More from this issue:

1. Citizen Anti-Crime Initiatives? How the Gun Lobby Bankrolls the War on Crime, by Paul Wright
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. State Murder Machine Picks Up
4. Texas Rent-A-Cells Burn
5. Texas Grooming Code May Violate RFRA
6. Texas Prison Developer Arrested in Escape Plot
7. VitaPro Fraud Scheme Unveiled in Texas
8. Spain and Belgium Abolish the Death Penalty
9. Dismissal of Women's Suit Affirmed
10. More Trouble in Texas Rent-A-Jails, by Bryon W, Ferguson
11. Pennsylvania Prison Stormed, by S T
12. A Doctor in Prison, by D.C.
13. USP Atlanta Locked Down
14. Stunned in Pennsylvania, by Michael Crooker
15. Michigan Parole Law Unconstitutional
16. Prison Rape Opponents Sue to Protect Award-Winning Web Site from Internet Censors
17. Sexual Assault During Search Illegal
18. Arizona Death Row Chain Gang Problems
19. Dismissal of Suit for Not Attending Deposition Reversed
20. Bad Apples in Florida DOC
21. Criminal Conviction Inadmissible Evidence
22. Jail Guards' Convictions Affirmed
23. Attorney Fee Award Upheld in Jail Suit
24. Complaint Need Not List Capacity Defendants Sued In
25. Jury Power in Action
26. Denial of Bed Linen States Claim
27. Litigants Must Be Given Writing Materials
28. Section 1983 Appropriate for Disciplinary Hearings
29. Retaliation Claims Survive Sandin, but PI Reversed
30. CDC Mental Health System Ruled Deficient
31. Summary Judgment Notice Must Be Given by Court
32. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Now Under Federal Receivership, 
New York City’s Rikers Island Jails Still Have 
No Plan to Improve, No Firm Date to Close, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Eighth Amendment.
• Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner 
That Sparked Massive Guard Strike, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025. War on Terror, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Terrorism.
• Former Maine Prison Guard Arrested 
and Detained by ICE Agents, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Guards/Staff, Immigration Law/Offenses.
• $6.75 Million Settlement Reached in Suit Accusing 
Massachusetts Guards of Retaliatory Assaults on Prisoners, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence 
at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Discrimination (Transgender).
• SCOTUS Clamps Down on Bivens Extension to Prisoner 
Beaten by BOP Guards at Virginia Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Bivens Actions.
• Former Oregon Prison Guard Sergeant Sentenced 
for Sexually Abusing Imprisoned Women, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• $1.2 Million for New York Prisoner Waterboarded by Guards, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Exceptions.