More from this issue:

1. Pennsylvania County Jail System Overcrowded, Under-Regulated, by David Reutter
2. European Court of Human Rights Awards Russian Prisoner $20,060 For Overcrowding, by Matthew Clarke
3. Texas Wrongful Death Jail Lawsuit Settles For $375,000
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Problematic California Private Prison Sold to San Bernardino County, by John Dannenberg
6. Prisoner’s Rights Profile: John Midgley, by Todd Matthews
7. Missouri: New State Law Conceals Identity of Executioners, by John Dannenberg
8. California DOC Settles Federal Suit to Permit Bible Study Materials; Establishes Pilot Program For Screening Books and CDs, by John Dannenberg
9. National Conference for Prison Book Projects Held in Urbana-Champaign, by Brian Dolinar
10. Dallas, Texas, Jail Pays $950,000 for Neglecting Mentally Ill Prisoners, by Michael Rigby
11. Texas GEO Prison Squalor Drives Idaho Prisoner to Suicide, by Matthew Clarke
12. Policy Lock-Down, The Institute On Money In State Politics, 95 pp., softbound, April 2006, by John Dannenberg
13. Public, Private Prison Escapes in Ohio, by Gary Hunter
14. Sudden Rise in New Jersey Prison Guard Firings, by Matthew Clarke
15. Michigan’s Solution to Prisoner Healthcare: Close the Prison, by David Reutter
16. Sentenced to Science: One Black Man’s Story of Imprisonment in America, by Allen M. Hornblum, by Greg Dober
17. FBI Investigates Arkansas Guard Violence
18. $4,500 Jury Award in Delayed Medical Treatment of Illinois Prisoner Upheld
19. PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Fulton County Jail in Georgia
20. Arizona Jail Sex Results in Charges for Guards, Prisoner, by David Reutter
21. Former Florida Prison Officials Sentenced to Federal Prison, by David Reutter
22. California DOC Settles With Mistreated Diabetic Prisoner For $600,000
23. Scottish Court Holds Prison Phone Call Imprinting Violates European Convention On Human Rights
24. Bail Bond Businesses Getting Black Eye in Texas, California, by Gary Hunter
25. Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Assaulted With Hot Water Awarded $50,000
26. County, Contractor Settle Diabetic New Jersey Prisoner’s Death for $700,000
27. Wisconsin Felon Convicted of Voter Fraud for Voting
28. California Prisoner Workers’ Compensation Eligibility Questioned By Legislators, by John Dannenberg
29. Connecticut Prisoners’ Families Gouged on Phone Calls
30. California’s Mother-Child Alternative Prison Centers Investigated
31. Wrongfully Imprisoned Ohio Man Settles With State for $260,000
32. BJS Releases Statistics on Vets in Prison in 2004
33. Former Illinois DOC Director, Former Prisoner Advocate, Others Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges
34. Eighth Circuit Holds Sweat Patches Generally Reliable
35. News in Brief:
36. Arizona Law Requires Ineligible Prisoners to Fund Transition Programs

More from David Reutter:

• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, April 15, 2025
• Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, April 15, 2025
• Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, April 1, 2025
• 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

More from these topics:

• Connecticut Court Denies Access to Video of Prisoner’s Fatal Beat-Down by Guards, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Videotaping, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Washington DOC On Hot Seat Over “Unexpected Fatalities,” Missed Autopsies, May 1, 2025. Criminal justice system reform, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Medical Neglect/Malpractice, False Statements/Perjury.
• $18,000 for New York Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Planted Shank in Cell, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Settlements.
• New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $280,000 in Retaliation Claim Against Guards, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
• New York Guards Indicted for Prisoner’s Murder, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• South Carolina Jailer Gets 10 Years for Sexually Assaulting Nine Detainees and Co-Workers, May 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct.
• Six Deaths in Eleven Months at Washington Jail, May 1, 2025. Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Study Finds Just 1% of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claims Succeed, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Los Angeles County Jails Record Almost One Death Every Nine Days, May 1, 2025. Overcrowding, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death, May 1, 2025. Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues.