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 David Reutter:

• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
• ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025
• First Circuit: Two-Level Enhancement Under § 3B1.1(c) for Leadership or Managerial Role Vacated Because Government Failed to Prove Defendant’s Order Was Actually ‘Obeyed’ by Fellow Criminal Participant, Feb. 15, 2025
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Witness Wearing Surgical Mask During Pandemic Is Denial of Sixth Amendment Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation and No General Exception to This Right for Pandemic or ‘Other Global Events’ Such as Wars and Natural, Feb. 15, 2025
• The Murky Waters of Parole, Feb. 1, 2025
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit: Baltimore County Prisoners May Qualify as Employees under FLSA, Jan. 15, 2025
• In Failure-to-Treat Claims, Wellpath Denied Dismissal in Virginia, Settles in Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 2024
• Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates, Dec. 15, 2024

More from these topics:

• New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025. Disciplinary Hearings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Maine State Prison Warden Replaced As Misconduct Allegations Investigated, Oct. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings.
• Class-­Action Lawsuit Challenges Use of Presumptive Drug Tests by Washington DOC, April 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Drug Testing, Estimates/Averages - Use of, Inmate Disciplinary Hearings, Prison Disciplinary Proceedings.
• Colorado Prisoners Disciplined for Not Working Despite Ban on Prison Slavery, April 1, 2024. Prison Labor, Disciplinary Hearings.
• Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000, March 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Disciplinary Sanction Revoking Over 15 Years of Indiana Prisoner’s Good Time, Feb. 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Double jeopardy (Hearings), Liberty Interests, Good Time, Assaults on Staff.
• Seventh Circuit: Whether Right to Counsel ‘Attaches’ Is Not Dependent on Defendant’s Appearance at Probable Cause Hearing, Sept. 1, 2023. Disciplinary Hearings, Court Appearances, Probable/Proximate Cause, After Request for Counsel.
• Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline, May 1, 2023. Guard Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings.
• Iowa Ombudsman Calls Out DOC For Unfair Prisoner Discipline, April 1, 2023. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Proceedings.
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Use Of “Some Evidence” Standard in Reviewing Federal Prisoner’s Disciplinary Violations, Aug. 1, 2022. Disciplinary Hearings, Daubert Standards.