More from this issue:

1. Federal Sex Offender Civil Commitment Process Under Fire, by Derek Gilna
2. Ethics Complaint Against Former Oregon Prison Official Dismissed
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Maryland Women Prisoners Sew Commemorative 1812 Flags
5. Hawaii Audit Finds Offenders Rarely Pay Restitution Owed
6. Prisoner Lacked Standing to Challenge Georgia’s Failure to Send Absentee Ballot to Jail
7. Federal BOP to Let Prisoners Have MP3 Players
8. $975,000 Award to Former Prisoner Who Gave Birth in Seattle, Washington Jail
9. California Pays $295,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Sikh Barred from Employment as Prison Guard
10. California Supreme Court Restricts Lifer Parole Challenges
11. CA Court of Appeal: Documents Identifying Suppliers of Execution Drug are Public Records
12. Florida Town Rallies to Stop CCA Immigration Detention Facility, by David Reutter
13. PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Sacramento County, California Jail
14. U.S. Supreme Court Holds AG Rules Required Before SORNA Sex Offender Law is Applied Retroactively, by Derek Gilna
15. New Mexico Sheriff Sentenced for Selling County Property on eBay
16. Former Florida Sheriff Cleared in Theft Investigation and PHS Contract Fraud Suit
17. Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida DOC’s Ban on Pen Pal Solicitations, by David Reutter
18. $50 Million in Grants Targets HIV in the Criminal Justice System
19. Pro Se Virginia Prisoner Settles Religious Exercise Suit
20. $3.5 Million Settlement in Teen’s Death at New York Juvenile Facility
21. Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors, by Matthew Clarke
22. Texas: Helping HIV+ Prisoners Receive Post-Release Meds
23. BOP’s RDAP Program Unevenly Administered and Unnecessarily Costly, by Brandon Sample
24. Florida Reports Indicate Restoration of Civil Rights Reduces Recidivism, by David Reutter
25. Tenth Circuit Holds Sex Offenders Who Leave U.S. Must Still Register, by Derek Gilna
26. Tainted Chicken Sickens Hundreds of Prisoners, Staff at Pennsylvania BOP Facility
27. ACLU Challenges “Jail or Church” Program in Alabama
28. “Fusion Centers” Gather Intelligence on U.S. Citizens, by Derek Gilna
29. Kentucky Supreme Court Adopts Mailbox Rule Retrospectively
30. Termination from Drug Treatment Program Fails to State Liberty Interest Claim
31. California: ADA Protections Again Extended to Disabled State Prisoners Held in County Jails
32. State Awarded Statutory Attorney Fees, Costs for Dismissed Washington PRPs, by Mark Wilson
33. Fifth Circuit Rules on Prisoner’s ADA Claim; Issues Superseding Opinion
34. Fourth Circuit: Where Offer of Judgment is Silent as to Costs, Prevailing Party Entitled to Recover Attorney’s Fees
35. Ninth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to California Prison Officials for Denial of Outdoor Exercise During Lengthy Lock-down
36. Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Oklahoma Jail Official Who Failed to Follow Prescribed Medical Instructions
37. First Circuit Holds that Delay in Treating HIV May Constitute Deliberate Indifference
38. New York Court of Appeals Holds Sex Offense Does Not Prove Parental Neglect
39. New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Attorneys for Female Prisoners Temporarily Transferred to All-Male Facility May be Entitled to Fees
40. Single Incident of Deliberate Indifference Insufficient to Establish Policy or Custom
41. Texas Teenager Killed at Private Juvenile Detention Center, by Matthew Clarke
42. No Good Time for Time Spent in State Custody before Imposition of Federal Sentence
43. Ninth Circuit Holds BOP Individual RDAP Determinations Not Subject to Judicial Review
44. Washington State Court of Appeals Holds Payments to Class II Prison Workers Are “Wages” for Time-Loss Compensation Calculations, by Matthew Clarke
45. Georgia Court Clerk Liable for Failure to Inform Prison Officials of Sentence Reduction
46. Florida Death Row Prisoners Cannot Challenge Sentence Pro Se
47. Former Mississippi Mayor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Prisoner
48. “Voluntary” Work Program in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day, by Yana Kunichoff
49. Vermont DOC Disbands Citizens’ Advisory Group that Critics Called “Window Dressing” for Transparency, by Ken Picard
50. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Mississippi DOC Held Mentally Unwell Prisoners in Solitary, Many Died Because of It, Sept. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Staff Training, Deliberate Indifference.
• $800,000 Settlement Reached in Hawai‘i Jail Suicide Case, Sept. 1, 2026. Staffing, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• 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).
• Court Shuts Down Arizona Attempt to Fill Medical Staff Vacancies with Under-Qualified Providers, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Injunctions, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Federal Court Upholds Consultants’ Finding that Oklahoma Is Not Honoring Its Consent Decree to Provide Mental Health Treatment, Sept. 1, 2026. Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Competency Hearing, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
• Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
• Oregon Agrees to $2.3 Million Settlement After Guards Toss Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary, Taunt Him Until He Kills Himself, Aug. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• $1.2 Million for Elderly Detainee Shoved Out the Door of Sacramento Jail by Guard, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• $100,000 Paid to New York Detainee Whose Infant Died in Syracuse Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Naphcare, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.