More from this issue:

1. Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems, by Gary Hunter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Fifth Circuit: Special Parole Review Request Doesn’t Toll AEDPA Limitations
4. Megan’s Law Preempts Local New Jersey Sex Offender Ordinances
5. “Habeas Hints”, by Kent A. Russell
6. Perpetrators and Enablers of Torture in the US, by Corey Weinstein
7. Maine Prison in Turmoil, by Lance Tapley
8. Obama Promises Guantanamo Will Close and Torture Will End ... but When?, by Matthew Clarke
9. Human Rights Watch Report Calls to Reform PLRA, by David Reutter
10. Florida Prison Guards Fired, Suspended for Shocking Children with Stun Guns, by David Reutter
11. Problems at Washington’s Civil Commitment Center Continue, by Matthew Clarke
12. Southern California Jails Addicted to ICE Money, by Matthew Clarke
13. CA Prison Medical Care Receiver: Three Top Officials Ousted, Controversial Building Plan Opposed, by Matthew Clarke
14. California Sheriffs Appropriate Rehabilitation Funds for Security Needs, by Michael Brodheim
15. Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit For $260,000
16. Nebraska Prison Officials Must Pay Attorney’s Fees in Kosher Diet Case; Found in Contempt After Excrement Discovered in Prisoner’s Food, by Brandon Sample
17. PLN Files Public Records Suit Against San Francisco County, Sheriff’s Office
18. Columbia Jail Journal: The Compelling, Exclusive Inside Story of the Columbia Three, by James Monaghan, Brandon Press, 277 pages, by David Preston
19. Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales, by David Reutter
20. $1.8 Million Settlement in Beating of Florida Jail Prisoner
21. Pennsylvania Jail Mired in Scandal ... Again
22. Montana, Michigan Towns Vie to Fill Prisons with Guantanamo Detainees
23. $4.7 Million Settlement for Brain Damage Caused by Washington Jail Negligence
24. Michigan Changes Overtime Rules; $4 Million Savings on Prison Budget
25. Glomar Response to Prisoner’s FOIA Request Insufficient
26. Texas Parole Board’s Hearing on Imposition of Sex Offender Conditions Inadequate, by Matthew Clarke
27. PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case
28. $6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee
29. $500,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Phoenix Jail Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
30. Los Angeles County Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to Beaten Juvenile Prisoner
31. Ohio County Jail Agrees to Pay $75,000 For Locking Up Poor
32. Small Amounts of Marijuana Not “Dangerous Contraband” Under New York Law, Court Rules
33. Audit Finds California Parolees Sometimes Slip Through Bureaucratic Cracks
34. Maryland Prisoners Make Flags
35. Mississippi Prisoners Make Collect Call for Jesus
36. Clerk Erred in Refusing to File Unsigned 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion
37. Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts, by David Reutter
38. Injunction Against Missouri Sex Offender Halloween Restrictions Issued, Then Vacated, by Matthew Clarke
39. Mentally Ill NC Prisoners Injured in Separate Incidents, by Gary Hunter
40. $145,000 Settlement in Iowa Prisoner’s Self-Mutilation Mental Health Claim, by David Reutter
41. Missouri DOC Permits Gift Books in Response to PLN Demand Letter
42. Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges, by Ian Urbina
43. Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations, by David Reutter
44. Indigent Connecticut Prisoners Entitled to Copies of Records Under FOIA Without Charge
45. Duration of Confinement in Segregation Affects Due Process Inquiry
46. Second Circuit Reinstates New York Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction, by Matthew Clarke
47. California: City Liable for $237,000 Hospital Bill for Prisoner’s Medical Care
48. Oakland, CA Police Policy of In-Field Public Strip Searches Without Arrest or Warrant Found Unconstitutional
49. Florida: For Sentence Calculation Purposes, Civil Commitment Detention Same as Jail Confinement
50. District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement
51. Florida Gain Time Law Application Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
52. Ninth Circuit: Refusal to Allow Cross-Examination of Lab Technician Violates Due Process, by Brandon Sample
53. Ohio Jail Officials Face Federal Charges, Investigation, by Brandon Sample
54. BOP Warden Does Not Have Authority to Reduce Prisoner’s Sentence Under Rule 35(b), by Brandon Sample
55. News in Brief:
56. Oregon Illegal Detention Suit Settled for $30,000
57. Sixth Circuit: Dismissal of Due Process and Equal Protection Claims Upheld; Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Issue Remanded

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:

• $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
• Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
• Oregon Agrees to $2.3 Million Settlement After Guards Toss Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary, Taunt Him Until He Kills Himself, Aug. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• $1.2 Million for Elderly Detainee Shoved Out the Door of Sacramento Jail by Guard, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Tulsa Jail Shutting Down After Investigative Reporting on Detainee Deaths, Aug. 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, July 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Three Women Died at a Michigan Prison in Less than a Month, July 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
• After Spoliation Sanction, CoreCivic Settles Suit Over Suicide in New Mexico ICE Lockup, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Discovery, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Settlement Reached in Mental Health Care Class-Action at San Diego County Jails, June 1, 2026. Settlements, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Class Actions, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.