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Article • September 15, 2026 • from PLN October, 2025
Indiana Supreme Court Announces Whether Defendant’s Actions Were “Objectively Reasonable” Justifying Self-Defense Can Be Considered in Hindsight by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Indiana held that the state’s self-defense statute justifies the use of force necessary for self-protection, even if …
Article • March 9, 2026 • from PLN November, 2025
Filed under: Suicides, Prison Conditions
Washington Prisoners Gain Access to Crisis Hotline by As of late October 2025, prisoners incarcerated in Washington state’s prison system now have the ability to call a crisis hotline if they are experiencing suicidal thoughts. The hotline was created based on recommendations from a report after three prisoners—Mitch Hemphill, Everette …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment by Kwaneta Harris, Leigh Goodmark by Kwaneta Harris and Leigh Goodmark This article was originally published by Truthout.   Most true crime media is consumed by women, some of whom may be watching because they relate to the …
Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Prisoner’s Challenge to Guard Tackle That Broke His Foot by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a ruling on September 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit found not one but two errors in a lower court’s dismissal of a Michigan prisoner’s …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Washington Appellate Court Uses Personal Restraint Petitions Mooted by Prisoners’ Transfers to Order Remedial Measures at Troubled Juvenile Lockup by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 1, 2025, the Washington Court of Appeals found that conditions at the state’s toughest juvenile prison violated state law. The case was remarkable …
South Dakota Sobriety Program Participants Will No Longer Be Jailed for Non-Payment of Fees by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota granted preliminary approval on December 3, 2025, to a settlement resolving a putative class-action challenge to Pennington County’s policy of …
One in 10 Prison Admissions Is Now for Technical Parole Violation by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The death of a pair of parole reform bills in the New Jersey legislature highlights a persistent problem plaguing prisons across the country: 10% of new prison admissions are not for new crimes …
Eleventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing BOP Prisoner’s Medical Claim, Finds Prison Officials Made Administrative Remedies Unavailable by David Reutter by David Reutter On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the dismissal of a prisoner’s medical Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and …
Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme by David Reutter by David Reutter On July 29, 2025, the Court of Appeals of the State of Washington, Division II, affirmed the conviction of a guard who conspired to be shot. The Court rejected the guard’s defense that because …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Showers at St. Louis County Jail Riddled with Mold, Report Finds by In September 2025, inspectors from the American Correctional Association (ACA) visited the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton for an audit. In compiling their 92-page report, three inspectors toured the jail—which locks up an average of 1,340 people …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Eight Detainees Escape from Louisiana Jail, Captured in 24 Hours by In yet another recent jail escape in Louisiana, eight detainees fled from the River Bend Detention Center in East Carroll Parish, a rural area that borders Arkansas and Mississippi. The detainees ranged in age from 19 to 31, and …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
$300,000 Class-Action Settlement at California Jail Includes Policy Changes; Agreements with Aramark and Wellpath Reached Confidentially by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 10, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted approval to a settlement resolving claims against Alameda County for unconstitutional conditions of …
Missouri Judge Heavily Sanctions DOC for “Deliberate Disregard for the Authority of This Court” in Suit Over Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2026, a Missouri circuit court struck the defenses of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) as a sanction in a lawsuit over …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois Prisoner’s Segregation Lawsuit by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Norberto Torres spent three months confined in administrative segregation under harsh, filthy conditions because officials in his Illinois prison believed him to be engaged in gang activity. He sued, arguing that officials failed to …
Eighth Circuit Revives Case Against Guards Who Failed to Intervene As Chaplain Sexually Assaulted Arkansas Prisoner by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Officials at the McPherson Unit in the Arkansas Department of Corrections turned a blind eye as Chaplain Kenneth DeWitt sexually abused several prisoners for years. The chaplain has …
Detainee Death from Kidney Infection Highlights Broken Policy in Washington State by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Statistics provided by the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) show that 39 people died in state prisons in 2024. The annual death rate rose during the COVID-19 pandemic and has stayed high since. …
U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Breaks Down Federal Contraband Sentences by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 4, 2026, a federal indictment was unsealed against California state prison guard Matthew L. Madsen, 39, alleging that he accepted over $100,000 in bribes to smuggle contraband cellphones and tobacco into the Salinas …
U.S. Jails Hold 52,000 Detainees for Nothing More than “Failure to Appear” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman According to a report by the nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) published on January 8, 2026, arrests on “failure to appear” warrants account for over 13.6% of some 7.6 million annual jail …
“Devil in the Ozarks” Gets 13 More Years for Escape by Grant Hardin, a former police chief who was convicted of rape and murder, received an additional 13-year sentence after pleading guilty to charges related to a prison escape in May 2025. Hardin had planned his escape for six months, …
New Jersey Governor’s Order Allows People with Prior Felony Convictions to Serve on Jury Duty by On January 11, 2026, just days before New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) left office, he signed an executive order that restores jury duty service rights to state residents with felony convictions. As Bolts …
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