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 David Reutter:

• California Court of Appeal: Petitioner Has Constitutional Right to Be Present at Evidentiary Hearing Under Felony Murder Resentencing Law, May 15, 2024
• 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
• $155 Million Settlement for 10,000 California Prison Guard Supervisors in Wage Lawsuit, April 26, 2024
• Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Detainee Suffering Fatal Seizure Might Have Been Faking or Might Have Gotten Better, April 26, 2024
• Suit Proceeds Against CoreCivic by Guard Strip-Searched at Georgia Prison, April 26, 2024
• $1.4 Million Verdict for Florida Jail Guard Injured in Transport Van Crash, April 26, 2024
• Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail, April 26, 2024
• Florida Supreme Court Bans ‘Vexatious’ Prisoner From Filing Further Pro Se Petitions, April 26, 2024
• Eleventh Circuit: “More than Gross Negligence” Required to Prove Deliberate Indifference, April 26, 2024
• Electronic Monitoring: An Alternative to Incarceration or a Troubling Extension of Punishment?, April 15, 2024

More from these topics:

• Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement, Jan. 1, 2024. Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Evidentiary Ruling, Administrative Exhaustion.
• In Suit Over Moldy Cells Causing Fungal Infection, Illinois Warden Denied Summary Judgment Wins Anyway, Dec. 1, 2023. Respiratory, Ventilation, Sanitation, Summary Judgment, Expert Witnesses.
• Ninth Circuit Revives Former Nevada Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Sentence Credit, Nov. 15, 2023. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Credits, Denial of Due Process.
• No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey, Sept. 15, 2023. Transport Companies, Transportation, Summary Judgment.
• Hawaii Supreme Court: Defendant’s Due Process Rights Violated by Prosecutor, Aug. 1, 2023. Self-Incrimination Clause, Denial of Due Process.
• Supervised Release and the Erosion of Due Process Protection, April 15, 2023. Electronic Monitoring, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Denial of Due Process.
• Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer, Jan. 1, 2023. Summary Judgment, Settlements, Required Religious Programming.
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Wellpath in Kentucky Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Denial of Medical Care, Due to Lack of Expert Testimony, Aug. 25, 2022. Private Contractors, Summary Judgment, Opinions and Expert Testimony.
• California Court of Appeal: Exclusion of Expert Witness at SVP Trial as Remedy for Discovery Violation Constitutes Denial of Constitutional Due Process, Aug. 15, 2022. Sexually Dangerous Persons/Sexual Violent Predators, Expert Witnesses/Testimony, Denial of Due Process.
• Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Prisoner Was Denied Due Process with Sex Offender Classification, May 1, 2022. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Denial of Due Process.