More from this issue:

1. Celebrity Justice: Prison Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, by Matthew Clarke
2. California Uses $1.08 Billion in Federal Stimulus Funds to Pay Prison Guard Salaries, by Michael Brodheim
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. New Medical Director at Texas Jail Previously Sanctioned
5. U.S. Supreme Court to Review California Prison Population Reduction Orders, by John Dannenberg
6. Florida Prison Psychiatrist Resigns; License Revoked Over Sex with Patient, by David Reutter
7. Dallas County Jail Settles Three Medical-Related Suits for $795,000
8. Florida’s Civil Rights Restoration Process Insufficiently Funded, by David Reutter
9. Convictions Upheld in Appeal of Lynne Stewart, Attorney to Blind Sheikh, but Case Remanded for Resentencing, by Justin Miller
10. Texas Youth Commission Ombudsman Resigns Following Smuggling Indictment, by Matthew Clarke
11. Kentucky Lethal Injection Protocol Adopted in Violation of APA, by Brandon Sample
12. Pennsylvania County Jail Settles Medical Indifference Suit for $55,000
13. Eighth Circuit Upholds $2,501 Retaliation Judgment Against Arkansas Prison Guard
14. Indiana Sex Offender Registration Law Can Not Be Retroactively Applied
15. Valley Fever Cases at California Prison Increase in 2009
16. Release Conditions Requiring Defendant to Tell Probation Officer about Romantic Relationships Vacated
17. Only Three States in Compliance with Unfunded Federal Sex Offender Mandates, by Matthew Clarke
18. DNA Exonerations in Georgia Result in Disparate Compensation Awards, by David Reutter
19. Guilty Pleas in Angola Horse Selling Scheme, by David Reutter
20. San Francisco Settles Wrongful Incarceration Cases for $7.5 Million, by Michael Brodheim
21. Canyon County Jail in Idaho Settles Conditions Suit With Consent Decree and $190,000 in Attorney’s Fees, by Brandon Sample
22. U.S. Senator’s Girlfriend, In-Law Get Department of Justice Jobs, by Brandon Sample
23. U.S. Department of Justice Releases Report on HIV in Prisons
24. South Carolina Settles Prisoner Stabbing Death Lawsuit for $47,500
25. California County Jail Settles Wrongful Death Suit for $600,000
26. Virginia Sheriff’s Office, PHS Settle Wrongful Death Suit for $1.6 Million
27. CCA Pays $70,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees to Settle PLN Censorship Suit, by Alex Friedmann
28. Prison-based Call Centers Open in Austria, India, by Matthew Clarke
29. New York Prisoner Beaten, Guards Convicted, GEO Settles Suit for $80,000, by Matthew Clarke
30. California Counties Vie to House ICE Prisoners, by Michael Brodheim
31. New Jersey DOC Agrees to Let Prisoner Preach
32. Erroneously Released Texas Prisoner Entitled to Credit on Sentence, by Matthew Clarke
33. Media Agencies Intervene to Unseal Records in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit, by Brandon Sample
34. Sacramento County Partially Settles Taxpayer Suit Alleging Il-legal Conditions of Confinement in Juvenile Facilities, by Michael Brodheim
35. Oregon Offers Early Release to Illegal Immigrants Who Consent to Deportation, by Michael Brodheim
36. The Politics of Death: Throwing Mumia Abu-Jamal Under the Bus, by Dave Lindorff
37. CMS Nurse Denied Summary Judgment for Failure to Treat Prisoner for Heat Illness;$400,000 Settlement Following Sixth Circuit Ruling, by David Reutter
38. Wisconsin County Pays $750,000 to Settle Jail Sex Abuse Suit
39. Marsy’s Law Enjoined in California, by Michael Brodheim
40. Arkansas Federal Jury Awards $261,000 to Male Prisoner Raped by Male Guard
41. One in Six HIV-Infected Americans Spent Time in Prison or Jail in 2006, by Michael Brodheim
42. Houston Police Department Conducted Blood Draw Training on Prisoners, by Greg Dober
43. Second Circuit Ruling in Post-9/11 Immigration Detention Case, by Matthew Clarke
44. Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Sheriff May Not Charge Jail Fees, by Matthew Clarke
45. Former New York Corrections Commissioner Receives Four-Year Prison Sentence, by Matthew Clarke
46. Sixth Circuit: No Eleventh Amendment Immunity When ADA Claim Includes Fourteenth Amendment Violations, by Matthew Clarke
47. Georgia Officials Receive Prison Sentences in Charge-Fixing Scheme
48. News in Brief:

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail, May 1, 2026
• Faced with Record-Breaking Jail Deaths, L.A. County Supervisors Tell Sheriff’s Department to Improve Access to Naloxone, Camera Monitoring, and Security Checks at California Jail, May 1, 2026
• Federal Court Places Medical Care in Arizona Prisons Under Receivership, May 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Liability but Reverses Damages in Lawsuit Over Illinois Warden and Investigator Using Prisoner as Bait to Catch Staff Member Raping Her, May 1, 2026
• Texas Moves to Restrict Cashless Bond and Reverse Federal Court-Ordered Misdemeanor Bail Reform, May 1, 2026
• In Texas, Harris County Commissioners Approve $1.2 Million for Fourth Study of Jail Since 2020 After Dozens of Abuse Allegations, April 1, 2026
• Texas Attorney General Clarifies Scope of Statute Requiring Outside Agency Investigation of Jail Deaths, April 1, 2026
• D.C. Judge Blocks Transfer of Biden-Commuted Federal Death Row Prisoners to “Supermax,” Citing Lack of Meaningful Due Process, April 1, 2026
• Eighth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Iowa Jail Detainee’s Suicide, April 1, 2026
• Groundbreaking Statistical Study of Pregnant Texas Jail Detainees Finds Over 400 Monthly, April 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee, May 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• $2.75 Million Paid by Washington County and NaphCare for Jail Detainee’s Suicide, April 1, 2026. Naphcare, Qualified Immunity, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.
• $10.3 Million Paid for Teen’s Death at Kansas Juvenile Detention Facility, April 1, 2026. Restraints, Qualified Immunity, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Constitutional Challenge to Louisiana Prison “Farm Line” Granted Class Certification, March 1, 2026. Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Injunctions (PLRA), Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Eighth Circuit Revives Case Against Guards Who Failed to Intervene As Chaplain Sexually Assaulted Arkansas Prisoner, March 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Qualified Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Prisoner’s Challenge to Guard Tackle That Broke His Foot, March 1, 2026. Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Louisiana Prisoner Sustains Claim Against Prison Doctor for Allowing Assignment to “Field Duty” Despite Known Ankle Injury, March 1, 2026. Inability to Work, Skeletal Injury, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Tenth Circuit Affirmed Denial of Guards Qualified Immunity in Disabled Detainee’s Fourteenth Amendment Claim, March 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Michigan Claws Back $1.2 Million Paid to Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner, Feb. 1, 2026. Police Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Forensic Sciences, Fabrication of Evidence.