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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 …
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 …
“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, …
Leaked Video Footage Shows California Prison Guards Engaged in Retaliatory Assault by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Leaked surveillance and body-camera footage from the Central California Women’s Facility (CCWF) in Chowchilla exposed a brutal August 2, 2024, assault on incarcerated women, many of whom were elderly or mobility-impaired. …
Florida Sheriff Received $50,000 Donation from Jail Medical Contractor by Armor Health, the company that held a $24 million contract to provide healthcare at the Lee County Jail, gave local Sheriff Carmine Marceno a $50,000 donation four months before the medical contract was terminated, according to the The News-Press in …
New York Governor Pulls Plug on Prison Watchdog Funding by In the wake of the killing of Robert Brooks by guards at the Marcy Correctional Facility in December 2024, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a slew of initiatives designed to reign in the state’s murderous prison system [See: PLN, …
Alaska Deaths in Custody Tie Record High by In a grim milestone that reflects Alaska’s neglect of prisoners, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) reported 18 deaths in 2025, tying the previous record set in 2022. In its coverage of the concerning matter, the Alaska Beacon claimed the death toll …
Differing Judicial Outcomes for the New York Guards Who Killed Robert Brooks by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott According to WKTV in Utica, former New York state prison guard David Walters will remain free on bail while appealing his manslaughter conviction. Walters, 37, posted a $100,000 bond and …
New York State Moves to Dismiss Hundreds of Prison Sexual Assault Lawsuits by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott In a calculated effort to evade liability for systemic custodial sexual violence, lawyers for New York State plan to ask judges to dismiss approximately 500 prison sexual assault lawsuits based …
County Jail in Oklahoma Accused of Coercing Detainees to Convert to Christianity by The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF), a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, claims that it received a complaint from a community member in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, that the local sheriff’s office was promoting religion in …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Cuyahoga County Receives Over $846,000 Refund from Securus Technologies by In 2016, prison communications profiteer Securus Technologies offered to implement XJail, a jail management system, at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio. Despite the system’s promise to publicly display booking information, charges, bond amounts, and mugshots, Securus never installed …
North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A settlement reached on September 15, 2025, moved the North Carolina Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission a step closer to finally realizing changes that it was ordered to …
D.C. Federal Court Holds Blocking Prison Reform Advocate’s Access to Federal Prisoners May Violate First Amendment and Due Process by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 12, 2025, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia denied the government’s motion to dismiss with respect to due process …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
FCC Releases Final Version of Order Gutting 2024 Phone Cap Regulations by Michael Thompson   by Michael Thompson   As reported in PLN, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) had postponed a 2024 rule poised to reduce the financial burden for incarcerated people throughout the country. [See: PLN, Aug. 2025, p. …
The New York Prison System’s Culture of Cruelty and Impunity by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson According to Daniel F. Martuscello III, commissioner of New York state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS), “Individuals are sent to prison as punishment, not for punishment, and there is an expectation of …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
California Oversight Agency Hasn’t Finished a Single Review of Jail Deaths by In 2024, California created the In-Custody Death Review (ICDR) Division within the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC). The division was intended to scrutinize investigations into jail deaths across the state; with more than 150 people dying …
Michigan Claws Back $1.2 Million Paid to Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a decision that upheld a lower court ruling, the Michigan Court of Appeals said on December 22, 2025, that exonerated former state prisoner Desmond Ricks must use a $7.5 million settlement from …
Punished for Bleeding: How Periods in Prison Become a Trap by Candace Norwood by Candace Norwood, The 19th This article was originally published by The 19th, an independent nonprofit newsroom “reporting on gender, politics, policy, and power.”   The tampons were stacked and bound together with a rubber band. The …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Two Mississippi Prisons Lose Power During Winter Storm by The record-setting winter storm in January 2026 that brought freezing temperatures and snowfall to large swathes of the Eastern half of the country left at least 17 people dead and nearly a million without power. Much like the deep freeze that …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Eleventh Circuit Holds Alabama County May Be Liable for Policy of Providing Inadequate Jail Medical Care by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On November 20, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that an Alabama law making sheriffs responsible for jail prisoners’ health care did …
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