More from this issue:

1. Fourth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Bail Bondsmen; $100,000 Damages Award Upheld
2. Slowly Closing the Gates: A State-by-State Assessment of Recent Prison Closures, by Christopher Petrella
3. Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash with Prison Reform, by James Ridgeway
4. TN Court of Appeals Rules Against CCA for Second Time in PLN Public Records Case
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. New York Commission of Correction Says Jails Don't Need Law Libraries
7. How the Prison - Industrial Complex Destroys Lives, by Mark Karlin
8. Charting a New Justice Reinvestment, by Nicole D. Porter
9. Oregon Juvenile Department Employee Gets Jail Time for Sexualizing Booking Photos
10. Florida Proceeds with Privatization of Prison Medical Care
11. New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold onto Their Children, by Victoria Law
12. U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates BOP Prisoner's FTCA Suit, by J.R. Bloom
13. Reprieved Oregon Prisoner Wages Legal Fight to be Executed
14. Eighth Circuit: Heck Bars False Imprisonment Claim
15. Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies
16. CCA Pays $100,000 after Exiting Contract to Operate Florida Jail
17. TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death, by Christopher Zoukis
18. New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000, by Alex Friedmann
19. Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit
20. Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, by John Dannenberg
21. New Hampshire Cancels Private Prison Bids, but Bill Prohibiting Prison Privatization Fails to Pass
22. Oregon Rape Victim's Rights Clash with Rights of Accused Rapist
23. PLN Prevails in Challenge to Postcard-only Policy at Oregon Jail
24. Oklahoma: Hospital Sues Sheriff over Unpaid Medical Bills, for Third Time, by Christopher Zoukis
25. Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Held Liable for Targeting Gay Student
26. Maryland Repeals Death Penalty, by Christopher Zoukis
27. Millions Owed in Unpaid Restitution in Oregon
28. Canadian Prisoners Escape via Helicopter, by John Dannenberg
29. Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement, by Sharon Shalev (Willan Publishing, September 2009). 346 pages, $39.95, by Julie Etter
30. Prison Legal News Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Texas
31. Oregon Pays Record $5.85 Million for Abuse of Foster Child and Abuser's Death in Prison
32. Florida Legislator Resigns in Wake of Texting Scandal
33. Pennsylvania Prison Guards, Sergeants Out-earn Supervisors, by David Reutter
34. Survey Finds Disturbing Trends in Childhood Violence, Racial Dynamics for Juvenile Lifers
35. Oregon State Police Handwriting Analysis Unit Closed, under Investigation
36. Former Halfway House Director Sentenced to 18 Months
37. Oklahoma Escapee Surrenders to Police after 14 Years on the Run, by Christopher Zoukis
38. CDCR to Open New Mental Health Facility
39. Tennessee Supreme Court: No Separate Parole Dates for Consecutive Sentences, by Matthew T. Clarke
40. News in Brief

More from Christopher Zoukis:

• The Contraband Wars Prison authorities target books and mail, miss the goods coming through the staff door, July 1, 2021
• Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
• Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
• With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
• A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
• Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
• Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
• New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
• Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
• California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020

More from these topics:

• Suit Proceeds Against CoreCivic by Guard Strip-Searched at Georgia Prison, April 26, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Strip Searches, Employee Litigation.
• $9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-­Related Illness Suit, April 1, 2024. Failure to Treat, Exposure to Heat, Discovery, Deliberate Indifference.
• New Jersey Private Prison Ban Voided, March 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Supremacy Clause, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
• Eighth Circuit Affirms $800,000 Award After Arkansas Jail Detainee’s Fatal Appendix Rupture, March 1, 2024. Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Damages, Deliberate Indifference.
• “Unethical At Best”: Hawaii Budget Director Charged With Financing New Prison is Former CoreCivic Lobbyist, March 1, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Lobbying.
• Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’, Feb. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), PRIDE, Aramark, Food, State Law Claims, Trust Accounts, Commissary.
• Record Temperatures in Southern Prisons Called Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Feb. 1, 2024. Ventilation, Exposure to Heat.
• Almost $950,000 Paid by Inmate Services Corp. for Hellish Prisoner Transports, Feb. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Transportation.
• How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration, Jan. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, GEO Group/Wackenhut, Corizon, JPay, Inc., Centurion, Commentary/Reviews, Lobbying, Securus.
• Private Prisons Hold Almost 100,000 Prisoners, 8% of Total U.S. Prison Population, Jan. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Commentary/Reviews, Statistics/Trends, Databases.