More from this issue:

1. Mass Torture in America: Notes from the Supermax Prisons, by Lance Tapley
2. From the Editor
3. Study: CIA Doctors ‘Gave Green Light to Torture’, by Muriel Kane
4. Florida Woman Settles Lawsuit Against Sheriff’s Officers for $67,500 After Arrest While in Premature Labor
5. Illinois Supermax Placement Procedures Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
6. Is Operation Streamline a Billion Dollar Give-away to the Private Prison Industry?, by Bob Libal
7. Habeas Hints: The Year in Review, by Kent A. Russell
8. California: State May Be Liable for Delaying Medical Care to Prisoner’s Infant Child
9. Blind Texas Prisoner Dies after Confrontation with Guards
10. New U.S. Marshals Director Confirmed Despite Conflict of Interest with Private Prison Companies
11. 1,295 Prisoners Scam Government for $9.1 Million
12. Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Parole Revocation Witness Denial Violated Due Process
13. Physicians for Human Rights: CIA Performed Illegal Medical Experiments While Torturing Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
14. Seventh Circuit Holds That A Prisoner’s Verbal Complaints About Racist Guards May Be Protected Speech
15. Mississippi DOC Closes Unit 32
16. The Habeas Citebook: lneffective Assistance of Counsel, by Brandon Sample, Prison Legal News Publishing, 2010, pp.212 $49.95, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
17. Florida Guard’s Conviction for Falsifying Use-of-Force Report Affirmed, by David Reutter
18. Denial of Qualified Immunity Reversed in Michigan Prison Wage Suit
19. Ninth Circuit Upholds Arizona Teenage Detainee Suicide Claim Dismissal
20. $450,000 Award in New York Prisoner’s Negligence Claim
21. Washington State Sheriff’s Classification of Sex Offender Violates Separation of Powers
22. Kenyan Prisoners Allowed to Vote in Constitutional Referendum
23. Eleventh Circuit Affirms Injunction in Florida DOC Mental Health Conditions Pepper Spray Case, by David Reutter
24. 9th Circuit: Prisoner Need Not Succumb to Threats in Order to Prevail on First Amendment Retaliation Claim, by Michael Brodheim
25. Georgia: Flurry of Judicial Resignations Highlights Secrecy Behind Investigations, by David Reutter
26. Homeland Security Inspector General’s Report Finds Additional Controls Needed to Ensure Prisoners’ Access to Phones at ICE Facilities
27. Report: New Jersey DOC Should Upgrade Prisoner Reentry Programs, by Derek Gilna
28. Texas Pays for Geriatric Prisoners, Rarely Grants Medical Parole, by Matthew Clarke
29. $42,000 Verdict in Iowa Jail Excessive Force Case
30. Federal Prisoner’s Death at FCI Pekin Triggers FBI Investigation, by Derek Gilna
31. Disability Rights Vermont Report Faults Staff for Disabled Prisoner’s Death
32. Onerous Ohio Sex Offender Restrictions Drive Some Underground, by Matthew Clarke
33. California Wrongful Conviction Lawsuit Settled for $7.95 Million
34. New Epidemic: Contraband Cell Phones in Prison Cells, by Mark Wilson
35. Abuse and Assaults Continue at Pennsylvania Jail, by David Reutter
36. Feds Indict Two in Florida Prison Canteen Kickback Scheme
37. Fourth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on RLUIPA Haircut Claim, but Case Dismissed on Remand
38. Head of Ohio Juvenile Facility Fired Following Complaints of Sexual Harassment
39. Virginia Prisoner Kills Cellmate, Requests Death Sentence, by Mark Wilson
40. Floodlines: Community and Resistance from Katrina to the Jena Six, by Jordan Flaherty, Haymarket Books, 2010; $16.00, 292 pages, by Lewis Wallace
41. $240,001 Verdict in Boston Jail Beating Suit, by Brandon Sample
42. New York City Pays $9.9 Million to Settle Wrongful Conviction Suit
43. Study Finds Discriminatory Jury Selection in Southern States, by Derek Gilna
44. $33 Million Settlement in New York City Jails Strip Search Class-Action, by Matthew Clarke
45. Michigan Prison Doctor Liable for Late Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
46. Texas Supreme Court Rules Typed Copy of Grievance Decision Satisfies Chapter 14
47. News In Brief:

More from David Reutter:

• Help Wanted: 31,000 Prison Guard Jobs Open Nationwide, Sept. 1, 2025
• Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Claim Based on Guard’s 
Thwarting of Administrative Remedies, Aug. 1, 2025
• Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement 
for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025
• Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay 
for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit: Continuing-Violations Doctrine Applies 
for PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Purposes, Aug. 1, 2025
• First Circuit: Prosecutor’s Breach of Plea Agreement 
Requires Government’s Specific Performance of Agreement, 
Not Specific Performance by District Court, Aug. 1, 2025
• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
• $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for 
Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Help Wanted: 31,000 Prison Guard Jobs Open Nationwide, Sept. 1, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Exercise, Lockdowns, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guards/Staff, Staff Training.
• Now Under Federal Receivership, 
New York City’s Rikers Island Jails Still Have 
No Plan to Improve, No Firm Date to Close, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Eighth Amendment.
• Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025. Sexual Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Stun Guns/Tasers.
• 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.
• Delaware’s ACLU Files Action on Behalf Of Six Prisoners 
Assaulted During Midnight Raid, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints.
• Eleventh Circuit Announces Sixth Amendment Right to Proceed Pro Se at Sentencing if Defendant ‘Clearly and Unequivocally’ Expresses Desire to Do So After Faretta Inquiry, Aug. 1, 2025. Mootness, Counsel - Withdrawal/Substitution of, Self-representation.
• Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arizona Challenge 
to Private Prisons, July 15, 2025. Private Prisons, Eighth Amendment, Thirteenth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
• News in Brief, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, halfway houses, New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Fraud and Deceit.