More from this issue:

1. Deconstructing Gus: A Former CCA Prisoner Takes On, and Takes Down, CCA’s Top Lawyer, by Paul Wright
2. Online Postings Lead To Stiffer Sentences, by Brandon Sample
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. GEO Cancels Contract at Pennsylvania Jail, Looks Elsewhere for Business, by David Reutter
5. $295,000 Award to Wisconsin Prisoner in Moldy Mattress Case Reduced by Court
6. Torture at Angola Prison: President Obama promises to close Guantanamo, but a court proceeding in Louisiana exposes brutality closer to home, by Jordan Flaherty
7. Widespread Corruption in Private Halfway Houses, by Derick Limberg
8. Dead Bodies at “Bodies” Exhibit May Be Executed Chinese Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
9. Florida’s Juvenile Death Camps: A Painful Past Revisited, by David Reutter
10. Prisoners Can Sue Virginia DOC’s Contract Medical Provider for Breach of Contract
11. District of Columbia Rehabilitation Program Contractor Liable in Juvenile’s Death; $1,000,000 Verdict Upheld, by Bob Williams
12. California Jail Restraint and Tasering Death Settles for $3 Million
13. Oregon Jailer Avoids Prosecution for Online Assault Boast; Jail Employees Lose Internet Access, by Mark Wilson
14. Supreme Court Holds Prosecutors Immune from Using False Snitch Testimony to Gain Wrongful Conviction, by John Dannenberg
15. Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $15,000.50 for Slip and Fall
16. Entire Texas Prison System Locked Down to Search for Phones; Prison Cell Phone Problem is Pandemic, by Matthew Clarke
17. Ohio Court Releases Prisoners from Private Jail to Protect Them
18. CMS Contract Woes Persist in New Jersey, Arizona and Delaware, by David Reutter
19. $2,925,000 in Recent Settlements Involving Maricopa County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio, by Matthew Clarke
20. Audit Faults New York Prison Oversight, by Mark Wilson
21. In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter, by Todd Matthews
22. Prisoners’ Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada, 3rd Edition, by Jon Marc Taylor and Susan Schwartzkopf, by Paul Wright
23. Federal Three-Judge Panel Issues Tentative Ruling To Reduce California’s Prison Population By Up To 57,000 In Three Years, by John Dannenberg
24. $3.6 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner’s Segregation Cell Death
25. Selling Segregation, by Josh Rushing
26. California Appellate Court Grants Writ, Reverses Governor, Reinstates PLN Writer’s Grant of Parole, by Marvin Mentor
27. Reverend Sues, Wins Right to Register Alabama Prisoners to Vote, by David Reutter
28. Texas Parole Officials Caught Lying to Federal Court With Impunity
29. Report Finds Increase in Michigan Prison Population Attributable to Political Policy Changes, Not Crime Increase, by David Reutter
30. Georgia Judges, Other Officials Indicted on Corruption and Human Trafficking Charges, by David Reutter
31. Maryland Prison Employees Strip Searched After False Alert by Drug Scanning Machine, by Derick Limberg
32. News in Brief:
33. Former Illinois Prison Director Convicted and Fined
34. Washington Jury Awards $202,500 to Ex-Prisoner for Injuries from Top Bunk Fall

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:

• “Safe Inside” Review Paid for by DOJ Found Prisons Grew Much Deadlier in Five Year-Period, Aug. 1, 2026. Work Conditions/Safety, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Staffing, Assaults on Staff.
• Jail Oversight Body Stalled by New York Governor, Aug. 1, 2026. Government Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Prison Reform, Public Records, State Legislation.
• Detainees Overpower Guards to Take Control of a North Carolina Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Prison Rebellion, Overcrowding, Staffing, Security Systems, Assaults on Staff.
• Oklahoma County Jail Fails 12th Health Inspection, Aug. 1, 2026. Corrections Audits, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Sanitation, Bedding.
• $30,000 Settlement Reached in Virginia Jail Death That Put Richmond Lockup Under State Oversight, Aug. 1, 2026. Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Monell Liability.
• BOP Orders Prison Closures Amid Infrastructure Decay and Staff Shortages, Aug. 1, 2026. Transfers, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Staffing, Guard Unions.
• Colorado Governor Signs Bill to Expand Earned Time Credits and Other Measures, Aug. 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Overdetention, State Legislation, Credits, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Abuse is No Excuse: Oklahoma’s Judges Deny Sentencing Relief to Prisoners Who Were Raped and Physically Assaulted, Aug. 1, 2026. State Legislation, Domestic Violence, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Sentences - Adjustments and Departures, Reduction of Sentence.
• 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.
• Nevada Prisons Are Facing a Medical Crisis Due to Understaffing, Aug. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.