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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 …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Wisconsin Robbery Suspect Frames Immigrant Detainee with Forged Letters Threatening to Kill Trump by Demetric D. Scott, 52, is facing criminal charges in Milwaukee, Wisconsin after forging letters threatening Pres. Donald J. Trump (R) under the name of an undocumented immigrant. Scott, in sending a letter to the Department of …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Former Kentucky Warden, Deputy Warden Accused of Overtime Fraud by The top two officials at Kentucky’s Southeast State Correctional Complex (SSCC) who abruptly left their jobs earlier in 2024 were accused of bilking the state of pay for hundreds of hours they didn’t work, according to analysis of records obtained …
Article • November 15, 2024 • from PLN November, 2024
Identities Stolen From Virginia Jail Detainees For $341,205 COVID-19 Fraud by As of October 3, 2024, guilty pleas had been entered for all but one of 17 people indicted for defrauding the federal government of COVID-­19 benefits. In all, the group received $341,205 in benefits to which they were not …
Florida Court of Appeals Reinstates Voter Fraud Charges Against Ex-Felons by On July 17, 2024, the Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeals of Florida reinstated voter fraud charges against two former prisoners which had previously been dismissed. Ronald Lee Miller was charged with illegally voting as an ex-felon in …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Tennessee Sheriff Indicted for Massive Prisoner Work-Release Fraud by On June 12, 2024, the Sheriff of Tennessee’s Gibson County was arrested and booked on a $25,000 bond into Nashville’s Davidson County Detention Center on a pair of indictments with a total of 22 counts related to his alleged scheme to …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
North Carolina Prison Official Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Program Fraud by On August 15, 2023, the Associate Warden for Programs at North Carolina’s Bertie Correctional Institution pleaded guilty to COVID-19 program fraud. The state Department of Adult Correction (DAC) confirmed that Sean Tracy Dillard, 55, admitted scamming the North Carolina …
Brief • January 16, 2024
In Re-Tehum Care Services-Motion of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants and Certain Tort Claimants for Structured Dismissal of Chapter 11 Case, Jan 2024 Case 23-90086 Document 1260 Filed in TXSB on 01/16/24 Page 1 of 51 IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS HOUSTON …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Former BOP Guard Gets Light Sentence for COVID-19 Fraud by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 17, 2023, a former guard at the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City, Mississippi, got a light sentence for defrauding the U.S. of $12,586 in loans she swindled from the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
Prison Profiteer Who Chairs Christian Seminary Board Called Not Very ‘Christlike’ by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Members of Princeton Theological Seminarians for Peace and Justice (SPJ) sent a letter on March 14, 2023, calling for resignation of seminary Board of Trustees Chairman Michael Fisch. After learning Fisch’s hedge …
MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Utah-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC) faces allegations of breach of contract in Texas, where the private prison firm allegedly forced prisoners to sign for parole-required treatment and program time they were not in …
Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Technology giveth and technology taketh away – even in prison. That was the conclusion of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on October 26, 2022, when …
Article • January 20, 2023
New York City Guards Charged With Fraudulently Taking More Than a Year’s Paid Sick Leave by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 10, 2022, three guards who work for the New York City Department of Correction [DOC] at Rikers Island were arrested on charges of federal program …
Article • November 29, 2022
Guards Nabbed for Worker’s Comp Fraud in Illinois and Connecticut by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On November 15, 2022, a guard at Illinois’ McLean County Jail was arrested and charged with worker’s compensation fraud after he allegedly lied about a work-related injury to goose his payout from …
Article • October 31, 2022 • from PLN November, 2022
Mississippi Attempts to Offload Prisoner Healthcare Costs Onto Medicaid by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso On April 21, 2022, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) signed H.B. 936, a new law creating “special care facilities” to house and provide healthcare for about 600 “medically frail” state prisoners eligible for parole …
Brief • November 1, 2021
USA v. Connections Community Support, DE, Consent Judgment, Narcotics Fraud, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00514-MN Document 34 Filed 11/01/21 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 163 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ____________________________________ ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Civil Action No. 21-514-MN Plaintiff, ) ) …
Brief • October 29, 2021
USA v. Connections Community Support, DE, Consent Judgment, Medicare Fraud, 2021 Case 1:19-cv-00475-CFC Document 55 Filed 10/29/21 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 1190 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THE STATE OF DELAWARE, ex rel. MALIKA SPRUILL and DOUGLAS …
Brief • October 19, 2021
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consent Order Re JPay, 2021 2021-CFPB-0006 Document 1 Filed 10/19/2021 Page 1 of 42 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 2021-CFPB-0006 In the Matter of: CONSENT ORDER JPay, LLC The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau) has reviewed the practices of …
Brief • September 7, 2021
Federal Trade Commission v. Inmate Magazine Service, FL, Settlement, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-00294-TKW-HTC Document 34 Filed 09/07/21 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, and OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF …
USA v. Connections Community Support, DE, Complaint, Narcotics Fraud, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-00514-MN Document 1 Filed 04/09/21 Page 1 of 21 PageID #: 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. CONNECTIONS COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAMS, INC.,; CATHERINE DEVANEY MCKAY; WILLIAM NORTHEY; …
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