More from this issue:

1. Shocked and Stunned: The Growing Use of Tasers, by Anne-Marie Cusac
2. $150,000 for Inadequate Oregon Sex Offender Supervision Resulting in Death of Child
3. Audit Finds Colorado DOC Loses Large Quantities of Drugs
4. $1.45 Million To Be Paid In Death Of Florida Juvenile Prisoner, by Michael Rigby
5. NY Prisoner Awarded $160,000 for Lost Testicle
6. From the Editor
7. Private Youth Prison Gouging Michigan Taxpayers
8. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
9. What Some People Have to Say About PLN's 15th Anniversary
10. $1,000 Awarded After Surgeon Loses Broken Instrument in NY Prisoner's Mouth
11. California's Parole-Violator Cell-Study Education Program Portends Increase In Recidivism
12. U.S. Supreme Court Holds § 1983 Proper to Challenge Execution Procedure
13. ACLU-WA Challenges Washington Ex-Felon Disenfranchisement Law
14. Mystified Felons Blamed In Washington Election Challenge
15. Starved for Attention How do you break a high-security hunger strike? Put a lid on it.
16. Florida Prison Uprising
17. Fifth Circuit Holds Sleep Deprivation From Constant Illumination Constitutional
18. $95,000 Settlement For Imprisonment Based On Falsified Police Report
19. Texas Now Requires D.A.'s Approval For Wrongful Conviction Compensation
20. CSC May Be Liable For Retention of Sexually Abusive Employee
21. Restitution Payments By Federal Defendant Whose Direct Appeal Was Final Held Not Reimbursable Upon L
22. Ohio Awards $1,402.92 Award For 11 Days False Imprisonment
23. Ohio Supermax Placement is Atypical & Significant Hardship; Supreme Court Grants Review
24. Dental Treatment Denial Claim Cannot Be Subdivided By Court
25. Flight From California Parole Agents' Attempted Arrest Constitutes Felony Escape
26. Los Angeles County Pays $32,500 To Settle Public Defender's Legal Malpractice
27. Ohio Prisoner Awarded $500 For Lost Property
28. $195,900 in Damages, Fees/Costs Awarded in Prison Sexual Abuse Case; PLRA Fee Caps Inapplicable to Former Prisoners
29. Failure to Protect from HIV-Positive Prisoner Negates Qualified Immunity Defense
30. Guantanamo: Nine Months after the Supreme Court Victory, the Island Remains a Prison Beyond the Law., by Rachel Meeropol
31. California Muslims' Prayer Attendance And Religious Beard Injunction Made Permanent; $289,011 Awarded in Fees
32. Immigration Detainee Wins Appointed Counsel And New Trial In Brutality Suit Against CCA
33. Overdue California Lifer Entitled To Immediate Parole Release After Prevailing At Rescission Hearing, by John Dannenberg
34. PHS Responsible For Deaths Of New York Prisoners
35. Recharacterization Requires Notice Or Opportunity To Withdraw
36. California Jail Suicide Lawsuit Settled For $840,000; Contract Health Care Inadequate
37. Veteran California Prison Official Promoted Despite Checkered Past; Folsom Lieutenant Fired After Be
38. Noncompliance With South Carolina Prevailing Wage Statute Grievable
39. Battle Over Judicial Secrecy Continues
40. Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Against Pretrial Detainee's Dental Claim, by Robert Woodman
41. Guard Sues Over Smoke Grenade Injury
42. California State Auditor Criticizes Prison Outside-Hospital Contract Costs
43. Court Discusses Deliberative Process Privilege
44. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Prisoner's Property Confiscation/Retaliation Suit
45. Colorado Settles Mail Censorship Lawsuit with Due Process Guarantees
46. Sixth Circuit Clarifies "Verifying Medical Evidence" Requirement Of Napier
47. Chicago Jail Still Rife With Prisoner Abuse, Crimes By Guards
48. Guantánamo: What the World Should Know, by Jules Siegel
49. President Bush Signs Mentally Ill Offender Treatment And Crime Reduction Act Of 2004
50. Prison Health Issues Affect Public
51. News in Brief
52. Federal Court Orders Independent Evaluation, Training And Credentialling Of All California Prison Healthcare Practitioners, by John E Dannenberg
53. Washington DOC Fined $22,503 For Fuel Spill
54. Georgia Sheriffs Illegally Profit From Captive Workforce
55. News in Brief, by Paul Wright

More from these topics:

• $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
• Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
• Oregon Agrees to $2.3 Million Settlement After Guards Toss Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary, Taunt Him Until He Kills Himself, Aug. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• $10.19 Million Paid for Retired California Prison Guard’s Death in Colorado Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Stun Guns/Tasers, Failure to Train/Supervise, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• $3.25 Million Paid by Georgia After Prisoner Bakes to Death in Outdoor Recreation Cage, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Exposure to Heat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• $1.2 Million for Elderly Detainee Shoved Out the Door of Sacramento Jail by Guard, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• $100,000 Paid to New York Detainee Whose Infant Died in Syracuse Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Naphcare, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Nevada Prisons Are Facing a Medical Crisis Due to Understaffing, Aug. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Court Records Reveal Alabama DOC Guard Ignored Stabbed Prisoner, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Tulsa Jail Shutting Down After Investigative Reporting on Detainee Deaths, Aug. 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).