More from this issue:

1. “To Get Stuff and Sell It for As Much As We Can Get”: Federal Prison Industries and Electronics Recycling, by Aaron Shuman
2. ARE YOU IN A PRISON WORK PROGRAM HANDLING TOXIC ELECTRONICS?
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Maryland Man Awarded $6.4 Million For False Imprisonment, Police Misconduct, by Michael Rigby
5. Joe Arpaio: America’s Toughest Sheriff or Most Corrupt?, by Alex Friedmann
6. California DOC Wage Audit: Guards Overcharged State $12 Million for Union Business Leave, by Marvin Mentor
7. Florida Warden Susceptible to Liability in Valdes’ Murder; Suit Settles for $1,169,923.42, by David Reutter
8. Prisoners Sell Art Through Prison Art Gallery, by Nancy Hochman
9. Hawaii Settles DOJ Suit Over Unconstitutional Juvenile Facility
10. Cunningham v. California: Who’s Covered and Who’s Not?, by Kent A. Russell
11. HIV in Prison Is Lower Than Believed, by Gary Hunter
12. China’s Death Penalty On Wheels, by Gary Hunter
13. Sheriff’s Deputies Charged in Prisoner’s Death; Both Get Prison Time, by Gary Hunter
14. Ninth Circuit: California Lifers Have A Liberty Interest In Parole, by Marvin Mentor
15. California DOC Federal Receiver Is Granted First Waiver of State Law, by John Dannenberg
16. North Carolina Enacts Innocence Inquiry Commission, by John Dannenberg
17. Three Work-Release Van Drivers Escape from Arkansas Prison; Practice Discontinued, by Gary Hunter
18. PHS Loses $707 Million FDOC Contract Rebid; State Adopts Hybrid Model of Prison Health Care, by John Dannenberg
19. California Inspector General Assesses DOC’s Compliance With Past Audit Recommendations, by John Dannenberg
20. Hawaii Juvenile Gay Bashing Enjoined
21. Bernard Kerik Pleads Guilty; Has Name Removed From New York City Jail, by Gary Hunter
22. Alabama Spends $500,000 to Vaccinate State Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
23. Maricopa County, Arizona, Abandons Restraint Chairs Following Deaths, Multimillion Dollar Payouts, by Michael Rigby
24. Vermont, the Last State to Pass Sex Abuse Laws, by Gary Hunter
25. New York HCV Treatment Suit Not Mooted by Equivocal DOC Concession; Class Certification Granted, by John Dannenberg
26. Georgia County Pays $5.1 Million for Community Service Turned Deadly, by Michael Rigby
27. Many U.S. Prisoners Mentally Ill, Few Receive Treatment, by Michael Rigby
28. Federal Court Restrains Los Angeles County Jail Overcrowding, by John Dannenberg
29. New Jersey Phone Rates Out of Control, by Gary Hunter
30. $205,000 Settlement in Massachusetts Strip Search Suit
31. US Settles Prisoner’s UNICOR Whistleblower Suit for $6,000
32. Appeals Court Reverses Summary Judgment of Washington Phone Suit
33. Pennsylvania Work-Release Program Criticized, by Gary Hunter
34. Fahrenheit 451 on Cell Block D, by John Dannenberg
35. California DOC Ordered to Comply with Overdue Suicide Prevention Measures, by Marvin Mentor
36. Texas Prisoners Face Mandatory Testing For HIV, by Gary Hunter
37. $275,000 Paid In Excessive-Force Michigan Jail Death Lawsuit, by John Dannenberg
38. Grievances Must Identify Defendants Later Sued
39. Colorado Prisoners Caging Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
40. News in Brief:
41. Wyoming Federal Court Awards Attorney $18,000 for Compliance Monitoring, by Michael Rigby

More from Michael Rigby:

• Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released , Aug. 23, 2016
• Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards, Aug. 23, 2016
• Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
• New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
• Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
• Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
• Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
• Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
• Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
• Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, Jan. 15, 2011

More from these topics:

• Washington’s Continuing Competency Crisis Strains Jails, June 1, 2025. Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Eighth Circuit Excuses Missouri Prisoner’s Failure 
to Exhaust Remedies While He Was In a Coma, June 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA).
• Retired California Prison Guard Killed in Colorado Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $1.2 Million in Settlements Reached in Suit Over Sacramento Jail Murder, May 1, 2025. Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• 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.
• 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).
• Oregon DOC Replaces Top Medical Staffers Amid Turmoil, May 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing.
• Studies Link Incarceration with Lower Cancer Survival Rates—For Prisoner’s Partners, Too, May 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer.
• Nurse Charged, $2.6 Million Settlement Reached in Minnesota Jail Death, April 1, 2025. Prison/Jail Murders, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).