More from this issue:

1. Prisons as Incubators and Spreaders of Disease and Illness, by John Dannenberg
2. U.S. Surgeon General Pressured to Avoid Addressing Prison Health Care
3. TB Prevention and Control In Prisons and Jails: New CDC Guidelines, by John Dannenberg
4. We’ll Lock Up Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free, by Amy Goodman
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions, by David Reutter
7. Minnesota Prison Industries Managers Ride High on Prison Slavery, by David Reutter
8. UN Committee Against Torture Wants Guantanamo Closed
9. $2,500 Settlement in False Report of Oregon Prisoner’s Death
10. Due Process Required Before Termination from Colorado Sex Offender Treatment Program, by Bob Williams
11. BJS Reports Death Penalty Trends In 2005, by Michael Rigby
12. Prior Drug Use Stable Among State Prisoners, Rises For Federal Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
13. Accuracy of Sex Offender Registries Questioned By GAO, by Matthew Clarke
14. Florida Prison Nurses Net $1 Million for Sexual Harassment by Prisoners
15. “State Secrets Privilege” Forecloses CIA-Detainee’s Kidnapping and Torture Suit, by John Dannenberg
16. $140,000 Settlement in Death of Asthmatic Texas Prisoner, by Michael Rigby
17. Rhode Island Pays $120,000 To Prisoner Forced To Eat Feces, by Michael Rigby
18. $1.2 Million Compensation Package Approved For Wrongfully Convicted Georgia Man
19. Connecticut: Victims’ Privacy Protection Saves Some Sex Offenders From Public Registration, by John Dannenberg
20. Monterey County Grand Jury Report Blasts Two California Prisons, by Marvin Mentor
21. New Orleans Prisoners Work on Judge’s House
22. Civil Grand Jury Calls San Mateo County Women’s Jail a “Crowded Disgrace”
23. United States Sues Georgia County Jail over Unconstitutional Medical and Living Conditions, by John Dannenberg
24. An Old Story: District of Columbia Continues Overdetaining and Strip Searching Prisoners
25. A Voice From Guantanamo’s Darkness, by Jumah al-Dossari
26. Columbus, Ohio Jail’s Seclusion Turns Parole Into Death March
27. BJS Report: The Price of Justice in 2003, by Michael Rigby
28. Wrongfully Imprisoned California Man Awarded $18 Million
29. Prison A Major Factor In Spreading AIDS, by Gary Hunter
30. New York Prisoner Awarded $190,000 For Improperly Treated Knee Injury
31. Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges, by Matthew Clarke
32. Quadriplegic California Prisoner Baked to Death in Transport Van
33. Shackling at California Jury Trial, Without Justifying Need, Is Reversible Error
34. Texas Prison System Faces Critical Guard Shortage, by Matthew Clarke
35. Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies from Dental Infection
36. Torture vs Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment -- Is the Distinction Real or Apparent?, by Metin Basoglu, MD, PhD et al.,, by John Dannenberg
37. News in Brief:
38. Breaking the Prison Habit, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
39. New York Discharge-Planning: The Term “City Jail” Includes Mental Health “Forensic Units”

More from these topics:

• California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Due Process, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, July 1, 2026. Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Parole, Prisoners' Rights.
• California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, July 1, 2026. Parole, Equal Protection Clause/Claims, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Credits, Prison Regulations.
• Two More Guards Face Prison Time for Messiah Nantwi Killing, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Sentencing, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Maine Was the First State to Abolish Parole. Incarcerated Mainers, Advocates Hope to Bring it Back., March 1, 2026. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, De Facto Life Sentence.