmen Charged with Sundry Crimes

Article • December 15, 2009 • from PLN December, 2009

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Criminal Prosecution, Guard Brutality/Beatings

Oklahoma Lawmen Charged with Sundry Crimes by Mark Wilson In separate incidents, five Oklahoma prison and jail guards have been charged with crimes ranging from contraband smuggling ...

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Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010

Filed under: News, News in Brief

to two misdemeanor counts related to attempted contraband smuggling. Wright, an anti-death-penalty activist who served as a volunteer counselor, was on her way to visit a death-row prisoner when prison ...

Georgia Prison Smuggling Ring Busted, Warden and Former Guard Arrested

Article • July 15, 2023 • from PLN July, 2023

Georgia Prison Smuggling Ring Busted, Warden and Former Guard Arrested by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman After Georgia prisoner Nathan Weekes and three others were indicted for murder ...

News in Brief

Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021

Filed under: News in Brief

guard at Dade Correctional Institution in Miami were arrested in early June 2021 and charged with accepting bribes to smuggle contraband tobacco, cellphones and SIM cards to prisoners. According to local ...

Rikers Island Gunshot Victims' Suit Dismissed

Article • February 15, 2005 • from PLN February, 2005

Filed under: Failure to Protect (General), Excessive Force, Shootings

that the city was engaged in a "cover-up," attempting to shift responsibility for the smuggled weapon from the prison guards to the plaintiffs. "Without involvement of corrections officers," said Sanchez ...

Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal

Article • May 16, 2022

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Prison Gangs, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Drug Laws/Offenses

Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal by Casey Bastian By Casey J. Bastian On March 18, 2022, a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) guard ...