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:

• Tenth Circuit: Colorado Governor Unentitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity on Claim Related to DOC Religious Policies, Aug. 1, 2026
• Michigan Appeals Court: Witnesses Cannot be Forced to Wear Jail Clothes at Trial, Aug. 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of State-Law Qualified Immunity in Scabies Case, Aug. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claim for Denial of Out-of-Cell Exercise Time, Aug. 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026
• Florida Supreme Court Announces Rule 3.170(f)’s Good-Cause Plea-Withdrawal Standard Does Not Apply at Post-Appeal Resentencing, April 1, 2026
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Defendant Must Be Competent Before Undergoing Mental-Condition Examination Under § 16-8-107(3)(b), April 1, 2026
• California Court of Appeal Announces Plea Agreements Cannot Bar § 1172.1 Resentencing, Holds Merit-Based Denial of Petition Is Appealable, April 1, 2026
• Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies That Failure to Object to Ineligible Juror Does Not Constitute Waiver Unless Party Knew or Could Have Discovered Ineligibility Through Ordinary Diligence, April 1, 2026
• Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme, March 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges., June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Voting, Prison Gangs, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Selective Prosecution/Enforcement.
• Massachusetts Settles Lawsuit with Promise to Release Jail Voting Data, April 1, 2026. Voting, Advocacy, Settlements, Voting Rights, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• Report Shows How Prison Gerrymanders Distort Democracy Across U.S., Jan. 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Voting, Census, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Voting Rights.
• GOP Washington Lawmaker Trolls Felon Enfranchisement Proponents, April 1, 2025. Voting, Voting Rights Act, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• California Prisoner Allegedly Ran Alaska Drug Ring from His Cell, Feb. 15, 2025. Organizing, Prison Gangs, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Colorado Becomes First State to Require Polling Stations in Jails, Nov. 15, 2024. Voting, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• Ending Prison Slavery on the Ballot in California, Nevada, Aug. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Voting, State Legislation.
• Maine Ends Prison Gerrymandering, Jan. 1, 2024. Voting, Census, Voting Rights, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes, April 15, 2023. Organizing, FBI, Electronic Surveillance, False Statements, Testimony or Documents.
• Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail, Aug. 1, 2022. Voting, Voting Rights.