Loaded on April 26, 2024 by David Reutter Filed under: Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Strip Searches, Employee Litigation. Location: Georgia. by David Reutter   On March 13, 2023, the federal court for the Southern District of Georgia denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a guard for private prison giant CoreCivic, alleging she was unconstitutionally strip-searched at Wheeler Correctional Facility (WCF). “Though Defendants attempt to parse the definition ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Mark Wilson Filed under: Advocacy, Default Judgments. Location: Indiana. by Mark Wilson On July 28, 2022, an Indiana prisoner was granted a $1,097.00 default judgment against the nonprofit prison abolition group, Critical Resistance, in a state small claims action. Defendant is a longtime prison abolition advocacy group with chapters in Oakland, Los Angeles, New York City and Portland. Founded ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Benjamin Tschirhart Filed under: Complaints, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Dismissal. Location: South Carolina. by Benjamin Tschirhart  The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) recognized a limited cause of action for money damages against agents of the federal government in Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bur. of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). But on March 3, 2023, the U.S. Court ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 Filed under: Media, Criminal History, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration, Defamation. Location: West Virginia. After a 2010 explosion killed 29 miners at a Massey Energy Company coal mine in West Virginia, CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of conspiracy to violate federal mine safety regulations and laws. Though the charge was a misdemeanor, he was sentenced to one year in prison, plus a year on ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Jo Ellen Nott Filed under: Conditions of Confinement, Prisoner Media, Internet. Location: Brazil. by Jo Ellen Nott The wives and girlfriends of some 8,500 Brazilian prisoners are finding fame and fortune with “sister-in-law” videos that have gone viral on the TikTok social media app. The videos offer a window into the harsh reality of life in Brazil’s prisons, where overcrowding and violence are ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by David Reutter Filed under: Private Contractors, Food, Water, Jail Specific, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Bail/Pretrial Release. Location: Arkansas. by David M. Reutter A lawsuit filed in federal court for the Western District of Arkansas on January 13, 2023, makes a stunning claim: That a man was left to starve to death in jail because he couldn’t afford bail. Larry Eugene Price, Jr.,50, was suffering an acute mental health ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Jordan Arizmendi Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Release and Reentry. Location: New York. by Jordan Arizmendi According to a purchase order posted online by the New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services on June 22, 2023, the city Department of Correction [DOC] paid a southern New Jersey gun distributor $91,171.50 for MP5 submachine guns for guards at its Rikers Island jail complex. ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Jordan Arizmendi Filed under: Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention. Location: Colorado. by Jordan Arizmendi On June 20, 2023, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a new law to “eliminate involvement in immigration detention” by local governments in the state. When it takes effect in 2024, House Bill 1100 will terminate detention agreements with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Teller ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Jordan Arizmendi Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Check-Kiting/Bad Checks. Location: New York. by Jordan Arizmendi In September 2016, Celia Dosamantes, 26 at the time, was arrested for faking donations to her campaign for city council the year before. She was also charged with submitting a digitally altered check. When she finally appeared for sentencing in 2018, she was looking at one and ... Read more ..read more

Loaded on April 26, 2024 by Chuck Sharman Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference. Location: Virginia. by Chuck Sharman On June 6, 2023, a federal grand jury indicted two employees of the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in Virginia for allegedly showing deliberate indifference to a prisoner suffering a cardiac emergency that killed him in 2021. Guard Lt. Shronda Covington, 47, and Registered Nurse Tonya Farley, ... Read more ..read more