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“Large Fight” Broke Out at Alaska Prison After Downsizing Effort by Jo Ellen Knott by Jo Ellen Knott The Alaska Beacon reported that the state’s “cost-cutting” downsizing measures backfired when a costly riot broke out at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward. On January 24, 2026, a massive brawl …
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 …
Southern Poverty Law Center Report Shows Culture of Abuse at Florida Prison by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has released a new report describing a two-year investigation into the endemic culture of violence and abuse in Florida prisons, especially that of the Gulf Correctional …
Georgia Grand Jury Scolds Augusta Jail for Overcrowding Days Before Violent Detainee Assault by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 16, 2025, a grand jury in Georgia’s Richmond County reported that its inspection of the County jail revealed serious overcrowding, with mattresses on the floor pressing many cells into …
Maryland Prisons Reel from Growing Number of Prisoner Deaths by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Maryland’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is reeling from a surge in fatalities, with seven prisoner deaths recorded in just two months. Per reporting by The Baltimore Sun, this spike …
The St. Louis Jails Are Running Out of Guards by Ivy Scott This article was first published by The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. Sign up for their newsletter at themarshallproject. org/subscribe and follow them on instagram.com/marshallproj, tiktok.com/@marshallproj, reddit.com/user/marshall_project, and facebook. com/TheMarshallProject.org   …
Three Prisoners Killed in Fight at Georgia Prison by On January 12, 2026, three prisoners were killed after a fight broke out at the Washington State Prison, a medium-security facility in Davisboro, Georgia, which is around 135 miles south of Atlanta. A guard and 12 other prisoners were also injured …
Georgia Grand Jury Dings Augusta Jail for Overcrowding Days Before Violent Detainee Assault by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On January 16, 2025, a grand jury in Georgia’s Richmond County reported that its inspection of the County jail revealed serious overcrowding, with mattresses on the floor pressing many cells into …
Sixth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Failure to Properly Classify Violent Prisoners at Kentucky Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 17, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reinstated a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by the guardian of a man who was severely …
$3.3 Million Verdict for Detainee’s Fatal Fentanyl Overdose in Southern California Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 23, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered final judgment that sustained a $3.3 million verdict for Jay Campos, whose son, Joshua, died of a …
$4 Million Paid to Former Rikers Island Detainee Whose Reports of Repeated Rapes Were Ignored by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On October 29, 2025, the City of New York authorized three payouts totaling $4 million to Terrence Rodgers, 32, a former detainee in the City’s Rikers Island jail complex, …
New York City Jails Face Mounting Death Toll Ahead of Likely Receivership by On November 26, 2025, New York Daily News reported that the families of two men who died in New York City custody within two days have filed notices of intent to sue the city, alleging gross neglect …
Suit by Mentally Disabled Detainees at South Carolina Jail Secures Class Certification; No Action on Damning DOJ Report by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In January 2025, at the conclusion of a year-­long investigation into the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center (ASGDC) in South Carolina’s Richland County, the federal Department …
Wisconsin Prisoner Wins in Seventh Circuit Review of Exhaustive Remedies Case by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson On December 16, 2016, James Breyley, a prisoner at the New Lisbon Correctional Institute in Juneau County, was punched in the face “ten times, severely fracturing his nose.” A doctor subsequently instructed him …
$95,000 Settlement for Trans BOP Prisoner Assaulted by Cellmate in Arizona Lockup by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 3, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona granted dismissal to a group of cases filed by federal prisoner Jeremy “Grace” Pinson, 39, after she agreed to …
Huge $27.75 Million Verdict for Montana Prisoner Nearly “Beaten to Death” at CoreCivic Lockup by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana returned a verdict on April 2, 2025, awarding $27.75 million in damages to former state prisoner Nathaniel Lake, after …
$8.5 Million for Family of Murdered Elderly Californian Detained for Cold Case Killings Based on “Genetic Genealogy” by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Under an agreement signed on September 17, 2025, California’s Ventura County agreed to pay $8.5 million to Patricia and Anthony Garcia, the wife and son of Tony …
Second Circuit Vacates Finding that Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies; Remands Conditions of Confinement and Due Process Claims by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 30, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a district court’s judgment that had held that prisoner plaintiff Clint …
Louisiana Prisoner’s Mother Sues Warden Following Son’s Death by On November 5, 2024, Cornelius Kelly, 39, a prisoner at the Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI) in East Faliciana Parish, was fatally stabbed three times in the chest and abdomen by another prisoner in the facility’s yard. According to a wrongful death …
Oklahoma County Jailers Lose Bids to Derail Three Suits Over Detainee Murders by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Claims filed over a trio of detainee murders at the Oklahoma County Detention Center survived motions to dismiss in March 2025. As PLN reported, the lockup was stripped from control of the …
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