Articles by C.J. Ciaramella

Newly Released Government Records Reveal Horrible Neglect of Terminally Ill Woman in Federal Prison

Loaded on July 15, 2023 by C.J. Ciaramella published in Prison Legal News July, 2023, page 32

Filed under: Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, BOP Litigation Reports, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Location: California.

by C.J. Ciaramella

A woman who died in federal prison suffered in pain for eight months while waiting for a routine CT scan, records released to Reason show.

Doris Nelson was one of three inmates identified by a 2020 Reason investigation who have died since 2018 from alleged medical neglect ...

She Tried to Report Sexual Harassment in Jail. After Her Suicide, the Guard Was Convicted of Assaulting Four Other Women

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2022 by C.J. Ciaramella published in Prison Legal News January, 2022, page 60

Filed under: Staff-Prisoner Harassment, Suicides. Location: Washington.

by C.J. Ciaramella, Reason.com

The family of a 23-year-old woman who committed suicide in a rural Washington jail in December 2019 says she tried to report sexual harassment by a guard, but her complaint was dismissed. Months later, that same jail guard was sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting four ...