More from this issue:

1. PHS Medical Care at Rikers Fails in Evaluation, by Paul von Zielbauer
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Court Orders Washington DOC to Stop Dragging Its Feet on Sex Offender Release Plans, by Hank Balson
4. Over 96% of CCA Donations Go to GOP
5. New York Appeals Court Upholds Former Senator’s Return To Rikers
6. ", by Michael Rigby
7. Ohio Death Row Moving to Supermax, by Bob Williams
8. New York City Settles False Imprisonment Suit For $1.25 Million
9. Texas: "Prison-Rape Capital Of The Country", by Michael Rigby
10. Michigan's Restrictive Placement Of HIV+ Prisoners Enjoined; $2 Million Damages Awarded
11. $12,003.74 in Fees/Costs Awarded in Excessive Force Use; PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable to Stipulated Set
12. Texas Prisoner Kills Prison Employee and Himself
13. Concentration Of Paroled Illinois Sex Offenders Stirs Controversy, by Michael Rigby
14. Florida Jury Awards $3,000,000 for Medical Negligence Causing Prisoner's Death
15. Michigan Prisoner Awarded $376,525 For Back Injury Sustained In Crash
16. Vermont DOC Settles PLN Writer's Suicide Suit for $750,000, by David Reutter
17. Vermont DOC Settles PLN Writer's Suicide Suit for $750,000
18. Qualified Immunity Granted to Doctor Who Failed to Order Interferon Treatments for HCV+ Prisoner
19. Texas: Prison-Rape Capital Of The Country, by Michael Rigby
20. American Gulag: Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons, By Mark Dow University Of California Press, 413 pages, $27.50, by Ashley Makar
21. News in Brief
22. Los Angeles County Pays $300,000 To Settle Public Defender's Legal Malpractice

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.
• $700,000 Paid by West Virginia for Jail Death, Claims Against Wexford Health Pending, Oct. 1, 2026. Wexford Health Services, Restraints, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Deliberate Indifference.
• $5 Million Paid by Washington for Attempted Rape of Seattle Woman by Mentally Ill Prisoner Released to Halfway House, Oct. 1, 2026. Settlements, Failure to Train/Supervise, halfway houses, Criminal Sexual Abuse, Prison Classification.
• Prisoners At Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer” Settle Conditions Suits for $1.2 Million, Whistleblower Alleges Staff Mistreatment, Oct. 1, 2026. Work Conditions/Safety, Medication, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Immigration Detention.
• Iowa Department of Corrections Settles Lawsuit and Agrees to Implement More Reliable Drug Testing Procedures and Fair Disciplinary Proceeding Policies, Oct. 1, 2026. Liberty Interests, Evidence, Drug Testing, Settlements, Burden of Proof.
• Maryland Pays $314,000 for Stonewalling Public Records Requests in Prisoner’s Dehydration Death, Oct. 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Water, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements, Public Records Act.
• Last of Three Oklahoma Jail Death Settlements Totaling $66.5 Million Paid for Fatal Dehydration of “Cookie Queen”, Oct. 1, 2026. Diabetes, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
• 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.
• 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.
• $3.75 Million Paid by Wisconsin After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies of Dehydration, Oct. 1, 2026. Water, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.