More from this issue:

1. America’s Toxic Prisons: The Environmental Injustices of Mass Incarceration, by Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren, Maureen Nandini Mitra
2. Ohio: Almost $3 Million Settlement in Suit Brought by Two Wrongfully Convicted Men, by Matthew Clarke
3. $49,500 Settlement in Excessive Force Claim at Sacramento County Jail
4. Inspector General Finds Substandard Conditions at California Jail Used by ICE, by Matthew Clarke
5. Despite Class-action Settlement, Mental Healthcare Problems at CA Jail Persist, by Derek Gilna
6. U.S. Sentencing Commission Report: Racial Disparities Persist, by Derek Gilna
7. $415,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Tasered Prisoner Who Died in Texas Jail
8. Filing Date of Operative Complaint Dictates if PLRA Exhaustion Applies
9. Alaska Prisoners Stripped, Paraded on “Dog Leashes,” Held Naked for 12 Hours, by Christopher Zoukis
10. Private Prison Forced to Produce Solitary Confinement Records
11. Securus Fined $1.7 Million for Providing Inaccurate Information, FCC Approves Company Transfer Anyway, by Christopher Zoukis
12. Rash of North Carolina Jail Deaths Due to Lack of Supervision and Medical Care, by David Reutter
13. Prisoners in Kenya and New Zealand, Unlike Counterparts in U.S., Win Right to Vote, by Derek Gilna
14. New Policies for Federal and State Prisoners Guarantee Feminine Hygiene Products, by Derek Gilna
15. Twenty-six Indicted After Gang Investigation, Including Two Prison Guards, by Monte McCoin
16. Idaho DOC Agrees to Provide Kosher Meals, Pay $93,000 Settlement
17. Florida KKK Guards Convicted in Plot to Kill Former Prisoner
18. Texas County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $250,000, by Matthew Clarke
19. Innovative Use of Peanut Butter by Alabama Prisoners, by David Reutter
20. New York to Spend $7.3 Million on College Programs for Prisoners, by Christopher Zoukis
21. California: Protest Over Bay Area Jail Conditions, by Dale Chappell
22. Tablets and E-messaging Services Expand in Prisons and Jails, as do Fees, by Matthew Clarke, Edward Lyon
23. Challenge to Three-drug Execution Protocol Revived by Eleventh Circuit, by David Reutter
24. Fifth Circuit: Strip Searches Due to Security Concerns Not Unconstitutional
25. Alabama Supreme Court Holds Miller Entitled to Retroactivity
26. Oregon Jailer Facing Sex Charges Improperly Denied Insanity Defense
27. Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Kosher Meals Under RLUIPA
28. Deadly Prison Riot in Delaware: 18 Prisoners Indicted, Slain Guard’s Widow Settles Suit for $7.55 Million, by Derek Gilna
29. Maine: Court Does Not Need Jurisdiction Over Prisoner to Issue Order to Protect Child
30. Missouri: $75,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death Due to Untreated Ulcer
31. Global Tel*Link Settles Mississippi Prison Bribery Case for $2.5 Million, by Christopher Zoukis
32. New Mexico Prisoner Obtains Court Order to Allow Breastfeeding
33. Colorado Federal Jury Awards $50,000 to Prisoner Assaulted by Deputy in Court, by Matthew Clarke
34. Louisiana Prison Officials Sued for Trying to Block Investigation into Abuse of Disabled Prisoners, by David Reutter
35. Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Former Prisoner’s ADA Claims
36. Prisons and Jails Impose More Restrictions on Mail, Visits to Curtail Contraband, by Matthew Clarke
37. California Prisoners File Class-action Suit Seeking Hepatitis C Treatment, by Greg Dober
38. Colorado: Defendants Settle After Death of Prisoner Denied Medical Treatment, by Matthew Clarke
39. Ashes to Ashes: In Illinois, the Erasure of Incarcerated People Continues After Death, by Sybil Drew
40. As Wyoming State Penitentiary Falls Apart, Officials Rush Repairs, by Christopher Zoukis
41. Fifth Circuit: Louisiana Must Allow Prisoner to Wear Dreadlocks, by Matthew Clarke
42. What’s Hidden Behind the Walls of America’s Prisons, by Heather Ann Thompson
43. New York: Former Rikers Guard Gets 30 Years for Civil Rights Violations, Conspiracy, by Monte McCoin
44. California: Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner Dies after Two Days in Restraint Chair; $5 Million Settlement, by Christopher Zoukis
45. Prison Administrators and Criminology Students Study Radical New Approach: Treat Prisoners Like Human Beings, by Christopher Zoukis
46. California Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Reform Law, by Christopher Zoukis
47. Corruption Among Prison Guards in North Carolina Spurred by Low Pay, by David Reutter
48. Tennessee Sheriff Offered “Church Release” to Prisoners, by Christopher Zoukis
49. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
50. Florida Supreme Court Approves Use of Hypnotic Drug for Executions
51. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Florida Supreme Court Announces “Results” of Postconviction DNA Testing Under § 925.11 Include Underlying Testing Data Necessary for Expert Analysis, Holding That No Additional Burden Applies Once a Motion for Testing Has Been Granted, June 1, 2026. DNA Testing/Samples, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Forensic Sciences, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Sheriff Did Not Violate Open Records Act and Declines to Award Damages to Prisoner, June 1, 2026. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Prison Profiteer The GEO Group Accused of Refusing Health Inspections at Detention Facility Despite Court Ruling, June 1, 2026. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Food, Water, Injunctions, Immigration Detention.
• They Thought They Were Leaving Prison Early. Then They Weren’t., June 1, 2026. Public Records, Overdetention, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
• Ombuds Report Doesn’t Rule Out Racism or Retaliation at Red Onion State Prison, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• $250,000 Paid by Maine to Former Prisoner Held in Solitary Confinement—Which the State DOC Says Doesn’t Exist, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• New York Juvenile Detention Officials Sued for Abusing Adolescents with Solitary Confinement, May 1, 2026. Sanitation, Lockdowns, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Prisons, Confinement in Segregated Housing.
• Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Class Certification Granted to Suit Challenging Suspension of HALT Act in New York Prisons, April 1, 2026. Injunctions, Class Certification, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guard Unions, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• D.C. Judge Blocks Transfer of Biden-Commuted Federal Death Row Prisoners to “Supermax,” Citing Lack of Meaningful Due Process, April 1, 2026. Transfers, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Fifth Amendment, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Prison Classification.