More from this issue:

1. Sex, Drugs, and Beatings at Boston Jails
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Washington Jail Settles Work Release Suit, by Lonnie Burton
4. Connecticut Pays $1,850,000 in Deaths of Two Prisoners Transferred to Virginia, by John E Dannenberg
5. U.S. District Court Finds Supermax Placement at Ohio Prison "Atypical and Significant Hardship", by Robert Woodman
6. Third Circuit Sets High Standard for Supervisory Liability
7. Ninth Circuit Upholds Sanctions Against Idaho DOC Lawyer; DOC Retaliated for Litigation
8. Protecting Your Health and Safety: A Litigation Guide for Inmates, by Paul Wright
9. Washington Police Scientists' Work Under Scrutiny
10. Washington Jail Sued Over Conditions, by Lonnie Burton
11. System Examined in Death of Washington Prisoner, by Angela Galloway
12. Summer Uprisings in Three Southern Jails
13. $15,555 Awarded to Beaten Pennsylvania Prisoner
14. Washington DOC Settles Hep C Death Suit for $1 Million
15. Boston Jail Strip Searches Unconstitutional, by John E Dannenberg
16. $10 Million Settlement in Boston Strip Search Suit
17. All California Prisoners Win Upgraded Medical Care, by John E Dannenberg
18. Ten Percent Surcharge on New Jersey Commissary Purchases Upheld
19. California Internet Mail Ban Enjoined, by John E Dannenberg
20. EMSA and Nevada Jail Pay $40,000 Settlement to Quadriplegic
21. Texas' Historic Ruiz Lawsuit Settled, by Donna Brorby
22. $56.5 Million Jury Verdict in Indiana Jail Murder
23. Conclusory Allegations held Not "Some Evidence" in Prisoner Retaliation Claim
24. Prison Officials Liable for Gang Member's Murder
25. Hawaii SO Notification Law Violates Due Process
26. Failure to Timely Raise Exhaustion Defense Waives that Defense
27. $2.5 Million Settlement, No Immunity for Indiana Jail Strip Search
28. Court Orders Hospitalization for Federal Pretrial Detainee
29. No Probation in Arizona Jail Drug Possession
30. Jury Awards $392,000 for Failure to Protect New York Jail Prisoner
31. South Carolina County Pays $276,660 for Illegal Wiretaps on Judges' Telephones
32. Prisoner's Estate Survives Summary Judgment on Medical Policy Claims
33. Good Time on Alaska CS Sentences Subtracted from Aggregate Sentence
34. Alabama Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, County Liable, by David Reutter
35. Ohio Appeals Court Upholds § 1983 Medical Care Claim
36. News in Brief
37. $1 Million New York Jail Beating Settlement

More from David Reutter:

• Eight Circuit Reverses Denial of Partial Qualified Immunity in Detainee’s Pepper Ball Claim, Remands Excessive Force Claims, Sept. 1, 2026
• Nevada Prisoners, Families Call Out Predatory Tablet Program, Sept. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit: Error in Granting Judgment Prior to Adjudging Spoliation Motion, Sept. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity in Strip Searches Resulting from Anonymous Tips, Sept. 1, 2026
• Tenth Circuit: Colorado Governor Unentitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity on Claim Related to DOC Religious Policies, Aug. 1, 2026
• Michigan Appeals Court: Witnesses Cannot be Forced to Wear Jail Clothes at Trial, Aug. 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of State-Law Qualified Immunity in Scabies Case, Aug. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claim for Denial of Out-of-Cell Exercise Time, Aug. 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026
• Florida Supreme Court Announces Rule 3.170(f)’s Good-Cause Plea-Withdrawal Standard Does Not Apply at Post-Appeal Resentencing, April 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Most of Relief Ordered in Class-Action Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutionally Inadequate Mental Health Care in Alabama Prisons, Oct. 1, 2026. Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Injunctions (PLRA), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Class Action Certified in Lawsuit Alleging Raw Sewage Presence in Washington Jail, Oct. 1, 2026. Plumbing, Sewage, Sanitation, Class Certification, Deliberate Indifference.
• Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Jail Supervisors Who Ignored Detainee’s Cranial Abscesses, Oct. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Infections, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• South Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Class Action Status in Prisoners’ Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Oct. 1, 2026. Sexual Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Class Certification, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Appealable Issues/Orders.
• Sixth Circuit: Qualified Immunity Granted to Guard in Delayed Treatment for Prisoner who Suffered Heart Attack, Oct. 1, 2026. Pain, Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Federal Court Orders Texas to Admit Incompetent Jailed Defendants to Mental Health Facilities Within 21 Days, Oct. 1, 2026. Staffing, Injunctions, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Competency.
• Tenth Circuit Vacates Award of Costs to Prison Officials, Revives Prisoner’s Claim Alleging Denial of Access to Functioning Toilets and Exposure to Other Prisoners’ Feces, Oct. 1, 2026. Plumbing, Sanitation, Summary Judgment, Costs, Deliberate Indifference.
• Ninth Circuit Rules Favorably for Washington Prisoner Whose Writing Submission Was Censored, Oct. 1, 2026. Retaliation, Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
• San Francisco Jail Survey Exposes Abuse, Malnutrition and Constitutional Violations, Oct. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Food, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Attorney Visits, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of Motion to Dismiss Some Defendants from Lawsuit Over Missouri Prisoner’s Suicide, Oct. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.