More from this issue:

1. Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts
2. Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas, by Craig Malisow
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Felon Disenfranchisement Statute Does Not Violate Voting Rights Act, by Brandon Sample
5. Sixth Circuit OK’s Federal Judge’s Membership in Racist and Sexist Country Club
6. Ninth Circuit Rules PLRA Requires Exhaustion Even if Prison Grievance Process Cannot Provide Monetary Relief
7. California: Continued Resistance Among Prisoners and Prison Officials Alike Slows Attempts to End Housing Segregation, by Michael Brodheim
8. Inadequate Medical Care in Texas Jails Kills Hundreds of Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
9. Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, Metropolitan Books/Holt, 484 pp (October 2010), $20.00 paperback, by Lance Tapley
10. Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides More Than Four Times National Average, by Mark Wilson
11. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Retires in Wake of DUI Arrest
12. Practice of Jailing Parents Who Owe Child Support Raises Questions, Concerns, by Matthew Clarke
13. Report Documents Scope of Prosecutorial Misconduct in California, by Michael Brodheim
14. California Jury Awards Native American Prisoner $150 on Due Process Property Claim
15. Jailing for Debt on the Rise, by Matthew Clarke
16. Two California Prisoners Die as a Result of Doctor’s Negligence, by Derek Gilna
17. No Interlocutory Appeal from Denial of Motion for Reconsideration; $6,000 Settlement in New York Jail Abuse Case
18. CA Inspector General Finds 15 of 17 Prisons Demonstrate Low Adherence to Established Medical Policies and Procedures, by Michael Brodheim
19. Wisconsin DOC Settles Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit
20. Juvenile Justice Expert Condemns Rhode Island’s Jailing of Students for Minor Offenses, by Derek Gilna
21. Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners, by Mark Wilson
22. Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters, by Derek Gilna
23. CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit
24. Trivialized Use of Presidential Pardon Power Continues Under Obama, by Brandon Sample
25. Homeless Probationer’s Violation for Failure to Comply with GPS Monitoring Reversed
26. Virginia ACLU Requests DOJ Investigation into Jail Deaths, by Mark Wilson
27. Mexican Prison Officials Arm and Release Prisoners for Hit Squad Duties, by Matthew Clarke
28. Texas Prison Guard One of "America’s Dumbest Criminals”
29. Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95, by Matthew Clarke
30. Study Highlights the Burden of Fees, Debt Collection on Criminal Defendants, by Derek Gilna
31. Elaborate California Parole Violator Sting Nabs 150
32. Colorado Officials Lead Efforts to Modernize Afghan Prisons, by Derek Gilna
33. Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison
34. $75,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Beating
35. Connecticut Sues Prison Builders for $18 Million, by Gary Hunter
36. Conviction Affirmed for Former Prisoner Who Posed as Lawyer
37. State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable, by Matthew Clarke
38. Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually, by Michael Brodheim
39. Fifth Circuit: Sex Offender Conditions May be Imposed for Prior Sex Offense, by Matthew Clarke
40. South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime
41. $50,001 Verdict for Pennsylvania Prisoner in Failure to Protect Suit
42. Eighth Circuit Reverses Transport Rape Summary Judgment
43. Pennsylvania Jail Pays $3 Million to Settle Class-Action Strip Search Suit
44. Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance
45. News In Brief:

More from these topics:

• Atlanta Jail Boasts Improvements Since Consent Decree, Reports from Monitor and ACLU Are More Critical, May 1, 2026. Staffing, Sanitation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Consent Decrees, Bail/Pretrial Release.
• Monitor Says Massachusetts Prisons Will Not Meet Settlement Deadline for Mental Health Reforms, May 1, 2026. Private Prisons, DOC/BOP misconduct, Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Six Maryland Guards Convicted in Prisoner’s Beating, Cover-up; § 1983 Suit Filed, May 1, 2026. Guard Brutality/Beatings, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Obstruction of Justice, Wrongful Use of Force, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of.
• Judge Denies New York Prison Chief’s Motion to be Dismissed from Case Related to Robert Brooks’ Murder, May 1, 2026. Work Strikes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Train/Supervise, Police--Excessive Force, Deliberate Indifference.
• Houston Jail Renews $38 Million Contract to Outsource Detainees to Private Lockups, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Failure to Treat, Overcrowding, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Tulsa Jail Withholds Records Related to Detainee Deaths, April 1, 2026. Private Prisons, Wrongful Death, Suicides, Access to Media, Public Records Act.
• Officials in Kansas Allow CoreCivic to Reopen Leavenworth Prison, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Advocacy, Injunctions, Immigration Detention, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Analysts Recommend Closing California’s Soledad Prison, April 1, 2026. Private Prisons, Cost of Prison Systems.
• Montana Switches to Sending Prisoners to a Private Prison in Mississippi, April 1, 2026. Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding.
• Colorado Governor Tells Lawmakers to Open New Prison, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cost of Prison Systems, Revocation Proceedings, Reduction of Prison Population.