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Idaho Struggles to Respond to Devasting Report of Widespread Prisoner Sex Abuse by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 13, 2026, lawmakers sitting on Idaho’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee (JLOC) ordered the state Office of Performance Evaluation (OPE) to assess state prison officials’ response to allegations of staff sexual …
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 …
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. …
The DOJ Orders Prison Inspectors to Drop LGBTQ+ Protections by The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is moving to roll back protections for LGBTQ+ prisoners from sexual violence. An internal memo, dated to December 2, 2025, stated that “effective immediately” prisons and jails will no longer face penalties for violating …
New Jersey Breaks Ground on New $330 Million Women’s Prison After Raid at Old Facility by In October 2025, New Jersey broke ground on the construction of a new 420-­bed, $330 million prison for women that will replace a crumbling 112-­year-­old facility that shuttered in 2021. The Edna Mahan Correctional …
Nearly $528,000 Paid by Kansas Jail to Detainees Raped by Guards by Chuck Sharman   by Chuck Sharman   Two suits filed by victims of guard rapes at Kansas’ Sedgwick County Adult Detention Center were concluded in April 2025, with three women taking $527,979.50 from Sheriff Jeff Easter for the …
$75,000 for Transgender Maryland Prisoner Raped by Guard by Chuck Sharman On September 25, 2024, the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) agreed to pay $75,000 to a transgender state prisoner who accused a guard of raping her in December 2021 at Patuxent Institution, a treatment facility …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the years Prison Legal News has reported extensively on the rape of prisoners around the country. In 35 years of publishing, about every 4- or 5-years prison systems have a major scandal at their local women’s prison where it comes to light that …
Gay Tennessee Prisoner Refuses to Out Himself in PREA Classification Hearings by In an essay for Filter Magazine published on February 10, 2025, openly gay Tennessee prisoner Tony Vick made a surprising admission: He consistently identifies himself as “straight” in annual classification hearings conducted under the Prison Rape Elimination Act …
$3.15 Million for Illinois Prisoner Raped by Guard and Then Denied “Boot Camp” by On March 26, 2024, the Illinois Department of Corrections (DOC) signed an agreement to pay $3,150,000 to a former state prisoner to settle her claims that she was raped by a guard and then denied entry …
$62,500 For Idaho Prisoner Raped by Guard Who Later Committed Suicide by Anthony Accurso An apparent error by attorneys for a former Idaho prisoner limited her recovery to just $62,500 after she was raped by a guard. In a letter to PLN on August 30, 2024, the Idaho Department of …
Jury Deadlocks at Trial of Last BOP Guard Accused at California “Rape Club” by A jury deadlocked in federal court for the Northern District of California on April 14, 2025, leading Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers to declare a mistrial for Darrell Wayne Smith, 55, a former federal Bureau of Prisons …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Fourth Circuit Excuses Maryland Prisoner From Exhaustion Requirement in PREA Claim by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In what was otherwise a disappointing ruling for a Maryland prisoner, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on June 14, 2024, that a prisoner need not exhaust administrative …
Article • April 1, 2025 • from PLN April, 2025
Former Indiana Jailer Walks from Charges Over “Night of Terror” by On February 14, 2025, an Indiana judge dismissed charges against a former guard at the Clark County Jail who was accused of selling keys to male detainees who then unlocked cells holding female detainees and raped them. The county …
Porn Produced by Georgia Prisoners by On July 16, 2024, the Human & Civil Rights Coalition (HCRC) of Georgia posted screenshots to its Facebook page from pornographic videos produced inside Wilcox State Prison and posted online by state prisoners. As the post noted, the videos ran up to 45 minutes, …
Article • March 1, 2025 • from PLN March, 2025
“Lady al-Qaeda” Sues BOP for Guards’ Sexual Assaults by In a suit filed in federal court for the Northern District of Texas against the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) on September 19, 2024, Aafia Siddiqui, 52, a Pakistani national serving an 86-year sentence for a terrorism-related conviction at the Federal …
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Place Heavy Burden on Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Assaults by David Reutter by David M. Reutter   The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) marked a critical step in condemning and curbing sexual assault and harassment in jails and prisons. Sadly, rape, groping and sexual harassment still occur …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
BOP Pays $40,000 to Prisoner Sexually Assaulted at Florida Lockup by Guard, Who Must Pay Her $1 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Back in June 2022, the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a prisoner repeatedly subjected to …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
New Report Pats BOP on the Back for Addressing Problems With Restrictive Housing, PREA by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In February 2023, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) published a surprisingly positive assessment of restrictive housing and sex abuse in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) – the same …
CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines fort Short-staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye At its meeting on January 24, 2023, the Board of County Commissioners of Florida’s Citrus County voted to deduct $116,250 off its December 2022 bill from private prison operator …
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