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 Douglas Ankney:

• Seventh Circuit Announces Safety Valve Relief Under § 3553(f) Is Narrower Than Guidelines Firearms Enhancement Under § 2D1.1(b)(1), District Court Erred by Conflating Them, May 15, 2024
• 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
• California Supreme Court: Jury’s Finding of Intent to Kill for Gang Enhancement, Standing Alone, Insufficient to Find Prisoner Failed to State a Prima Facie Case in § 1172.6 Petition for Resentencing on First-Degree Murder Conviction, May 15, 2024
• Non-Toxic Fluorescent Spray Reveals Fingerprints in Seconds, 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
• Sixth Circuit Announces Untimely Notice of Appeal That Provides Reason for Tardiness May Be Construed as Motion to Reopen, 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

More from these topics:

• As ICE Data Errors Persist, GEO Group Cashes In, April 26, 2024. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contractor Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Immigration Law/Offenses, Detention - Generally.
• FBI’s Bias for Keywords, April 15, 2024. Government Misconduct, FBI, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Social Media.
• ‘Trail ’Em, Nail ’Em, and Jail ’Em’: Issues Private Probation and Parole, April 15, 2024. Sentinel, Contractor Misconduct, Reviews, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Electronic Monitoring, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• 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. Testimonial Statements, Crime Lab Reports, Immigration Law/Offenses, Post Crawford, Business Records.
• FBI Searches of NSA Data Extended Until April, Despite Admission of Unconstitutionality, March 15, 2024. Government Misconduct, FBI, FISA-Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Police State-Surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Cell-Phones, Electronic Surveillance, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act.
• Suspicion of Government Surveillance Increasing, March 15, 2024. Government Misconduct, FBI, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
• “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.
• No Jail Time for Former Arizona Prisons Director After Armed Standoff With Cops, March 1, 2024. Government Misconduct.
• Pennsylvania County Found Skimming Prisoner-Designated Funds from ViaPath Kickbacks, March 1, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Kickback Scheme, Private Phone Contractors.
• North Carolina Prison Official Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Program Fraud, March 1, 2024. Government Misconduct, COVID-19, Fraud and Deceit, Fraud and Theft Loss.