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 Paul von Zielbauer:

• PHS Medical Care at Rikers Fails in Evaluation, May 15, 2005

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.
• PLN Publisher Wins Settlement Records from Centurion 
in Florida Prisoner’s Wrongful Death, Aug. 1, 2025. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Litigation.
• HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records, Aug. 1, 2025. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation.
• 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.
• Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill to Penalize Private Prisons 
for High Mortality Rates, Aug. 1, 2025. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic.
• $1.875 Million Partial Settlement for Colorado Detainee’s 
Death from Untreated Alcohol Withdrawal; 
Claims Against Wellpath Pending Bankruptcy, Aug. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Shady Firm Awarded $78 Million Contract for Services 
at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz”, Aug. 1, 2025. Private Prisons, Environmental Law, Immigration.
• Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay 
for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity.
• Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arizona Challenge 
to Private Prisons, July 15, 2025. Private Prisons, Eighth Amendment, Thirteenth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
• Ohio Supreme Court Says Sheriff Must Get and Disclose 
Records of Private Contractors, July 15, 2025. Private Prisons, Contractor Liability, Public Records Act.