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 David M. Reutter:

• Louisiana Supreme Court Declares Unconstitutional Statute Stripping Courts of Authority to Order Payment of Indigent Defense Expert Funds, Holding the Law Infringes on Judiciary’s Constitutionally Granted Jurisdiction Over Felony Cases, July 1, 2026
• Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, July 1, 2026
• Supreme Court of Maryland Holds Officer Lacked Reasonable Suspicion for Traffic Stop Based on Acquaintance’s Tip Reporting Innocent Conduct, Reaffirming That “High-Crime Area” Testimony Must Be Particularized, July 1, 2026
• Oregon Supreme Court Announces Witness Competency Under OEC 601 Depends on General Capacity to Be a Witness, Not Ability to Recall a Specific Fact, July 1, 2026
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Heightened Voluntariness Inquiry Required for Contingent Guilty Pleas and Holds Plea Withdrawal Is the Proper Remedy When District Court Fails to Probe Coercion Risk, June 1, 2026
• 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
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Calling Known Recalcitrant Witness Before Jury Constitutes Reversible Error and Prosecutorial Misconduct Regardless of Whether Witness Expressly Invokes Fifth Amendment Privilege, Qualifying Contrary Precedent, June 1, 2026
• First Circuit Vacates Drug Courier’s Sentence, Holding District Court Erred by Failing to Conduct Proper Comparative Culpability Analysis Under § 3B1.2 When It Excluded Other Participants in Drug Shipment From Universe of Comparators, May 1, 2026
• $875,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner’s Delay 
in Getting Hernia Surgery, June 1, 2025
• California Appellate Court: Custody Credits Must be Applied 
to Concurrent Terms in Multiple Open Cases, June 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• $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.
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Constitutional Challenge to Louisiana Prison “Farm Line” Granted Class Certification, March 1, 2026. Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Injunctions (PLRA), Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Delaware Settles Suit Over Depriving Young Prisoners of Special Education, Feb. 1, 2026. Disabled Prisoners, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• Ninth Circuit Reinstates Wheelchair-Bound Washington State Prisoner’s Suit Over Failure to Accommodate Disabilities During Transport, Feb. 1, 2026. Transportation, Excessive Force, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Deliberate Indifference.
• Arkansas Prison Reaches ADA Settlement, Dec. 1, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Water, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Over $222,000 in Legal Costs and Fees Awarded to HRDC in Florida Records Suit Against Centurion, Dec. 1, 2025. Attorney Fee Awards, Costs, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Disabled Prisoner Who Won $1.85 Million After Fall in Chicago Jail Secures Class Certification for Separate ADA Challenge to Jail Conditions, Dec. 1, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Bedding, Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act.
• Third Circuit Revives Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Claims Against the State and Wellpath, Dec. 1, 2025. Failure to Treat, Complaints, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Deliberate Indifference.
• Nearly $528,000 Paid by Kansas Jail to Detainees Raped by Guards, Nov. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Attorney Fee Awards, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Failure to Train/Supervise, Monell Liability.