More from this issue:

1. Bailing on Justice: The Dysfunctional System of Using Money to Buy Pretrial Freedom, by Tracy Velázquez
2. Guantanamo Detainees Cost $800,000 Annually
3. $15,700 Plus Boombox to Settle California Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Liberty for Sale: Should Ohio Prisoners be Commodities in a For-Profit Venture?, by German Lopez
6. PLN Readers Flood the FCC with Letters; Campaign Fights for Prison Phone Justice, by Mel Motel
7. The Other Death Sentence: More than 100,000 Americans are destined to spend their final years in prison. Can we afford it?, by James Ridgeway
8. Private Prison Companies Use Political Influence to Increase Incarceration, by Matthew Clarke
9. California Prison Psychologist Faked Her Own Rape
10. $60,411 Attorney Fee Award in Maryland Prisoner’s Public Information Act Suit
11. Hawaii AG Study Confirms Ineffectiveness of Mainland Private Prisons, by Joe Watson
12. Florida Jail Abandons Postcard-Only Mail Policy, Pays Prisoners’ Attorney Fees
13. Prisoner’s Coma-Inducing Latex Allergy Triggers Lawsuit, Burning Questions, by Alan Prendergast
14. State Auditor Finds Flaws in Texas Criminal Justice Information System, by Matthew Clarke
15. California Settles Suit with Prison Guards’ Union for $3.5 Million, Interest-Free
16. $20,000 Settlement in Arkansas Jail Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit
17. Seventh Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Wisconsin Transgender Prisoner Treatment Ban
18. New York City Pays $2 Million to Settle Suit Over Death of Juvenile Killed by Other Prisoners Acting as Guards’ Enforcers
19. $2,500 Settlement in Illinois Prisoner’s Telephone Disconnect Suit – After Nine Years
20. Pennsylvania Guards Charged with Physical, Sexual Abuse of Prisoners
21. Pennsylvania Jail Major Pleads Guilty to Beating Prisoner After Escape Attempt
22. BOP Supermax Lawsuit Claims Horrific Abuse of Mentally Ill at ADX, by Alan Prendergast
23. Vietnam Pardons 10,244 Prisoners but Few Dissidents, by Derek Gilna
24. Nebraska Refuses to Return Execution Drug to Swiss Company
25. Iowa Reconsidering Costs, Benefits of Sex Offender Supervision Law, by Joe Watson
26. Los Angeles Jail Pays $161,000 Settlement for Juvenile Injured Due to Negligent Supervision
27. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona, March 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Tennessee Finalizes New One-Drug Execution Protocol, Feb. 15, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Drugs - Determination of, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Indiana Resumes Executions, Feb. 15, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• With Eleventh Circuit Okay, Alabama Executes Third Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia, Jan. 15, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Biden Commutes Sentences of Most Federal Prisoners on Death Row, Jan. 15, 2025. Alternative Sentencing, Death Penalty/Death Row, Resentencing.
• Alabama Shrouds Executioners in Secrecy, Dec. 15, 2024. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• San Quentin Brings in Hollywood, Moves Out California Death Row Prisoners, Dec. 15, 2024. Death Penalty/Death Row, Media.
• SCOTUS Stays Texas Execution With 20 Minutes to Spare, Nov. 15, 2024. DNA Testing/Samples, Death Penalty/Death Row, Stays, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Missouri Prisoner Executed After Making—and Losing—New Plea Deal, Oct. 15, 2024. Death Penalty/Death Row, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Intellectually Disabled Georgia Prisoner Executed After SCOTUS Denies Appeal, Aug. 15, 2024. Disabled Prisoners, Death Penalty, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction.