More from this issue:

1. Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors, by Gary Hunter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Oregon Parole Officer’s Molestation Victim’s Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000
4. Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough, by David Reutter
5. Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations
6. Colorado Farms Out Prisoners to Replace Immigrant Farm Workers
7. Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket, by Rick Anderson
8. Washington State: No Restoration of Felon Voting Rights Until Fines and Restitution are Paid
9. Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million, by John Dannenberg
10. Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop, by Gary Hunter
11. Non-Convicted Michigan Sex Offenders Required to Register
12. Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care
13. "Let Freedom Ring" -- Cellphones Abound In California Prisons
14. Privately Run Seal Beach, California Jail Closed Following Checkered Past, by John Dannenberg
15. New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled
16. $90,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner for Delay of Surgery
17. Nevada Jail Strip Searches Before Release on Own Recognizance Unconstitutional
18. Alabama Judge Resigns Amid Prisoner Spanking Allegations and Judicial Improprieties
19. Lawsuit Exposes Jail Limbo for Mentally Incompetent Defendants in Texas, by Matthew Clarke
20. BOP Removes Religious Books; Capitulates After Public Outrage, Lawsuit
21. BOP Must Provide Prisoner's FOIA Request in Electronic Format
22. Missouri Ordered to Pay Prisoner's $250,000 Judgment Plus Fees and Costs for Sexual Assaults by Work Supervisor, by John Dannenberg
23. Second Circuit Rejects New York’s Interlocutory Appeal of Prisoner's $7.65 Million Failure-to-Protect Jury Verdict, by John Dannenberg
24. Transsexuals Treated Poorly in New York Prisons, by David Reutter
25. WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion
26. Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges, by David Reutter
27. Study Finds Federal Defenders Outperform CJA Attorneys
28. New York Pays State Prisoner $1,100 for Disregarding Work Restrictions
29. Ninth Circuit Holds Washington DOC Immune From Suit for Denial of Community Custody Early Release, by John Dannenberg
30. Spectrum Health Systems Pays Massachusetts $7.5 Million for Fraud in Concert with Civigenics
31. Florida's Parole Commission Slows Restoration of Felons' Civil Rights, by David Reutter
32. Alabama Prisons Sell Land to Finance Prison Building, Repair
33. Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions, by Michael Rigby
34. $100,000 Settlement in Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Methamphetamine Overdose Death
35. PLN Sues CDCR Over Failure to Produce Public Records
36. News in Brief:
37. New Jersey "Anthrax" Legal Mail Policy Unconstitutional; Count Condemns Opening Outside Prisoner's Presence

More from Rick Anderson:

• Long-Term Illinois Prisoners Rarely Released by State Parole Board, March 5, 2019
• Female Prisoner Wore Wire to Take Down Rikers Island Guards, Wins $425,000 Settlement, March 5, 2019
• One in 55 Adults on Probation or Parole, Study Finds, Feb. 5, 2019
• Appeals court rules in favor of Latino denied guard job in California prison, Dec. 14, 2018
• Head of Nashville’s Correct Care Solutions arrested for DUI, Dec. 14, 2018
• The Fallibility of Forensic Science: Crime-Solving Tool Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions—and Belated Exonerations, Dec. 14, 2018
• California Prisons Struggle with Environmental Threats from Sewage Spills, Contaminated Water, Airborne Disease, Dec. 5, 2017
• Registration, Tracking of Sex Offenders Drives Mass Incarceration Numbers and Costs, May 5, 2017
• Greenwashing Washington State’s Prison System in a River of Sewage, July 31, 2015
• In Washington State Prisons, Negligent Health Care Turns Illness into a Death Sentence, Oct. 10, 2014

More from these topics:

• BOP Lifts Maximum Age for New Guards to 40, June 1, 2024. Staffing, Guards/Staff, Age Discrimination, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Two Ohio Prisoners and Two Guards Tried for Assaults, June 1, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Assaults on Staff.
• Over $71,000 Awarded to Michigan Prisoner for Sexual Abuse by Guard, June 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Attorney Fee Awards, Damages.
• $500,000 Jury Award Cut to $250,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards, June 1, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages, Opinions and Expert Testimony.
• Louisiana Fights Federal Court Order to Remedy “Callous and Wanton Disregard” for Angola Prisoners’ Healthcare, June 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect.
• Florida County Pays $300,000 to Settle Jail Suicide Suit, June 1, 2024. Suicides.
• $7 Million Settlement for Mentally Ill Detainee’s Death in California’s Santa Rita Jail, June 1, 2024. Medication, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Private Prison Transport Guards Sentenced to Prison for Raping Detainees, June 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Contractor Misconduct, Transportation.
• Alabama Woman Jailed for “Fetal Endangerment” Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Shower, May 1, 2024. Medical Misconduct, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat.
• Autistic Detainee’s Death in Pittsburgh Jail Blamed on “Culture” That Left Him “Punished Instead of Treated”, May 1, 2024. Infections, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).