More from this issue:

1. The Punishment Economy: Winners and Losers in the Business of Mass Incarceration, by Daniel A. Rosen
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Use of Solitary Confinement During Pandemic Detrimental To Prisoners and Not Slowing Spread of COVID-19, by Chad Marks
4. Why Did a St. Louis Man Die in a Federal Prison Coronavirus Hotspot?, by Mike Fitzgerald
5. Texas Prisons Close Amid Pandemic, by Jayson Hawkins
6. The Importance of Establishing Veterans Benefits While in Prison, by Art Gage
7. Alabama Prisons, Among Deadliest for COVID-19, Not Prepared to Vaccinate Prisoners, by Kevin Bliss
8. ICE Holding Cuban Detainee for 11 Years and Counting Following Florida Prison Release, by Daniel A. Rosen
9. Amid Widespread Calls for Abolition, Mariame Kaba Sheds Light With Latest Book, by Juliette LaMarr
10. Massachusetts Uses Medical Parole to Avoid In-Custody Deaths From COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
11. Second Circuit Reinstates Acquitted New York City Man’s Claims of Police Due Process Violations and Excessive Use of Force by Jailers, by Matthew Clarke
12. Music Project Brings Prisoners’ Stories to Life in Song, by Daniel A. Rosen
13. Report: Massachusetts Prisons Continue to Fail on Mental Health Care, by Jayson Hawkins
14. Idaho Supreme Court Orders Release of Death Penalty Related Documents, by David Reutter
15. Federal Court: COVID-19 Vaccine Must be Available to All Oregon Prisoners, by David Reutter
16. BOP’s Terminal Island Response Sparked COVID-19 Spread, by Mark Wilson
17. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Alleging New York Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoners, by David Reutter
18. Qualified Immunity Granted on Claim of Sleep Deprivation From Guard Noise During Suicide-Prevention Checks in California, by David Reutter
19. Texas Moves to Deny Housing for Released Prisoners, by Edward Lyon
20. California State Prisoners Pay Teen’s School Tuition, by Edward Lyon
21. Smoking on the Chain Gang, by David Reutter
22. Medical Copays for Prisoners Suspended in Several States Due to COVID-19, by Daniel A. Rosen
23. Washington State Governor Signs Bill Banning Private Prisons Statewide, by Juliette LaMarr
24. Pandemic Medical Update: Vaccines, Variants and More, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
25. Southern Republican Senators Criticize Third Pandemic Relief Bill for Giving Payments to Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
26. Broad Support for North Carolina Bill to Bar Shackling Pregnant Prisoners, by Daniel Matheson
27. Judge Slaps Arizona With $1.1 Million Fine Over Prison Health Care, by David Reutter
28. HRDC Wins FOIA Lawsuit filed in Washington State for Unredacted ICE Documents, by David Reutter
29. With the majority of corrections officers declining the COVID-19 vaccine, incarcerated people are still at serious risk, by Wendy Sawyer, Wanda Bertram
30. Report: Private Company Rubber-Stamps Inspections of Abuse-Ridden ICE Detention Camps, by Kevin Bliss
31. Family of San Quentin Prisoner Who Died of COVID-19 Due to “Horribly Botched Transfer” Files Lawsuit, by Douglas Ankney
32. Report Calls for the End of Solitary Confinement at Michigan Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
33. Washington Supreme Court Holds Ongoing Contempt Not Required to Impose Sanctions for Violating Injunction Against Releasing Sex Offender Records, by Matthew Clarke
34. Repairing Credit After Release from Prison, by Kevin Bliss
35. Report: Border Patrol Misappropriated Funds and Failed to Provide Proper Medical Care to Accurately Report Migrant Deaths, by Douglas Ankney
36. Lawsuit Over Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Fatal Asthma Attack Allegedly Triggered by Excessive Use of Pepper Spray, by Matthew Clarke
37. Biden’s Justice Department Nomination Faces Aggressive Opposition From Senate Republicans, by Juliette LaMarr
38. Narrowing the Remedial Gap: Damages for Disability Discrimination in Outsourced Federal Programs, by Margo Schlanger
39. COVID-19 Kills Jeffery Epstein’s Former Cellmate, by Edward Lyon
40. News in Brief
41. Banksy Artwork Appears on Jail in England, by David Reutter

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology, May 15, 2024
• Maine Supreme Court: Defense Counsel Ineffective for Opening Door to Otherwise Inadmissible Evidence of Bad Character, April 15, 2024
• Condemned Texas Prisoner Ruled Too Mentally Ill to Execute, April 1, 2024
• $9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-­Related Illness Suit, April 1, 2024
• Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018, April 1, 2024
• North Carolina Court of Appeals Reinstates Parolee’s Parental Rights, Says Parole Conditions Barred Him from Visiting Minor Daughter, April 1, 2024
• Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism, April 1, 2024
• Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Corizon Health in State Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Diabetes, April 1, 2024
• Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Probation Search Unlawful When Conducted After Original Term Expired and Before Hearing on Extending Term, March 15, 2024
• California Court of Appeal Reverses Denial of Full Resentencing Under SB 483, March 15, 2024

More from these topics:

• 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.
• $8.5 Million Settlement After Pretrial Detainee Suffocated by Guards and Medical Staff at Virginia Psychiatric Hospital, April 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Civil Commitment.
• Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard, April 1, 2024. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dismissal, Medical Treatment/Expenses.
• California Prisons Locked Down After Massive Riot Hospitalizes Prisoner, Eight Guards, April 1, 2024. Overcrowding, Lockdowns, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Assaults on Staff.
• Colorado Sheriff Resigns After Deputies Fatally Shoot Motorist, March 1, 2024. Supervisory Liability, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby, Feb. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois, Feb. 1, 2024. Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• California Bans Bogus ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis as Cause of Death, Jan. 15, 2024. Medical Misconduct, junk science, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), State Statutes.
• Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless”, Jan. 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Parole Board Misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliation for Organizing, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Segregation, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• Former Florida Guard Gets Five Years for Fatal Assault on Mentally Ill Prisoner, Jan. 1, 2024. Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Guards/Staff.