More from this issue:

1. State-by-State Prisoner Rape and Sexual Abuse Round-Up, by Matthew Clarke
2. Ohio Facility is Recycling Trash, Saving Money Thanks to Prisoners’ Slave Labor, by Joe Watson
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Indiana Prosecutor Disciplined for Conflict of Interest, by Matthew Clarke
5. HRDC, Other Organizations Send Joint Letter to Tennessee DOC Commissioner, by Alex Friedmann
6. Fourth Circuit Remands Prisoner’s Equal Protection Claim, by Michael Brodheim
7. Texas Harasses, Denies Compensation to Wrongly Convicted, by Matthew Clarke
8. Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to PLN in Sacramento County Jail Censorship Suit
9. Texas Prisoner Health Care Underfunded
10. Rumsfeld, Military Officials Immune from Suit by Foreign Nationals Alleging Torture on Foreign Soil, by Michael Brodheim
11. Challenge to BOP’s Ban on Sexually Explicit Publications Dismissed, by Brandon Sample
12. ACLU of Arizona Surveys Taser Use in Statewide Report, by Joe Watson
13. New York City DOC Jail Official Resigns Amid Corruption Probe
14. Ninth Circuit Holds Prisoners May be Compelled to Provide Blood Samples Under California DNA Act
15. Thousands Referred but Very Few Qualify for Commitment as Sexually Violent Predators in California
16. California Prison Doctors Accused of Misconduct Get Paid to Shuffle Paperwork, Deliver Mail
17. Court Finds Pennsylvania Jail’s Phone Bidding Process was Rigged; Contract Awarded to Another Company
18. Murderer Registry Becomes Law in Illinois, by Joe Watson
19. Rehabilitation Finding Eliminates 30-Year Minimum Sentence for Aggravated Murder, but Oregon Parole Board Balks, by Mark Wilson
20. Withdrawal of Approval of New Mexico Jail Class Action Settlement Not Appealable Order
21. Washington State Prisoner Granted Preliminary Injunction to Treat Neuroma; Case Settles for $120,000
22. Illinois Governor Signs Bill Banning Death Penalty, Commutes All Death Sentences, by Matthew Clarke
23. Mississippi Oversight Committee Finds Fault in Operation of Prison Canteens, by David Reutter
24. Florida Senate Rejects Privatization of 27 State Prisons – but Just Barely
25. Connecticut District Court Finds ICE Agents Not Shielded from Bivens Liability; Suit Settles for $350,000, by Derek Gilna
26. Texas Prison Guard Gets Five Years for Scalding Child, by Alex Friedmann
27. Eighth Circuit Revisits Muslim Prisoner’s Settlement with Nebraska DOC; $74,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded, by Derek Gilna
28. BOP Staff at FMC Lexington Recover Monetary Damages and Attorney Fees for Privacy Act Violations, by Derek Gilna
29. No Qualified Immunity for Guard Who Failed to Protect Prisoner from Sexual Abuse, by Brandon Sample
30. Incarcerated Veterans Help Other Incarcerated Vets Obtain Disability Benefits, by Michael Brodheim
31. The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case that Shook the Texas Prison System, by Michael Berryhill (University of Texas Press, 2011). 244 pages, $29.95, by Mel Motel
32. Ohio Jails Find Loophole to Again Charge Booking Fees
33. Pennsylvania Parole Board May Not Condition Parole of Sex Offender on Admission of Guilt Due to Ex Post Facto Violation
34. Oklahoma City Not Liable for Wrongful Conviction Resulting from Falsified Forensic Evidence, by Matthew Clarke
35. California: State Settles Prisoner’s Lawsuit for $10,000, then Delays Payment
36. News in Brief:

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Multitudes Caged for Failure to Pay Child Support, Driving Mass Incarceration, May 1, 2025
• Los Angeles County Pays $24 Million to Two Former Prisoners Wrongly Convicted as Teens of 1997 Murder, May 1, 2025
• Federal Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Spiking Suicide Risk at Pennsylvania Lockup, April 1, 2025
• Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Prisoner Who Had Consensual Sex With Guard Cannot Sustain Eighth Amendment Claim, April 1, 2025
• TDCJ to Run Out of Beds in 2025, April 1, 2025
• “Happy Mother’s Day”: $1,353,000 Settlement Approved for Migrant Parents Separated from Minor Kids at Border, March 1, 2025
• DOJ Finds “Horrific and Inhumane” Conditions in Georgia Prisons, March 1, 2025
• Sixth Circuit Upholds $6.4 Million Jury Award Against Corizon Nurses For Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Alcohol Withdrawal, March 1, 2025
• En Banc Fifth Circuit Reverses Panel, Holds Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, March 1, 2025
• USDC (D. Oregon), Case No. 6:22-cv-00451, Feb. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Connecticut Court Denies Access to Video of Prisoner’s Fatal Beat-Down by Guards, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Videotaping, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• $18,000 for New York Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Planted Shank in Cell, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Settlements.
• New York Guards Indicted for Prisoner’s Murder, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• South Carolina Jailer Gets 10 Years for Sexually Assaulting Nine Detainees and Co-Workers, May 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct.
• Study Finds Just 1% of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claims Succeed, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• New Jersey DOC Sued Twice for Turning “Blind Eye” to “Pervasive” Drug-Smuggling Blamed for Prisoner Deaths, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Drug Overdose, Cell Searches, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Drug Courier or "Mule" status.
• Jury Deadlocks at Trial of Last BOP Guard Accused at California “Rape Club”, May 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Jury Trial.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Deaths, Deplorable Conditions, Staff Misconduct Plague Memphis Jail, April 1, 2025. Misconduct/Corruption, Conditions of Confinement, Wrongful Death.
• Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled, April 1, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Shootings.