More from this issue:

1. Anatomy of the Modern Prisoners’ Rights Suit: A Practitioner’s Guide to Successful Jury Trials on Behalf of Prisoner-Plaintiffs*, by Alphonse A. Gerhardstein
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Innocent Georgia Man Receives $500,000 as Compensation for Rape Conviction
4. Former Prisoner Convicted of Impersonating Criminal Defense Attorney
5. Why False Imprisonment Recoveries Should Not Be Taxable, by Robert Wood
6. Texas’ Parole Condition X Violates Due Process, by Gary Hunter
7. $2.16 Million Settlement in Dauphin Pennsylvania Jail Strip Search Lawsuit
8. Using Chemical Agents on Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
9. Audit Finds California Prison Receiver Broke State Law by Making No-Bid Contracts with Verizon, by Michael Brodheim
10. Fifth Circuit Upholds $14 Million Award Against Louisiana DA’s Office in Wrongful Conviction Suit; Affirmed by En Banc Ruling, by Matthew Clarke
11. Third Circuit Upholds Pennsylvania DOC Policy Requiring Control Number for Legal Mail, by David Reutter
12. Third Circuit Upholds Ban on UCC Materials; Sixth Circuit Disagrees, by Brandon Sample
13. Working in Legal Field Not Prohibited While on Federal Supervised Release
14. Prisoners Not Evacuated, Parolees Rounded Up as Hurricanes Hit, by Gary Hunter
15. Contraband Smuggling by Texas Prison Guards Rarely Punished Harshly, by Matthew Clarke
16. Oklahoma Prisoner Beaten to Death After Celled with Co-Defendant He Testified Against
17. California Lifers’ New Litigation Tool: DA’s “Opinion” and Governor’s “Belief” Do Not Constitute “Evidence” in Parole Denial Cases, by Marvin Mentor
18. Notice Required for Rejected Packages BOP Warden Denied Qualified Immunity, by Brandon Sample
19. Organ Harvesting In China Prison Goes High Tech, by Gary Hunter
20. Former Oklahoma Sheriff Convicted of Sex Crimes Now Where to Put Him?
21. Federal Three-Judge Panel Orders California To Reduce Prison Population By 44,000 Prisoners Within Two Years, by Marvin Mentor
22. New York’s Correction Law § 24 Held Unconstitutional by US Supreme Court, by Brandon Sample
23. $25,000 Award to Utah Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Death Row Prisoner Following 9/11
24. FBI And States Expand Collection Of DNA To The Innocent, by Brandon Sample
25. Sheriff and Guards Indicted: Sex, Misconduct and Contraband Scandal at Texas Jail, by Matthew Clarke
26. Washington States Passes New Law for Automatic Restoration of Voting Rights, by Eric Nygren
27. Philadelphia Tax Break for Hiring Ex-Prisoners a Bust
28. U.S. Supreme Court Recedes from Saucier’s Mandatory Provisions for Determining Qualified Immunity Claims, by David Reutter
29. California: Parole Board’s Policy Barring Friendly Oral Witness Testimony At Lifer Hearings Ruled An “Underground Regulation”, by Marvin Mentor
30. $3.75 Million Settlement for Orange County, California, Jail Detainee Severely Beaten by Prisoners
31. Violence on the Rise in Arizona Prisons, by David Reutter
32. Maryland Prisoners Receive Kosher Food, by Brandon Sample
33. From the Bottom of the Heap: The Autobiography of Black Panther Robert Hillary King, Oakland, CA: PM Press (2009) $24.95 hardback, 217 pages, by Mel Motel
34. Sixth Circuit Overturns $625,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Sexually Abused by Guard, by Brandon Sample
35. Oklahoma Prisoner Awarded $65,000 for Inadequate MSRA Care, by Brandon Sample
36. $1 Million Settlement in Santa Clara, California Jail Suicide
37. No Qualified Immunity for Guards Who Failed to Help Vomiting Prisoner Who Died
38. Indigent Texas Prisoners May No Longer be Required to Repay Cost of Court-Appointed Counsel
39. California Prison Still Subpar, Grand Jury Finds
40. News in Brief:
41. $1,000 Jury Award to Beaten Missouri Prisoner

More from these topics:

• Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner 
That Sparked Massive Guard Strike, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Sentencing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons.
• Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025. War on Terror, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Terrorism.
• $6.75 Million Settlement Reached in Suit Accusing 
Massachusetts Guards of Retaliatory Assaults on Prisoners, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence 
at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Discrimination (Transgender).
• SCOTUS Clamps Down on Bivens Extension to Prisoner 
Beaten by BOP Guards at Virginia Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Bivens Actions.
• Former Oregon Prison Guard Sergeant Sentenced 
for Sexually Abusing Imprisoned Women, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• $1.2 Million for New York Prisoner Waterboarded by Guards, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Exceptions.
• Third Circuit Upholds Award of $265,000 to Prisoner 
Who Was Sexually Assaulted Twice by the Same Guard, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Damages - Compensatory, Damages - Punitive.