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 Matthew Clarke:

• Kansas Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Challenge 
to Loss of Parental Rights, June 1, 2025
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Baha’i Texas Prisoner’s Dietary Claim, June 1, 2025
• $5.6 Million Settlement for California Prisoner’s Wife 
Strip-searched During Visit, June 1, 2025
• Academic Study of Prison Guards’ Use of Excessive Force 
Details Sad State of Civil Rights for Abused Prisoners, June 1, 2025
• Multitudes Caged for Failure to Pay Child Support, Driving Mass Incarceration, May 1, 2025
• Los Angeles County Pays $24 Million to Two Former Prisoners Wrongly Convicted as Teens of 1997 Murder, May 1, 2025
• Federal Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Spiking Suicide Risk at Pennsylvania Lockup, April 1, 2025
• Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Prisoner Who Had Consensual Sex With Guard Cannot Sustain Eighth Amendment Claim, April 1, 2025
• TDCJ to Run Out of Beds in 2025, April 1, 2025
• “Happy Mother’s Day”: $1,353,000 Settlement Approved for Migrant Parents Separated from Minor Kids at Border, March 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• Washington’s Continuing Competency Crisis Strains Jails, June 1, 2025. Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Retired California Prison Guard Killed in Colorado Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $500,000 for Colorado Detainee Dropped 
On His Face by Jailers, June 1, 2025. Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks 
Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, 
Centurion Settlement Confidential, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Rural Virginia Jury Refuses to Hold Guards Liable 
for State Prisoner’s Death, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Policing the Vulnerable: The Criminalization of Disability, May 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Mental Health.
• Georgia Eliminates Legal Standard That Sent Intellectually Disabled Prisoners to Death Row, May 15, 2025. Mental Health, Capital Punishment.
• $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).