More from this issue:

1. Aramark’s Correctional Food Services: Meals, Maggots and Misconduct, by Christopher Zoukis
2. Privatized Prisoner Transportation Service Poses Problems, by David Reutter
3. Obama Administration Promises Transparency but Vigorously Prosecutes Whistleblowers, by Matthew Clarke
4. Idaho: FBI Declines to Press Criminal Charges against CCA for Falsified Staffing Records, by Joe Watson
5. Nebraska County Corrections Officials Fired
6. Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners Released as New York Prosecutors Review Tainted Cases; $23.4 Million in Settlements Thus Far, by Mark Wilson
7. PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California
8. One-Continuous-Sentence Rule Governs Colorado Parole Eligibility Dates, by Mark Wilson
9. Follow the Money: Invisible Investors Seek Big Bucks in Mass Incarceration, by James Kilgore
10. Michigan: Former Prisoners Must Repay Lawsuit Cash Advance Company, by David Reutter
11. Texas Enacts Legislation to Reduce Wrongful Convictions, by Matthew Clarke
12. Massachusetts Power Struggle over Cronyism Blocks Assistant Court Clerk Hiring, by Mark Wilson
13. Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News, by Alan Prendergast
14. Oregon Corrections Enterprises Whistleblower Receives $450,000 for Wrongful Termination, by Derek Gilna
15. Equal Justice Initiative Files Suit Over High Levels of Violence at Alabama Prison, by Joe Watson
16. Federal Court Finds Texas Violates Rights of Muslim Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
17. $451,000 Federal Jury Award for Illinois Prisoner Beaten by Jail Guard, by Matthew Clarke
18. Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules Amended Sex Offender Registration Law Ex Post Facto, by Gary Hunter
19. Breaking News! FCC Votes to Further Reform Prison Phone Industry, by Carrie Wilkinson
20. Minnesota County Jail Pays $1 Million in Medical Neglect Case, by Lonnie Burton
21. Prison Ecology, by Dashka Slater
22. Lawsuit Challenges Dental Care in Michigan Prisons, by David Reutter
23. Second Federal Lawsuit Filed Over Abuses at Pennsylvania County Prison, by David Reutter
24. Racial Discrimination Costs Michigan DOC Over $1 Million, by David Reutter
25. Miami-Dade Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Unsuccessfully Challenged, by David Reutter
26. California Legislation Permitting NVDP Incarceration Held Unconstitutional, by Mark Wilson
27. $350,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide, by David Reutter
28. Texas Prison Escapes Down Since “Texas Seven”, by Matthew Clarke
29. “No Hope for Me”: Women Stripped of Parental Rights after Minor Crimes, by Sharona Coutts
30. One of Two Charges Dropped against Former Texas Governor in Abuse-of-Power Case, by Matthew Clarke
31. New Health Care Provider Picked for Oregon Jail after Audit Criticizes Corizon, by Mark Wilson
32. Family of MCC Chicago Prisoner Settles Wrongful Death Claim for $700,000, by Derek Gilna
33. Arizona Jury Awards $3.4 Million against Owner of Sex Offender Websites, by Matthew Clarke
34. Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act Introduced with Broad Bipartisan Support, by Derek Gilna
35. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
36. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• From the Editor, Aug. 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Publications/Books, Censorship.
• HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit 
against California’s Sonoma County, Aug. 1, 2025. Jail Specific, Censorship, Prison Conditions.
• From the Editor, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Censorship.
• Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s 
Mail Policy in HRDC Suit, July 15, 2025. Injunctions, Censorship, First Amendment, Prison Mail, Legitimate Penological Interests, Reasonably Related to Legitimate Penological Interest.
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC 
in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit, July 15, 2025. Censorship, First Amendment, Reasonably Related to Legitimate Penological Interest.
• Fourth Circuit Upholds South Carolina DOC Policy 
Restricting Prisoner Access to News Media, June 1, 2025. Access to Media, First Amendment, First Amendment, rights.
• Eleventh Circuit Revives Volunteer Pastor’s First Amendment Claim at Georgia Jail, May 1, 2025. First Amendment, Clergy, Proselytizing, First Amendment, rights.
• No Opened Envelopes: Hawai’i Prisons Get New Mail Scanning Technology, April 1, 2025. Mail Regulations, Police State-Surveillance, Antipsychotic Drugs/Forced Medication, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• HRDC Files Suit Over Censorship in California Jail, March 1, 2025. Censorship, HRDC Litigation.
• California Lawmakers Address CDCR’s Banned Book List, March 1, 2025. Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists.