More from this issue:

1. Momentum Builds to End Prison-Based Gerrymandering, by Peter Wagner
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Oregon DOC Gets Tiny Cut of $3.34 Million Pfizer Settlement
4. CCA Ceases Operations at Mississippi Prison, County Jail
5. Florida DOC Program Targets Incarcerated Veterans
6. PLN Settles Public Records Suit Against PHS in Vermont, Obtains Settlement Payout Information, by Alex Friedmann
7. Washington Jail Prisoner Settles Retaliation Claim for $10,000
8. Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit Sparks BOP Policy Change, by Derek Gilna
9. Fifth Circuit Upholds Former Texas State Judge’s Bribery-Related Convictions
10. States Create Special Commissions to Study Flat-Fee Indigent Defense, by Joe Watson
11. GAO Report Examines Contraband Cell Phone Use in BOP Facilities, by Derek Gilna
12. Former New York DOCS Food Director Pleads Guilty to Grand Larceny, by Joe Watson
13. Texas Slashes Prison Education Budget, by Matthew Clarke
14. Misconduct at U.S. Army Lab Taints Hundreds of Military Prosecutions, by Derek Gilna
15. Oregon DOC Did Not Report 78 Prisoner Deaths in 2010-2011
16. Virginia Prison Policy Prohibiting Secular, Non-Religious CDs Held Unconstitutional
17. America Eats its Young: Arizona Communities Embrace Use of Private Prison Employees in Drug Raids at Public Schools, by Beau Hodai
18. Report Criticizes New Hampshire’s Treatment of Female Prisoners; Lawsuit Filed, by Joe Watson
19. Fifth Circuit Reverses $250,000 Award to Mississippi Prisoner Held too Long, by Matthew Clarke
20. U.S. Sentencing Commission Calls Federal Mandatory Minimums “Excessively Severe”, by Derek Gilna
21. Arkansas Prison Director Suspended by Board of Corrections
22. Texas Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Prohibiting Sex Offender Parole Conditions; Case Settles for $52,000, by Matthew Clarke
23. Federal Court Upholds Maryland Law that Reclassifies Prisoners for Redistricting, by David Reutter
24. Fifth Circuit Holds Mailbox Rule Applies to Legal Mail Rejected Under Bogus Prison Rule
25. New North Carolina DOC Hospital Promises Better Healthcare for Prisoners, by Joe Watson
26. Michigan DOC Taser Experiment Touted; Prison Perimeter Patrols to End
27. Missouri County Ordered to Present Civil Detainees Before Court within 27 Hours; $75,000 Damages Settlement
28. Organizations Submit Letters to FCC Urging Action on Prison Phone Rates, by Mel Motel
29. West Memphis Three Released, but Justice Not Served and Questions Remain, by Joe Watson
30. Oregon Re-Sells Unused Execution Drugs
31. Philadelphia Women Prisoners Sue for Being Housed with a Man
32. California: Jail Nurse Receives $703,957 in Retaliation Suit Against County, PHS
33. Puerto Rico DOC Fires 97 Guards, Suspends More Than 100
34. News in Brief

More from Derek Gilna:

• Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola, April 1, 2022
• Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California, Sept. 1, 2021
• California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment”, Sept. 1, 2021
• The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On, Sept. 1, 2021
• District Court Extends Armstrong Order to Five Additional California Prisons, Sept. 1, 2021
• HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes, Aug. 1, 2021
• Virginia Prosecutors to Dismiss 400 Drug Convictions Tied to Disgraced Cop, July 15, 2021
• Discredited New York Police Detective’s False Testimony Causes the Dismissal of Close to 100 Drug Convictions, June 15, 2021
• D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences Firearms Examination Unit Under Fire, April 15, 2021
• Mississippi Joins Illinois and Few Other States Prioritizing Vaccination of State Prisoners to Slow Spread of COVID-19, April 1, 2021

More from these topics:

• U.S. Sentencing Commission Adopts 2025 Amendments 
to Resolve Circuit Conflicts, Aug. 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Criminal History, Arrest/Arraignment, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• Summary of the 2025 Drug Offenses Amendment 
by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Aug. 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Methamphetamine, Drug Mule, Machine Guns, Safety Valve.
• Third Circuit Rejects U.S. Sentencing Commission 
Amended Compassionate Release Policy, July 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Compassionate Release.
• Fourth Circuit: A Finding of Offering Money to Minor 
for Videos Depicting Specific Conduct Without Establishing 
Order of Events Insufficient to Establish Offer ‘Caused’ 
Minor to Produce Explicit Material Within Meaning 
of Guidelines § 2G2.2(c)(1) Cros, July 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Applicable Guidelines Issues.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• First Circuit Announces What Constitutes ‘Otherwise Using’ 
a Dangerous Weapon for Purposes of the Four-Level 
Enhancement Under Guidelines § 2B3.1(a), May 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Probation, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit: Procedurally Unreasonable Sentence Where District Court Failed to Address Defendant’s Non-Frivolous Downward Variance Argument Based on Sentencing Disparity 
Due to Which State’s Statute Prior Conviction Based Upon, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Failure To Consider Disparity, Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.
• SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC 
Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements 
That Are ‘Misleading’ but True, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, False Statements/Perjury.
• ACLU Sues BOP Over Failure to Implement First Step Act Release Credits, May 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).