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Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet on Construction of New Jail by Chuck Sharman A report issued by the Office of the D.C. Auditor (ODCA) on May 28, 2025, outlined the municipality’s “urgent need for a new jail.” The population of the existing lockup, spread over two adjacent buildings …
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Bold New Orleans Escape Calls Attention to Poor Jail Conditions by At around 12:30 a.m. on May 16, 2025, 10 detainees escaped from a New Orleans, Louisiana jail through a small rectangular hole in a cell wall. Images showed a metal toilet and sink torn from the wall; etched above …
Article • December 15, 2024 • from PLN December, 2024
Watchdog Finds “Serious Safety and Security Issues” at Oregon BOP Lockup by In a report issued on May 22, 2024, the federal Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) slammed persistent staff shortages at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Sheridan, Oregon, saying they raise “serious safety and …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
Congress Forces BOP to Upgrade Security Cameras by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson “Broken prison camera systems are enabling corruption, misconduct and abuse” within America’s 122 federal prisons, declared U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), when Pres. Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D) signed Ossoff’s bipartisan Prison Camera Reform Act of 2021 …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
States Implementing New Technology to Fight Contraband Smuggling Via Drone by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin Prison Legal News has reported several times on the trend of prison contraband smuggling via remote-controlled aerial drones, both in the U.S. and other countries. [See, e.g.: PLN, May 2018, p.14; Nov. 2017, p.52; …
Article • August 8, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Escapes, Security Systems
Previous NY Escapee Fails to Negotiate Privileges in Exchange for Revealing Security Flaws by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna New York state prisoner David Sweat became famous – or rather infamous – when he and fellow prisoner Richard W. Matt escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York …
Publication • July 1, 2018
The PEW Charitable Trusts: State Prisons and the Delivery of Hospital Care, 2018 A report from State Prisons and the Delivery of Hospital Care How states set up and finance off-site care for incarcerated individuals July 2018 Contents 1 Overview 2 States look to hospitals to provide range of services …
NYC Board of Correction: Second Assessment of the New York City Department of Correction Inmate Grievance System, 2018 Second Assessment of the New York City Department of Correction Inmate Grievance System June 2018 Table of Contents I. Background ..................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Summary of Findings .................................................................................................................... 5 III. Recommendations for Improving …
In the Public Interest - An Examination of Private Financing for Correctional and Immigration Detention Facilities, 2018 An examination of private financing for correctional and immigration detention facilities Report · In the Public Interest · June 2018 While governments have traditionally used municipal bonds to finance the construction of correctional …
Article • May 7, 2018 • from PLN May, 2018
Rash of Security Breaches Plagues Nation’s Prisons and Jails by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis A review of recent news reports has revealed a recent spate of security breaches by both jail detainees and state and federal prisoners across the country. In October 2017 alone, escapes were reported in ten …
The Prison Industrial Complex: Mapping Private Sector Players APRIL 2018 | 1 About the Corrections Accountability Project The Corrections Accountability Project (CAP) at the Urban Justice Center is a non-profit criminal justice advocacy organization committed to eliminating the influence of commercial interests on the criminal legal system and ending the …
Prison Officials Acted Under State-Agent Immunity by David Reutter by David Reutter The Supreme Court of Alabama held that prison officials acted under protection of state-agent immunity and that a prisoner did not show any facts exempting either from liability. The court granted mandamus and ordered the trial court to …
Brief • April 19, 2018
Carey, et al. v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, opinion, drug sniffing dogs, 2018 NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify …
Brief • April 19, 2018
Carey et.al. v. Commissioner of Correction, MA, drug-sniffing dogs, order, 2018 NOTICE: All slip opinions and orders are subject to formal revision and are superseded by the advance sheets and bound volumes of the Official Reports. If you find a typographical error or other formal error, please notify the Reporter …
Beck v. Hamblen County, TN, Complaint, Unsafe Jail Conditions, Assault, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE NORTHEASTERN DIVISION ZACKERY BECK, Plaintiff, vs. Case No. HAMBLEN COUNTY, Tennessee, a governmental entity, ESCO R. JARNAGIN, Hamblen County Sheriff, JOHN and JANE DOES, employees of the Hamblen County Sheriff’s Department, …
Tennessee Corrections Institute - Minimum Standards for Local Adult Correctional Facilities, 2015 0 1 1400-1-.01 Preface (1) Under the authority of T.C.A. 41-4-140, the Tennessee Corrections Institute is required to establish minimum standards for local jails, lock-ups, workhouses and detention facilities in the state and conduct an annual inspection of …
State of Louisiana - Security & Contract Compliance Review, CCA, 2014 BOBBY JINDAL jAMES M. Le B L\NC Governor Secretary Department of Public Safety and Corrections December 31, 2014 Harley Lappin, Executive Vice·President CCA - Winn Correctional Center 10 Burton Hills Boulevard Nashville, TN 37215 Dear Mr. Lappin: I appreciate …
Barnes v. Clarke, WI, Complaint and Jury Demand, Neglecting Inmate Mental and Physical Health, 2017 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN TERRILL BARNES, CURTIS PIGGEE, and AMARI THOMAS-ACOSTA, d/o/b 2/9/2013, by his mother and guardian, MICHELLE THOMAS-ACOSTA, Plaintiffs, v. Case No.___________ DAVID J. CLARKE JR.; RICHARD …
Michigan’s Wayne County Jails Plagued with Inhumane Conditions by The jails in Michigan’s Wayne County are “inhumane for everybody,” according to one law enforcement official. The outmoded and dangerous jails were supposed to be replaced, but cost overruns at a new state-of-the-art facility forced the county to discontinue the project. …
Article • August 23, 2016
N.Y. Ex-Con Goes Back to Jail for Going Back to Jail by One day, Matthew Matagrano, 36, was a corrections investigator, waving around a shiny, gold badge to gain entry into any of New York City's jails. The next, they wouldn't let him leave. On March 2, 2013, Matagrano, of …
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