More from this issue:

1. Looking Deep Inside America’s Legalized Torture Chambers, by Mark Wilson
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Federal Prisoners Finally Receiving Benefits 42 Months After First Step Act Became Law, by Casey Bastian
4. New York Prisoner’s Suit Over Thirteen-Year Solitary Stint Survives, by David Reutter
5. SCOTUS Sides With Condemned Georgia Prisoner Who Wants To Be Executed by Firing Squad, by David Reutter
6. Alabama Prisoners Continue to Die at Alarming Rate, More Than One Every Week in 2022, by Jo Ellen Nott
7. Death and Inhumane Living Conditions Persist in Nation’s Worst Jail, by Kevin Bliss
8. Third Circuit Holds Consent of All Parties to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction Required Before Judgment Against Pennsylvania Prisoners, by Mark Wilson
9. New Florida Law Shrouds Executions in Secrecy, by Kevin Bliss
10. SCOTUS Lets “State Secrets” Privilege Bar CIA Contractor Testimony About Torture Already Publicly Known, by Mark Wilson
11. ACLU Pries Loose Employment Record of New Hampshire Trooper Who Detained Woman on Falsified Evidence, Leading to $237,500 Settlement, by Matthew Clarke
12. SCOTUS Kills Condemned Ohio Prisoner’s Effort to Secure Evidence of Mental Impairment to Bolster Habeas Petition, by Benjamin Tschirhart
13. Prison Profiteer Is Using Sandra Bland’s Death to Sell Surveillance Technology, by Brian Dolinar
14. $3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer, by David Reutter
15. Idaho Provides Nation’s Second Gender Confirmation Surgery for Transgender Prisoner, by Mark Wilson
16. $2.45 Million Paid by Wellpath and Macomb County, Michigan, After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death in Jail, by Benjamin Tschirhart
17. After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor, by Chuck Sharman
18. Dark, Smoky Cells: As Wildfires Threaten More Prisons, the Incarcerated Ask Who Will Save Their Lives, by Alleen Brown
19. Nebraska Crime Commission Says Dodge County Jail Noncompliant With Reporting Requirements, by Harold Hempstead
20. SCOTUS Kneecaps Condemned Prisoners Claiming Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, by Benjamin Tschirhart
21. New York Closes Moriah ‘Shock Camp’, by Kevin Bliss
22. After Summary Judgment Denied, California Jail Officials Pay $55,000 for Breaking Detainee’s Arm, by Mark Wilson
23. Two Attorneys, Three Employees Sentenced in Bribery Scandal at MTC Texas Prisons, by Keith Sanders
24. Third Illinois Guard Found Guilty In Fatal Beating of Handcuffed State Prisoner, but Attorney General Refuses To Settle With Family, by Matthew Clarke
25. Wisconsin Supreme Court Guts State’s Fair Employment Act Protection for Returning Prisoners With Domestic Violence Convictions, by Jacob Barrett
26. Class Certification Maintained in New York Prisoners’ Suit for Damages Due to Illegally Imposed Post-Release Supervision, by David Reutter
27. California Appeals Court Lets CDCR Define Term Adopted From Legislation, by Kevin Bliss
28. Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Ohio Prison Doctor After Prisoner Blinded by Stroke, by David Reutter
29. Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation, by David Reutter
30. New Jersey Supreme Court Forces County to Cough up Settlement Documents With Prisoner Raped By Jail Guard Who Snitched on Fellow Guards, by David Reutter
31. $1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit, by David Reutter
32. Idaho Joins Missouri in Banning Incarceration for Inability To Pay Court Fines, Fees, by Jayson Hawkins
33. Census Bureau Report Finds Risk of Death Nearly Triples for Prisoners After Release, by Matthew Clarke
34. Ninth Circuit Sends PLN’s Arizona Censorship Lawsuit Back to District Court, by David Reutter
35. $7 Million Paid to California Detainee Left Quadriplegic Due to Jail Guards’ Alleged Negligence, by Matthew Clarke
36. Ohio County Pays $4 Million To Settle Claim Over Death of Jail Detainee, by Matthew Clarke
37. Ninth Circuit Vacates California’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Prison Employees, by Mark Wilson
38. $2.5 Million in Confiscated COVID-19 Relief Funds Returned to Arkansas Prisoners After Court Issues Injunction, by David Reutter
39. News in Brief

More from Casey Bastian:

• Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024
• Dangerous Encounters: Interactions Between Autistic Individuals and Law Enforcement, Dec. 15, 2023
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Compassionate Release Datafile for Fiscal Years 2020-­2022, Oct. 1, 2023
• Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County, Sept. 15, 2023
• Collaborative Project Between Innocence Project and National Registry of Exonerations Produces Interim Report Reconciling Data Coding Discrepancies, Sept. 1, 2023
• Deceiving Themselves: How Cops’ False Belief in Their Ability to Detect Deception From Nonverbal Cues Leads to Miscarriages of Justice, Aug. 1, 2023
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Latest First Step Act Data, June 15, 2023
• $775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died, June 15, 2023
• Report Reveals Extent of Federal Pretrial Detention Crisis, June 15, 2023
• Sixth Circuit: “Minimal Findings Necessary” Before Garnishing Funds From Federal Prisoner in Ohio, June 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• New Data From BOP Reveals Technical Violations Account for Nearly a Third of First Step Act Recidivism, May 15, 2024. Crime, Statistics/Trends, First Step Act, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Revocation Proceedings.
• Time Served Under the First Step Act: Reduction, Not Revolution, April 15, 2024. Statistics/Trends, First Step Act.
• Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism, April 1, 2024. Crime, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, First Step Act.
• Preliminary Analysis of Recidivism Data After Three Years Under First Step Act Is Promising but Inconclusive, March 15, 2024. First Step Act.
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines Undergo Substantial Amendments, Jan. 15, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act, Violence Against Women Act, Criminal History, Qualifying Offenses, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Sexual Abuse/Harrassment/Exploitation, Sexual Exploitation of Minors, Federally Protected Rights, Sexual Conduct with Minors, Sentences - Authorized, Safety Valve, Acceptance of Responsibility, Preservation of Judicial Resources, Legal or Factual Challenges - assertion of.
• Fourth Circuit: Disparate Sentence of 30 Years for Two § 924(c) Convictions Constitutes ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reason’ for Early Release and § 3553(a) Sentencing Factors ‘Overwhelmingly’ Favor Sentence Reduction, Dec. 15, 2023. COVID-19, First Step Act, Compassionate Release.
• Fourth Circuit Vacates Denial of First Step Act Relief Where Record Unclear Whether District Court Considered All Nonfrivolous Arguments Raised by Defendant, Nov. 1, 2023. First Step Act, Policy Considerations, Reduction of Sentence.
• Third Circuit Vacates Denial of First Step Act Relief Because District Court’s Failure to Expressly Identify Which § 841(b) Provision Supported Sentence Precludes Appellate Review, Oct. 1, 2023. First Step Act, Procedural Default/Error, Resentencing.
• Biden Commutes 31 Federal Drug Sentences, Aug. 15, 2023. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit Holds Ineligibility for First Step Act Safety Valve Relief Requires Proof of All Three Listed Criminal History Characteristics Satisfied, Widening Circuit Split, June 15, 2023. First Step Act, Guideline Amendment/Variances and Retroactivity.