More from this issue:

1. Doing Borrowed Time: The High Cost of Back-Door Prison Finance, by Kevin Pranis
2. Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Monitor’s Second and Third Reports Find Medical Care From CMS for Delaware Prisoners Still Lacking, by David Reutter
5. Paying Texas Prisoners Undermines Outside Businesses, by Gary Hunter
6. Colorado DOC Increases Legal Photocopy Fees 400 Percent
7. An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, by Todd Matthews
8. Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations?, by Bob Libal
9. Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas, by Gary Hunter
10. Ex-Warden’s Wife Charged With Assisting Prison Escapee, by Gary Hunter
11. Privatized Medical Care in Mississippi Prisons: Another Wexford Failure, by David Reutter
12. Illinois Federal Jury Awards Record $15.5 Million in False Arrest Case, by Matthew Clarke
13. Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism, by David Reutter
14. Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release
15. Massachusetts Jail Conditions Unconstitutional Says U.S. Department of Justice, by Gary Hunter
16. CA Justice Commission: “Low bid, flat fee” Defense Attorney Hiring Scheme Shortchanges Indigent Criminal Defendants, by John Dannenberg
17. $13.5 Million Florida Jail Strip Search Settlement
18. Maricopa County Special Prosecutor Padded Résumé, Law Partner Quits, by Matthew Clarke
19. U.N. Recommends Worldwide Death Penalty Moratorium
20. CMS Nurse Injects 15 Delaware Prisoners with the Same Syringe
21. Errantly Paroled Mentally Ill San Quentin Prisoner Commits Mayhem In San Francisco
22. Iowa Imprisons Blacks at Alarming Rate, by Gary Hunter
23. HIV Cases in U.S. Prisons Decline
24. Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback, by David Reutter
25. U.S. Pardon Attorney Replaced After Investigation Reveals Racial Comments, Retaliation and Mismanagement, by Brandon Sample
26. Texas State Auditor States Some Prison Rehabilitation Programs Effective, Some Not, by Matthew Clarke
27. Justice Policy Institute Brief Links Crime, Wages and Unemployment, by Matthew Clarke
28. $145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass
29. Incarcerated New York Women Denied Access to Reproductive Health Care, by Gary Hunter
30. Alabama Federal Court Awards $538,178 in Attorney Fees and Expenses for Women Prison Conditions Litigation
31. $156,289 in Attorney Fees Awarded for Enforcing California Jail Prisoners’ Federal Consent Decrees, by John Dannenberg
32. Report Finds Incarceration Damages Children Psychologically, Emotionally, by Gary Hunter
33. CA State Auditor: 352 Licensed Residential Living Facilities Errantly Housed Registered Sex Offenders, by John Dannenberg
34. Former Female Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit in Virginia
35. Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court, by Gary Hunter
36. California Proposition 36 Drug Program Participation Credits Apply Against Subsequent Probation Revocation
37. BOP Administrative Tort Claims Fail to Satisfy PLRA’s Exhaustion Requirement
38. $80,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide
39. $5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison
40. Supreme Court: Death Penalty for Child-Rape Barred as Cruel and Unusual Punishment
41. Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody
42. Crack Cocaine Offenders Denied Representation for Sentence Reductions, by Brandon Sample
43. Snitch: Informants, Cooperators & the Corruption of Justice, by Ethan Brown Public Affairs Publishing, 273 pages, $25.95, by David Preston
44. Pre-Release Jail-Abuse Questionnaires Said to Pressure Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
45. California Juvenile Jail Ward, Brain Damaged from Suicide Attempt, Awarded $4.6 Million
46. Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $20,000 in Slip and Fall Lawsuit
47. Former Illinois Prison Watchdog Group Executive Acquitted of Bribing Prison Officials
48. Banning of Newsletter in Wisconsin Prison Violates First Amendment, by John Dannenberg
49. Florida Imposes Broad Budget Cuts, but Prison Officials Increase Pay Through Double-Dipping, by David Reutter
50. News in Brief:
51. Romance with Jail Guard Lands Sex Offender Back in Prison, by Gary Hunter

More from Brandon Sample:

• Q&A: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Which Errors Are Worth Pursuing?, April 12, 2019
• Guilty Plea Does Not Foreclose Challenge To Constitutionality Of Conviction, U.S. Supreme Court Decides, April 19, 2018
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Habeas Relief Citing AEDPA Deference, Dec. 19, 2017
• Maryland Ban on Prisoner's Book Rescinded, Aug. 23, 2016
• Former BOP Guard Convicted In Murder-For-Hire Scheme, Aug. 22, 2016
• Second BOP Guard Convicted In Assault-For-Hire, Aug. 22, 2016
• BOP Dentist Gets Slap On The Wrist for Sex Abuse, Aug. 22, 2016
• Cook County Jail Agrees to Improvements, April 15, 2013
• No More Than 20 Percent Can Be Deducted To Pay Filing Fees, April 15, 2013
• Heck Does Not Apply to Released Prisoner Seeking Damages for Sentence Miscalculation, April 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• Washington Governor Fires Independent Prison Watchdog, May 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Government Misconduct, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• Arrests of Unhoused People Driving Albuquerque Jail Bookings, May 1, 2026. Government Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Jail Specific, housing, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
• Six Years of the First Step Act: Federal Prison Data Reveal Treatment Gains, Persistent Disparities, and Unanswered Questions, April 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Systemic Medical Neglect, First Step Act, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Confinement in Segregated Housing.
• New Jersey Governor’s Order Allows People with Prior Felony Convictions to Serve on Jury Duty, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, State Legislation, Restrictions, discrimination, Jury Selection.
• Texas Prisoner Declared Innocent 70 Years After Execution, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Death Penalty, False Confessions, Eyewitness Identification, Prosecutorial Misconduct.
• Minnesota Study Shows Disproportionate Rate of Health and Mental Problems for Recently Incarcerated, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Medical, Statistics/Trends, Mental Health, Health care.
• California Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Ripped Off Prisoner, Feb. 1, 2026. Attorney Misconduct, Court Appearances, Trials, Abuse of Discretion Standard, Access To Courts.
• Federal Court Strikes Much of Virginia’s Felony Voting Restriction, Feb. 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Restrictions, discrimination, Voting Rights, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• The New York Prison System’s Culture of Cruelty and Impunity, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• How AI Integration Used by Law Enforcement Fails the Public, Feb. 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, False Arrest, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of.