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 Christopher Zoukis:

• The Contraband Wars Prison authorities target books and mail, miss the goods coming through the staff door, July 1, 2021
• Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
• Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
• With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
• A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
• Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
• Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
• New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
• Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
• California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020

More from these topics:

• Prisoners At Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer” Settle Conditions Suits for $1.2 Million, Whistleblower Alleges Staff Mistreatment, Oct. 1, 2026. Work Conditions/Safety, Medication, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Immigration Detention.
• Fatal LAPD Arrests Show Systemic Failure in Handling Mental Health Crises, Oct. 1, 2026. Shootings, Restraints, Police--Excessive Force, Mental Health, Staff Training.
• Mississippi DOC Held Mentally Unwell Prisoners in Solitary, Many Died Because of It, Sept. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Staff Training, Deliberate Indifference.
• What 911 Calls Reveal About Jail Operations, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Statistics/Trends, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Staff Training.
• Isolation and Medical Neglect at Illinois’ Joliet Treatment Center Drive Prisoners to Set Fatal Fires, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Security Systems, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Court Shuts Down Arizona Attempt to Fill Medical Staff Vacancies with Under-Qualified Providers, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Injunctions, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Oregon Agrees to $2.3 Million Settlement After Guards Toss Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary, Taunt Him Until He Kills Himself, Aug. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Seventh Circuit Holds Federal Law Prohibits County Jail from Forcing Immigration Detainees to Perform Custodial Labor by Threatening Solitary Confinement, Aug. 1, 2026. Prison Labor, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Immigration Detention, Monell Liability.
• Fourth Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claim for Denial of Out-of-Cell Exercise Time, Aug. 1, 2026. Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment, Exercise, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity.
• Virtual Reality Intervention Improves Police-Interaction Skills for Autistic Individuals, Aug. 1, 2026. Discrimination, Americans with Disabilities Act, Staff Training.