More from this issue:

1. News in Brief
2. DNA: To Collect or Not to Collect?, by Edward Lyon
3. Texas Prisoner’s Excessive Heat Death Reveals Continuing Danger, by Matthew Clarke
4. Pennsylvania DOC’s New Mail Policy Robs Prisoners of the Personal Touch; Lawsuits Over Legal Mail Settle, by David M. Reutter
5. Right to Speedy Trial Not Triggered by Placement in Administrative Segregation, by David M. Reutter
6. Court Grants Compassionate Release After BOP Says Prisoner Wasn’t Dying Fast Enough, by Dale Chappell
7. GEO Group Cancels Contract to Run New Mexico Private Prison, by Matthew Clarke
8. Female Attorneys Denied Access to Clients at Missouri Jail Due to Bras, by Edward Lyon
9. Colorado DOC Settles Lawsuit, Agrees to Treat Thousands of Prisoners with HCV, by Dale Chappell
10. Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison, by David M. Reutter
11. First Step Act Update: Over 1,600 Sentences Reduced, 3,000 Prisoners Released, by Dale Chappell, Douglas Ankney
12. Sleeping Guard Who Allowed Suicidal Prisoner to Hang Himself Prompts $507,500 Settlement, by Dale Chappell
13. Virginia Jail Not Responding to Problems Cited in Department of Justice Report, by Douglas Ankney
14. Mississippi County Pays $27,500 to Settle Lawsuit by Prisoner “Jumped” by Other Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
15. New York City May Expand Investment Bar to Prison Service Providers, by Kevin Bliss
16. Former Missouri Sheriff Gets Prison Time for Illegal Cell Phone Tracking, by David M. Reutter
17. Wisconsin Prisoner Sues After Injury; Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal, by Scott Grammer
18. Oregon Faces State and Federal Contempt Proceedings Over Delayed Competency Services for Mentally Ill Defendants – Again, by Mark Wilson
19. Dr. Arthur Zitrin, Anti-Death Penalty Advocate and Bioethicist, Dies at 101, by Scott Grammer
20. Court Certifies Class of Former Washington State Prisoners Challenging Debit Release Cards in HRDC Case, by Matthew Clarke
21. Oklahoma Jail Administrator, Guard Receive 55-Hour Sentence for Prisoner’s Death, by Scott Grammer
22. Award in Massachusetts Prisoner’s ADA Case Includes Over $410,000 in Attorney Fees, Costs, by David M. Reutter
23. DOJ Probe Finds Alabama Men’s Prisons Overcrowded, Plagued by Ongoing Violence, by David M. Reutter
24. No Error When Judge Ignored Iowa Prisoner’s Request for Substitute Appointed Counsel, by Matthew Clarke
25. Florida DOC Attorney Resigns After Posting Racially-Charged Comments, by David M. Reutter
26. Seventh Circuit Holds Indiana’s Sex Offender Treatment Program Unconstitutional, by Dale Chappell
27. Rider Programs in Idaho Offer Prisoners a Second Chance, by Jayson Hawkins
28. Permanent Injunction for Hepatitis C Treatment Entered for Florida Prisoners, by David M. Reutter
29. Audit Determines Georgia’s State Prisons More Cost Effective than Private Prisons, by David M. Reutter
30. Jackson, Mississippi Pays $300,000 to Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit, by Dale Chappell
31. Prisoner’s Activism Leads Colorado DOC to Reverse Ban on Greeting Cards, Postcards and Drawings, by Matthew Clarke
32. Stormy Daniels’ Former Attorney Accused of Ripping Off Prisoner, Other Clients, by Edward Lyon
33. Illinois Jail Guard Secretly Prosecuted for Assaulting Prisoner, by Scott Grammer
34. Over $488,000 Awarded to Former Michigan Prison Warden in Retaliation Suit, by David M. Reutter
35. Massachusetts Prisoners and Visitors Challenge Restrictive Visitation Rules, by Bill Barton
36. Plans for a New Federal Prison on Coal Mine Site in Kentucky Withdrawn, by Panagioti Tsolkas
37. Pennsylvania Police Officer Shoots Unarmed Man in Holding Cell, is “Excused” by DA, by Scott Grammer
38. Former Prisoner Named Secretary of Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, by Matthew Clarke
39. “Feeling Cute” Social Media Challenge Reveals Brutality of Prison Guards, by Matthew Clarke
40. HRDC Files FOIL Petition Against New York State Attorney General’s Office
41. Michigan: $9,750 in Damages and Costs in Prison Ramadan Violation Suit, by David M. Reutter
42. GEO Group Under Pressure from Shareholders on Human Rights Policy, by David M. Reutter, Kevin Bliss
43. Arizona Prison Scandal: Cell Doors that Don’t Lock, Maintenance Funds Misused, by Matthew Clarke
44. Maine: Female Detainee Raped by Jailer Wins Lawsuit, by Edward Lyon
45. Texas Passes Laws to Preserve Dignity of Women Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
46. Jails in Oregon and Washington State Have High Prisoner Death Rates, by Matthew Clarke, Mark Wilson
47. Book Excerpt: Lessons of “The Birdman”, by Marc Mauer, Ashley Nellis
48. Federal Court Dismisses GEO Group’s Defenses in Lawsuit Over Pay for Immigrant Detainees, by Matthew Clarke
49. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
50. When Going to Jail Means Giving Up the Meds that Saved Your Life, by Beth Schwartzapfel
51. Opioid Epidemic Impacts Prisons and Jails, by Steve Horn

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, July 1, 2026
• Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, July 1, 2026
• California Appeals Court Holds Defendant Cannot Be Penalized for Failing to Appear at Sentencing When He Was Being Held in Another County’s Jail on Preexisting Charges, July 1, 2026
• SCOTUS Reverses Mississippi Capital Conviction, July 1, 2026
• Tenth Circuit Upholds $33 Million Jury Award in Suit Over Detainee’s Horrific Death in Oklahoma County Jail, July 1, 2026
• Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, July 1, 2026
• CoreCivic’s Long Record of Abuse and Neglect in Tennessee, June 1, 2026
• Dallas County Jail Deaths, Many Preventable, Dramatically Increase Under Sheriff Marian Brown, June 1, 2026
• Ninth Circuit Lets Stand Ruling That Federal Prisoners’ Gradually Accumulated Savings Are Subject to Restitution Turnover, June 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Against Prison Dental Staff, June 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• SCOTUS Continues to Hack Away At First Step Act, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Compassionate Release.
• California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Due Process, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• ICE Stops Reporting Deaths of Recently Released Detainees, July 1, 2026. Misconduct/Corruption, Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Immigration Law/Offenses, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions.
• 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 Governor Appoints Ex-Prisoner to State Oversight Role, July 1, 2026. Classification, Misconduct/Corruption, Conditions of Confinement, Prison Legal News documents, Prisoners' Rights.
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Parole, Prisoners' Rights.
• New York to Become First State to Require Judges to Visit Prisons, July 1, 2026. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Prisoner Privileges.
• Corrections Board Seeks to Join California Justice Department Juvenile Halls Lawsuit, July 1, 2026. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Guards/Staff, Discretionary/Inherent Powers, Prison Regulations.
• $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, July 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.