More from this issue:

1. Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC
2. Seventh Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Diabetic Detainee’s Death, by Mark Wilson
3. SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates
4. Administrators Fired at Privately-Run Texas Jail
5. Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, by John Dannenberg
6. Prison Closures Cause Economic Turmoil
7. Do Faith-Based Prisons Work?, by Alexander Volokh
8. North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Law
9. North Carolina: Hundreds of Federal Prisoners Legally Innocent, Some Still Incarcerated, by Derek Gilna
10. Seventh Circuit Admits Prisoner is Right but Denies Relief, Suggests Clemency
11. New York Prisoner Awarded Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence; Case Settles for $500,000, by Mark Wilson
12. Judge May Resolve Exhaustion Issue; No Policy on Grievance Non-decisions Means Remedies Unavailable, by David Reutter
13. Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Dental Care Suit, by David Reutter
14. Prison Officials Liable for Private Employer ADA Violations, by Mark Wilson
15. Habeas Petitioner Cannot Avoid Payment of Appellate Filing Fees, by Michael Brodheim
16. Oregon Victim’s Right to Restitution Survives Prosecutor’s Statutory Violation, by Mark Wilson
17. England, Increasing Number of States Allow Same-Sex Prisoner Marriages or Civil Unions
18. Illinois $50 State’s Attorney Fee Applies Only to Habeas Proceedings, by Mark Wilson
19. Flimsy Reasons for Prolonged, Frequent Lockdowns State Eighth Amendment Claim, by David Reutter
20. BOP Grievance System Contributes to “Compliance or Defiance” by Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
21. New York Jail Guard Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Seven Prisoners
22. Brady Violations Result in Habeas Relief for Pennsylvania Death Row Prisoner, by David Reutter
23. Kentucky Prisoner’s Due Process Rights Violated in Disciplinary Hearing, by Robert Warlick
24. Jury’s Tasteless Gag Gifts to Judge and Bailiff Fail to Demonstrate Unfair Trial
25. Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market
26. Visitors Fingerprinted at Alabama Prisons
27. Two Murders in Seven Months at CCA-run Prison in Tennessee
28. Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers
29. Louisiana Public Service Commission Considers Prison Phone Issues
30. Ninth Circuit: Damages Required for Compelled Religious-Based Treatment, by Mark Wilson
31. Eighth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Detainee’s Overdose Death, by Mark Wilson
32. Prisoners Unlikely to Benefit from New, Highly Effective Hepatitis C Treatment, by Greg Dober
33. Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody”
34. Preliminary Injunction Entered in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California
35. Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement, by Lance Tapley
36. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
37. News in Brief
38. Two Corrections Chiefs Serve Time in Segregation, by Christopher Zoukis

More from these topics:

• Wisconsin State Prison Population Approaches Record High, July 1, 2026. Statistics/Trends, Overcrowding, Staffing, Pardons/Clemency, Reduction of Prison Population.
• U.S. Sentencing Commission: 2026 Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, June 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Alternative Sentencing, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Multiple/Multiplicious Counts, Drug Quantity.
• They Thought They Were Leaving Prison Early. Then They Weren’t., June 1, 2026. Public Records, Overdetention, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Wisconsin Governor Issues Executive Order to Restore Commutations, June 1, 2026. Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Pardons/Clemency, Reduction of Prison Population.
• First Circuit Vacates Drug Courier’s Sentence, Holding District Court Erred by Failing to Conduct Proper Comparative Culpability Analysis Under § 3B1.2 When It Excluded Other Participants in Drug Shipment From Universe of Comparators, May 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Mitigating Role/Circumstances/Evidence, Appellate Jurisdiction/Review, Sentencing Findings, Relevant Conduct.
• Sixth Circuit Announces Federal Coercion and Enticement Statute Requires Knowledge of Victim’s Minor Status, Deepening Circuit Split, May 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentence, Miscalculation of the Guidelines Sentencing Range.
• Almost $1 Million in Settlements Paid to Three Nevada Prisoners, April 1, 2026. Cancer, Failure to Treat, Overdetention, Deliberate Indifference.
• $1.5 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached in Texas Jail Over-Detention Case, April 1, 2026. Overdetention, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Unlawful Detention, Monell Liability, Class Actions.
• Tenth Circuit Holds Prior California Child Pornography Conviction Does Not Trigger Federal Mandatory Minimum Because State Statute Encompasses Conduct Beyond Federal Definition Under Categorical Approach, April 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Qualifying Offenses, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Child Pornography.