More from this issue:

1. Scandal Rocks Texas Youth Commission; Youths Molested by School Supervisors, by Gary Hunter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Oregon Parole Officer’s Molestation Victim’s Suicide Claims Settled for $210,000
4. Overdetention: When Completing a Prison Sentence Just Isn’t Enough, by David Reutter
5. Arizona Prison Guard Awarded $750,000 for False Sexual Misconduct Allegations
6. Colorado Farms Out Prisoners to Replace Immigrant Farm Workers
7. Death Sentence: The Feds Throw the Book at King County'sJail as Prisoner Fatalities Skyrocket, by Rick Anderson
8. Washington State: No Restoration of Felon Voting Rights Until Fines and Restitution are Paid
9. Los Angeles Settles County Jail Murder Suit For $1 Million, by John Dannenberg
10. Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop, by Gary Hunter
11. Non-Convicted Michigan Sex Offenders Required to Register
12. Independent Monitor Issues First Report on Delaware Health Care
13. "Let Freedom Ring" -- Cellphones Abound In California Prisons
14. Privately Run Seal Beach, California Jail Closed Following Checkered Past, by John Dannenberg
15. New York Prisoner Awarded $4,250 for Knee Injury While Shackled
16. $90,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner for Delay of Surgery
17. Nevada Jail Strip Searches Before Release on Own Recognizance Unconstitutional
18. Alabama Judge Resigns Amid Prisoner Spanking Allegations and Judicial Improprieties
19. Lawsuit Exposes Jail Limbo for Mentally Incompetent Defendants in Texas, by Matthew Clarke
20. BOP Removes Religious Books; Capitulates After Public Outrage, Lawsuit
21. BOP Must Provide Prisoner's FOIA Request in Electronic Format
22. Missouri Ordered to Pay Prisoner's $250,000 Judgment Plus Fees and Costs for Sexual Assaults by Work Supervisor, by John Dannenberg
23. Second Circuit Rejects New York’s Interlocutory Appeal of Prisoner's $7.65 Million Failure-to-Protect Jury Verdict, by John Dannenberg
24. Transsexuals Treated Poorly in New York Prisons, by David Reutter
25. WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion
26. Broward County, FL Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to Federal Corruption Charges, by David Reutter
27. Study Finds Federal Defenders Outperform CJA Attorneys
28. New York Pays State Prisoner $1,100 for Disregarding Work Restrictions
29. Ninth Circuit Holds Washington DOC Immune From Suit for Denial of Community Custody Early Release, by John Dannenberg
30. Spectrum Health Systems Pays Massachusetts $7.5 Million for Fraud in Concert with Civigenics
31. Florida's Parole Commission Slows Restoration of Felons' Civil Rights, by David Reutter
32. Alabama Prisons Sell Land to Finance Prison Building, Repair
33. Federal Suit Over Wisconsin Suicide Attempt Settles for Millions, by Michael Rigby
34. $100,000 Settlement in Missouri Jail Prisoner’s Methamphetamine Overdose Death
35. PLN Sues CDCR Over Failure to Produce Public Records
36. News in Brief:
37. New Jersey "Anthrax" Legal Mail Policy Unconstitutional; Count Condemns Opening Outside Prisoner's Presence

More from David Reutter:

• $2.4 Million Settlement Reached After Elderly Pretrial Detainee Strangled by Cellmate in San Antonio Jail, June 1, 2025
• Washington Appellate Court: 
Personal Restraint Petition Proper Vehicle 
to Challenge Community Supervision, June 1, 2025
• $2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI 
Debit Release Card Class Action, June 1, 2025
• $6 Million Settlement in Illinois Detainee’s Gruesome 
Untreated Heroin Withdrawal Death, June 1, 2025
• 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

More from these topics:

• 11th Alabama Sheriff’s Employee Pleads Guilty in Jail Detainee’s Death, Admits Stomping Him in Genitals, June 1, 2025. Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Staff).
• $500,000 for Colorado Detainee Dropped 
On His Face by Jailers, June 1, 2025. Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Disbarred Cincinnati Defense Attorney Who Defrauded Prisoner Clients Gets Three-Year Sentence, May 1, 2025. Attorney Misconduct, Malpractice (Attorneys), Fraud and Theft Loss, Disbarred Attorney.
• California Court of Appeal Vacates Former NFL Star’s Rape Conviction Because Prosecutor’s Racial Statements During Closing Constituted ‘Racially Discriminatory Language’ in Violation of Racial Justice Act, March 15, 2025. Racial Discrimination, Attorney Misconduct, Misleading Advice/Statements to Defendant.
• Washington Prisoner Sues Jail Where Assault Left Him Comatose, DOC Guard Who Then Sexually Abused Him, March 1, 2025. Prisoner-Staff Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Sex Offender Registration, Failure to Protect (General).
• Nebraska Supreme Court Spanks Attorney General, Orders Felons Be Allowed to Vote, March 1, 2025. Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• Examining Pro-Prosecution Bias in the Judiciary: Unconscious Biases of a Prosecutorial Background, Feb. 15, 2025. Criminal Prosecution, Juror Bias, Impartial Jury.
• Hawai’i Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction for Prosecutorial Misconduct Based on Prosecution’s Improper Statements During Closing Arguments, Feb. 15, 2025. Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of, Improper Comment.
• Details Vague on Spending from San Diego Jail Detainee Welfare Fund, Jan. 15, 2025. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Jail Misconduct, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Commissary, Federal Funds.
• New York Court of Appeals (Lightly) Slaps State Prison Officials for Holding Sex Offenders Past Release, Dec. 15, 2024. Jail Misconduct, Overdetention, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry.