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 these topics:

• Prison Policy Initiative Report Finds Prison Policies Ignore Menopause Behind Bars, Oct. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN.
• $250,000 Paid by Nevada to Former Prisoner Denied Colonoscopy Who Developed Stage IV Cancer, Oct. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference.
• Eleventh Circuit Affirms Refusal to Expand Bivens to Claim Alleging Federal Prisoner Died from Denial of Treatment for Hepatitis C, Oct. 1, 2026. Medical, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Deliberate Indifference.
• Healthcare Still Lacking at Baltimore Jail Decades After Settlement, Oct. 1, 2026. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Staffing, Consent Decrees.
• “Nothing Short of Disgraceful”: New York Prisoner Wins Injunction Ordering Cancer Treatment Delayed Seven Years, Sept. 1, 2026. Cancer, Failure to Treat, Eighth Amendment, Injunctions, Deliberate Indifference.
• BOP Denies Providing Substandard Dialysis Treatment Despite Prisoners’ Deaths, Court Filings, Understaffing and Lack of Oversight, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Delaware’s Lack of Prison Healthcare Oversight, Sept. 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Grievances.
• Rising Deaths in Los Angeles County Jail Linked to Longer Stays, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug Overdose, Statistics/Trends, Suicides, Reduction of Prison Population.
• What 911 Calls Reveal About Jail Operations, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Statistics/Trends, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Staff Training.
• Isolation and Medical Neglect at Illinois’ Joliet Treatment Center Drive Prisoners to Set Fatal Fires, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Security Systems, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).