More from this issue:

1. Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms, by Michael Brodheim
2. Colorado Seeks New Use for Empty Prison
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Nevada Prison Industries Exploiting Businesses and Workers, by Bob Sloan
5. The Color of Corporate Corrections: Overrepresentation of People of Color in the Private Prison Industry, by Christopher Petrella
6. British Call Center Fires Employees to Hire Prison Slave Labor
7. Why Are Prisoners Committing Suicide in Pennsylvania?, by Matt Stroud
8. Federal Court Grants Six-Month Extension to Reduce CDCR Prison Population
9. Alaska Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s “Shy Bladder” Suit
10. Historic $45 Million Settlement in Washington State Prison Phone Class-action Suit, by Matthew Clarke
11. China Pledges to Stop Harvesting Organs from Executed Prisoners
12. Prison Reforms Under Maine’s New DOC Commissioner, by Lance Tapley
13. Former California Prison Guard Convicted of Lying about Injury Sustained at Sex Club
14. Colorado: CCA Doctor Disciplined for Role in Prisoner’s Death
15. $2.6 Million Jury Award for Prisoner Beaten in Los Angeles County Detox Cell, by Matthew Clarke
16. $4.1 Million Settlement for Cook County Jail Prisoners Shacked During Labor
17. California Prison Psychiatrists Reap Rewards from State Bidding War
18. Tennessee DOC Accused of Covering Up Violent Incidents, by Alex Friedmann
19. Prison Doctor’s Failure to Follow Prescribed Hernia Treatment States Claim
20. 7th Circuit Reaffirms Voluntariness of BOP’s Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, by Derek Gilna
21. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Non-Treatment of Prisoner’s HCV
22. Eighth Circuit: § 1997e(e) Bars Compensatory Damages for First Amendment Religious Claims; Qualified Immunity Upheld
23. DC Court Disbars Former Federal Prosecutor for Misconduct, by Derek Gilna
24. Indigent Prisoner’s Damages Claim in Legal Mail Case Survives Summary Judgment
25. U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Snared, Deported by DHS and ICE, by Derek Gilna
26. South Carolina Sex Offender’s Lifetime Satellite Monitoring Held Unconstitutional
27. “Shocks the Conscience” Test Applied to Conditions at Civil Commitment Center
28. Have the Media Stopped Covering Courts?
29. Unique Brazilian Prison Alternative Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary, by Lyla Bugara
30. Eleventh Circuit: No Right to Spanish-language RDAP Program
31. Former New York Prisoner Exonerated, Receives $2 Million Settlement
32. $2 Million Settlement in Mailman’s Death at New York City Jail
33. Fifth Circuit Reverses $659,300 Katrina-Related Jury Award, by Matthew Clarke
34. Equitable Tolling of AEDPA Includes Non-English Speaking Petitioners
35. Illinois Woman Awarded $70,000 for Strip Search Based on Canine Alert
36. Oregon ACLU Sues Jail over Mail Policy; County Quickly Capitulates
37. Eighth Circuit: Procedurally Defaulted Grievances Decided on Merits are Considered Exhausted
38. California Governor Approved Parole for 377 Life-Sentenced Murderers in 2012, by John Dannenberg
39. Eleventh Circuit: Corizon Policy Led to Prisoner’s Paralysis; $1.2 Million Verdict Upheld
40. Los Angeles County Settles Civil Detainee Wrongful Death Claim for $750,000
41. Eighth Circuit Upholds Child Porn Supervised Release Condition
42. California Prison Town Files for Bankruptcy, by John Dannenberg
43. Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies Sex Offender Registration for Homeless Prison Releasees
44. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• 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.
• 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.
• Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018, April 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Jail Misconduct, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Public Records Act.
• Louisville Jail Records 15 Detainee Deaths, 16 Employees Fired, April 1, 2024. Staff-Staff Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death.
• One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails, April 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Class Actions.
• $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.
• California Adds Statewide Detention Monitors Overseeing Local Jails, April 1, 2024. Corrections Audits, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Public Records Act.
• Alaska Prisons Report Three Deaths in Three Days, April 1, 2024. Statistics/Trends, Wrongful Death.
• Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024. Liberty Behavioral Health Corp., Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• $470,000 Settlement After Texas Jail Nurses Fabricate Vital Signs for Detainee Who Died, March 1, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Private Contractors, Municipal Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.