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$9.8 Million in Settlements Reached with South Carolina County and Wellpath in Gruesome Jail Death by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 23, 2026, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina approved a $3.8 settlement paid by Richland County for the death of Lason Butler, during …
$2.135 Million Partial Settlement Reached in Schizophrenic Detainee’s Death from “Gross Medical Neglect” at South Carolina Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The South Carolina Court of Common Pleas for Charleston County approved a settlement on February 26, 2026, paying $2,135,000 to the Estate of D’Angelo Dontrel Brown, a …
Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On February 17, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a lower court’s grant of qualified immunity (QI) to three North Carolina prison guards who allegedly …
Hospital Keeps Sending Detainees Back Without Care to County Jail in Colorado by On August 16, 2023, detainee Daniel Foard, 32, died on the floor of his cell at the La Plata County Jail. Foard died from a perforated duodenal ulcer that, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed by …
Texas Officials Testify That Cost to Air Condition Prisons Tops $1.5 Billion by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman During a trial in the federal court hearing a challenge to excessive heat in state prisons on March 31, 2026, new Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Director Bobby Lumpkin testified that …
Federal Jury Awards $307.6 Million to Former Michigan Prisoner After Corizon Refused Surgery, Forcing Him to Wear Colostomy Bag for Two Years by Robert Haughn by Robert Haughn A federal jury awarded a $307.6 million verdict to a former Michigan prisoner who said he suffered for two years in prison …
Judge Denies New York Prison Chief’s Motion to be Dismissed from Case Related to Robert Brooks’ Murder by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Robert L. Brooks, Sr., 43, was murdered by guards moments after arriving at the Marcy Correctional Facility in New York in 2024. Both then and now, Daniel …
Survey of Arkansas Jails Reveals Strained, Costly Health Care System by Abbey Kim by Abbey Kim This article was originally published in Arkansas Advocate.   County jails in Arkansas hold some of the state’s most vulnerable people, including many experiencing mental health crises.Hundreds are detained in county jails awaiting psychiatric …
$950,000 Settlement Reached for Pennsylvania Jail Detainee Repeatedly Pepper-Sprayed During Mental Health Episodes by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Pennsylvania’s Bucks County executed a settlement agreement on December 20, 2025, paying $950,000 to resolve claims filed by the parents of Kimberly Stringer, a mentally ill detainee who was repeatedly pepper-sprayed …
$1 Million Paid by Cuyahoga County for Detainee’s Preventable Suicide in Cleveland Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On December 1, 2025, the Chief Executive of Ohio’s Cuyahoga County put the last signature on a resolution authorizing a $1 million payout to settle claims filed by the estate of …
$667,000 Awarded to Muslim Missouri Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed for Praying by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On March 9, 2026, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri awarded a total of $667,000 to a group of Muslim state prisoners pepper-sprayed by Department of Corrections (DOC) …
D.C. Judge Blocks Transfer of Biden-Commuted Federal Death Row Prisoners to “Supermax,” Citing Lack of Meaningful Due Process by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On February 11, 2026, a D.C. federal judge issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the Trump administration from transferring 20 federal prisoners whose death sentences had been …
Faults Found with Centurion in Kansas Four Years Ago Are Still Not Fixed by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Kansas has a mechanism in place that allows it to fine the medical provider contracted to serve the Department of Corrections (DOC). From just January through September of 2025, Centurion, the …
Federal Jury Awards $1,670,000 for Diabetic Detainee’s Preventable Death in Philadelphia Jail, YesCare Reaches Separate Confidential Settlement by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a verdict reached on March 4, 2026, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded $1.5 million to the surviving …
Missouri Prisons Called Out for Incomplete Death Records, Hellish Solitary Heat by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Missouri has made clear its disregard for its state prisoners as much through what it doesn’t do as what it does, according to new research that found dozens of unreported deaths, as well …
$2.75 Million Paid by Washington County and NaphCare for Jail Detainee’s Suicide by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The story repeats with depressing regularity. It begins with a man struggling with drug dependency, acquired from a prescription for pain medication. Depressed, he makes suicidal threats. His frightened partner calls sheriff’s …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Massachusetts Settles Lawsuit with Promise to Release Jail Voting Data by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts approved a settlement on March 9, 2026, resolving a lawsuit filed the month before by members of a nonprofit advocating for incarcerated voter rights and a pair …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Almost $1 Million in Settlements Paid to Three Nevada Prisoners by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Nevada’s Board of Examiners agreed on January 13, 2026, to payouts totaling $997,500, settling a trio of lawsuits filed by state prisoners. The Board, which consists of Gov. Joe Lombardo (R), Attorney General Aaron …
Internal Assessment Contradicts Public Claims About Women’s Prisons by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Michigan’s only women’s prison “is infested with mold,” according to U.S. District Judge Stephen J. Murphy III. Three women incarcerated at Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, Hope Zentz, Paula Bailey, and Krystal Clark, are suing the …
Groundbreaking Statistical Study of Pregnant Texas Jail Detainees Finds Over 400 Monthly by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Pregnant women in jails are a long-neglected and overlooked population. Federal law does not require detailed statistical tracking of jail pregnancies. “What it symbolizes is that women who don’t count, don’t get …
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