More from this issue:

1. Tougher Than the Rest: No Criminal Justice Reform “Miracle” in Texas, by Marie Gottschalk
2. North Carolina Prisoners at Deadliest Federal Prison File Suit on COVID-19 Response, by Matthew Clarke
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Sixth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Sheriff in Tennessee Prisoner’s Assault Case, by David Reutter
5. Preliminary Studies: Black/Latino Populations Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19, by Douglas Ankney
6. North Carolina Cancer Patient Dies From COVID-19 After BOP Denies Compassionate Release and Sentencing Judge Rejects Appeal, by Derek Gilna
7. Federal Lawsuit Claims Texas Jail Released Man When Medical Problems Became Too Much Trouble, Resulting in Coma, by Dale Chappell
8. Pandemic Medical Update: The Latest on Vaccines and Prisoners, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
9. CoreCivic Sued Over Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Tennessee Prison, by Matthew Clarke
10. Magic as Rehabilitation, by Jayson Hawkins
11. In Prisons, the Press Also Yearns to Be Free, by Casey Bastian
12. California: Prisoner-Run Journalism Thrives with San Quentin News, Ear Hustle, by David Reutter
13. My Ankle Monitor Won’t Let Me Take Out The Garbage, by Eleanor Bader
14. Tennessee Juvenile Murderer’s Sentence Commuted, by Edward Lyon
15. How Jails Became a Breeding Ground for the Coronavirus, by Keith Sanders
16. Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot, by David Reutter
17. Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines, by David Reutter
18. Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000, by Derek Gilna
19. Urban Redo: Lorton, Virginia Prison Recreated as Liberty Village, by Kevin Bliss
20. Court Rejects Class Status for Nebraska Prisoners Facing Substandard Health Care, by David Reutter
21. Seventh Circuit: Nurse’s Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Pain Negates Summary Judgment Grant, by David Reutter
22. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in New York Prisoner’s Due Process Lawsuit, by David Reutter
23. St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse, by Daniel A. Rosen
24. Former Prisoners Making Less Than Minimum Wage Working for Nonprofit Doe Fund, by Dale Chappell
25. South Florida: Jail Hotline Releases Report on Inadequate Health Care During Pandemic, by Saraana Jamraj
26. Rapper Sues BOP Alleging Torture, by David Reutter
27. As Prison COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise, Washington State Supreme Court Looks Away, by Mark Wilson
28. Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law, by Matthew Clarke
29. Some Prisons Bear Names of Enslavers, Oppressors, Racists and Segregationists, by Matthew Clarke
30. Over Half the Prisoners Test Positive for COVID-19 at Arizona Prison, by Matthew Clarke
31. New Book on Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, by Edward Lyon
32. Louisiana’s COVID-19 Prisoner Furlough Panel Next to Useless, by Edward Lyon
33. COVID-19 Hits Fairfax, Virginia Juvenile Detention Center, by Kevin Bliss
34. Seventh Circuit Holds Illinois Prisoners Retain Fourth Amendment Rights to Bodily Privacy, Overruling Circuit Precedents, by Matthew Clarke
35. Federal Class Action Settlement Aims to Eliminate Horrific Conditions at Santa Barbara, California Jails in Three Years, by Derek Gilna
36. Almost Half of North Dakota Jail Tests Positive for COVID-19, by David Reutter
37. U.S. Prisons Originally Designed to Prevent Spread of Disease Become Breeding Ground During Pandemic, by Edward Lyon
38. Former Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Complaint Cures Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, by David Reutter
39. Georgia Prisoners Lacked Food, Water, Leading to Melee, by Jayson Hawkins
40. Opioid Crisis in Canadian Prisons Needs to be Addressed, by Kevin Bliss
41. CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations, by Douglas Ankney
42. $2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind, by Matthew Clarke
43. Scottish Prisoners Issued Mobile Phones During Pandemic, by Kevin Bliss
44. Private Health Care Services in County Jails Comes at High Price, by Kevin Bliss
45. Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Prisoner Can Be Executed Despite Previous Botched Attempt, by Matthew Clarke
46. First Former Felon Elected to Washington State Legislature, by Daniel A. Rosen
47. Second Circuit: No Error in Blocking New York Parolee from Attending His Own Civil Rights Trial Against Prison Officials, by Matthew Clarke
48. As Millions Suffer, Congress Awards BOP $356 Million for New Kansas Prison, by Mark Wilson
49. Tennessee Prisons “Naughty” List Shows Prison Staff Often Bring in Contraband, by Edward Lyon
50. News in Brief
51. Alabama Guards Accused of Excessive Use of Force, Hospitalizing One Prisoner and Injuring Another, by Kevin Bliss

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Fourth Circuit: Maryland’s First-Degree Assault Statute Is Indivisible so Conviction Is Not an ACCA Predicate for Sentencing Enhancement Purposes, May 15, 2024
• Tenth Circuit: Plea Not Knowing and Voluntary Where Plea Counsel Materially Misrepresented Defendant’s Right to Impartial Jury Selected Through Racially Nondiscriminatory Means, May 15, 2024
• New York Court of Appeals: SORA Designation Violates Defendant’s Due Process Rights Where Crime Involved No Sexual Contact or Motivation and Defendant Was Not a Sex Offender and Posed No Risk of Sexual Threat, May 15, 2024
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Defendants Under Age 21 Ineligible for LWOP Sentences, May 15, 2024
• New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Extension of Eyewitness Identification Safeguards of Henderson to Pretrial Preparation Sessions and Provides Framework for Showing Photos During Pretrial Phase, May 15, 2024
• $175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail, April 26, 2024
• Eighth Circuit Announces ‘Categorical Approach’ Applies to SORNA Tier Analysis, April 15, 2024
• New York Court of Appeals Declines to Adopt Per Se Rule That Handcuffed Person Is Always ‘In Custody’ for Miranda Purposes, but Holds the Handcuffed Defendant Was ‘In Custody’ and Suppress Incriminating Statements, April 15, 2024
• Fifth Circuit: Admission of DHS Investigation Form G-166F at Trial Where Preparer of Form Did Not Testify Violates Confrontation Clause and Rule Against Hearsay, April 15, 2024
• Does the Fourth Amendment Protect Cellphones at the Border?, April 15, 2024

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.
• Florida County Makes Free Jail Phone Calls Available, April 1, 2024. Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Securus.
• New Jersey Private Prison Ban Voided, March 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Supremacy Clause, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
• “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.
• Massachusetts Becomes the Fifth State to Make Prison Phone Calls Free, March 1, 2024. Telephones, Telephone Access, Private Phone Contractors.
• Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It, Feb. 1, 2024. Settlements, Mandamus, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• 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.
• Indiana Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim for $4,500, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements.
• $40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained, Dec. 1, 2023. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements.
• $26,500 in Settlements in Former California Prisoner’s Retaliation Lawsuits, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements.