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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 …
California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons by Victoria Law by Victoria Law This article was originally published in The Appeal.   After 34 years in prison, 67-year-old 1Cat Reed is suffering from sarcoidosis in the lungs, thyroid disease, sciatica, high blood pressure, and type …
“Large Fight” Broke Out at Alaska Prison After Downsizing Effort by Jo Ellen Knott by Jo Ellen Knott The Alaska Beacon reported that the state’s “cost-cutting” downsizing measures backfired when a costly riot broke out at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward. On January 24, 2026, a massive brawl …
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 …
Judge Orders Rikers Manager Must Fix Jail in Seven Years Or Less by In the latest update to efforts to reform the long-troubled Rikers Island jail complex in New York City, Manhattan federal court judge Laura Swain issued an order to the jail’s new overseer, Nicholas Deml, to fix the …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois Prisoner’s Segregation Lawsuit by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson Norberto Torres spent three months confined in administrative segregation under harsh, filthy conditions because officials in his Illinois prison believed him to be engaged in gang activity. He sued, arguing that officials failed to …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Oklahoma County Jail Could Lay Off Half Its Staff Due to $5.4 Million Budget Gap by The Oklahoma County jail, a 13-story building located in downtown Oklahoma, is running out of money. Managed since 2020 by the Oklahoma County Justice Authority (OCJA), a jail trust, officials announced on February 19, …
Alarming Conditions at Texas Family Detention Center Owned by CoreCivic by In late February 2026, reporting on the Dilley Immigration Processing Center revealed harrowing details about the conditions under which families are being detained at the facility. Dilley received public attention last month following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) …
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 …
Maryland Prisons Reel from Growing Number of Prisoner Deaths by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Maryland’s Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is reeling from a surge in fatalities, with seven prisoner deaths recorded in just two months. Per reporting by The Baltimore Sun, this spike …
$2 Million Settlement Reached for 12-Year-Old’s Gang Rape in Detroit Juvenile Detention Center by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On September 26, 2025, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and Wayne County agreed to pay $2 million to settle claims brought by the mother of a former …
After Exposing Prison Horrors, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary by Katie Rose Quandt by Katie Rose Quandt This article was originally published by Truthout. Grainy footage, filmed with contraband cell phones, forms the backbone of The Alabama Solution, a 2025 Oscar-nominated documentary that exposes the horrifying realities of life inside Alabama’s …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Report on Baltimore Jail Reveals Human Waste Dripped from Ceilings by A report released by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) on December 4, 2025 details dire conditions at a jail in downtown Baltimore. While all of the detainees locked up at the Maryland Reception, Diagnostic, …
Three Prisoners Killed in Fight at Georgia Prison by On January 12, 2026, three prisoners were killed after a fight broke out at the Washington State Prison, a medium-security facility in Davisboro, Georgia, which is around 135 miles south of Atlanta. A guard and 12 other prisoners were also injured …
Amnesty International Report Claims Torture and Enforced Disappearances at “Alligator Alcatraz” by A recently released report from the humanitarian group Amnesty International found that conditions at two migrant detention centers in Florida amounted to “cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment,” with some practices rising to the level of torture. In September …
U.S. District Court in Arizona Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Prisoner Denial of Forms for Challenging 455 Days of Solitary by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On November 22, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona sua sponte granted summary judgment to transgender prisoner Oscar Contreras …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Guards in Los Angeles County Now Wearing Body Cameras by On December 3, 2025, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna announced that guards in all county jail facilities began wearing body-­worn cameras in October of this year. KABC reported that the move, aimed at strengthening accountability and enhancing transparency, comes …
Report Slams South Carolina Jail for Violating State Rules by State inspectors with the South Carolina Department of Corrections (DOC) told officials in July 2025 that the Beaufort County Jail, located near Hilton Head Island, had accrued multiple violations. According to a report recently obtained by The Island Packet via …
$200,000 for Detainee Thrown in “Rollover” Solitary Without Food or Water at Minnesota Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Ramsey Kettle, now 34, is a member of the White Earth Nation with a diagnosed serious mental illness (SMI). Yet when he arrived at Minnesota’s Otter Tail County Jail in …
Second Circuit Vacates Finding that Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies; Remands Conditions of Confinement and Due Process Claims by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On December 30, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated a district court’s judgment that had held that prisoner plaintiff Clint …
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