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Constitutional Challenge to Louisiana Prison “Farm Line” Granted Class Certification by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana granted class certification to a suit challenging the constitutionality of the “farm line” work program at the Louisiana State Penitentiary …
Deportation of Kenyan Priest Working as Texas Prison Guard Highlights TDCJ’s Dependence on Immigrant Staff by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The Rev. James Eliud Ngahu Mwangi, an Episcopal priest, was working as a prison guard in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) until federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
California Funds $38 Million Pilot Program to Investigate Methods for Cooling Three Prisons by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) recently announced a pilot program to study the use of various types of cooling systems and new insulation at three prisons to determine …
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 …
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 …
California’s Attorney General Is Suing Los Angeles County Jails Over “Inhumane Conditions” by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson In a remarkable 78-page complaint stemming from a four-year investigation, the California Attorney General’s office has sued Los Angeles County and the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, et al. over the harsh and …
Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet on Construction of New Jail by Chuck Sharman A report issued by the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) on May 28, 2025, outlined the municipality’s “urgent need for a new jail.” The population of the existing lockup, spread over two adjacent buildings …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Solving the Carceral Understaffing Crisis: What Works, What Doesn’t, and Why by Most prison systems and jails are understaffed, with serious consequences for both the keepers and the kept. In facilities with too few guards, staff members typically have to work longer hours or multiple shifts in higher-stress, more dangerous …
Texas Prison Heat Declared Unconstitutional by In a ruling on March 26, 2025, the federal court for the Western District of Texas agreed that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) was likely violating the Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment by holding most state prisoners in cells …
Brief • March 26, 2025
Tiede v. Collier, TX, Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2025 Case 1:23-cv-01004-RP Document 202 Filed 03/26/25 Page 1 of 91 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION BERNHARDT TIEDE, II; TEXAS PRISONS COMMUNITY ADVOCATES; BUILD UP, INC. a/k/a JUSTICE IMPACTED WOMEN’S ALLIANCE; TEXAS CITIZENS …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Arizona Prisoner’s Heat-Related Death by The family of Monnie Washburn moved one step closer to holding Arizona prison officials accountable for his preventable heat-related death. On September 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s grant of …
Article • February 15, 2025 • from PLN February, 2025
Florida Prisoners Sue Over Deadly Heat by A group of Florida prisoners held at Dade Correctional Institution near Miami sued the state Department of Corrections (DOC) on October 31, 2024, alleging that sweltering conditions were leading to serious health risks and deaths. Filed by attorneys with the Florida Justice Institute, …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
California Throws Prisoners Under the Bus to Adopt New Heat Rules by In a desperate bid to get new heat-­related workplace safety rules adopted before summer arrived, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) agreed on April 18, 2024, to drop prisons and jails from the measure. Two temperature …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Seeks Relief from Heat in Un-Air-Conditioned Prisons by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A suit filed by a Texas prisoner alleging that stifling heat in his cell threatens his life was allowed to proceed against Defendant officials with the state Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) on …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Illinois Prisoner Succumbs to Heat Wave by The death of Illinois prisoner Michael Broadway, 51, during a heatwave on June 19, 2024, has focused attention on squalid conditions at Stateville Correctional Center. Windows remained unopened and no working fan was provided at the un-­air-­conditioned lockup, according to family attorney Terah …
Brief • July 2, 2024
Voice of the Experienced v. Leblanc, LA, Ruling and Order, Conditions of Confinement, 2024 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 1 of 78 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 2 of 78 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 3 of 78 Case 3:23-cv-01304-BAJ-EWD Document 70 07/02/24 Page 4 of 78 …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
$9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-­Related Illness Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On October 3, 2023, the Wisconsin Department of Justice sent a check for $9,000 to a state prisoner in settlement of his claims that he suffered a heat-­related illness, fell and injured himself after state Department …
Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Record Temperatures in Southern Prisons Called Cruel and Unusual Punishment by On the last day of July 2023, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced that Earth had just endured the hottest three-week period ever recorded, noting that “for vast parts of North America, Asia, Africa and Europe—it is a cruel …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
“Frozen in Solitude’’: Heat-Sensitive Texas Prisoners Get More Than Air Conditioning Locked Inside Former Segregation Cells by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke After the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled a lawsuit over life-threatening excessive heat at the Wallace Pack Unit in 2018, it realized it needed to apply …
Publication • August 11, 2023
Extreme Heat and Suicide Watch Incidents Amont Incarcerated Men, Aug. 2023 JAMAIOpen,. Network Original Investigation | Public Health Extreme Heat and Suicide Watch Incidents Among Incarcerated Men David H. Cloud, PhD, JD; Brie Williams, MD, MS; Regine Haardörfer, PhD; Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein, PhD; Hannah L. F. Cooper, ScD Abstract Key Points …
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