More from this issue:

1. PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues, by John Dannenberg
2. Utah House of Refuge a House of Horrors, by Gary Hunter
3. Wisconsin Halfway House Overbills BOP; Fired Whistle blower Settles For $435,000, by John Dannenberg
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control, by David Reutter
6. California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence, by Marvin Mentor
7. California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million, by John Dannenberg
8. South Carolina Prison Industries Program Implements Some Audit Recommendations, by Michael Rigby
9. Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes
10. $1,156,149 Awarded to Former Federal Prisoner for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Throat Cancer
11. Colorado Expands Private Prisons While Fining CCA for Understaffing, by Matthew Clarke
12. Record $3.2 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Imprisoned Massachusetts Man, by Michael Rigby
13. Florida County Sued Over Refusing Sex Offender Home Weather Stripping
14. Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape, by Matthew Clarke
15. Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers, by Gary Hunter
16. Georgia Sheriff Indicted on Corruption Charges, Pleads Guilty, by Gary Hunter
17. Corruption in Arpaio's Office: AZ County Continues Paying Convicted Sheriffs Sgt., by Gary Hunter
18. U.S. Businesses Lobby Government to Curb Federal Prosecutors, by Matthew Clarke
19. Georgia Prison Guards Plead to Misdemeanors in Prisoner Beatings, by Michael Rigby
20. Unique Texas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Has Successes/Failures, by Matthew Clarke
21. L.A. County Sheriff Settles Two Jail Excessive Force Suits For $135,000
22. Settlement Agreement Evicts Room and Board Fees From Georgia Jail, by Michael Rigby
23. Supreme Court: No Exclusionary Rule for Vienna Convention Violations, by Matthew Clarke
24. Ex-Con Denied Admission To AZ Bar
25. New York Parole Rates Plunge Under Governor Patakis Policy
26. $6,280,000 Settlement For Illegal California Juvenile Hall Strip Searches, by John Dannenberg
27. Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. C
28. New York Jail Employee Charged With Sexual Abuse Commits Suicide
29. Federal Prisoner Awarded $150.00 For Food Poisoning, by Michael Rigby
30. Minnesota Court Invalidates Some Evidence Standard in Disciplinary Hearings for Fact-Finding, by David Reutter
31. $50,000 Settlement for Neck Injury Resulting from Seattle Jail Guards Excessive Force
32. Wrongly Imprisoned Massachusetts Man Settles Suit Against City For $2,450,000
33. L.A. County Settles With Abused Quadriplegic Prisoner For $46,000
34. Sovereign Immunity No Bar to BOP Prisoners' Eighth Amendment Mandamus Suit
35. Oregon Predatory Sex Offender Designation Order Reversed; Notice and Hearing Required in All Cases
36. New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Statute Disenfranchising Felons
37. News in Brief:
38. Mentally Ill Arkansas Prisoners Removed From Supermax, CMS Contract Renewed, by Michael Rigby

More from John Dannenberg:

• Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
• Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
• The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
• Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
• Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
• California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
• FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
• Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
• Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
• Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• $4,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Records Requests, Oct. 1, 2026. Damages, Retroactivity, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Fourth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity in Strip Searches Resulting from Anonymous Tips, Sept. 1, 2026. Strip Searches, Qualified Immunity, Fourth Amendment, rights, Suspicionless Searches.
• Michigan DOC Legal Payouts Top $7 Million in FY 2025, Less than One Percent of $2.15 Billion Operating Budget, Sept. 1, 2026. Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Damages, Settlements.
• Oklahoma Jail Closes After $2.55 Million Payout for Retaliatory Strip Search, July 1, 2026. Retaliation, Strip Searches, Monell Liability, Wrongful Use of Force, Suspicionless Searches.
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Liability but Reverses Damages in Lawsuit Over Illinois Warden and Investigator Using Prisoner as Bait to Catch Staff Member Raping Her, May 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Damages, Evidentiary Ruling, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $1,000 for Denied Records Request, April 1, 2026. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Damages, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Punished for Bleeding: How Periods in Prison Become a Trap, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, Strip Searches, Hygiene Supplies, Discrimination (Transgender).
• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Six Female Alabama Jail Detainees’ Sexual Assault Suit, Jan. 1, 2026. Jail Misconduct, Summary Judgment, Limitations, Municipal Liability, Criminal Sexual Abuse.
• Second Circuit Vacates Finding that Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies; Remands Conditions of Confinement and Due Process Claims, Dec. 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Municipal Liability, Ad-Seg Hearings.
• $6.49 Million Settlement for 600,000 Prisoners in Massive CorrectCare Data Breach Class Action, Dec. 1, 2025. Private Contractors, Medical Records, Damages, Settlements, Privacy Act/Rights.