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 Matthew Clarke:

• Texas Social Workers Challenge Blanket Denial of State Occupational License Based on Youthful Assault Convictions, Aug. 1, 2025
• After Judge’s Letter, at Least 22 Former FCI Dublin Prisoners Granted Compassionate Release, Aug. 1, 2025
• Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Award of Time Served 
Credit for Non-Citizen Awaiting Extradition, Aug. 1, 2025
• Former Oregon Prison Guard Sergeant Sentenced 
for Sexually Abusing Imprisoned Women, Aug. 1, 2025
• Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Procedure for Crediting 
Jail Time to Multiple Contemporaneously-Imposed Sentences, Aug. 1, 2025
• Over One-Third of Older Texas Prisoners 
Suffering Cognitive Impairment, July 15, 2025
• Kansas Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Challenge 
to Loss of Parental Rights, June 1, 2025
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Baha’i Texas Prisoner’s Dietary Claim, June 1, 2025
• $5.6 Million Settlement for California Prisoner’s Wife 
Strip-searched During Visit, June 1, 2025
• Academic Study of Prison Guards’ Use of Excessive Force 
Details Sad State of Civil Rights for Abused Prisoners, June 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• CDCR Held in Contempt, Fined $112 Million 
in Longstanding Litigation Over Mental Health Care, Aug. 1, 2025. Staffing, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Bold New Orleans Escape Calls Attention 
to Poor Jail Conditions, July 15, 2025. Escapes, Conditions of Confinement, Toilets, Security Systems.
• Hyundai Parts Supplier Stops Using Prison Slave Labor in Alabama, July 15, 2025. Work Release, Prison Labor, Work Conditions/Safety, Workers' Compensation.
• Arkansas Ex-Police Chief Known as “Devil in the Ozarks” 
Re-Captured After Prison Escape, July 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Escapes.
• South Carolina Prisoners Granted Class-Action Status in Suit 
Over Low Wages in Prison Industries Jobs, July 15, 2025. Work Release, Prison Labor, Workers' Compensation.
• Policing the Vulnerable: The Criminalization of Disability, May 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Mental Health.
• Georgia Eliminates Legal Standard That Sent Intellectually Disabled Prisoners to Death Row, May 15, 2025. Mental Health, Capital Punishment.
• Fourth Circuit Reverses Denial of Counsel for “Low IQ” North Carolina Prisoner, March 1, 2025. Mental Health, Counsel - Constructive denial of.
• Four Escapes in Eight Months from Oklahoma Jail, March 1, 2025. Escapes.