More from this issue:

1. When Prison is Not Enough: The Rise (and Perhaps the Fall) of the Supermax Prison
2. Local Jails Increasingly Refuse to Comply with ICE Detainers, by Joe Watson
3. Maryland DOC Suspends Volunteer, Drops Literature Program
4. Oregon “Incorrigible Masturbator’s” Life Sentence Unconstitutionally Disproportionate, by Mark Wilson
5. Ohio Federal Court Dismisses Suit Against Doctor Over Prisoner’s Suicide
6. Maryland Prisoner’s Death Occurs Under Unusual Circumstances
7. Rare Corporate Prosecution: West Virginia’s “King of Coal” Sentenced for Conspiracy in Mine Deaths
8. Alabama Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 30 Years on Death Row
9. Former Pennsylvania Prison Doctor Sentenced for Fraud; Accomplices Convicted
10. Mold-infested Prisons Sicken Guards and Prisoners
11. Nevada Attorney General Investigates Shooting of Two Handcuffed Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
12. Company Offers Educational Tablets to Prisoners, with Mixed Results, by Matthew Clarke
13. United Kingdom: Prison Book Ban Overturned, by Derek Gilna
14. Full Senate Report on CIA Torture Remains Classified, Largely Unread, by Matthew Clarke
15. Corrections Corporation of America, Rocked by Setbacks, Changes its Name, by Derek Gilna
16. CDCR Drug-sniffing Dog Trainer Resigns Over Switch to “Passive” Dogs, by Joe Watson
17. Colorado’s “Make My Day” Law No Longer Applies to Prisoners, by David Reutter
18. Canadian Solitary Confinement Deaths Result in Rare Lawsuits, Eventual Reforms, by Mark Wilson
19. Pennsylvania: Former Cop Indefinitely Jailed for Failure to Supply Passwords
20. Justice Policy Institute Report Challenges Reformers to Focus on Violent Crimes, by Derek Gilna
21. Arkansas Secretary of State Issues Faulty Felon Data, Thousands Purged from Electoral Rolls
22. Federal Judge Sanctions Idaho DOC for Misleading Special Master in Balla Case, by Matthew Clarke
23. Illinois Jail Detainee’s Inadequate Food and Contaminated Water Claims Survive Initial Dismissal
24. Preliminary Injunction Granted in Class-action Suit Challenging Private Probation Services in Tennessee, by David Reutter
25. Eleventh Circuit Reverses Finding that Seizure of Prisoner’s Legal Mail Stated Claim
26. Wisconsin: Prison Hunger Strike Reaches Crisis Point
27. Settlement Comprehensively Overhauls Solitary Confinement in New York Prisons, by Matthew Clarke
28. Inquisitorial Telephonic Hearing to Screen Civil Rights Case Deemed Unlawful
29. The Rape Victims Silenced by Their Prison Cells
30. Arkansas Court of Appeals Upholds Civil Forfeiture Ruling
31. Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death
32. Challenge to Ohio Private Prison Confinement Not Cognizable in Habeas Corpus, by Mark Wilson
33. Fifth Circuit Holds Four Decades in Solitary Confinement Implicates Liberty Interest; Last Angola 3 Member Finally Released, by Matthew Clarke
34. Book Review: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
35. Federal Prisoner Tells President “No Thanks” to Offer of Clemency with RDAP Condition, by Derek Gilna
36. Tenth Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Official Capacity Claims, by Mark Wilson
37. Allocation of Fault Required in Verdict Regarding Alaska Detainee’s Suicide; Case Settles for $900,000
38. Federal Court Upholds New York Prison System’s Denial of Motorized Wheelchairs; Second Circuit Reverses, by Matthew Clarke
39. Oregon Parole Board Incorrectly Prohibited Legal Assistant from Speaking at Parole Hearing, by Mark Wilson
40. ACLU Sues California as Incompetent Defendants Wait in Jail for Mental Health Treatment, by Joe Watson
41. Collecting Unpaid Booking Fees in Colorado may be Illegal, Experts Say, by Joe Watson
42. Alaska Prisons and Jails Filled with Mentally Ill Prisoners, by David Reutter
43. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Moratorium, by David Reutter
44. Indiana Federal Court Certifies Habeas Corpus Class of Prisoners Disciplined for Refusing to Admit Guilt in Sex Offender Program, by Matthew Clarke
45. Hunger Strikes by Immigrant Detainees Expose Abuses by ICE, Private Detention Centers, by Joe Watson
46. Federal Judge Orders Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Provide Safe Water to Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
47. Oregon Prison Parenting Program Dramatically Reduces Recidivism, by Mark Wilson
48. Class-action Certified in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Mississippi Prisoners, by David Reutter
49. Supervised Release Term Does Not Limit Prison Sentence Upon Violation
50. Wayward Prosecutors Go Unpunished as Prison Time for Victims Piles Up
51. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
52. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Sentencing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons.
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Adopts 2025 Amendments 
to Resolve Circuit Conflicts, Aug. 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Criminal History, Arrest/Arraignment, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• Summary of the 2025 Drug Offenses Amendment 
by the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Aug. 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Methamphetamine, Drug Mule, Machine Guns, Safety Valve.
• Third Circuit Rejects U.S. Sentencing Commission 
Amended Compassionate Release Policy, July 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Compassionate Release.
• Percentage Of Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole Is Up 
Despite Overall Decrease in Prison Population, July 15, 2025. Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Implementing the Total Sentence.
• Fourth Circuit: A Finding of Offering Money to Minor 
for Videos Depicting Specific Conduct Without Establishing 
Order of Events Insufficient to Establish Offer ‘Caused’ 
Minor to Produce Explicit Material Within Meaning 
of Guidelines § 2G2.2(c)(1) Cros, July 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Applicable Guidelines Issues.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• First Circuit Announces What Constitutes ‘Otherwise Using’ 
a Dangerous Weapon for Purposes of the Four-Level 
Enhancement Under Guidelines § 2B3.1(a), May 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Probation, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• 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. Sentencing, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit: Procedurally Unreasonable Sentence Where District Court Failed to Address Defendant’s Non-Frivolous Downward Variance Argument Based on Sentencing Disparity 
Due to Which State’s Statute Prior Conviction Based Upon, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Failure To Consider Disparity, Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.