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:

• 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:

• $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).
• Los Angeles County Jails Record Almost One Death Every Nine Days, May 1, 2025. Overcrowding, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Texas Courts, Legislature at Odds over Executing Potentially Innocent Death Row Prisoner, May 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Death Penalty/Death Row, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Opposition to the Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Resentencing.
• 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).
• Ohio Pauses Executions, Louisiana and Arizona Race Ahead, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• $2.5 Million Settlement After South Carolina Jail Detainee Lost 2 Lbs.Per Day and Died, April 1, 2025. Food, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona, March 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• ‘Eye Opening’ Self-Harm Found in Washington DOC Solitary Confinement, March 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $150,000 Settlement But No Charges After Schizophrenic Florida Detainee Killed by Jail Guards, Feb. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).