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 David Reutter:

• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
• $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for 
Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Revives Rhode Island Prisoner’s 
Excessive Force Claim Against Guard, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Maine Guards who Ogled Prisoner During Childbirth, July 15, 2025
• $250,000 Verdict for South Carolina Prisoner Pepper-Sprayed 
in Face Without Cause by Guard, July 15, 2025
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC 
in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit, July 15, 2025
• $550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail, July 15, 2025
• Seventh Circuit Revives Former Illinois Prisoner’s Claim 
for Delayed Hepatitis-C Treatment, July 15, 2025
• Sixth Circuit: Michigan Tolling Statute Applies to PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement, July 15, 2025
• Trans BOP Prisoners Win Restraining Order Preventing Transfer to Men’s Prison, Discontinuation of Hormone Therapy Medication, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• The Dangerous Practice of Late-Night Jail Releases, July 15, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Arrest and Booking, Release and Reentry.
• $1.6 Million Class-Action Settlement 
for Virginia Prisoners Subjected 
to Delayed Release, July 15, 2025. Release and Reentry, Overdetention.
• $2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI 
Debit Release Card Class Action, June 1, 2025. Release and Reentry, Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property, Trust Accounts.
• Former Tacoma Reentry Center Severs Washington DOC Contract, Jan. 15, 2025. Release and Reentry, housing.
• Eleventh Circuit Announces Defendant Must Know Leaving Residential Facility Without Permission Is ‘Unlawful’ for Escape Conviction Under 28 U.S.C. § 4082(a), Dec. 15, 2024. Escapes, Release and Reentry, Constructive/Imputed/Presumed knowledge.
• Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds, Dec. 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offense Registration Act (SORNA).
• Missouri Prisoners Losing Reentry Money to “Incarceration Reimbursement”, Oct. 15, 2024. Release and Reentry, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property.
• Florida Reentry “Success” Story: Convicted Embezzler Promoted to Oversee Miami-Dade County Contracts, Oct. 15, 2024. Release and Reentry, Embezzlement.
• New TV Show Dramatizes Prisoner’s Re-entry, Oct. 15, 2024. Release and Reentry, TV/Movies.
• Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes, Oct. 15, 2024. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Databases, Civil Commitment.