More from this issue:

1. CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement, by David Reutter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Youth Dies in Florida Boot Camp; Cause of Death Questioned, by David Reutter
4. BOP Transfers Unescorted Prisoners On Civilian Buses, Some Escape, by Matthew Clarke
5. Standing Up to Corruption, by Stephen James
6. Legal Research Prohibition Upon Contract Attorney Denies Adequate Court Access, by David Reutter
7. Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prisons Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program, by Michael Rigby
8. Crimes of the Heart: Incarceration Collusion, by Bob Williams
9. $9 Million Jury Award In Arizona County Jail Death, by John Dannenberg
10. U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million
11. Audit: California Private Prison Contracting Tainted by Conflicts of Interest
12. Hurricane Threat Forces Texas Prison Evacuations, Damage Worsens Overcrowding, by Michael Rigby
13. Gun-smuggling Prisoners Convicted in Shooting Scam, by Gary Hunter
14. Alleged Attacks Plotted By New Folsom Prisoners Uncovered, by Matthew Clarke
15. Non-Sex-Offender Parolee Entitled to Due Process Before Being Treated As Sex Offender, by Matthew Clarke
16. Ohio DOC Stipulates To Vastly Improved Medical Care, by John Dannenberg
17. South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $825,000 for Untreated Infection
18. Missouri Seizes Prisoner Assets Worth $748,682 In 2005
19. Fifth Circuit Joins Four Others in Denying Prospective BOP Good Time Credits
20. Unconstitutionality of Lockdown of California Hispanics Upheld On Appeal, by Marvin Mentor
21. Guard Out on Bond, Woman He Allegedly Raped Jailed Beyond Her Sentence
22. Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award
23. Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award
24. South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death
25. Arizona Jail Prisoners Not Pretty in Pink, by Gary Hunter
26. Seventh Circuit Reinstates $100,000 Award In Indiana Failure-To-Protect Suit, by Michael Rigby
27. Political Patronage In Hiring Illinois Prison Wardens?
28. Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions, by Matthew Clarke
29. Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid, by Gary Hunter
30. Sweetheart Deal For Pharmacy Supplying Saratoga County Jail
31. Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation, by Matthew T. Clarke
32. Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop, by Gary Hunter
33. Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption
34. Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner
35. CONMED Not Using Licensed Nurses In Maryland Jail
36. $232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement, by Bob Williams
37. Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs
38. New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault
39. Settlement Permits Free and Gift Publications to Connecticut Prisoners
40. Second Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable To So-ordered Stipulated Dismissals, by Bob Williams
41. Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settle, by Michael Rigby
42. New York Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Assault
43. Forced Masturbation States Privacy Claim
44. Illinois Prisoner Raped By Guard Settles For $15,000
45. News in Brief:
46. The Warehouse Prison, by Dr. John Irwin, 318 pp., softback, Roxbury Publishing Company, 2005, by John Dannenberg

More from Michael Rigby:

• Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released , Aug. 23, 2016
• Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards, Aug. 23, 2016
• Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
• New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
• Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
• Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
• Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
• Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
• Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
• Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, Jan. 15, 2011

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• Nebraska Pioneers Diversion Program to Help Arrested Veterans Avoid Jail, Jan. 15, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Rehabilitation Act, Veterans.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• North Carolina’s Largest City Elects First Ex-Prisoner to Council, July 1, 2024. Elections, Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
• Colorado Program Employs Prisoners as Professors, July 1, 2024. Work, Education, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry.
• Idaho Stopped From Repeatedly Scheduling Executions That It Cannot Carry Out, July 1, 2024. Injunctions, Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Punishment, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Missouri DOC Models Re-entry Program on Norwegian Prisons, June 1, 2024. Prison Reform, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry.
• Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism, April 1, 2024. Crime, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, First Step Act.
• Muslim Florida Prisoner Awarded Permanent Injunction to Grow Untrimmed Beard, March 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Injunctions, RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Right to Grow a Beard.
• New York Prisoners with Chronic Pain Win Injunction to Receive Denied Medication, March 1, 2024. Medication, Pain, Injunctions.
• California Slowed, But Not Barred from “Dumping” Sick, Indigent Parolees on Public Hospitals, March 1, 2024. Medical, Injunctions, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Medical Care/Treatment, Compassionate Release.