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Article • June 1, 2023
Body Cam Video Contradicts Detainee’s Indictment in Scuffle With Chicago Jail Guards by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A long-term civil detainee in Chicago’s Cook County Jail – the only one, in fact – is facing charges of aggravated battery of a guard, although body camera footage of …
Article • May 19, 2023
31 UK Guards Fired Since 2019 for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi As of March 2023, the U.K. Prison Service had fired 31 guards in just 48 months for sexual misconduct with prisoners in England and Wales. More than half of the randy guards – …
Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died by Jordan Arizmendi, Chuck Sharman by Jordan Arizmendi and Chuck Sharman A huge fire inside an immigration detention facility in Ciudad Juarez, just across the Mexican border from El Paso, killed 38 men on March 28, 2023. …
Article • May 2, 2023
Three Guards Arrested in One Week at Chicago Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Three guards at the Cook County Jail in Chicago were arrested in separate violent incidents during one week in April 2023. The jail recorded its seventh detainee death of the year the month before, one …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline by Shannon Heffernan By Shannon Heffernan, WBEZ At least 18 corrections employees abused or used excessive force against incarcerated people in Illinois, according to internal corrections investigations. They all remained on the job. Correctional officer James …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, DUI
Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A state prison warden was arrested on August 30, 2022, on suspicion of driving under the influence in Cullman, Alabama. Jeffrey Baldwin was then placed on mandatory leave from his post at Elmore Correctional Facility …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Escapes
Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At the request of former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D), the director of the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC), Charles Daniels, submitted his resignation on September 30, 2022. The move came three …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye A warden at a Texas detention center and his twin brother have been charged with shooting two migrants, one fatally, in the town of Sierra Blanca along the Mexican border on …
Article • April 1, 2023 • from PLN April, 2023
No More Second Chances for New York Jail Guard Convicted of Smuggling by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On April 5, 2022, a former jail guard in Buffalo pleaded guilty to a first-degree felony count of promoting prison contraband. Jason Stachowski, 48, had already resigned from the Erie County Sheriff’s …
Article • March 8, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct
Federal Bureau of Prisons’ “Mess Up, Move Up” Culture Rewards and Promotes Abusive Employee by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian An AP News investigation focused on U.S. Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employee Thomas Ray Hinkle found evidence of a rotten culture in the federal prison system. In recent years …
Article • March 8, 2023
No Discipline for 10 Maine Guards Who Mocked and Harassed Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott From 2019 to 2021, guards at Maine State Prison in Warren used a Facebook Messenger group chat to mock prisoners, joke about using force on them and sharing confidential information about …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Second Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Connecticut Cops who Sicced K-9 on Suspect in His Holding Cell by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian When attempting to keep a detainee from hurting himself, are jailers entitled to injure him with impunity? On September 26, 2022, the U. S. Court of …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Nebraska Assistant Warden Avoids Prosecution for Sexually Abusing Prisoner, Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge and Gets a Year in Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart On October 3, 2022, the same day her jury trial was scheduled to begin for sexually abusing a prisoner, a former assistant warden with …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Riot and Escape at Nevada Prison Lead to Charges Against Four Guards, Firings or Resignations of Top Officials by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Some recreation was suspended at Nevada’s Southern Desert Correctional Center [SDCC] after 20 prisoners got into a brawl on October 10, 2022. The violence carried …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Former California Prison Warden and Guard Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Two Dozen Prisoners and Coworkers by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 28, 2022, Acting Warden Mike Pallares referred a former Central California Women’s Facility guard to the Madera County District Attorney’s (DA’s) Office. A six-month …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
With “Fox in Charge of the Henhouse,” Almost All Misconduct Accusations Against BOP Staff Result in No Discipline by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart In just over three years ending August 2022, at least 49 employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) were convicted of crimes, ranging from pilfering …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
$14,000 Paid by California to Mentally Ill Prisoner Who Alleged Repeated Maulings by Guards by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney How blatant is a violation of rights when a prisoner who is both mentally ill and proceeding pro se wins his case? The answer for California prisoner Benjamin Justin Brownlee …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Suicides
North Dakota Guard Fired After Suicide of Convicted Quadruple Murderer by Justin McFatridge by Justin McFatridge On September 22, 2022, a guard was fired by the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) after he twice failed to check on a state prisoner who then committed suicide. The firing …
Article • March 1, 2023 • from PLN March, 2023
Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 19, 2022, a six-month investigation into contraband smuggling at the Dougherty County Jail (DCJ) in southwest Georgia resulted in charges against 11 suspects. In a stunning …
Article • February 22, 2023
Jury Awards $2 Million to Nurse in Sexual Harassment Case against Missouri Prison Officials by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On December 27, 2022, in Missouri’s 19th Circuit Court, Judge Jon Beetem ordered the state Department of Corrections (DOC) to pay $2 million in punitive damages to a …
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