Skip navigation

Search

2064 results
Page 9 of 104. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 100 101 102 103 104 | Next »

Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On April 9, 2022, family members and friends of men held at the Civil Commitment Facility (CCF) in Littlefield, Texas, protested the injustices which occur within the razor-wire fences of the former …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WHNT in Huntsville reported on December 16, 2022, that a Morgan County Jail detainee was charged with assaulting a guard. Ashley Nicole Taymon, 36, had gotten into an altercation at the Community Corrections Office five days earlier and was taken to a hospital. There she …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Texas Prisoner Wins 12-Year Fight for Justice by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In May 2006, Daryl Davis was serving a 37-year sentence for beating his girlfriend with a beer bottle, when he was assaulted — twice — at Texas’ Polunsky Unit by members of a Black prison …
Brief • January 26, 2023
Robertson v. Collier, TX, Complaint, Solitary Confinement, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-00283 Document 1 Filed on 01/26/23 in TXSD Page 1 of 45 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON DIVISION MARK ROBERTSON; GEORGE CURRY; TONY EGBUNA FORD; and RICKEY CUMMINGS, on their own behalf, and on behalf of a …
Article • January 9, 2023
His Execution Stayed, Texas Prisoner Still Hopes to Donate His Rare Kidney Type as Atonement by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On July 11, 2022, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution to Ramiro Gonzalez, 40, who had been scheduled to die just two …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On November 2, 2022, a former state prison guard at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility near Birmingham pleaded guilty to federal contraband smuggling charges. The Birmingham News reported that Wilson Brian Clemons, 32, was arrested on November 23, 2021, on state counts of marijuana …
Music Stops in Fifth Circuit’s Qualified Immunity ‘Dance,’ Leaving Plaintiffs With Shortened Discovery Period by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 17, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit overturned a long line of prior decisions to hold that a ruling on defendants’ qualified immunity (QI) …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Staffing
Guards Fleeing Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke According to a March 2022 report published by the Texas State Auditor, the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) has an extremely high staff turnover rate — 32.8%, compared to a 21.5% rate for all state employees in fiscal year …
Article • January 1, 2023 • from PLN January, 2023
Fifth Circuit: Martinez Report May Not Override Factual Allegations in Prisoner’s Complaint by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that facts alleged in a supplemental administrative report which a district court requested from prison officials may not …
Brief • December 27, 2022
Filed under: Excessive Force
Barnes v. City of El Paso. TX. Response to Dft's Motion to Dismiss, Excessive Force, 2022 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO DIVISION ANNA BARNES, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF EL PASO; et al, Defendants. § § § § § § § Civil …
Article • December 5, 2022
Filed under: Education
3,338 Texas Prisoners Taking College Courses with Pell Grants by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott    In July 2023, the Biden White House will return the hope of education to more prisoners by restoring the financial assistance provided by Pell Grants. The federal need-based funding for college courses …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Texas Commission on Jail Standards Finds Unacceptable Conditions in Nueces County Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart They knew it was coming: The Texas Commission on Jail Standards (TCJS) mandates a yearly inspection of all jail facilities in the state. The goal is to support local governments in maintaining …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Texas Prisoner Killed After Wounding Guard in Escape and Killing Family While on the Run by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 12, 2022, as Texas state prisoner Gonzalo Lopez, 46, was being transported in a prison bus to a medical appointment, he used a “prison-made knife and key” …
Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A detainee assaulted aguard at the Calhoun County Jail on August 6, 2022, the Anniston Star reported. Sheriff Matthew Wade blamed an ongoing staffing shortage, which has typically left three guards on duty to supervise 300 detainees. One of them, Jacob Hammett, was out of …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: A convicted bank robber had 30 months added to his 17-year prison sentence on September 26, 2022, for bribing an Alabama jail guard to smuggle him a cellphone, K2 “spice” paper, and other contraband. According to a federal Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, while …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Texas Jailers Who Refused Medical Care to Detainee Dying of Drug Overdose by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On June 1, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to staff …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Gang Violence in Texas Federal Prison Results in Two Deaths, Nationwide BOP Lockdown by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On April 7, 2022, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) announced indictments against seven federal prisoners for the brutal murder of two fellow prisoners in their Texas lockup, an incident that …
Article • October 27, 2022
Wife Loses Suit Over Homeless Texan’s Jail Death Ruled ‘Natural,’ Newspaper Alleges Cover-up by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On October 14, 2022, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported the results of an independent investigation it conducted into the jail death of a homeless man, sharply contradicting reports from …
Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Two Attorneys, Three Employees Sentenced in Bribery Scandal at MTC Texas Prisons by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On June 27, 2022, the last of a trio of private prison employees — plus two immigration attorneys — who were sentenced in a bribery scandal at two Texas prisons holding federal …
Article • September 21, 2022
TDCJ Driven Batty Over Demolition Plans by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A colony of 750,000 bats has upended plans by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) to demolish an abandoned warehouse next to the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville. The massive building, occupying an entire city …
Page 9 of 104. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ... 100 101 102 103 104 | Next »