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Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
The Cells Inside ‘One of the Most Archaic Prisons in the United States’ by Shakeil Price by Shakeil Price This article was originally published in Prison Journalism Project   In 1917, a group assembled by the New Jersey Legislature to investigate prison conditions found that the buildings at West Compound …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
ICE Wants to Spend $38 Billion to Turn Warehouses into Detention Camps by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to vastly expand its network of detention centers as it ramps up its arrest of immigrants whom it claims are undocumented. As Republican Pres. Donald Trump continues to crack …
Article • December 1, 2025 • from PLN December, 2025
The BOP Is Closing a Los Angeles Prison Due to Falling Concrete by On November 25, 2025, federal Bureau of Prisons director William K. Marshall III told staff that the agency will shutter the Federal Correctional Institute, Terminal Island due to structural failures, including falling concrete that could disable the …
Prisoners and Detainees in the Gulf Coast Are Particularly at Risk from Natural Disasters by The Gulf Coast of the United States stretches across five states in the Southeast. Within that region, more than 270,000 people are incarcerated in jails, prisons, and other detention facilities. For the prisoners and detainees …
Brief • December 8, 2022
Liberty v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections, RI, Public Order Appointing Rule 706 Expert, Restrictive Housing, 2022 Case 1:19-cv-00573-JJM-PAS Document 126 Filed 12/08/22 Page 1 of 4 PageID #: 2136 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND CHARLENE LIBERTY; JOHN DAPONTE; JOHN DAVIS; DUANE GOMES; ADAM HANRAHAN; …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Leaving Prison for a Real Home in California by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon A pilot program started by a nonprofit in Alameda County, California seeks to meet an acute need for shelter faced by a group that doesn’t get much positive attention: recently released prisoners. Run by former prosecutor …
Article • August 6, 2018 • from PLN August, 2018
Filed under: Shelter, Exposure to Heat
Arpaio’s Infamous Tent City is Gone but Arizona State Prison’s Tent City Remains by Matthew Clarke by Matthew Clarke Soon after he was sworn in as sheriff for Maricopa County, Arizona, Paul Penzone began phasing out the infamous Tent City jail erected by his predecessor, Joe Arpaio, who was found …
In the Eye of the Storm: When Hurricanes Impact Prisons and Jails by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Hurricanes and other major storms represent a significant threat to prisoners. Prisons and jails are often built on poorly-drained land located in flood plains or other environmentally-sensitive areas. Although meteorologists usually warn …
Nexus and Barreno v. Judd and Polk County Sheriff's Office, misuse of emergency shelter, 2018 Case 8:18-cv-00970-MSS-MAP Document 1 Filed 04/20/18 Page 1 of 21 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION LIBRE BY NEXUS, ) ) and ) ) ANDRES …
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. …
DC Lawyers' Report Slams Prisoner Conditions at District of Columbia Jails by Derek Gilna It has been an open secret for many years that the District of Columbia jail system is a human-rights disaster.  Our nation's capital's correctional system's faults have been compiled in a 73-page report prepared by the …
Article • February 1, 2016
Ninth Circuit Upholds Modified Armstrong Injunction by Mark Wilson “Disabled inmates have been litigating to ensure that the State provides them with needed accommodation for over two decades – and yet the State still has a long, long way to go before it meets its obligation to these prisoners,” the …
Months of Cold-Wet Conditions States Inadequate Shelter Claim by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a Michigan prisoner offered sufficient evidence to support his Eighth Amendment inadequate shelter claim. The Court's decision came in the appeal of William Spencer, who brought claims relating to his pre-trial detention …
Double Celling Unconstitutional by The court of appeals for the Third circuit affirmed a district court's order, at 719 F. Supp. 126 (WD PA 1989), which held that double celling in Pennsylvania prisons violated the Eighth amendment under a "totality of conditions" analysis. The overall prison conditions consisted of dilapidated, …
Exposure to Cold, Elements and Denial of Religious Activities States Claim by The court of appeals for the Fifth circuit held that a district court wrongly dismissed as frivolous a lawsuit by Texas prisoners claiming they were exposed to bitter cold, rain and wind through broken windows in the segregation …
Publication • January 1, 2007
Filed under: Medical, Shelter
Supportive Housing, Bazelon Center, 2007 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING: The Most Effective and Integrated Housing for People with Mental Disabilities 1 Introduction People with mental disabilities can successfully live in the community like everyone else, as envisioned by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Supportive housing makes this possible. Supportive housing gives them …
Florida County Sued Over Refusing Sex Offender Home Weather Stripping by A Florida sex offender has sued Brevard Bounty for refusing to weatherize his home. The suit alleges the County has enacted a prerequisite that excludes persons with criminal convictions from receiving federal funds to perform energy savings and installation …
Article • July 15, 2006 • from PLN July, 2006
Hurricane Threat Forces Texas Prison Evacuations, Damage Worsens Overcrowding by Michael Rigby As Rita churned westward through the Gulf of Mexico, at times a monstrous Category 5 hurricane with wind speeds of 175 mph, officials with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) ordered the evacuation of entire prisons in …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
Filed under: Organizing, Shelter
Prison Design Boycott a Challenge to the Professional Business of Incarceration by Raphael Sperry Prison Design Boycott a Challenge to the Professional Business of Incarceration by Raphael Sperry, ADPSR National President, and the Prison Design Boycott organizing group: Ariel Bierbaum, Juan Calaf, Karen Kearney, and Kathleen Monroe Saying No" to …
Article • November 15, 2005 • from PLN November, 2005
New York Prisoner Awarded $195,000 for Hand, Knee Injury by On October 6, 2004, a court of claims in White Plains, New York, awarded $195,000 to a state prisoner who fell in the shower, injuring her hand, and knee. While imprisoned at the Taconic Correctional Facility, prisoner Juliann Gibson slipped …
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