More from this issue:

1. Interview with Conrad Black, Former Federal Prisoner and Millionaire Media Magnate, by Paul Wright
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Birthing Behind Bars: A Campaign for Reproductive Justice in Prisons, by Victoria Law
4. Ex-Warden’s Wife Sentenced to One Year for Assisting Prisoner’s Escape
5. Prisoner Medical Care Costs Oregon Taxpayers Over $100 Million Annually
6. Habeas Hints: 2012 Supreme Court Habeas Highlights: Plea Bargaining Cases, by Kent A. Russell
7. PHS Hit with $312,000 Verdict for Inadequate Care of Pennsylvania Prisoner
8. $657,670 Settlement in Ohio Juvenile Facility Class-action Suit
9. Ventura County, California Settles Wrongful Arrest Class-action Suit for $350,000
10. $93,000 Settlement for Georgia State Prisoners Beaten by Guards
11. Iowa SOTP Requirement Does Not Violate Fifth Amendment
12. Bureau of Prisons Houses More “Terrorists” than Guantanamo, by Derek Gilna
13. CIA Slammed for Torture Abuses at Secret Lithuanian Prisons, by Derek Gilna
14. Economy Forces Oregon Jails to Eliminate Beds
15. The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition, by Julie Etter
16. $2.3 Million Jury Award in Washington, D.C. Wrongful Parole Revocation Suit
17. FEMA Funds New Orleans Jail Complex
18. Hundreds Removed from Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry
19. Arizona DOC Faces Lawsuit Over Inadequate Medical Care, by Joe Watson
20. Bail Bond Companies Profit While Poorest Defendants Remain in Jail, by David Reutter
21. GAO Report on Drug Courts Criticized by Drug Policy Alliance, by Joe Watson
22. Proving Damages to the Jury, 1st Ed., by Jim Wren, by John Dannenberg
23. Onerous Change in Michigan Commutation Procedures Fails to State Ex Post Facto Claim
24. Prisoners and Families Connect with Video Visitation, for a Price
25. Texas Court Orders TDCJ to Provide Hearing Impaired Telecommunications
26. Tenth Circuit Holds Due Process Requires Meaningful Segregation Reviews, by Brandon Sample
27. Idaho Appellate Defender: State’s Adult Misdemeanor Probation System “Void”
28. Arrests of Federal Prison Guards Soar 90% Over Past Decade; Misconduct Cases Double, by Derek Gilna
29. Criminal Procedure – Constitutional Limitations in a Nutshell, 7th Ed., by Jerold H. Israel and Wayne R. LaFave, by John Dannenberg
30. Google Provides Law Enforcement and Courts with User Information, Censors Content, by Joe Watson
31. Book Review: A Dictionary of Criminal Law Terms, by Bryan Garner, by John Dannenberg
32. Attorney Who Brought Reporter into Prison Cleared of Ethical Violations
33. $375,000 Settlement for Washington Female Juvenile Detainee Raped by Guard
34. News in Brief

More from Julie Etter:

• Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement, by Sharon Shalev (Willan Publishing, September 2009). 346 pages, $39.95, June 15, 2013
• The Mentally Disordered Inmate and the Law, 2nd edition, Sept. 15, 2012
• The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber, by Scott Christianson (University of California Press, 2011)., June 15, 2012

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.
• Tulsa Jail Shutting Down After Investigative Reporting on Detainee Deaths, Aug. 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).