More from this issue:

1. Arkansas Sheriff Took Kickbacks for Card Fees, Class-Action Suit Says, by Erik De La Garza
2. Prison Visitation: A Fifty State Survey, by Chesa Boudin
3. Maine Prisoner’s Contraband Conviction Vacated
4. Pennsylvania: No Prison Time for Guards Convicted of Abusing Prisoners, by Christopher Zoukis
5. My Life with Lifers, by Dr. Elaine J. Leeder. (E-Books Unbound, 2012). 140 pages, $4.99 (e-book) or $14.95 (paperback), by John Dannenberg
6. Mandatory Lifetime Monitoring a Direct Consequence of Sex Offense Plea Bargain in Michigan
7. Governmental Highway Robbery: Asset Forfeiture and the Pillaging of the American People, by John W. Whitehead
8. $17.75 Million Settlement for Victims of Pennsylvania “Kids for Cash” Scandal, by David Reutter
9. Virginia Prisoner Pardoned After Accuser Admits She Lied
10. Ex-Felons are About to Get Health Coverage, by Michael Ollove
11. CCA Admits to Falsified Staffing Records, Violating Contract with Idaho DOC
12. Utah: Private Company Offers to Pick Up Prison Tab, by Eric S. Peterson
13. Iowa Sex Offender Special Sentence Provisions Interpreted: Time-Served Credit, but Not Earned-Time, Reduces Revocation Term
14. California: Parole Placement of Serial Killer’s Accomplice in Remote County Upheld
15. North Carolina County Conned into Building $100 Million Jail
16. Seventh Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Nutriloaf Diet
17. Eighth Circuit Overturns Jury’s $850,000 Verdict for Nebraska Detainee’s Suicide
18. Oklahoma Parole Board Members Charged with Violating Open Meeting Act, by Christopher Zoukis
19. CCA Excludes Shareholder Resolution Requiring Company to Fully Disclose Information about REIT Conversion
20. No Room for 900 New Washington Prison “Rugs”
21. Faulty Background Checks Blamed on Digitized Records, Greedy Amateurs, by Joe Watson
22. Prison Health Care Provider under Fire in Illinois, by Christopher Zoukis
23. Lawsuits Filed Over Unrelated Deaths of Two Oregon Prisoners
24. Muslim Prisoners Challenge Ohio’s Denial of Halal Meals; Pork Producers Protest, by Joe Watson
25. New York: $225,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide Attempt, Abuse at Rikers Island
26. California District Attorney Sued by Former Colleague
27. Administrative Remedies “Unavailable” when Prisoner under Threat of Intimidation or Retaliation
28. California: Lifer Entitled to Credit for Time Served Following Governor’s Erroneous Veto of Parole Grant
29. Kentucky DOC May Not Alter Presentencing Custody Credits
30. Oregon Parole Board’s Notice-of-Rights Form Violates APA
31. New York Creates “All Crimes DNA Database”
32. Federal Court Limits New York’s Civil Commitment Statute, but Injunction Vacated on Appeal, by Derek Gilna
33. $695,000 Settlement in Discrimination Suit by Deaf Colorado Detainees
34. California State Bar Recommends District Attorney’s Disbarment, by Christopher Zoukis
35. New York Sex Offender Registration Determination is Exception to Article 78 Review
36. Sixth Circuit: Disciplinary Conviction Does Not Bar Excessive Force Claim, by Christopher Zoukis
37. California: Nine Detainees Charged in Jailhouse Killing; Five Sentenced to Life Terms
38. Oregon: Only Voluntary Surrender Avoids Fugitive Dismissal Rule
39. Oregon Jail Guard Gets Three Years for Sex with Prisoner
40. Arkansas Prisoner’s Ad-Seg Reviews Held to be Meaningless; Case Remanded to Recalculate Damages
41. U.N. Considers Revisions to Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners, by Christopher Zoukis
42. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Texas Officials Testify That Cost to Air Condition Prisons Tops $1.5 Billion, May 1, 2026. Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Heat, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Deliberate Indifference, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $1,000 for Denied Records Request, April 1, 2026. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Damages, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Leaked Video Footage Shows California Prison Guards Engaged in Retaliatory Assault, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Prison Rape Elimination Act.
• Eleventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing BOP Prisoner’s Medical Claim, Finds Prison Officials Made Administrative Remedies Unavailable, March 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, OB/GYN, Failure to Treat, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Deliberate Indifference.
• $404,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Brutalized by Trio of Guards, Kept in Solitary for Two Years, Jan. 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• Maryland Agrees to Pay $30,000 to Prisoner Who Was Beaten by Guards While Handcuffed, Jan. 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Snitch Jacketing, Liberty Interests, Evidence, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan Jailer Accused of Retaliatory Assault, Jan. 1, 2026. Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• U.S. District Court in Arizona Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Prisoner Denial of Forms for Challenging 455 Days of Solitary, Jan. 1, 2026. Totality of Conditions, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Chemical Spraying of Mentally Ill Inmates, Deliberate Indifference.
• Second Circuit Vacates Finding that Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies; Remands Conditions of Confinement and Due Process Claims, Dec. 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Municipal Liability, Ad-Seg Hearings.