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 Todd Matthews:

• All Eyes On the Court: An Interview with Attorney and Federal Court Monitor Fred Cohen, March 15, 2010
• A Bridge Between The Ivy League And The Jailhouse: An Interview with Brett Dignam, Clinical Professor of Law and Supervising Attorney at Yale Law School, Aug. 15, 2009
• In the Shadow of San Quentin: An Interview with Prison Law Office Director Donald Specter, March 15, 2009
• An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, Nov. 15, 2008
• A Long Road Toward Reform: An Interview with John Boston, Director of the Prisoners’ Rights Project of the New York City Legal Aid Society, July 15, 2008
• A Pursuit of Prisoners’ Health and Safety A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project, March 15, 2008
• Prisoner’s Rights Profile: John Midgley, Dec. 15, 2007
• Interview with Leonard Schroeter, July 15, 2005
• Business as Usual, Dec. 15, 2004

More from these topics:

• New York City Loses Bid to Withhold Jail Records, July 15, 2025. Attorneys, Public Records Act.
• Ohio Sued by Non-Profit Law Firm 
for Opening Prisoner Legal Mail, July 15, 2025. Attorney Client, Legal Materials, Attorney Calls, Legal Mail.
• Tennessee Attorney Sues Federal Court Over Gag Order in CoreCivic Suit, Dec. 15, 2024. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Attorneys, Gag Order.
• Bruce Johnson 1950–2024, Sept. 15, 2024. Editorials, Criminal justice system reform, Attorneys.
• Nevada Supreme Court Holds That Violating Jail Phone Policy Does Not Waive Attorney-Client Privilege, Sept. 15, 2024. Attorney Client, Attorney Calls.
• Washington Prisoner’s Sentence Vacated After Attorney Calls and Visits Were Recorded, Aug. 15, 2024. Attorney Client, Prisoner Privileges, Disclosure of Records, Recordings, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of.
• In New Jersey, Yet More Privileged Phone Calls Between Prisoners and Attorneys Recorded and Used by Prosecutors, July 1, 2024. Attorney Client, Attorney/Client, Recorded Calls.
• Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
• To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up, Nov. 1, 2021. Interviews, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
• Tenth Circuit Rejects Government’s Appeal Over Recorded Attorney Calls and Visits at Private Prison in Leavenworth, Sept. 1, 2021. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Recordings.