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. Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island
16. Qualified Immunity Denied to Nurses who Ignored Prisoner's Symptoms of Active TB; $2.28 Million in Damages, Fees and Costs on Remand
17. Supreme Court Upholds DNA Collection as Part of Jail Booking Procedures, by J.R. Bloom
18. New Tennessee Parole Board Members have Apparent Bias Against Granting Parole, by Alex Friedmann
19. HRDC Receives First Amendment Award
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. Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture
25. Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial
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. Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sentence for Escape, but Sentence Affirmed on Remand
34. Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas
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:

• Over $2 Million Paid by Otero County and VitalCore Health Strategies for New Mexico Jail Suicide, June 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Immunity - Sovereign/Municipal, Deliberate Indifference.
• $5 Million Paid by Colorado County for Jail Detainee’s “Gruesome” Death from Untreated Ulcer; Claims Proceeding Against Southern Health Partners, June 1, 2026. Private Prisons, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Florida Federal Court Excoriates BOP for Health Care Failures, Grants Prisoner Early Release to Seek Treatment for Possible Breast Cancer, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Failure to Treat, Compassionate Release.
• Federal Court Partially Enjoins Enforcement of Georgia’s S.B. 185 Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Health Care in DOC, June 1, 2026. Medication, Failure to Treat, Injunctions, Transgender Medical Procedures, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• $75,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Against Jail Guard, June 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Guard Brutality/Beatings, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Monell Liability, Wrongful Use of Force.
• New York City Reaches Settlements Totaling Nearly $5.2 Million with Estates of Two Fatal Methadone Overdose Victims Detained on Rikers Island, June 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Dallas County Jail Deaths, Many Preventable, Dramatically Increase Under Sheriff Marian Brown, June 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Ombuds Report Doesn’t Rule Out Racism or Retaliation at Red Onion State Prison, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• Fourth Circuit Revives Detainee’s Suit Alleging Monell and 14th Amendment Deliberate Indifference Claims, June 1, 2026. Medication, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Monell Liability, Deliberate Indifference.
• Kansas DOC Replaces Centurion with Another Prison Healthcare Contractor, June 1, 2026. Centurion, Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat.