More from this issue:

1. Wellpath Founder and CEO Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges, by David Reutter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud, by Kevin Bliss
4. Guards Not Vaxxing Across the U.S., by Jo Ellen Nott
5. Virginia DOC Terminates Contract with Armor Correctional Healthcare, by Ashleigh Dye
6. “The Worst Prison in New York State”, by Victoria Law
7. $500,000 Default Judgment for Tennessee Woman Sexually Assaulted by Probation Officer, by David Reutter
8. HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services
9. Settlement Reached to Protect Hawaii Prisoners from COVID-19, by David Reutter
10. Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People, by Tiana Herring, Stephen Raher
11. BOP Greenlights Sex Reassignment Surgery for Federal Prisoner in Texas, by Matthew Clarke
12. Department of Justice Reports on Two Decades of Prisoner Suicides, by Matthew Clarke
13. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Guard’s Lawsuit Claiming Other Guards Raped Her in Texas Prison
14. Michigan Prisons Ordered to Provide Jewish Prisoners Meat and Dairy on Sabbath and Holidays; Sixth Circuit Affirms, by David Reutter
15. Michigan DOC Agrees to Expand Recognition of Religious Groups After DOJ Investigation
16. Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders
17. Federal Court Hears that Mental Healthcare in Louisiana Prison is “Almost Non-existent”, by Matthew Clarke
18. Federal Judge Finds Alabama DOC Mental Health Care Horrendous, Orders: Start Hiring, by Jo Ellen Nott
19. Tenth Circuit: Mentally Ill Prisoners Have No Clearly Established Right to Be Kept Out of Solitary Confinement, by Jacob Barrett
20. $40,251 Default Judgment for Detainee in Malicious Prosecution by Georgia Police Officer
21. Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail, by David Reutter
22. California Court of Appeal Holds Prisoner May Challenge Administrative Disciplinary Violation Already Served, by Matthew Clarke
23. “Abject Cruelty”: California Jail Guards Sentenced for Coordinating Prisoner Excrement Fights
24. Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Suit Over ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown, by David Reutter
25. Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee
26. Oregon Prisoners Face Off in Guards’ Legal Fight Over COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate
27. All Writs Act Provides Authority for Medical-Imaging Transport Order for Condemned Ohio Prisoner Challenging His Conviction; Certiorari Granted, by David Reutter
28. Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study, by Matthew Clarke
29. Oregon Federal Court Sides with HRDC, Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by “NUMI” Stored Value Cards, by Jacob Barrett
30. Sixth Circuit Holds Subjective Prong of Deliberate Indifference Test Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainee’s Claims; Reinstates Lawsuit, by Matthew Clarke
31. After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health, by Keith Sanders, Jayson Hawkins
32. $638,250 Judgment Against Georgia Jail Guard Who Orchestrated Prisoner’s Beating, by Harold Hempstead
33. Federal Judge Sanctions Former Arizona DOC Director’s Foot-Dragging Attorneys in Pro Se Prisoner’s Suit, by Matthew Clarke
34. $21,525 Awarded by Federal Court to Indiana Prisoner Subjected to Battery by Guard, by David Reutter
35. Third Circuit: Retroactive Application of Amended New Jersey Parole Guidelines May Violate Ex Post Facto Clause, by Douglas Ankney
36. Corrections Special Applications Unit Builds a Lucrative National Track Record of Abuse and Torture, by J.D. Schmidt
37. Massachusetts DOC Fires COVID-19 Mitigation Ombudsman Over Previous Allegations of Document Falsification
38. News in Brief
39. Second Circuit Holds N.Y. Prisoner’s Short-Term Injury May Qualify As Disability under ADA, by Jo Ellen Nott

More from these topics:

• $11.6 Million Settlement Reached in HRDC Debit Release Card Case in Washington; California Victory Remanded, April 1, 2024. Seizure of Prisoner Funds, HRDC Litigation.
• Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000, March 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
• New Jersey Private Prison Ban Voided, March 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Supremacy Clause, Detention - Generally, Immigration Detention.
• Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’, Feb. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), PRIDE, Aramark, Food, State Law Claims, Trust Accounts, Commissary.
• First Circuit Lets BOP Take Prisoner’s Entire $10,956.36 Trust Account Balance for Restitution, Feb. 1, 2024. Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Restitution, Trust Accounts.
• Almost $950,000 Paid by Inmate Services Corp. for Hellish Prisoner Transports, Feb. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Transportation.
• 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.
• Private Prisons Hold Almost 100,000 Prisoners, 8% of Total U.S. Prison Population, Jan. 1, 2024. Private Prisons, Commentary/Reviews, Statistics/Trends, Databases.
• After Winning $15,000 Settlement, California Trans Prisoner Forces CDCR to Replace Missing Trust Account Deposits, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Grievances, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Transgender.
• Minnesota Makes All Calls Free in Prisons and Jails, Nov. 15, 2023. Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Family, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.