More from this issue:

1. PrimeCare: Less Medical Care for Prisoners, Higher Expenses for Taxpayers, More Profits for Corporate Owner, by Matthew Clarke
2. Vermont Supreme Court: Removing Prisoner From Programming Is Reviewable When Catalyst Was Punitive
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. $11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors, by Edward Lyon
5. $5.5 Million Settlement to California Prisoner Left Incapacitated After Suicide Attempt at Santa Cruz County Jail, by Edward Lyon
6. Nine Deaths in Three Years at CoreCivic Jail in Florida, None From COVID-19
7. Pittsburgh Jail Records 13 Deaths in Two Years, Only One From COVID-19, by Jo Ellen Nott
8. California Federal Court Approves Consent Decree Upgrading Mental Health Care at Alameda County Jail, by David Reutter
9. Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces, by Alleen Brown
10. Fifth BOP Staffer Arrested in “Rape Club” at California Federal Prison, by Jo Ellen Nott
11. Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members
12. Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail, by David Reutter
13. $8.5 Million Paid by Pennsylvania DOC for Death of Asthmatic Prisoner Improperly Pepper-Sprayed, by Matthew Clarke
14. Investigation Finds Hundreds of Unreported Deaths in Tennessee Prisons and Jails, by Harold Hempstead
15. $260,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded by California Federal Court after Finding Governing State Law Not Impacted by PLRA, by David Reutter
16. Multiple Florida DOC Guards Convicted of Assault, Smuggling and Child Sex Abuse, by Jo Ellen Nott
17. Hawaii Supreme Court Orders New Parole Hearing for Prisoner Held Since 1979, by Douglas Ankney
18. $2.2 Million Settlement Over Transgender Georgia Prisoner’s Suicide Is Largest in State DOC History, by Matthew Clarke
19. Eleventh Circuit Says Georgia Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Remedies by Filing Late Grievance to Ask for Investigation that Was Already Underway, by David Reutter
20. Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit, by David Reutter
21. $6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail, by David Reutter
22. Ecuador’s Prison System in Catastrophic Crisis, by Edward Lyon
23. What to Know about Using Pell Grants to Take College Classes in Prison, by Richard Hahn
24. $725,000 Settlement Reached in North Carolina Prisoner’s Suicide at Troubled Jail, by Keith Sanders
25. $316,673 Settlement in New Mexico Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Stabbing at GEO-Operated Private Prison, by Matthew Clarke
26. Guard Arrested for Running “Fight Club” in New Jersey Prison Kitchen, by Jayson Hawkins, Ashleigh Dye
27. Sweetheart Deal Nets GEO Group $15 Million Payout from ICE for Haitian Deportation Flights, by Ashleigh Dye
28. Tenth Circuit Says Disabled Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Rather Than Bathroom Pass May Deserve Damages Under ADA, by David Reutter
29. Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction, by Matthew Clarke
30. Con Who Conned Cons is Sentenced to Federal Prison
31. DOJ Reaches Settlement Over Disability Access With Vermont Prison System, by Jacob Barrett
32. Absenteeism Skyrockets for New York City Jail Guards, Up 215% Over the Last Two Years, by Jo Ellen Nott
33. Ninth Circuit: Error to Instruct Jury to Defer to Medical Staff’s Asserted Security Justification for Terminating California Prisoner’s Morphine Prescription Without Tapering, by Matthew Clarke
34. Preliminary Injunction Granted to Illinois Prisoner to Receive Non-Allergenic Kosher Meals, by David Reutter
35. Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Prisoner Was Denied Due Process with Sex Offender Classification, by Harold Hempstead
36. Lifting Six-Year Moratorium, Oklahoma Treats Witnesses to Convulsing and Vomiting Prisoner During Execution, by Keith Sanders
37. News in Brief
38. Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution, by Douglas Ankney
39. HRDC Sues New Hampshire Jail over Publications Banned under No-Hard-Copy Mail Policy, by Sam Rutherford
40. HRDC Sues Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for Banning its Books, by Sam Rutherford

More from Harold Hempstead:

• Florida Returning Canteen Funds for Prisoner Programming, July 15, 2023
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, June 15, 2023
• Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own, June 1, 2023
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Announces When Clock Begins to Run on Statutory Pretrial Detention, May 15, 2023
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, May 1, 2023
• Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another, April 19, 2023
• Georgia Supreme Court: Trial Courts Are Bound to Follow Precedent of Court of Appeals, April 15, 2023
• Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights, April 1, 2023
• Massachusetts Supreme Court: Probationer’s Due Process Right to Present a Defense Violated Where Denied Opportunity to Call Complainant Who Alleged Sexual Assault as a Witness During Probation Revocation Hearing, March 15, 2023
• Maryland Court of Appeals: ‘No Objection’ to Introduction of Evidence at Trial That Was the Subject of Denied Motion to Suppress Does Not Waive Right to Appellate Review of Denial, March 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage, Jan. 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Failure to Protect (General).
• Ninth Circuit Revives Former Nevada Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Sentence Credit, Nov. 15, 2023. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Credits, Denial of Due Process.
• Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders, Sept. 15, 2023. Transfers, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Arraignment Delay, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
• Hawaii Supreme Court: Defendant’s Due Process Rights Violated by Prosecutor, Aug. 1, 2023. Self-Incrimination Clause, Denial of Due Process.
• Supervised Release and the Erosion of Due Process Protection, April 15, 2023. Electronic Monitoring, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Denial of Due Process.
• Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses, April 1, 2023. Parole Board Misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), halfway houses.
• Fifth Circuit Finds No Liability for Dallas DA Who Improperly Relied on Polygraph to Imprison Sex Offender for 13 Years, Feb. 7, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Wrongful Conviction, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Polygraph Evidence/Testing.
• Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders, Feb. 2, 2023. Private Prisons, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Civil Commitment.
• People Convicted of Sex Crimes Remain Incarcerated 25 Years After Completing Their Prison Sentences, Jan. 15, 2023. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.