More from this issue:

1. An Innocent Man Speaks: PLN Interviews Jeff Deskovic
2. Report: BOP Fails to Monitor Effects, Conditions of Segregated Housing, by Derek Gilna
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Supreme Court Holds Padilla Not Retroactive, by Derek Gilna
5. Sixth Circuit Addresses Spoliation Sanction Standard
6. Please Stop "Reforming" Pelican Bay, by Maya Schenwar
7. West Virginia Court-Supervised Parole and Condition Barring Association with Spouse Upheld
8. Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
9. Fourth Circuit: Sex Offender Registration Not "Custody" for Section 2254 Jurisdiction
10. Federal Court Rules Against Alabama DOC in Class-action HIV Discrimination Suit
11. Canadian Prisoners Receive $3.5 Million in Settlements, by Derek Gilna
12. HRDC Invited to Speak at Unprecedented FCC Workshop on Prison Phone Rates, by David Ganim
13. Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ, by Matthew Clarke
14. Trial Held in Texas Prison Courtroom Not Open to the Public
15. Qualified Immunity Denied to Nurses who Ignored Prisoner's Symptoms of Active TB; $2.28 Million in Damages, Fees and Costs on Remand
16. Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island
17. Supreme Court Upholds DNA Collection as Part of Jail Booking Procedures, by J.R. Bloom
18. HRDC Receives First Amendment Award
19. New Tennessee Parole Board Members have Apparent Bias Against Granting Parole, by Alex Friedmann
20. No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life, by Charlotte Silver
21. California Jail Installs New Microgrid to Cut Energy Costs, by Derek Gilna
22. Genetic and DNA Evidence: The Emperor Has No Clothes, by Ernest P. Chiodo
23. Third Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP Not a Fifth Amendment Violation, by Matthew Clarke
24. Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial
25. Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture
26. "Mere Possession" of a Prison Shank Constitutes a "Crime of Violence", by Derek Gilna
27. Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids
28. Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation, by Derek Gilna
29. Longest-Serving Texas Prisoner Makes Parole; Other Long-term Prisoners Not so "Lucky"
30. DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations
31. Seventh Circuit: Health Hazard without Physical Injury Can State a Claim
32. Mexican Prison Guards Implicated in Deadly Riot
33. Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas
34. Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sentence for Escape, but Sentence Affirmed on Remand
35. Seventh Circuit Asks Illinois Supreme Court to Interpret "Frivolous" Litigation Statute
36. New York Federal Court Finds Victim's Hearsay Accusation Insufficient in Prison Disciplinary Case; Suit Settles for $67,000, by Matthew Clarke
37. Jail Detainee Dies after Altercation with Deputies at Arizona Jail
38. Utah DOC Ends "English Only" Visitation Requirement, by Christopher Zoukis
39. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records, Aug. 1, 2025. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation.
• Suit Filed Over Fatal Beating of New York Prisoner 
That Sparked Massive Guard Strike, Aug. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• News in Brief, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Private Prisons, Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Male Reproductive, Malpractice, Escapes, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Stun Guns/Tasers, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Juvenile Prisons, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• $2.6 Million Paid for Detoxing Washington Jail Detainee Allowed 
to Leap to His Death, Additional NaphCare Payout Undisclosed, Aug. 1, 2025. Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
• Tennessee Legislature Passes Bill to Penalize Private Prisons 
for High Mortality Rates, Aug. 1, 2025. Private Prisons, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic.
• $15 Million Settlement Reached in San Diego Jail Detainee’s Untreated Withdrawal Death, Aug. 1, 2025. Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Arrest and Booking.
• $325,000 Paid to Former Wisconsin Prisoner Whose Cancer Biopsy Was Delayed by Previously Disciplined Doctor, Aug. 1, 2025. Cancer, Failure to Treat, Malpractice.
• $1.875 Million Partial Settlement for Colorado Detainee’s 
Death from Untreated Alcohol Withdrawal; 
Claims Against Wellpath Pending Bankruptcy, Aug. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Shady Firm Awarded $78 Million Contract for Services 
at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz”, Aug. 1, 2025. Private Prisons, Environmental Law, Immigration.
• Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay 
for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity.