More from this issue:

1. An Innocent Man Speaks: PLN Interviews Jeff Deskovic
2. Report: BOP Fails to Monitor Effects, Conditions of Segregated Housing, by Derek Gilna
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Supreme Court Holds Padilla Not Retroactive, by Derek Gilna
5. Sixth Circuit Addresses Spoliation Sanction Standard
6. Please Stop "Reforming" Pelican Bay, by Maya Schenwar
7. West Virginia Court-Supervised Parole and Condition Barring Association with Spouse Upheld
8. Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
9. Fourth Circuit: Sex Offender Registration Not "Custody" for Section 2254 Jurisdiction
10. Federal Court Rules Against Alabama DOC in Class-action HIV Discrimination Suit
11. Canadian Prisoners Receive $3.5 Million in Settlements, by Derek Gilna
12. HRDC Invited to Speak at Unprecedented FCC Workshop on Prison Phone Rates, by David Ganim
13. Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ, by Matthew Clarke
14. Trial Held in Texas Prison Courtroom Not Open to the Public
15. Qualified Immunity Denied to Nurses who Ignored Prisoner's Symptoms of Active TB; $2.28 Million in Damages, Fees and Costs on Remand
16. Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island
17. Supreme Court Upholds DNA Collection as Part of Jail Booking Procedures, by J.R. Bloom
18. HRDC Receives First Amendment Award
19. New Tennessee Parole Board Members have Apparent Bias Against Granting Parole, by Alex Friedmann
20. No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life, by Charlotte Silver
21. California Jail Installs New Microgrid to Cut Energy Costs, by Derek Gilna
22. Genetic and DNA Evidence: The Emperor Has No Clothes, by Ernest P. Chiodo
23. Third Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP Not a Fifth Amendment Violation, by Matthew Clarke
24. Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial
25. Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture
26. "Mere Possession" of a Prison Shank Constitutes a "Crime of Violence", by Derek Gilna
27. Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids
28. Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation, by Derek Gilna
29. Longest-Serving Texas Prisoner Makes Parole; Other Long-term Prisoners Not so "Lucky"
30. DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations
31. Seventh Circuit: Health Hazard without Physical Injury Can State a Claim
32. Mexican Prison Guards Implicated in Deadly Riot
33. Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas
34. Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sentence for Escape, but Sentence Affirmed on Remand
35. Seventh Circuit Asks Illinois Supreme Court to Interpret "Frivolous" Litigation Statute
36. New York Federal Court Finds Victim's Hearsay Accusation Insufficient in Prison Disciplinary Case; Suit Settles for $67,000, by Matthew Clarke
37. Jail Detainee Dies after Altercation with Deputies at Arizona Jail
38. Utah DOC Ends "English Only" Visitation Requirement, by Christopher Zoukis
39. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• $175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail, April 26, 2024. Disabled Prisoners, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, DOJ CRIPA Actions, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Illinois Jail Guards Who Relied on Nurse’s Opinion that Detainee Was “Faking” Symptoms Before He Died, April 26, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Qualified Immunity, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Deliberate Indifference.
• Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Detainee Suffering Fatal Seizure Might Have Been Faking or Might Have Gotten Better, April 26, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Seizures, Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Qualified Immunity, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Deliberate Indifference.
• BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death, April 26, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference.
• Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail, April 26, 2024. Private Contractors, Food, Water, Jail Specific, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Bail/Pretrial Release.
• Eleventh Circuit: “More than Gross Negligence” Required to Prove Deliberate Indifference, April 26, 2024. Medication, Seizures, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference.
• NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits, April 1, 2024. Naphcare, Primecare Medical, Corizon, Contractor Misconduct, Seizures, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Private Contractors, Staffing, Vermin, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Corizon Health in State Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Diabetes, April 1, 2024. Corizon, Diabetes, Failure to Treat.
• $33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help, April 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• $9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-­Related Illness Suit, April 1, 2024. Failure to Treat, Exposure to Heat, Discovery, Deliberate Indifference.