More from this issue:

1. Prisoners Exposed to Toxic Dust at UNICOR Recycling Factories, by Brandon Sample
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Allegations of Contraband Smuggling, Sex and Corruption at Texas Prison, by Matthew Clarke
4. Organizing for Freedom: Resistance at Angola State Penitentiary, Louisiana’s Last Slave Plantation, by Jordan Flaherty
5. U.S. Homeland Security Illegally Drugged Immigrants for Deportation, by Gary Hunter
6. Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner’s Brutal Beating By Ten Guards For $500,000
7. Multiple Incidents Indicate Florida Jail Has Culture of Abuse
8. Prisoners’ Death Rate Report Indicts Prison Medical Care by Implication, by David Reutter
9. Welcome to Fun Day: Crime and Punishment in the United States, by Marie Gottschalk
10. Cook County Jail Conditions Unconstitutional, Charges Department of Justice, by David Reutter
11. CMS Fails to Treat MRSA Infection; Florida Jail Prisoner Dies
12. Oregon Juvenile Facility Warden Indicted; Youth Authority Director Resigns, by Mark Wilson
13. Violence and Corruption at Rikers Island; Called a “Battle Camp for Kids”, by David Reutter
14. Former PHS Doctor Arrested on Drug Charges
15. Prison Health and Self-Care: MRSA, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
16. Cold Case Hits Use Vastly Exaggerated DNA “Match” Statistics; Upheld by California Supreme Court, by Matthew Clarke
17. $885,437.24 Award for CMS Massachusetts Jail Nurse Barred for Reporting Prisoner Abuse
18. 115,000 Florida Ex-Felons Have Civil Rights Restored Under New Rules
19. Texas Prison Guard Files False Report, Faces 20 Years, by Gary Hunter
20. Los Angeles County Settles For $900,000 After Unattended Prisoner Savagely Beaten By Violent Jail Gang
21. Texas Prisoners Pay Parole Consultants Hefty Fees
22. TASER Avoids Liability in Three Deaths by Suing Medical Examiner, by John Dannenberg
23. $3,540,402.22 Jury Award In California Wrongful Conviction Case
24. PR Bonds Plummet in Harris County, Texas as Jail Overflows, by Gary Hunter
25. Nurse Pleads Guilty in Death of Florida Juvenile Prisoner
26. Ohio Court Finds Three-Drug Execution Protocol Violates Prisoners’ State Rights
27. Florida Prison Employees Awarded $630,000 for Subjection to Prisoner “Gunners”
28. Demonstrators Supporting Guantanamo Prisoners in Front of U.S. Supreme Court Found Guilty of Unlawful Assembly
29. $170,000 Jury Verdict in Sacramento Jail Beating
30. Costs for San Quentin’s Proposed New Death Row Spiral Upward, by John Dannenberg
31. Washington State’s Criminal Libel Statute Held Unconstitutional; Prisoner Disciplinary Conviction Vacated, by John Dannenberg
32. Florida Sheriff Sued for Awarding No-Bid Health Care Contract, Receiving Gifts
33. Civil Commitment Provisions of Adam Walsh Act Held Unconstitutional
34. PHS Receives Three-Year $366 Million Rikers Island Medical Care Contract Renewal Despite Non-Performance Fines for Last Three Years, by John Dannenberg
35. Washington Jail Remodel Violated State Law, at a Cost of $51.6 million, by Mark Wilson
36. Michigan Escape is Not “Violent Felony” for ACCA Purposes
37. Jail Nurse Guilty of Forging Doctor’s Order; Forged Orders Common Jail Practice, by Mark Wilson
38. $7 Million in Settlements in Colorado Jail Prisoner’s Death from Medical Negligence, by David Reutter
39. Ohio Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction Affirmed
40. $1,100,000 Settlement in Juvenile Prisoner Suicide in Union County, New Jersey
41. Will California’s $11 Billion Prison Outlay Survive State Budget Cuts?, by Marvin Mentor
42. Second Circuit Recognizes Attorney-Client Privilege in Prisoner’s Journal in Prosecution of Rapist Guard
43. Rape of Child by Former Washington DOC Director’s Son Spawns Departmental Crisis, by John Dannenberg
44. Ex-Con Exposed – Had Posed as a Lawyer, by John Dannenberg
45. $5 Million Settlement For Illegal Strip Searches In Las Cruces, NM Jail
46. New Jersey Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Barring Women Prisoners at Men’s Prison
47. PEW Report: 1 in 99 Adult Americans Behind Bars In 2007, by John Dannenberg
48. Maryland DOC Pays $500,000 for Detainee Beaten to Death By Guards
49. $7,025 Award in Slip and Fall From Ohio Prison Bunk
50. Georgia Sheriff Must Give Revenue from Prisoner Phone Calls to County, by David Reutter
51. Beleaguered Oregon Sheriff Steps Down, by Mark Wilson
52. Violence at Oklahoma Prisons Leaves Two Dead, Twenty-Five Injured, by Matthew Clarke
53. News in Brief:
54. Sixth Circuit Now Permits § 1983 Complaint to Proceed Even If Prisoner Did Not Initially Plead Exhaustion Below

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• Exonerated Texas Prisoner Entitled to $1.68 Million After 22 Years of Wrongful Incarceration, May 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise, Expert and Opinion Testimony.
• SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• The Unintentional Informant: Household Pets as Vectors of Human DNA, March 1, 2026. DNA Testing/Samples, Forensic Sciences, DNA Evidence, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• Exonerated Former Prisoner Wins Election for Chief Record Keeper in New Orleans, Jan. 1, 2026. Prisoner Legal Assistance, Juries, Public Records, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment.
• Chicago Pays Exonerated Prisoners $7.5 Million, Bringing Total to $33.75 Million for Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Fabrication of Evidence, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence, Withdrawal.
• Zombie Forensics: Discredited Science Stalking the Courtroom, Dec. 15, 2025. DNA Testing/Samples, junk science, Forensic Sciences, Opinions and Expert Testimony.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Warrantless Buccal Swab Pursuant to Discovery Order Violates Fourth Amendment, Overrules Inevitable Discovery Precedent, and Clarifies Accomplice-Corroboration Statute Applies Only to Sworn Testimony, Dec. 15, 2025. DNA Testing/Samples, Warrantless Searches, Good Faith Exception, Hearsay Evidence/Exceptions, Exclusionary Rule.
• Over $222,000 in Legal Costs and Fees Awarded to HRDC in Florida Records Suit Against Centurion, Dec. 1, 2025. Attorney Fee Awards, Costs, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Sentencing, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Confessions and Statements of Defendant, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• SCOTUS Overturns Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death Sentence After More than 25 Years on Death Row, Nov. 1, 2025. Ex Post Facto, Good Time, Wrongful Conviction, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency, First Step Act, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), Specific Offenses, Controlled Substances, Weapons, Accuracy of Information, Depraved Indifference Murder, Evidence - Circumstantial, Theft, Failure to Disclose, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, New Trial - Motions for, Pleas Linked to Cooperation, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of, Selective Prosecution/Enforcement, Improper Comments, Official Report, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence, Exculpatory Evidence - Disclosure Obligations.