More from this issue:

1. “This Man Will Almost Certainly Die”
2. Missouri County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $260,000
3. Heck Satisfied if Ruling Fails to Address Issues but Reverses Conviction
4. Reforms at New Orleans Jail Slow to Materialize; Death Reporting Problematic, by David Reutter
5. Michigan Prison Guards Fired Following Suicide Bet
6. Pennsylvania: DA Apologizes for Undisclosed Gifts
7. Private Jail Contractor’s Insurance Excludes Coverage of Detainee’s Death
8. South African Prison Evacuated Due to Squalor; Two Prisoners Die from Rat-Borne Disease, by Christopher Zoukis
9. Photo of Prisoner Beaten by Georgia Gang Members Posted Online
10. Tennessee Sheriff’s Willful Denial of Public Records Merits PLN Attorney Fee Award
11. Wardens “Retire” from Two California Women’s Prisons
12. Ferguson, Missouri Under Fire for Revenue-based Criminal Justice System, by Christopher Zoukis
13. Tennessee District Attorney Ends Sterilization in Plea Bargains; Prosecutor Fired, by David Reutter
14. Another Appeal in New York Post-Release Supervision Case, by Matthew Clarke
15. Former Warden, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace Charged in Texas Corruption Scandal, by Matthew Clarke
16. Corrections Officials Stealing Prisoners’ Identities a Growing Problem, by Christopher Zoukis
17. Corizon Faces Suit for Failing to Administer Tube Feedings to Pennsylvania Prisoner
18. Tenth Circuit Rules on $3.38 Million Verdict in CCA Prison Sexual Abuse Case, by Derek Gilna
19. Corizon, CCA Settle Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement of Elderly Woman, by Matthew Clarke
20. New Study Documents Lower Pre-arrest Incomes for Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
21. Are French Prisons Radicalizing Muslim Prisoners?, by Joe Watson
22. Prison Survival Guides Find Audience Beyond Soon-to-be Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
23. Merits Ruling on Procedurally Flawed Grievance Satisfies PLRA
24. Father of Four Dies in Privately-operated Texas Jail; Civil Suit Expected
25. Phoenix Fire Investigators and Insurance Company Implicated in Wrongful Prosecutions, by Joe Watson
26. Missouri: Habeas Corpus Granted to Prisoner Denied Jail Credit
27. If the Risk is Low, Let Them Go
28. California Prison Employees Reap Staggering Overtime Payments, by Christopher Zoukis
29. Attica Prison Guards Who Viciously Beat Prisoner Avoid Jail Time but Lose Jobs
30. Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisoner May Sue Over Failure to Credit Good Time , by Matthew Clarke
31. $500,000 in Settlements after Utah Prisoner Dies when Medical Technician Doesn’t Show up for Work, by Christopher Zoukis
32. Missouri Governor Doesn’t Have to Serve as Public Defender
33. More Suicides, Overdoses and Murders in California Prisons, According to Death Review Report, by Joe Watson
34. Ninth Circuit Declines to Enforce Procedural Bar When Prison Officials Waive Rule
35. Prison Rodeos: A Bunch of Bull?, by David Reutter
36. New Mexico County Officials Settle Jail Prisoner’s Suit for $750,000
37. Ninth Circuit Adopts Test to Excuse Exhaustion of Administration Remedies for Retaliatory Threats
38. Connecticut Prisoners File Suit Over Exposure to Radon Gas, by Panagioti Tsolkas
39. Prominent Texas Capital Defense Attorney Suspended for a Year
40. Potential Class-action Suit over Domestic Violence “Victim Fees” in Georgia
41. Widespread Failures at Crime Labs Continue to Plague Criminal Justice System , by Derek Gilna
42. Private Prison in Texas Closes after Riot Renders it Uninhabitable, by Matthew Clarke
43. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
44. News in Brief

More from David Reutter:

• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026
• Florida Supreme Court Announces Rule 3.170(f)’s Good-Cause Plea-Withdrawal Standard Does Not Apply at Post-Appeal Resentencing, April 1, 2026
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Defendant Must Be Competent Before Undergoing Mental-Condition Examination Under § 16-8-107(3)(b), April 1, 2026
• California Court of Appeal Announces Plea Agreements Cannot Bar § 1172.1 Resentencing, Holds Merit-Based Denial of Petition Is Appealable, April 1, 2026
• Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies That Failure to Object to Ineligible Juror Does Not Constitute Waiver Unless Party Knew or Could Have Discovered Ineligibility Through Ordinary Diligence, April 1, 2026
• Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme, March 1, 2026
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Motion Judge Abused Discretion by Denying Evidentiary Hearing on IAC Claim Where Plea Counsel’s Affidavit Was Not Inherently Inconsistent With Colloquy Statements Regarding Immigration Advice, March 1, 2026
• Washington Supreme Court Clarifies Double Jeopardy Analysis for Multiple Assault Convictions, Holding That Assaultive Acts Occurring Over Short Time Period in Same Location Without Intervening Events Constitute Single Course of Conduct, March 1, 2026
• New Jersey Supreme Court Reverses Drug Convictions Under Cumulative Error Doctrine, Holding Combined Effect of Improper References to Television Series, Gun Violence, and Search Warrants Deprived Defendant of Fair Trial, March 1, 2026
• New York Court of Appeals Announces Coercive Police Tactics Compelling Suspect to Exit Home Constitute “Constructive Entry” Violating Payton, Holds Attenuation Analysis Applies to Third-Party Consent, March 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephones.
• New York to Become First State to Require Judges to Visit Prisons, July 1, 2026. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Prisoner Privileges.
• SCOTUS Shuts Down GEO Group Bid for Immunity in Suit by Colorado ICE Detainees, July 1, 2026. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Prison Labor, Sovereign Immunity, Interlocutory Appeals, Immigration Detention.
• Multiple Detainees Escape from Dilapidated North Carolina Jail, July 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing, Jail Specific, Security Systems, Criminal Justice, Prison Conditions.
• Video Shows Guards Watched as Oklahoma Detainee Died in Cell, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
• Colorado Ordered to Stop Tossing Prisoners in Solitary for Refusing to Work, July 1, 2026. Prison Labor, Injunctions, Good Time, Constitution, state, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Supports Broad Immunity in Overdose Cases, June 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Failure to Protect (General), Defenses, Immunity/Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
• Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison, June 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
• California Pays $15,000 to State Prisoner Who Claimed He Was Targeted by Guards, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Snitch Jacketing, Failure to Protect (General), Summary Judgment, Settlements.
• Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee, May 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.