More from this issue:

1. Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care, by David Reutter
2. Michigan's Prison Health Care System Found Contemptuous, by David Reutter
3. Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued, by David Reutter
4. California Creates High Risk Sex Offender Task Force
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Florida's Prison Industry Practices Tightening, by David Reutter
7. PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members, by David Reutter
8. Nevada Prisoner Awarded $18,700 For Retaliation Claim
9. Indianapolis’ Sex Offender Ordinance Banning Presence in Public Places with Children Enjoined
10. New BOP Program Isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern Prisoners
11. ABA Recommends Congress Repeal Portions of PLRA, by David Reutter
12. Doing “Katrina Time”, by Bob Williams
13. Habeas Hints: Retroactivity-Cunningham and Beyond, by Kent A. Russell
14. Fraudulent Tax Returns Net Illegal Millions for Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
15. Suit Over Suicide At Indian Jail In Washington Settled For $700,000
16. New Jersey Auditor: Life Skills Academy Prison Contract Improperly Monitored, by Matthew Clarke
17. Record Number of Texas Prison Guards Arrested, by Matthew Clarke
18. $143,774.55 Attorney Fee and Costs Award in New York EMSA Suit, by Matthew Clarke
19. Kentucky County Settles Prisoner Rape Suit for $1.4 Million
20. WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion
21. Washington State Waits Too Long to Collect Restitution
22. Prisoner’s Death After Restraint Settled By Los Angeles County For $80,000
23. Eleventh Circuit Remands ADA and Section 1983 Claims for Amended Complaint, by John Dannenberg
24. Audit of California DOC Contracted Healthcare Expenditures Reveals Rampant Waste, Abuse and Management Deficiencies, by Marvin Mentor
25. Guards Sue California DOC for Identity Theft by Prisoner Workers
26. Missouri Elective Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional In Class Action
27. Washington DOC Settles Open Records Suit for $15,000
28. Jail Chaplains Scrutinized for Affairs with Female Prisoners
29. California DOC Settles With PLN Over Restrictive Publications Policies: Changes Regulations, Pays Damages, by John Dannenberg
30. $128,000 Cost Fee Against Former Angolite Editor Reversed
31. $110,000 Settlement for North Carolina Prisoner Beaten By Guards
32. U.S. Supreme Court: Failure to Exhaust Remedies Is an Affirmative Defense Under the PLRA, by John Dannenberg
33. Missouri’s Lethal Injection Protocol Unconstitutional; Executions Stayed
34. Innocent Idaho Prisoner Receives $900,000 for 21 Years Wrongful Incarceration
35. A Devastating Link: Prisoner Rape and the War on Drugs
36. Prosecutors Check Prospective Jurors’ Background, Hoping to Disqualify Them
37. EPA Fines Pennsylvania DOC $37,000 for Air Violations
38. Registration Requirements Expanded to Non-Sex Crimes and Unconvicted Offenses, by Matthew Clarke
39. Florida DOC Liable for Legal Copy Costs Not Repaid
40. Pennsylvania Prisoner Wins $10,000 On Excessive Force Claim
41. Suit For Untreated Diabetic Prisoner’s Death In Los Angeles County Jail Lobby Settled For $700,000
42. News in Brief:
43. Washington DOC Pays $1.9 Million in Rape-Murder; County Escapes Liability

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• California Prisoners Sue Gynecologist for Sexual Abuse, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Class Certification.
• Texas Prison Heat Declared Unconstitutional, May 1, 2025. Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Heat, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification in Suit Over Inadequate Dental Care at Chicago Jail, March 1, 2025. Dental Care, Failure to Treat, Class Certification.
• Eighth Circuit: Evidentiary Admissibility Is a “Red Herring” At Class Certification of St. Louis Jail Conditions Challenge, Jan. 15, 2025. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Class Certification, Class Actions, Evidence - Admissibility.
• Why Aren’t Eligible Individuals Taking Advantage of Expungement Laws?, Dec. 15, 2024. Discrimination, Restrictions, discrimination, Expungement/Removal.
• At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed, April 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Searches, Retaliatory Segregation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Special Masters, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Special Master.
• Nearly $75 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached For Delayed Releases from N.Y.C. Jails, Jan. 1, 2024. Class Certification, Class Notice, Bail/Pretrial Release.
• Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage, Jan. 1, 2024. Staffing, Exercise, Appointment of Counsel, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Class Actions, Right to Exercise.
• Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction, Jan. 1, 2024. Deaf Prisoners, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Video-Conferencing.
• Class Certified in Suit Alleging Overuse of Solitary Confinement in New York Prisons, Dec. 1, 2023. Class Certification, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.