More from this issue:

1. Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
2. Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths, by John Dannenberg
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Focus on Sex Offenders Increases While Number of Sex Offenses Decline
5. Attempted Arrest of Federal Prison Guards in Florida Turns Deadly, by Michael Rigby
6. Panel Suggests Using Prisoners in Drug Trials, by Ian Urbina
7. PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief, by John Dannenberg
8. Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $60,000 For Electrical Shock
9. Delaware Law: Punishing Prisoners for Reporting Sexual Abuse by Guards, by David Reutter
10. Oregon Guard Gets 32 Months For Sex With Prisoner
11. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
12. Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues, by Matthew T. Clarke
13. California Guard Convicted of Abetting Prison Gang
14. Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation, by Michael Rigby
15. Audit Criticizes Management of ODOC Financial Computer System
16. Years Long Pattern of Medical Neglect Defeats Summary Judgment, by David Reutter
17. Florida DOC Cuts Prisoner Collect Call Costs by 30%, by David Reutter
18. Arkansas County Pays $40,000 To Handicapped Man Raped In Jail, by Michael Rigby
19. EMSA, Florida County to Pay $500,000 for Untreated Ectopic Pregnancy, by Michael Rigby
20. Arkansas Mayor, Sheriff, Wife Jailed for Burglary, Drugs, Sex and More, by Gary Hunter
21. Audit Reveals California DOC Employees Illegally Received Holiday Pay for Scheduled Days Off
22. $600,000 Settlement for Abuse at Maine Juvenile Prison
23. Female Missouri Prisoners Make $291,000 as Sexy Pen Pals, AG Wants His Cut
24. Michigan Prisoner Wins $20,000 on Failure to Protect Claim, by Michael Rigby
25. Iowa Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuits For $160,000
26. District of Columbia Jail Pays $14 Million For Over-Detentions and Strip Searches, by Bob Williams
27. Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled, by Gary Hunter
28. Los Angeles County Pays $110,000 for Wrongful Jail Death
29. Mumia Abu-Jamal Honored in Paris, France, by Gary Hunter
30. Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdic
31. Massachusetts Prisoners Battle MRSA, Untreated Hepatitis C, by Michael Rigby
32. Texas Jail Suicide Suit Settles For $300,000
33. Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money, by Gary Hunter
34. Supreme Court: Lethal Injection Procedure May Be Challenged Via § 1983, by John Dannenberg
35. Maywood, Illinois Jail Settles Failure to Protect Suit For $750,000
36. Beaten Texas Prisoner Who Was Denied Safekeeping Awarded $87,500, by Michael Rigby
37. WA Youth Detention Officer Awarded $603,500; Remitted Damages Reinstated
38. Michigan Prisoners Deliberate Indifference Claim Nets $73,906 In Fees
39. New York Prisoner Paid $1.25 Million for Untreated Glaucoma
40. $1.35 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Illinois Prisoner
41. California Parole Board Squelches Life Prisoner Writs on Procedural Grounds
42. Florida Gain Time Revocation Clarified
43. L.A. County Pays $300,000 for Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Jail Prisoner
44. Former Head New York Islamic Prison Chaplain Pleads Guilty in Gun Case
45. WA Courts Cannot Extend Supervision Period for Sex Offenses Committed Before 1996
46. New Yorks Son of Sam Law Constitutional, Damages Seized
47. Floridas Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld, by David Reutter
48. News in Brief:
49. Successor Judge Needs Compelling Reason to Reopen Prior Judges Ruling
50. No Qualified Immunity for Arkansas Detainees Miscarriage

More from these topics:

• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Supports Broad Immunity in Overdose Cases, June 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Failure to Protect (General), Defenses, Immunity/Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
• Oregon Supreme Court Announces Trial Courts Must Give Complete Oral Final Jury Instructions at Conclusion of Trial, Preliminary Instructions Cannot Substitute for the ORCP 59 B Charge, May 1, 2026. Jury Instructions, Jury Instructions in Jury Room, Grounds for Relief, Denial of Due Process, Right to Testify/Remain Silent.
• Aphantasia: Why Truthful Witnesses Can Sound Like Liars, Jan. 1, 2026. Jury Instructions, False Statements/Perjury, Self-Authentication, Voir Dire, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Eyewitness Identification, Character/Reputation/Propensity.
• California Supreme Court Announces Pre-2009 Provocative Act Murder Convictions Are Not Categorically Ineligible for Resentencing Under § 1172.6, Dec. 15, 2025. Jury Instructions, Retroactivity, Murder/Felony Murder, Accessories and Accomplices.
• Third Circuit: Where Prosecutor “Flooded” Jury Trial With Evidence of Defendant’s Prior Bad Acts, Counsel Was Constitutionally Ineffective in Not Seeking Contemporaneous Limiting Instructions and Not Objecting When Evidence Went Beyond Limited Purpose –, Oct. 15, 2025. Jury Instructions, Strickland Standard, Failure to Preserve Challenge, Motive/Opportunity/Intent/Identity Evidence, Bad Acts Evidence.
• Illinois Supreme Court Announces Conviction 
for Attempted First Degree Murder Requires 
‘Intent to Kill Without Lawful Justification, Aug. 1, 2025. Jury Instructions, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Inconsistent.
• South Carolina Supreme Court Announces Traditional 
Four-Element Standard for When Person Has Right 
to Use Deadly Force in Self-Defense Not Applicable 
to Non-Deadly Force Self-Defense Analysis, May 15, 2025. Defenses, Jury Instructions.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Determining Whether a Defendant Is Entitled to Jury Instructions 
on Self-defense and Defense of Others, May 15, 2025. Defenses, Jury Instructions, Jury Instructions in Jury Room.
• Maryland Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion by Failing to Exercise That Discretion Where It Summarily Refused Requested Jury Instruction Because It Was a Non-Pattern Instruction and ‘Some Evidence’ Supported the Instruction, March 15, 2025. Jury Instructions, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.