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 Ashleigh Dye:

• Former Missouri Prisoners Awarded $20 Million for Sexual Abuse by “Resident Pervert” Guard, May 1, 2023
• Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days, April 1, 2023
• Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts, April 1, 2023
• Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One, April 1, 2023
• CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines fort Short-staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped, March 9, 2023
• Alabama County Ends Controversial Policy Using Women’s Pregnancies to Jail Them, March 1, 2023
• CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped, March 1, 2023
• $959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare, Feb. 1, 2023
• Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages, Feb. 1, 2023
• $480,000 Paid by California County to Detainee Whose Newborn Died After Guards Stopped at Starbucks en Route to Hospital, Feb. 1, 2023

More from these topics:

• The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges, Jan. 1, 2024. Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Suicides, Civil Commitment, Suicide/Assisted Suicide, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative”, Dec. 1, 2023. Wexford Health Services, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Prisoner Health Update: Hemorrhoids, Oct. 15, 2023. Medication, Gastrointestinal, Surgery, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Abused Discretion in Failing to Recall Terminally Ill Prisoner’s Sentence Following CDCR’s Recommendation for Compassionate Release, Oct. 1, 2023. Inadequate Health Care Facilities, Compassionate Release.
• Exasperated Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction to Arizona DOC in Healthcare Class-Action, Sept. 15, 2023. Injunctions, Class Actions, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Menstruation Weaponized Against Women in Prison, Aug. 15, 2023. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Pennsylvania Jail Hit With Over $1.5 Million in Overages for Guards, Healthcare, July 15, 2023. Overcrowding, Staffing, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Detainee Dies After Two Days in Florida Jail Where Armor Correctional Allegedly Denied Heart Transplant Rejection Meds, June 22, 2023. Armor Correctional Health Services, Medication, Transplants, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Armor Correctional Healthcare Denies Liability in Detainee’s Death From Missed Medication at Duval County Jail, June 7, 2023. Armor Correctional Health Services, Immunity/Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Chronic Punishment: The Unmet Health Needs of People in State Prisons, June 1, 2023. Age, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.