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 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:

• Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail, April 26, 2024. Private Contractors, Food, Water, Jail Specific, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Bail/Pretrial Release.
• Condemned Texas Prisoner Ruled Too Mentally Ill to Execute, April 1, 2024. Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Mental Health Experts, Post Ake v. Oklahoma, Judgment - Modification of.
• One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails, April 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, Overcrowding, Jail Specific, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Class Actions.
• At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed, April 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Searches, Retaliatory Segregation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Special Masters, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Special Master.
• Connecticut DOC Held Liable for Failure to Treat Transgender Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria, April 1, 2024. Failure to Treat, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Transgender, Transgender Medical Procedures, Discrimination (Transgender).
• Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024. Liberty Behavioral Health Corp., Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit, March 1, 2024. Parole Board Misconduct, Prison Labor, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Assaults on Staff.
• Suit Filed After Mentally Ill Detainee Starves to Death in Miami Jail, March 1, 2024. Food, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• San Diego County Jail Accused of Letting Mentally Ill Detainee Starve to Death, Feb. 1, 2024. Medication, Jail Specific, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• 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).