MINEOLA, Long Island – A Long Island man convicted of murdering a teenager in 1994 has been freed from prison after he uncovered a procedural error in his case. Joseph Jackson, 47, thanked his supporters as he walked out of court in Mineola Friday afternoon. “I just want to be surrounded by my family right … Read more
A former inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg is suing staff and Warden David J. Ebert for using excessive force that caused him to lose an eye. In the civil suit filed in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on behalf of former inmate James Hunt, attorney Jennifer Tobin alleges that … Read more
A lesbian inmate who was allegedly raped and impregnated by a Tennessee guard has filed a million-dollar civil rights lawsuit against him. Jessica Fowler, 31, was booked into Moore County Jail in September 2016 on a probation violation. Five months later, corrections officer Caleb Shane Hopkins began coercing her into sex with him, the federal … Read more
MILWAUKEE — Three Milwaukee County jail staff members have been criminally charged in connection with the death of Terrill Thomas, an inmate who died of dehydration in 2016. Jail Commander Maj. Nancy Evans, Lt. Kashka Meadors, and Correctional Officer James Ramsey-Guy were all charged Monday and will appear in court Monday afternoon. Thomas, 38, died … Read more
Louisiana – A corrections officer at the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center was arrested Friday after she admitted to inappropriately touching one inmate while she was on duty Thursday, said Department of Corrections spokesman Ken Pastorick. Krystal L. Binder, of Walker, was booked on a count of sexual battery Friday by St. Gabriel police detectives and … Read more
A former Georgia corrections officer was sentenced to a year in prison for abusing a female inmate, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Dwight Hamilton, 54, of Atlanta, a sergeant at the DeKalb County Jail, will also receive one three years’ supervised release and a $100 special assessment in addition to the jail sentence. Mr. … Read more
NASHVILLE, TN – Internal schedules and employee profiles from Disney’s private database reveals the man once exposed by the News 4 I-Team for plotting to bring contraband into Riverbend Maximum Security prison is now a security officer at Disney world. The Channel 4 I-team investigates corruption, misuse of taxpayer dollars, criminal activities, scams and dangers … Read more
Massachusetts – Three inmates with mental illnesses filed a lawsuit against staff at the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office this week alleging they were treated to “extremely harsh conditions” and denied services to help them. The suit claims the three prisoners were placed into solitary confinement in small cells for long periods of time, putting them … Read more
FLINT, MI – A terminally-ill woman was stripped naked, thrown to the ground in a cement jail cell and denied medical attention for injuries requiring surgery during a three-day stay at the Genesee County Jail, a new lawsuit claims. Filed Jan. 10 in federal court, the lawsuit alleges that jail staff neglected the medical needs … Read more
Arizona – The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released footage and reports that detail a use-of-force incident that culminated in an inmate being shocked by a stun gun while lying in his own blood. The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has declined to file charges against the detention employees involved, though two received internal discipline, … Read more
Chicago officials have agreed to pay $9.3 million to a man wrongfully convicted of setting a 1984 fire that killed a mother and her five children, a crime he confessed to only after he was allegedly beaten by detectives working under disgraced Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge. The proposed settlement in the federal lawsuit brought … Read more
A federal correction officer repeatedly raped a Brooklyn inmate and even threatened to throw her in solitary confinement if she ratted him out, the woman testified on Tuesday. “I was raped,” the woman, identified only as Maria, told the Brooklyn federal courtroom before bursting into tears. Prosecutors said in their opening statements that Carlos Martinez, … Read more