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Texas prison guards put inmate into potentially permanent coma
By Paul Flahive On October 10, 2023 Kiheem Grant attacked a guard, according to prison officials and was subsequently beaten so bad he has yet to wake up. His mother…
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Prisoners Say New Jersey’s Alternative To Solitary Confinement Is Pretty Much The Same
Progressives celebrated a 2019 law meant to reform solitary confinement. But the state’s Department of Corrections doesn’t seem to be following it. By Christopher Blackwell & Nina Zweig On October…
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Inmate Deaths Raise Questions About Temperatures in Oklahoma Prisons
By Keaton Ross On October 5, 2023 During the early morning count on Saturday, Aug. 26, state corrections officers found Vincent Willis dead in his cell at the Dick Conner…
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What’s behind a surge of deaths at one Ohio jail?
Montgomery county jail’s population is only 600 people – and all seven deaths happened within days of entering the facility, during pre-trial detention By Stephen Starr On October 5, 2023…
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US prisons rife with human rights abuses, especially against Black people, UN says
By Hassan Kanu On October 4, 2023 A U.N.-appointed panel issued a report last week documenting “shocking” violations of basic human rights and pointing to “staggering” racial disparities that place…
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WA Prisons Clear All Guards to Carry Narcan. Not All Intend to Do So.
By Jonathan Kirkpatrick On October 4, 2023 Washington State Department of Corrections (WDOC) staff are now permitted to carry Narcan while on duty. Though the change is not reflected in…
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Pennsylvania Solitary Unit Pushes People to Suicide, Lawsuit Alleges
Within months of entering the Security Threat Group Management Unit at SCI Fayette, one man says he smeared, “Kill me, I’m ready to go,” on the cell in his own…
Read MoreMontana inmates with mental illnesses languish in jail awaiting treatment before trial
By Aaron Bolton On October 1, 2023 Montana inmates with severe mental illness can languish for months in jail. They are too ill to stand trial, and there’s only one…
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Florida law targeting drag shows can’t be enforced for now, appellate court says
By The Associated Press On October 12, 2023 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A ruling prohibiting the enforcement of a new Florida law targeting drag shows will stay in place for the time…
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