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News in Brief
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, halfway houses, New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Fraud and Deceit
News in Brief by Alabama: Elmore County Jail guard Lita Williams, 57, was arrested and charged with first-degree promoting prison contraband on May 21, 2025, the Wetumpka Herald reported. Her arrest followed discovery of a cellphone in a jail cell during a routine search two weeks prior. Data from the …
Nearly $2.6 Million Paid to Former Minnesota Jail Detainee 
for Injuries from Delayed Withdrawal Treatment
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference
Nearly $2.6 Million Paid to Former Minnesota Jail Detainee for Injuries from Delayed Withdrawal Treatment by David Reutter On February 12, 2025, attorneys for a former detainee jailed by Minnesota’s Anoka County stipulated to dismissal of his claims for injuries suffered when he was denied withdrawal treatment while incarcerated. In …
News in Brief
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
News in Brief by Alabama: Kadarius Shermaine Todd, 28, a new guard still on probationary status at the Madison County Jail, was fired on April 4, 2025, after allegedly attempting to smuggle contraband into the lockup. He was apprehended upon arrival to meet a contact with a package containing Suboxone, …
$3.4 Million Settlement for Minnesota Jail Death Called “Real-Life Nightmare”
Article • May 1, 2025 • from PLN May, 2025
Filed under: Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
$3.4 Million Settlement for Minnesota Jail Death Called “Real-Life Nightmare” by When Lucas John Bellamy, 41, was booked into jail in Minnesota’s Hennepin County on July 18, 2022, he informed staff that he had swallowed a bag of drugs shortly before his arrest. He was taken to a hospital, where …
Nurse Charged, $2.6 Million Settlement Reached in Minnesota Jail Death
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Filed under: Prison/Jail Murders, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)
Nurse Charged, $2.6 Million Settlement Reached in Minnesota Jail Death by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (D) filed manslaughter charges on March 7, 2025, against a former nurse at the Beltrami County Jail in the 2018 death of detainee Hardel Sherrell. His mother previously collected a $2.6 million settlement from …
News in Brief
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: State Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Arianna Kimberly Slater faces life in prison after she was arrested while attempting to smuggle contraband into Ventress Correctional Facility on February 24, 2025. According to the Birmingham News, a routine employee screening of Slater’s food container found unspecified …
Minnesota High Court Restores Voting Rights of Former Felons
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Filed under: Voting Rights Act, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute
Minnesota High Court Restores Voting Rights of Former Felons by On August 7, 2024, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the 2023 Restore the Vote Act (RVA), which returned the right to vote to individuals with felony convictions upon completion of their prison sentences. The law had been challenged a summer …
State Forces Minneapolis Jail to Ship Out Detainees
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Filed under: Out of State Transfers
State Forces Minneapolis Jail to Ship Out Detainees by Facing persistent and critical short staffing, commissioners in Minnesota’s Hennepin County voted on December 3, 2024, to spend $5.4 million to ship 266 of over 800 detainees from the county jail to lockups in other Minnesota counties. The state Department of …
Minnesota Supreme Court Says Randy Guard Must Face Prisoner’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Claims
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Assault, Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Guard Misconduct, Federal Tort Claims Act, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)
Minnesota Supreme Court Says Randy Guard Must Face Prisoner’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Claims by The Supreme Court of Minnesota held on June 20, 2024, that a state Department of Corrections (DOC) prisoner plausibly stated a claim under the Minnesota Tort Claims Act (TCA) when he alleged that a guard …
News in Brief
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Australia: Brisbane Correctional Center prisoner Jack James Peterson, 29, was sentenced to an additional 18 months in January 2023 for assaulting a guard with a squash racket, the Courier reported. Peterson struck the unnamed 34-year-old during a confrontation involving a riot response team, leaving him with …
Two-Week Lockdown at BOP Women’s Prison in Minnesota After Nine Overdoses, Two Deaths
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Filed under: Gender Discrimination -- Women, Drug Overdose, Lockdowns, Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Two-Week Lockdown at BOP Women’s Prison in Minnesota After Nine Overdoses, Two Deaths by The Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Waseca, a women’s prison on the former campus of a University of Minnesota technical school, was locked down for over two weeks after a mass drug overdose sent prisoners to …
Minnesota Prisoners Getting Scanned Mail, Kept Waiting 18 Months for Tablets
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Filed under: Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Mail Regulations, Emails
Minnesota Prisoners Getting Scanned Mail, Kept Waiting 18 Months for Tablets by Starting November 1, 2024, prisoners held by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) stopped getting physical mail, which is now diverted to Baltimore for electronic scanning by private contractor TextBehind. Printed copies of the scans—complete with all the …
Childhood Trauma Incidence Higher Among Those Incarcerated
Article • January 15, 2025 • from PLN January, 2025
Filed under: Battered Child/Spouse Evidence
Childhood Trauma Incidence Higher Among Those Incarcerated by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso A study released in March 2024 by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) found that incidence of childhood trauma was higher among state prisoners than those not incarcerated. The rate rose even further when limited to …
News in Brief
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Wiregrass Daily News reported that Mobile Metro Jail guard Timothy Lee Scarbrough, 39, was arrested on September 9, 2024, and charged with first-degree sodomy for the alleged sexual assaulting of a detainee who was still under the effects of anesthesia after eye surgery. Scarbrough had …
Minnesota Judge Spanked For Ignoring Law Restoring Felon Voting Rights
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Filed under: Different Judge, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Voting Rights, Comments by Judge
Minnesota Judge Spanked For Ignoring Law Restoring Felon Voting Rights by Just over a year after Minnesota restored voting rights to former felons, the state Board on Judicial Standards (BJS) reprimanded Mille Lacs County District Judge Matthew Quinn on June 27, 2024, for attempting to disenfranchise formerly incarcerated people. Minnesota’s …
News in Brief
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Former state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Henry Guice, Jr., 46, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison on September 9, 2024, for his role in a drug smuggling conspiracy at Staton Correctional Facility. The Birmingham News reported that a fellow guard was inspecting …
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Guard Accused of Assaulting Restrained and Compliant Prisoner
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified
Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Guard Accused of Assaulting Restrained and Compliant Prisoner by Matthew Clarke by Matthew T. Clarke On May 6, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a district court’s denial of qualified immunity (QI) to a Minnesota Department …
Estate of Lucas Bellamy v. Omweri, Proposed Order for Distribution of Wrongful Death Proceeds, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024
Brief • November 11, 2024
Filed under: Medical Neglect/Malpractice
Estate of Lucas Bellamy v. Omweri, Proposed Order for Distribution of Wrongful Death Proceeds, Wrongful Death-Medical Neglect, 2024 CASE 0:24-cv-00170-DWF-TNL Doc. 49 Filed 11/11/24 Page 1 of 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Louis Bellamy, as Trustee for the next of kin of Lucas John Bellamy, Deceased, Plaintiff, …
Green v. Anoka County, MN, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Treatment, 2024
Brief • October 30, 2024
Filed under: Failure to Treat
Green v. Anoka County, MN, Complaint, Inadequate Medical Treatment, 2024 CASE 0:24-cv-01250-JRT-DLM Doc. 49 Filed 10/30/24 Page 1 of 108 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Deyonta D. Green, Case No. 24-cv-1250 (JRT/DLM) Plaintiff, v. FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT Anoka County, et al, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs, JURY TRIAL DEMANDED …
Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes
Article • October 15, 2024 • from PLN October, 2024
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Databases, Civil Commitment
Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes by A report released on April 16, 2024, concluded that Minnesota’s Sex Offense Civil Commitment (SOCC) program, which is operated by the state Department of Human Services at a cost of over $100 million per year, has …
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