More from this issue:

1. Making the Bad Guy Pay: The Growing Use of Cost Shifting as an Economic Sanction, by Kirsten D. Levingston
2. Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Arizona’s Prisons and Jails, by David Reutter
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Flurry of Escapes Emphasizes Prisoners' Desperation, by Matthew Clarke
5. As Connecticut's Prison Population Increases, So Does the Number of Imprisoned Mentally Ill, by David Reutter
6. Three Murders in Three Months at Mississippi Control Unit Lead to Improvements And New Consent Decree
7. Pennsylvania Lifers' Commutation-Law Ex Post Facto Suit Remanded to Determine Standing, by John Dannenberg
8. ADX Media Visit Staged To Dispel "Myths And Rumors", by Bob Williams
9. Administrative Errors and Poor PHS Medical Care Precede Chronically Ill Vermont Prisoner's Death, by David Reutter
10. Jail Uprisings in Oklahoma and Arkansas, by Matthew Clarke
11. Florida Woman Sentenced to Probation for Unauthorized Practice of Law, by David Reutter
12. California Sex Offenders Uprooted by New Restrictive Residency Law
13. California’s Compassionate Release Law Expanded to Include the Medically Incapacitated
14. Michigan Counties Unsuccessful at Collecting Costs of Jail Imprisonment, by Matthew Clarke
15. Audit of Iowa Prison System’s Substance Abuse Treatment Programs Released, by Matthew Clarke
16. Overcrowded, Understaffed California DOC Pays $471 Million in Overtime, by John Dannenberg
17. Wrongful Death Following Alleged Mistaken Washington Jail Release Settles For $1,800,000
18. Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration
19. Washington State Opens Environmentally-Friendly Control Unit, by Matthew Clarke
20. Drug-Resistant Staph Infection (MRSA) Deaths Nationwide Now Exceed Those From AIDS; Prison Connection Ignored, by John Dannenberg
21. Federal Healthcare Receiver Investigates Out-of-State Deaths of Transferred California Prisoners, but Does His Authority Follow Them?, by John Dannenberg
22. $1,000,000 Settlement in Heroin Addict’s Death at Chicago, Illinois, Jail
23. Uprising at GEO Group Illinois Jail
24. Bergen County Jail, New Jersey, Provides Laptops for Legal Research
25. Tainted Chinese Toothpaste Distributed in U.S. Prisons and Hospitals, by Matthew Clarke
26. BOP Prisoner Population Exceeds 200,000
27. Iowa Prisons Fined $92,000 For Prisoner Workplace Accidents
28. $1,825,000 Settlement in Alabama Prisoner’s Death from Flesh-Eating Bacteria
29. News in Brief:
30. New Los Angeles County Policy: Keep Lawsuit Settlements Confidential

More from David Reutter:

• Tenth Circuit: Colorado Governor Unentitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity on Claim Related to DOC Religious Policies, Aug. 1, 2026
• Michigan Appeals Court: Witnesses Cannot be Forced to Wear Jail Clothes at Trial, Aug. 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of State-Law Qualified Immunity in Scabies Case, Aug. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claim for Denial of Out-of-Cell Exercise Time, Aug. 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026
• Florida Supreme Court Announces Rule 3.170(f)’s Good-Cause Plea-Withdrawal Standard Does Not Apply at Post-Appeal Resentencing, April 1, 2026
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Defendant Must Be Competent Before Undergoing Mental-Condition Examination Under § 16-8-107(3)(b), April 1, 2026
• California Court of Appeal Announces Plea Agreements Cannot Bar § 1172.1 Resentencing, Holds Merit-Based Denial of Petition Is Appealable, April 1, 2026
• Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies That Failure to Object to Ineligible Juror Does Not Constitute Waiver Unless Party Knew or Could Have Discovered Ineligibility Through Ordinary Diligence, April 1, 2026
• Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme, March 1, 2026

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.
• Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
• $10.19 Million Paid for Retired California Prison Guard’s Death in Colorado Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Stun Guns/Tasers, Failure to Train/Supervise, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• $3.25 Million Paid by Georgia After Prisoner Bakes to Death in Outdoor Recreation Cage, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Exposure to Heat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• $100,000 Paid to New York Detainee Whose Infant Died in Syracuse Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Naphcare, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Nevada Prisons Are Facing a Medical Crisis Due to Understaffing, Aug. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Court Records Reveal Alabama DOC Guard Ignored Stabbed Prisoner, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Tulsa Jail Shutting Down After Investigative Reporting on Detainee Deaths, Aug. 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say., July 1, 2026. Armor Correctional Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• 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.