More from this issue:

1. Twenty-Five Years of Prison Legal News, by Paul Wright
2. HRDC Litigation Project Update – 25th Anniversary Edition, by Lance Weber
3. News in Brief
4. Ohio Prisoner Represents Himself, Beats Attempted Murder Charges
5. Dehydration Death of North Carolina Prisoner Prompts Investigations, Firings, Resignations, by Christopher Zoukis
6. When is a Person too Insane to Execute?, by Matthew Clarke
7. Disabled Minnesota Prisoner Settles Discrimination Lawsuit for $10,000, Other Relief, by Robert Warlick
8. Convictions Affirmed for Two Former Rhode Island Guards Who Assaulted Prisoners
9. Maryland County Jail Guards Receive Rights Mirroring Those of State Prison Guards
10. $500,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Death while on Work Crew
11. Easing Residency Restrictions Helps Curb Homelessness Among Registered Sex Offenders, by Matthew Clarke
12. Former Prisoner Receives $50,000 Settlement for Beating by Ohio Jail Guard, by Derek Gilna
13. First Circuit Vacates Massachusetts Prisoner’s $325,956.36 Damages, Attorney Fee Award, by Matthew Clarke
14. Due Process Requires Notice Prior to Court-Ordered Deduction from Prisoners’ Accounts, by David Reutter
15. California Pays $585,000 to Settle Suit by Prisoner Who Lost Eye Due to Poor Medical Care, by Michael Brodheim
16. Iowa DOC May Not Switch Administrative Law Judges in Mid-Disciplinary Process, by Matthew Clarke
17. The Wal-Mart Model: Not Just for Retail, Now It’s for Private Prisons Too!, by Carl Takei
18. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Dallas County Jail Excessive Force Suit, by Matthew Clarke
19. Prisoner Files Lawsuit after Being Pepper Sprayed in Restraint Chair, by Derek Gilna
20. $50,000 Settlement for Prisoner’s Suicide at Iowa County Jail, by Gary Hunter
21. Maine Sheriff, Mired in Controversy, Defeated in Re-election Bid
22. Georgia Jail Pays $937,500 in Wrongful Death Settlement
23. Former Prisoner Left Blind by Assault Obtains Reversal of FTCA Claim, by David Reutter
24. Seventh Circuit Orders New Trial due to Shackling of Prisoner Plaintiff, by Lonnie Burton
25. New Jersey, Ohio DOCs Significantly Reduce Phone Rates
26. $7,500 Award for Ohio Prisoner in Slip and Fall Accident, by David Reutter
27. Exonerated Colorado Prisoner Receives $1.2 Million under New Compensation Law, by Joe Watson
28. Accuracy of Widely-Used Polygraph Machine Under Fire, by Derek Gilna
29. The Persistence of Mass Incarceration, by James Kilgore
30. Lifetime GPS Monitoring of Sex Offenders Upheld in South Carolina, by Lonnie Burton
31. Oregon Mental Patient’s Death Nets $1.4 Million, by Mark Wilson
32. Oregon Parole Board Orders Must Explain Decisions, but Orders Defined to Include Administrative Review Responses, by Mark Wilson
33. Human Rights Groups, Environmentalists Oppose New Federal Prison on Former Coal Mine in Kentucky, by Panagioti Tsolkas
34. Ninth Circuit Upholds $106,000 in Damages Plus Attorney Fees for Withheld Evidence, by Mark Wilson
35. ICE Settles New York Immigration Raid Lawsuit for $1 Million, by Matthew Clarke
36. California Probation Cannot Exceed Maximum for Unpaid Restitution, by Mark Wilson
37. From the Editor, by Paul Wright

More from David Reutter:

• $2.4 Million Settlement Reached After Elderly Pretrial Detainee Strangled by Cellmate in San Antonio Jail, June 1, 2025
• Almost $4.4 Million for Illinois Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim, June 1, 2025
• Washington Appellate Court: 
Personal Restraint Petition Proper Vehicle 
to Challenge Community Supervision, June 1, 2025
• $2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI 
Debit Release Card Class Action, June 1, 2025
• $6 Million Settlement in Illinois Detainee’s Gruesome 
Untreated Heroin Withdrawal Death, June 1, 2025
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, April 15, 2025
• Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, April 15, 2025
• Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, April 1, 2025
• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Former Wisconsin Warden Gets No Cell Time, $500 Fine After Prisoner Deaths, June 1, 2025. Misconduct/Corruption, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General).
• Retired California Prison Guard Killed in Colorado Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks 
Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, 
Centurion Settlement Confidential, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Four Arizona Prisoners Dead After Being Celled 
with Leader of 2004 Standoff, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General).
• Rural Virginia Jury Refuses to Hold Guards Liable 
for State Prisoner’s Death, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $1.3 Million for Massachusetts Prisoner 
Stabbed by Guard in Connecticut Lockup, June 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Eighth Circuit Lets Missouri Guard Skate For Placing Avowed Enemies In Same Cell, Resulting In Assault, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity.
• $2.4 Million Settlement Reached After Elderly Pretrial Detainee Strangled by Cellmate in San Antonio Jail, June 1, 2025. Geriatric Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
• French Prisons Targeted 
in Coordinated Attack, June 1, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General).