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Hawaii Prison Warden Reinstated After Being Fired in 2014 for Sexual Harassment by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson On September 17, 2025, the Hawai’i State Supreme Court affirmed a ruling allowing a warden who was fired in 2014 over a litany of accusations, including sexual harassment, to be reinstated. The …
Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Widespread Abuse of Restraints on Prisoners by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A June 2025 report from the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) called out the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for misuse of restraints on prisoners. The OIG also called on BOP …
Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit by Civilly Committed Texan by Matthew Clarke   by Matt Clarke On October 7, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a Texas civil rights lawsuit challenging conditions of confinement at the Texas Civil Commitment Center …
Prisoners and Detainees in the Gulf Coast Are Particularly at Risk from Natural Disasters by The Gulf Coast of the United States stretches across five states in the Southeast. Within that region, more than 270,000 people are incarcerated in jails, prisons, and other detention facilities. For the prisoners and detainees …
Ohio Sheriff Agrees to Outside Probe in Investigation of Jailed Double Amputee’s Death by Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel announced in late October 2025 that he will allow an outside agency to investigate the homicide of Tasha Grant, a 39-year-old double amputee who died in a hospital while being restrained …
New Jersey Breaks Ground on New $330 Million Women’s Prison After Raid at Old Facility by In October 2025, New Jersey broke ground on the construction of a new 420-­bed, $330 million prison for women that will replace a crumbling 112-­year-­old facility that shuttered in 2021. The Edna Mahan Correctional …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
$6.49 Million Settlement for 600,000 Prisoners in Massive CorrectCare Data Breach Class Action by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky granted final approval on September 17, 2024, to a $6.49 million settlement of a class-­action complaint filed on behalf of almost …
SCOTUS Stops Fourth Circuit from Tossing Federal Prisoner’s Appeal on Technicality by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A federal prisoner filed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which the district court dismissed. Before he got notice of the dismissal, the prisoner was transferred. …
Suit by Mentally Disabled Detainees at South Carolina Jail Secures Class Certification; No Action on Damning DOJ Report by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In January 2025, at the conclusion of a year-­long investigation into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (ASGDC) in South Carolina’s Richland County, the federal Department …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
Repairs at Arkansas Prison Wastewater Plant Keep Getting Delayed by An aging wastewater plant that serves two of Arkansas’s largest prisons regularly runs afoul of its federal water permit, having exceeded the amount of discharge that it’s allowed to release for over a decade.  In 2022, the state Department of …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
The BOP Is Closing a Los Angeles Prison Due to Falling Concrete by On November 25, 2025, federal Bureau of Prisons director William K. Marshall III told staff that the agency will shutter the Federal Correctional Institute, Terminal Island due to structural failures, including falling concrete that could disable the …
Arkansas Prison Reaches ADA Settlement by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement with the Arkansas Division of Correction (DOC) on September 5, 2025, resolving violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12131–12134, at the prison system’s Ouichita River …
Hyundai and Kia Sued in California for Use of Prison Labor in Southern States by Progressive non-­profit Jobs to Move America (JMA) is suing carmakers Hyundai and Kia over unethical labor practices, including the use of prison labor and child labor.  On November 13, 2025, JMA announced its lawsuit, filed …
Filing • November 25, 2025
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HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Brief • November 25, 2025
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HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Filing • November 21, 2025
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Centurion of Florida LLC v. HRDC, FL, Order and Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs, Counterclaim-Public Records Request, 2025 Filing # 236344305 E-Filed 11/21/2025 01:53:06 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA LLC PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT CASE NO.: DIVISION: …
Brief • November 21, 2025
Filed under: Public Records Act
Centurion of Florida LLC v. HRDC, FL, Order and Final Judgment Awarding Attorney's Fees and Costs, Counterclaim-Public Records Request, 2025 Filing # 236344305 E-Filed 11/21/2025 01:53:06 PM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA CENTURION OF FLORIDA LLC PLAINTIFF/COUNTER-DEFENDANT CASE NO.: DIVISION: …
Brief • November 2, 2025
Wilson v. Dixon, FL, Second Declaration of Stefano Schiavon, Conditions of Confinement, 2025 Case 1:24-cv-24253-KMW Document 82-2 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/02/2025 Page 1 of 92 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA MIAMI DIVISION CASE NO. 1:24-cv-24253 DWAYNE WILSON, TYRONE HARRIS, and GARY WHEELER, individually and on behalf …
America’s Deadliest Jails: Tarrant County Edition by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso In January 2025, protests erupted outside the Tarrant County Jail (TCJ) in Fort Worth, Texas, with demonstrators holding signs that read “Sheriff of Shame” and “69 + Deaths = Mass Murder.” So many people showed up to …
Oklahoma County Jailers Lose Bids to Derail Three Suits Over Detainee Murders by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Claims filed over a trio of detainee murders at the Oklahoma County Detention Center survived motions to dismiss in March 2025. As PLN reported, the lockup was stripped from control of the …
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