More from this issue:

1. Greenwashing Washington State’s Prison System in a River of Sewage, by Rick Anderson
2. Inside the Shadowy Business of Prison Phone Calls, by Eric Markowitz
3. Tennessee Prisoners Suing Private Prisons Not Required to File in Local Venue, by David Reutter
4. News in Brief
5. CA: Persons on Community Supervision Eligible to Seek Transfer to Another State, by Lonnie Burton
6. Final Class-Action Settlement Pending in “Kids for Cash” Scandal
7. Prisoners Released When Jails Can’t Feed Them, by Mark Wilson
8. Investigation Forces Arizona Clemency Board Chairman to Resign, by Joe Watson
9. Kentucky Jail Prisoners Make Mattresses, by David Reutter
10. Notorious Psych Ward at Miami-Dade Jail Finally Shuttered, by David Reutter
11. Ninth Circuit Finds Graham v. Florida Retroactive; 254-Year Sentence Unconstitutional, by Mark Wilson
12. Does Political Spending by Private Prison Firms in Oklahoma Influence Prison Reform?, by Joe Watson
13. Nebraska Law Unconstitutionally Forfeits Good Time for Refusal to Submit DNA Sample, by David Reutter
14. Three Strikes Litigant Required to Show Ongoing “Imminent Danger” to Proceed on Appeal, by Lonnie Burton
15. Failure to State Rationale in Denying Appointment of Counsel was Abuse of Discretion
16. Vermont: Retaliatory Furlough Denial Reviewable on Rule 75 Motion, by Mark Wilson
17. Ninth Circuit Finds that ICE Detention After Indictment Counts Against Sentence, by Derek Gilna
18. Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Short Beard for Muslim Prisoner, by Derek Gilna
19. Alaska High Court Reaffirms Negligence Standard to Protect Prisoners from Harm, by David Reutter
20. Controversy Surrounds Shackling of Dying and Comatose Prisoners in UK, by Matthew Clarke
21. Who Owns Private Prison Stock?, by Alex Friedmann
22. Tenth Circuit: Ignoring Prisoner’s Severe Pain Precludes Qualified Immunity, by Mark Wilson
23. Supreme Court Rules Qualified Immunity Shields Prison Officials from Suicide Claim, by Derek Gilna
24. Report Finds Two-Thirds of Private Prison Contracts Include “Lockup Quotas”, by Joe Watson
25. $1.15 Million for Florida Pretrial Detainee’s Death, by David Reutter
26. Virginia Must Improve Prison Medical Care Under Proposed Class-action Settlement, by David Reutter
27. Jury Awards $12,000 to Connecticut Prisoner for Unsanitary Mattress, by David Reutter
28. UN Commission Approves Mandela Rules on Treatment of Prisoners, by David Fathi
29. North Carolina Prisoner, Victim of Sexual Assault, Awarded One Dollar in Damages
30. Two Names Added to Monument Memorializing Slain Prosecutors, by Matthew Clarke
31. Pell Grants for Prisoners: New Bill Restores Hope of Reinstating College Programs, by Christopher Zoukis
32. Peer-Review Reports Must be Disclosed in Philadelphia Jail Conditions Suit, by David Reutter
33. Supreme Court Voids ACCA’s Residual Clause in Landmark Decision, by Derek Gilna
34. San Diego Deputies Faulted for Jail Death, by Christopher Zoukis
35. Nebraska Returns Ex-Offenders to Prison after Sentence Miscalculation Scandal, by Matthew Clarke
36. $3,000 Jury Award to Arizona Prisoner Denied Prostate Care, by David Reutter
37. Second Circuit Unseals Jail Conditions Settlement Compliance Reports; Public Has First Amendment Right of Access, by Mark Wilson
38. Alabama Courts Must Review Substance of Claim Despite Pleading’s Title, by David Reutter
39. $750,000 Settlement in New Mexico “Controlled Seating” Lawsuit, by Matthew Clarke
40. West Virginia City Settles Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $460,000, by Matthew Clarke
41. Minnesota DOC Sued Over Failure to Provide New Hepatitis C Treatment Protocol, by Greg Dober
42. UK Prison Cook Awarded $160,000 for Back Injury, by Derek Gilna
43. Michigan: $8 Million Settlement after Prisoner’s Baby Born with Brain Damage, by Shepherd Litsey
44. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
45. Persistent, Ongoing Environmental Violations at Washington’s Walla Walla Prison, by Panagioti Tsolkas

More from Derek Gilna:

• Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola, April 1, 2022
• Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California, Sept. 1, 2021
• California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment”, Sept. 1, 2021
• The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On, Sept. 1, 2021
• District Court Extends Armstrong Order to Five Additional California Prisons, Sept. 1, 2021
• HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes, Aug. 1, 2021
• Virginia Prosecutors to Dismiss 400 Drug Convictions Tied to Disgraced Cop, July 15, 2021
• Discredited New York Police Detective’s False Testimony Causes the Dismissal of Close to 100 Drug Convictions, June 15, 2021
• D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences Firearms Examination Unit Under Fire, April 15, 2021
• Mississippi Joins Illinois and Few Other States Prioritizing Vaccination of State Prisoners to Slow Spread of COVID-19, April 1, 2021

More from these topics:

• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Most of Relief Ordered in Class-Action Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutionally Inadequate Mental Health Care in Alabama Prisons, Oct. 1, 2026. Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Injunctions (PLRA), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Jail Supervisors Who Ignored Detainee’s Cranial Abscesses, Oct. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Infections, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Sixth Circuit: Qualified Immunity Granted to Guard in Delayed Treatment for Prisoner who Suffered Heart Attack, Oct. 1, 2026. Pain, Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Ninth Circuit Rules Favorably for Washington Prisoner Whose Writing Submission Was Censored, Oct. 1, 2026. Retaliation, Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
• Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of Motion to Dismiss Some Defendants from Lawsuit Over Missouri Prisoner’s Suicide, Oct. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.
• Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity but Clarifies that 14th Amendment ‘Objective Reasonableness’ Is Standard of Review for Pretrial Detainee’s Claim of Sexual Abuse, Oct. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Eighth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment to Sheriff and County of Nebraska Jail Where Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoner, Oct. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise, Monell Liability.
• Second Circuit Rules Eighth Amendment Governs Claims of Excessive Force Brought by Parole Violator, Oct. 1, 2026. Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• 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.
• $800,000 Settlement Reached in Hawai‘i Jail Suicide Case, Sept. 1, 2026. Staffing, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.