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 David Reutter:

• California Court of Appeal: In SB 483, Legislature Intended to Prohibit Prosecution Withdrawing Plea Agreement for Any Sentence Reduction in § 1172.75 Resentencing Hearing, Even Reductions Based on Code Provisions Not Enacted by SB 483—Deepening Split in, Sept. 1, 2024
• BOP is Holding 12,000 Prisoners in Solitary Confinement, Aug. 15, 2024
• Florida Court Strikes $10 Million of $16 Million Judgment Against Armor Correctional Health in Jail Death, Aug. 15, 2024
• Settlements Total $3.85 Million for Nevada Prisoners Hit with Birdshot, Aug. 15, 2024
• $11 Million Settlement for Exonerated Michigan Prisoner, Aug. 15, 2024
• Condemned Alabama Prisoner Challenges Execution by Nitrogen Hypoxia, Aug. 15, 2024
• Bar Complaint Revives 10-Year-Old Question: Why No Charges Filed Against Florida Guards Who Killed Prisoner?, Aug. 15, 2024
• Kansas Supreme Court Severs ‘Noisy Conduct’ Law as Unconstitutionally Overbroad, Aug. 1, 2024
• Tenth Circuit: Counsel Advising Black Defendant No Minorities Would Be on Jury Is Material Misrepresentation About Right to Impartial Jury Rendering Guilty Plea Unknowing and Involuntary, Aug. 1, 2024
• California Court of Appeal Explains Qualification for Mental Health Diversion Under Pen. Code § 1001.36, Rules Defendant Qualified for Pretrial Mental Health Diversion, July 15, 2024

More from these topics:

• Virginia Takes Back One Prison from GEO Group, Closes Four More, Aug. 15, 2024. Private Prisons, GEO Group/Wackenhut.
• Contractor Fined $300,000 for Illegal Asbestos Dumping at Wisconsin Federal Prison, Aug. 15, 2024. Contractor Misconduct, Asbestos, Rural Prisons.
• Tennessee DOC Rewards CoreCivic with Pay Increase Despite Critical Watchdog Audit, Aug. 15, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Corrections Audits, Cost of Prison Systems.
• Riot at California GEO Group Lockup Sends Message to U.S. Marshals, Aug. 15, 2024. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Protests.
• $275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection, Aug. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Arrested for Stealing Snacks, Baltimore Diabetic Dies in Jail, Aug. 15, 2024. Diabetes, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Fraud and Theft Loss.
• Arizona Agrees to $40,000 Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Suicide, Aug. 15, 2024. Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides.
• New Mexico Jail Sued Again After Paying $787,500 In-Custody Death Settlement, Aug. 15, 2024. Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• $7.5 Million Settlement in Suit Over California Jail Death, Aug. 15, 2024. Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Suicides.
• First Circuit Tolls Claim for Maine Jail Death from Date of Detainee’s Injury, Rather Than When He Died, Aug. 15, 2024. Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Suicides, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.