More from this issue:

1. Torture in Maine Prison, by Lance Tapley
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Maquiladoras Expanding in Mexico; Global System of Prison Factories Envisioned, by Michael Rigby
4. North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More, by Michael Rigby
5. Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T
6. Illinois DOC Seeks to Block Ex-Wardens Benefits, by Matthew Clarke
7. The Decline and Fall of the Prison Press, by Leah Caldwell
8. Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D
9. California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success, by Marvin Mentor
10. Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment, by Mark Wilson
11. California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation, by Marvin Mentor
12. Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison
13. $40,000 Default Judgment Reversed for Determination of Service of Process Validity
14. Unpaid Prisoners Clean Up Rita Ravaged Southeast Texas
15. $20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges
16. Estate of Pennsylvania Prisoner Killed By Wexford Health Sources Settles Suit for $2.15 Million, by Michael Rigby
17. Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue, by Michael Rigby
18. Love Letter Mail Scam Nets Ten Prisoners $221,000 and Fed Time
19. Maryland ALJ Faults Arbitrary Transfer/Medical Order Violation
20. Michigan DOCs Visitation Ban for Substance Abuse Upheld
21. California Prison Excessive Force Death Suit Settled For $850,000
22. GEO Buys CSC After Settling $38.8 Million Judgment in Texas Boot Camp Death
23. Washington DOC May Seize Money for LFOS; RCW 9.94A.772 Abrogates Angula
24. GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons, by Matthew T. Clarke
25. Denial of Medication/Prescribed Treatment States Eighth Amendment Claim
26. Georgia Jail and Its Medical Provider Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit For $500,000, by Joan G. Crumpler
27. Florida Muslim's Forced Shave Challenge Remanded, by David Reutter
28. Federal Court Filing Fees Increased, Cost of Justice Too High for Many Prisoners
29. California Ex-Con DNA Collection Law Ruled Not Retroactive, by John E Dannenberg
30. PHS Parent Company Fires Executives For Cause In Billing Scandal
31. Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death, by Gary Hunter
32. Failure to Procure Medical Treatment Suit Proceeds Against Puerto Rican Guard
33. Dismissal of the Publisher/Approved Vendor Only Challenge Reversed
34. California Ban On Sexually Explicit Materials Upheld
35. Washington DOC Pays Again for Flaunting Open Records Law
36. Second Circuit: Drug-Abuse Based Denial Of HCV Treatment Is Actionable, by John E Dannenberg
37. PLRA Does Not Apply to Released Prisoner
38. § 1997e(e) Governs First Amendment Claims in Fifth Circuit
39. Qualified Immunity Denied in Illinois Jail Rape Case
40. Alabama Supreme Court Sidesteps Merits of Suit Challenging Contracted Prison Labor
41. Washington Community Placement Condition Barring Pornography Unconstitutionally Vague
42. SJ Reversed on Delaware Detainee Triple-Celling Claim; Due Process, Not Eighth Amendment Controls
43. News in Brief:
44. PLRAs 150% Attorney Fee Cap Applied in Nominal Damages, Non Prison Case Against Police

More from Gary Hunter:

• Affluenza Epidemic Rampant in Our Nation’s Criminal Justice System, June 9, 2017
• Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Ignoring and Instigating Prisoner Attacks, April 5, 2017
• California Health Care Facility Found Deficient and Unconstitutional, March 29, 2017
• Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel, Oct. 3, 2016
• Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered, Oct. 3, 2016
• Destined to Fail: the Negative Effect of Collateral Consequence Laws, Aug. 10, 2016
• Federal Guard Has Sex with Coworkers and Impregnated by Prisoner, Aug. 10, 2016
• Negligence not Grounds for Prosecution in Deaths of Wisconsin Prisoners, Aug. 5, 2016
• New York Based Ex-Offender Assistance Program Sues Landlord for Discrimination, Aug. 4, 2016
• Human Rights Report Reveals Inequities in U.S. Sentencing Practices, Aug. 3, 2016

More from these topics:

• Connecticut Court Denies Access to Video of Prisoner’s Fatal Beat-Down by Guards, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Videotaping, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• $18,000 for New York Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Planted Shank in Cell, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Settlements.
• New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $280,000 in Retaliation Claim Against Guards, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
• New York Guards Indicted for Prisoner’s Murder, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• South Carolina Jailer Gets 10 Years for Sexually Assaulting Nine Detainees and Co-Workers, May 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct.
• Pittsburgh Lockup Accounts for 43% of Pennsylvania Jail TASER Use, Suit Filed, May 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• 20 Charged in Nevada Prison Brawl That Left Three Dead, May 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• Wisconsin Prisoner Inhaled His Own Teeth in Fatal Beatdown, May 1, 2025. Excessive Force, Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Assault Weapons.
• Kentucky Jail Sued for Detainee’s Death, Prisoner’s Stillborn Child, May 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Children of Prisoners, Deliberate Indifference.
• New Jersey DOC Sued Twice for Turning “Blind Eye” to “Pervasive” Drug-Smuggling Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Drug Overdose, Cell Searches, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Drug Courier or "Mule" status.