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Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Oklahoma Prisoner Who Escaped Through Hole Killed by Sheriff by Joshua Butler—a prisoner serving a life sentence who escaped from the Okfuskee County Jail in Okemah, Oklahoma—was shot and killed by state troopers during a traffic stop on December 31, 2025. Butler had escaped on December 20, but none of …
Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In just over seven years, changes in prison mail policies proliferating across the country have severely restricted mail privileges at lockups holding the majority of America’s nearly 1.2 million prisoners. According to research conducted …
Amid ‘Catastrophic’ Shortage, Psychologists Flee Federal Prisons in Droves by Beth Schwartzapfel by Beth Schwartzapfel This article was first published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter at themarshallproject.org/subscribe and follow them on instagram.com/marshallproj, tiktok.com/@marshallproj, reddit.com/user/marshall_project, and facebook.com/TheMarshallProject.org. …
Delaware Settles Suit Over Depriving Young Prisoners of Special Education by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under a legal settlement approved on December 2, 2025, prisoners with learning disabilities held by the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) moved several steps closer to receiving the educational instruction necessary to achieve a …
Competency Crisis in Missouri’s Jails by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The cover story of the June 2025 issue of PLN reported that “[d]espite years of litigation, injunctions, consent decrees, and contempt fines ranging into the hundreds of millions,” the State of Washington had “consistently failed to provide timely competency …
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Failure to Properly Classify Violent Prisoners at Kentucky Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 17, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the guardian of a man who was severely …
Deportation of Kenyan Priest Working as Texas Prison Guard Highlights TDCJ’s Dependence on Immigrant Staff by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Rev. James Eliud Ngahu Mwangi, an Episcopal priest, was working as a prison guard in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) until federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Eleventh Circuit Holds Estate Cannot Sue Jailers Who Followed Medical Personnel Advice That Led to Detainee’s Death by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 1, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that jailers could not be held liable for the death of a …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Eleventh Circuit Holds Alabama County May Be Liable for Policy of Providing Inadequate Jail Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 20, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an Alabama law making sheriffs responsible for jail prisoners’ health care did …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
HRDC Sues Minnesota DOC Over Censorship Policy by Robert Haughn by Robert Haughn On January 7, 2025, the Human Right Defense Center (HRDC), nonprofit publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, accusing Commissioner Paul Schnell of the Minnesota …
SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Rastafarian Hair-­Cutting Case by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Damon Landor is a devout Rastafarian who grew his hair for decades without cutting it as part of his “Nazarite Vow.” Accordingly, his hair had grown long enough to reach nearly to his knees by the …
Amnesty International Report Claims Torture and Enforced Disappearances at “Alligator Alcatraz” by A recently released report from the humanitarian group Amnesty International found that conditions at two migrant detention centers in Florida amounted to “cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment,” with some practices rising to the level of torture. In September …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Detainee’s Jail Food Lawsuit by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson James Clubb was incarcerated in the Marinette County Jail on September 13, 2018, when he bit down on something hard and broke a tooth. At the time, for-­profit provisions company Aramark held “the exclusive …
“We’re Broken”: As Federal Prisons Run Low on Food and Toilet Paper, Corrections Officers Are Leaving in Droves for ICE by Keri Blakinger by Keri Blakinger, Propublica This story was originally published by ProPublica.    After years of struggling to find enough workers for some of the nation’s toughest lockups, …
California Funds $38 Million Pilot Program to Investigate Methods for Cooling Three Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) recently announced a pilot program to study the use of various types of cooling systems and new insulation at three prisons to determine …
U.S. District Court in Arizona Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Prisoner Denial of Forms for Challenging 455 Days of Solitary by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On November 22, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona sua sponte granted summary judgment to transgender prisoner Oscar Contreras …
$3.3 Million Verdict for Detainee’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose in Southern California Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered final judgment that sustained a $3.3 million verdict for Jay Campos, whose son, Joshua, died of a …
Third Circuit Rules Awarding BOP Prisoners 54 Days of Good Time Per Year Is Pro-­Rated by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On July 9, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that 18 U.S.C. section 3624(b)(1), which awards federal prisoners of up to 54 days per …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of Alabama held that because the Alabama Department of Corrections (DOC) failed to raise the issue of venue in the circuit court, the Court of Criminal Appeals’ (CCA) reversal …
BOP Announces New Conditional Placement Date Calculation by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman With a change announced by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on October 20, 2025, federal prisoners should finally begin to see more concrete results from the First Step Act (FSA), the 2018 law passed to reduce …
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