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Hawai’i Settles Prison Mental Healthcare Class-Action With $100,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Expert Inspection That Produces Damning Report by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawai’i granted dismissal on September 10, 2025, to a group of mentally ill state prisoners and pretrial detainees …
Missouri Prisons Called Out for Incomplete Death Records, Hellish Solitary Heat by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Missouri has made clear its disregard for its state prisoners as much through what it doesn’t do as what it does, according to new research that found dozens of unreported deaths, as well …
Missouri Judge Heavily Sanctions DOC for “Deliberate Disregard for the Authority of This Court” in Suit Over Prisoner’s Suicide by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On January 6, 2026, a Missouri circuit court struck the defenses of the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) as a sanction in a lawsuit over …
Federal Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Are Facing Retaliation by Trump by Michael Thompson by Michael Thompson One of former Democratic President Joe Biden’s parting actions was to commute the death sentences of 37 of the 40 federal prisoners on death row. In doing so, he stopped President …
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 …
Last of 16 Sentenced in California Prison Aryan Brotherhood Case, As Lawyer Learns He Was Targeted in Murder Plot by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A wild day unfolded in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California on November 13, 2025, as the attorney for the last …
$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 …
Article • August 15, 2023 • from PLN August, 2023
New Report Pats BOP on the Back for Addressing Problems With Restrictive Housing, PREA by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders In February 2023, the federal Department of Justice (DOJ) published a surprisingly positive assessment of restrictive housing and sex abuse in the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) – the same …
Article • May 1, 2023 • from PLN May, 2023
Nebraska Pays $479,000 for Restrictive Housing Prisoner’s Murder While Double-Celled by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On May 10, 2022, the federal court for the District of Nebraska granted dismissal to the estate of a prisoner murdered by his cellmate, while the two were double-bunked despite being classified for restrictive …
California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population by David Reutter by David M. Reutter California’s Superior Court for Sacramento County issued a Writ of Mandate on September 30, 2022, ordering the state Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to “immediately cease” transferring prisoners under a controversial new …
Time in Cell-2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing, Aug. 2022 The Liman Center at YALE LAW SCHOOL TIME-IN-CELL: A 2021 SNAPSHOT OF RESTRICTIVE HOUSING Based on a Nationwide Survey of U.S. Prison Systems CORRECTIONAL LEADERS ASSOCIATION ARTHUR LIMAN CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW at YALE LAW SCHOOL Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot …
Publication • 2022
CLA-2021 Snapshot of Restrictive Housing-Aug. 2022 The Liman Center at YALE LAW SCHOOL TIME-IN-CELL 2021 TIME-IN-CELL: A 2021 SNAPSHOT OF RESTRICTIVE HOUSING Based on a Nationwide Survey of U.S. Prison Systems CORRECTIONAL LEADERS ASSOCIATION ARTHUR LIMAN CENTER FOR PUBLIC INTEREST LAW at YALE LAW SCHOOL Time-In-Cell: A 2021 Snapshot of …
U.S. Dept of Justice-Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Futures Directions, Nov. 2016 U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice Restrictive Housing in the U.S. Issues, Challenges, and Future Directions U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs 810 Seventh St. N.W. Washington, …