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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 …
Report: Incarcerated Population in Rural Jails and Prisons At Risk of Losing Hospital Access by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson President Donald Trump (R) signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in July 2025. The tax spending bill was passed along party lines and is so massive, that it is …
Missouri Prisoners Forced to Shovel Snow in Subzero Temperatures by As the record-breaking winter storm blew through Missouri on the weekend of January 23, 2026, some prisoners were forced to go outside to clear snow from walkways, according to the Missouri Independent. As the storm brought heavy snowfall and wind chills …
“Critical Labor Shortage” Declared at Two Rural Prisons in Nevada by On January 13, 2026, the Nevada Board of Examiners designated two rural prisons as experiencing a “critical labor shortage,” according to The Nevada Independent. The decision from the Board, a body that includes Nevada’s governor, attorney general, and secretary of …
Amid ‘Catastrophic’ Shortage, Psychologists Flee Federal Prisons in Droves by Beth Schwartzapfel by Beth Schwartzapfel 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. …
$450,000 Paid by Missouri County for Jail Detainee’s Death After 11 Days Without Medical Attention by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Relatives of a Missouri jail detainee who became nonverbal and fatally ill—while fellow detainees pleaded in vain with jailers to get him medical help—accepted a $450,000 settlement of their …
SCOTUS Stops Fourth Circuit from Tossing Federal Prisoner’s Appeal on Technicality by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A federal prisoner filed a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) complaint against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), which the district court dismissed. Before he got notice of the dismissal, the prisoner was transferred. …
While Mentally Ill Rikers Island Detainee Lay Dying, Staff Sprayed Air Freshener, Fudged Cell Checks by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Surveillance video from New York City’s Rikers Island jail captured staffers flouting policy and ignoring detainee Ardit Billa, 29, as he lay dying in a cell in August 2025, …
Ousted BOP Director Appointed Receiver for CDCR Mental Health Care by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Making good on a 30-­year-­old threat, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California placed the mental health care system for state prisoners in receivership on August 27, 2025. The Court-­appointed Receiver …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit against California’s Sonoma County by Chuck Sharman On June 2, 2025, the federal court for the Northern District of California issued a consent decree settling demands for injunctive relief filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) against California’s Sonoma County …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Long-Running Consent Decree Again Extended at Troubled Baltimore Jail by On October 18, 2024, the federal court for the District of Maryland granted a motion to modify a years-old consent decree in a decades-old class-action challenge to conditions at Baltimore’s Central Booking and Intake Center (CBIC). As PLN reported, the …
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Seven TDCJ Prison Guards Arrested in Alleged Smuggling Ring by The Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) announced on April 9, 2025, that arrest warrants were issued for seven guards at the Telford Unit who are accused of running a contraband smuggling ring at the prison. Seven search warrants were …
Article • September 15, 2024 • from PLN September, 2024
Remedying Wrongs by Kenneth Alyass The administrative remedy process is a roadblock to challenging inhumane prison conditions. With the help of advocates, people in prison are fighting back. As a way to challenge the inhumane conditions of their imprisonment, people behind bars have made remarkable use of the very legal …
Article • August 15, 2024 • from PLN August, 2024
Cheap Food Enriching Profiteers, Making Prisoners Sick by As a former prisoner told the Vera Institute of Justice, food offers “a sense of relief; when you can go to the kitchen and get a good meal [it’s uplifting].” But as the nonprofit reported on February 27, 2024, there is almost …
The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges by A Mississippi Today article published on July 24, 2023, examined why the Magnolia State jails the mentally ill without charges for longer than any other state. As in every other state, Mississippians picked up by …
Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage by by Matt Clarke On June 6, 2023, Judge Cristina D. Silva of the federal court for the District of Nevada renewed a preliminary injunction she issued on March 3, 2023, ordering state prison officials to provide prisoner …
Article • December 1, 2023 • from PLN December, 2023
Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” by A “Provider Handbook” for “Physicians, Psychiatrists, Dentists, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants” employed in Illinois state prisons by Wexford Health Sources warns that “[i]nmates can be very manipulative,” so healthcare workers are advised to “[n]ever take anything from or …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
Prisoner Health Update: Hemorrhoids by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Hemorrhoids are a very common problem that people do not like to talk about because of their intimate location. Hemorrhoids are both preventable and treatable, but can become significant health problems if ignored. What exactly is a hemorrhoid? …
Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing USA Gymnasts Is Stabbed in Prison Cell by One of the more notorious prisoners at a federal lockup in Florida was stabbed by a fellow prisoner on July 9, 2023. Larry Nassar, 59, survived and was recovering from the assault by 49-year-old Shane McMillan. The …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Exasperated Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction to Arizona DOC in Healthcare Class-Action by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 7, 2023, a visibly annoyed U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver issued a highly-detailed permanent injunction (PI) specifying what must be done by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry …
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