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

More from these topics:

• $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
• Oregon Agrees to $2.3 Million Settlement After Guards Toss Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary, Taunt Him Until He Kills Himself, Aug. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, July 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• After Spoliation Sanction, CoreCivic Settles Suit Over Suicide in New Mexico ICE Lockup, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Discovery, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Study Shows That Suicide Intervention During and After Incarceration Reduces Suicide Attempts by 55%, June 1, 2026. Statistics/Trends, Suicides, Health care.
• Over $2 Million Paid by Otero County and VitalCore Health Strategies for New Mexico Jail Suicide, June 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Immunity - Sovereign/Municipal, Deliberate Indifference.
• $1 Million Settlement Reached in Jail Suicide of Maryland Detainee Whose Emergency Hospitalization Order Was Ignored, June 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Spike in Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides Blamed on Isolation, K-2 and Spotty Mental Healthcare, May 1, 2026. DOJ CRIPA Actions, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Confinement in Segregated Housing, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• Nearly 50 People Have Died in ICE Custody Since Trump’s Return to White House, May 1, 2026. LaSalle Management Company, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Suicides, Immigration Detention.