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 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

More from these topics:

• $150,000 Settlement But No Charges After Schizophrenic Florida Detainee Killed by Jail Guards, Feb. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• DOJ Directs BOP, U.S. Marshals to Improve Suicide Prevention, Feb. 15, 2025. Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Civil Rights Violations.
• Despite Prevalence, Most ADHD Behind Bars Goes Undiagnosed and Untreated, Feb. 15, 2025. Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Suits Filed Over Dehydration Deaths at Two Texas Jails, Jan. 15, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Water, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Four-Month Wait for 40 Percent of South Carolina Jail Detainees Needing Psychiatric Evaluation, Jan. 15, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Detainers - Generally.
• Top Doc Sacked from Maryland Psych Hospital with “Climate of Chaos”, Jan. 15, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Malpractice, Staffing, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Spit Hoods, Modern Legacy of Torture, Nov. 15, 2024. Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $1.5 Million Settlement Approved in Chicago Jail Suicide Case, Nov. 15, 2024. Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• America’s Prison Profiteers from Colonial Times Until Now, Oct. 15, 2024. Private Prisons.
• Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly “Stomped” In the Head By South Carolina Jailer, Oct. 15, 2024. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).