More from this issue:

1. News in Brief
2. Florida Court of Appeals: Prison Guards Can Raise “Stand Your Ground” Defense, by Matthew Clarke
3. Oklahoma Supreme Court Remands Consolidated Sex Offender Registration Case, by Shepherd Litsey
4. D.C. Jail Guard Suicidal after Feces Thrown in Face, Sues DOC
5. Deportations Still High Despite Decline from Record Levels, by Derek Gilna
6. Washington Undersheriff Sentenced to Six Months for Stealing Bail Money
7. Prison Bankers Cash in on Captive Customers, by Daniel Wagner
8. BOP Criticized for Denying Most Compassionate Release Requests
9. Texas Prison Population Drops as Guard Shortage Persists, by Matthew Clarke
10. Audit Finds Significant Increase in Fraudulent Tax Returns Filed by Prisoners
11. When Attorneys Fumble, Defendants Face Consequences, by David Reutter
12. Agreement to Limit Solitary Confinement in New York State Prisons Applauded
13. Reenergized D.C. Corrections Information Council Targets Jail and Prison Conditions, by Derek Gilna
14. Education is Better than Punishment: Something We Can All Support!, by Vivian D. Nixon
15. Ninth Circuit Affirms Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to California’s CASE Act
16. Debtors’ Prisons Prevail in Las Vegas, Thanks to Prosecutors and Casino Markers Law, by Derek Gilna
17. Former Florida Guard Accused of Workers’ Comp Fraud Dies Before Trial
18. Disabled California Juvenile Detainees Entitled to Special Education Services in Jail, by Mark Wilson
19. Despite Reforms, Shackling of Pregnant Prisoners Persists
20. $690,000 Settlement in HRDC Suit Over Death of Prisoner’s Baby at CCA Jail, by Derek Gilna
21. New York False Imprisonment Claim Revived; Administratively-Imposed PRS Term Invalid, by Mark Wilson
22. Ninth Circuit: Prisoner Validated as Gang Member May Challenge Debriefing Procedures, by Mark Wilson
23. Los Angeles County Jail Exploits Prisoners, Families with High Phone Costs
24. Ethics Charge Against Former U.S. Marshal Ends in Pre-Trial Diversion, by Derek Gilna
25. Texas Prison Homicides Rise Sharply in 2012, Decline in 2013
26. Overtime Pay for New York Prison Guards, Nurses “Out of Control”
27. Battling the Administration: An Inmate’s Guide to a Successful Lawsuit, by David J. Meister, by Gary Hunter
28. California Law Denying Good Time Credits to Gang Members in SHUs Held Constitutional, by David Reutter
29. $350,000 Settlement in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California, by Derek Gilna
30. Massachusetts: Sex Change Ordered for Transgender Prisoner; Court Finds that Two DOC Commissioners Lied
31. Washington Ad Seg Prisoner Improperly Denied Earned Time, by Mark Wilson
32. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
33. The Best 500 Nonprofit Organizations for Prisoners and Their Families (2nd Ed.), edited by George Kayer, by Gary Hunter
34. JPay Fined in Pennsylvania, Michigan for Operating without a License
35. Report Spurs Investigation of Bank of America, JPMorgan Prison Deals, by Daniel Wagner

More from David Reutter:

• First Circuit: Prosecutor’s Breach of Plea Agreement 
Requires Government’s Specific Performance of Agreement, 
Not Specific Performance by District Court, Aug. 1, 2025
• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
• $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for 
Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Revives Rhode Island Prisoner’s 
Excessive Force Claim Against Guard, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Maine Guards who Ogled Prisoner During Childbirth, July 15, 2025
• $250,000 Verdict for South Carolina Prisoner Pepper-Sprayed 
in Face Without Cause by Guard, July 15, 2025
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC 
in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit, July 15, 2025
• $550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail, July 15, 2025
• Seventh Circuit Revives Former Illinois Prisoner’s Claim 
for Delayed Hepatitis-C Treatment, July 15, 2025
• Sixth Circuit: Michigan Tolling Statute Applies to PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Fifth Circuit Announces When Initial § 2255 Petition Not Decided on Merits and Appeals Court Later Recalls Mandate Dismissing Direct Appeal and Affirms Conviction, Subsequent § 2255 Petition Not ‘Second or Successive’ Under AEDPA, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• The Crushing Toll of Ohio’s Death Penalty: A Billion-Dollar Failure, May 15, 2025. Costs, Death Penalty.
• Rhode Island Supreme Court Announces Indigent First-Time Applicant for Postconviction Relief Entitled to Counsel Even 
When Not Requested; Superior Court Must Determine 
Whether Applicant Intended to Waive Right to Counsel and 
Whether Done Knowingly, Vol, May 15, 2025. Appointment of Counsel, Counsel - Right to, Counsel - Constructive denial of.
• Idaho Warden Bought Execution Drugs on Roadside, May 1, 2025. Medication, Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Disbarred Cincinnati Defense Attorney Who Defrauded Prisoner Clients Gets Three-Year Sentence, May 1, 2025. Attorney Misconduct, Malpractice (Attorneys), Fraud and Theft Loss, Disbarred Attorney.
• South Carolina Conducts First U.S. Execution by Firing Squad in 15 Years, May 1, 2025. Death Penalty, Method of Execution.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Teague’s ‘Watershed’ Rule Exception to Nonretroactivity of New Constitutional Rule of Criminal Procedure on Collateral Review Has ‘Continued Vitality’ in Connecticut, Adoption of Third Exception to Teague’s Nonretroacti, April 15, 2025. Retroactivity, Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Eyewitness Identification.
• Younger Generations Lead Decline in U.S. Support for Death Penalty, April 15, 2025. Death Penalty.