More from this issue:

1. Not the Usual Suspects: The Politics of the Prison Boom, by Marie Gottschalk
2. Arkansas Law Discloses Legislators’ Business Ties to State, by David Reutter
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. PEW Public Safety Report: Prisoncrats Abuse Their Probation/Parole Violation Powers So As To Stymie Offenders’ Re-entry Into Society, by Marvin Mentor
5. Child Abuse Abounds in Wilderness and Boot Camp Programs, by Matthew Clarke
6. Squalor, Corruption Cause Cancellation of GEO Group’s TYC Contract, by Gary Hunter
7. A Long Road Toward Reform: An Interview with John Boston, Director of the Prisoners’ Rights Project of the New York City Legal Aid Society, by Todd Matthews
8. Compassionless Conservative Texas Judge Closes Court Promptly, Ensuring Execution, by Matthew Clarke
9. Once Again, Former Florida DOC Secretary Faces Liability in Prisoner Beating; Case Settled for $400,000, by David Reutter
10. Two BOP Guards, One Beaten Prisoner: One Guilty Plea, One Acquittal
11. “Hot Bunking” at Cook County Jail Could Violate Consent Decree
12. Out-going Kentucky Governor Issues 101 Pardons, Commutations, by David Reutter
13. Wisconsin County Bans Profiteering in Jail Phone Contracts
14. Missouri Execution Nurse, Doctor Have Questionable Histories, by John Dannenberg
15. Indicted California Sheriff Resigns to Fight Federal Corruption Charges
16. California DOC Federal Health Care Receiver Replaced, by John Dannenberg
17. California Juvenile Parolees Entitled to Two-Step Revocation Process, by John Dannenberg
18. $100,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Forced Oral Sex of Female Prisoner
19. California: Few Sex Predators Civilly Committed To Mental Hospitals, Despite Expanded Qualification Criteria, by John Dannenberg
20. CCA Fined $140,000 for Early Release of Prisoners at FL Jail; Quits Contract
21. Infected Hand Mistreatment At Sacramento County Jail Settled For $100,000
22. Georgia Sheriff, Judges, Other Officials Face Misconduct, Criminal Charges, by David Reutter
23. Grand Jury Report, Four Nebraska Jail Guards Indicted in Prisoner’s Death, by David Reutter
24. No Safety or Security for Maryland Prisoners, by Michael Rigby
25. $150,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner’s Suicide
26. Ohio Prisoner Wins $4,525 Award For Assault By Guard
27. California DOC Stipulates to Removal of Visitor X-Ray Ma-chines, but Damages Appeal Dismissed, by John Dannenberg
28. Washington State Sex Offender Vigilante Dies In Prison
29. $35,00 Settlement in Sexual Assault of Pennsylvania Female Prisoner by Guard
30. Ninth Circuit: Prisoner’s Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Classification Claims Fail Sandin Test, by John Dannenberg
31. Change in Texas Parole Law May Be Ex Post Facto Violation, by Matthew Clarke
32. News in Brief:
33. Ninth Circuit: Vested Retirement Benefits May Be Garnished to Pay Criminal Fines

More from John Dannenberg:

• Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
• Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
• The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
• Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
• Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
• California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
• FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
• Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
• Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
• Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• Ninth Circuit Revives HRDC Challenge to Washington DOC Mail Restrictions, Aug. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
• Detroit Pays $5.8 Million to Former State Prisoner Exonerated of Murder After 15 Years, Aug. 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Eyewitness Identification, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Detectives Who Revealed Prisoner Was Informant, Denies Him Anonymity, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Physical Injury Rule, Qualified Immunity, Informants (Failure to Protect), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of State-Law Qualified Immunity in Scabies Case, Aug. 1, 2026. Corizon, Systemic Medical Neglect, Contagious Disease -- Misc., Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Fourth Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claim for Denial of Out-of-Cell Exercise Time, Aug. 1, 2026. Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity.
• Oregon Reaches $49 Million Settlement with State Prisoners in COVID-19 Class-Action, Aug. 1, 2026. COVID-19, Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Class Certification, Qualified Immunity.
• $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.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee, May 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
• $2.75 Million Paid by Washington County and NaphCare for Jail Detainee’s Suicide, April 1, 2026. Naphcare, Qualified Immunity, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.