More from this issue:

1. News in Brief
2. Public Relations Firm Terminates Contract With GEO Group, by Scott Grammer
3. PLN Awarded Injunction in Arizona Prison Censorship Suit, by David M. Reutter
4. $10 Million Post-Appeal Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Death Suit, by Matthew Clarke
5. $850,000 Settlement in Florida DOC Prisoner’s Gassing Murder, by David M. Reutter
6. Get Celebrity Endorsement and Get Pardoned, by Douglas Ankney
7. 18-Month Prison Sentence for Former Alabama Sheriff in Food Bank Scam, by David M. Reutter
8. Court Holds Federal Tort Claim Against BOP Can Proceed in MCC Beating Death, by Kevin Bliss
9. Sacramento County Jail Settles Solitary Confinement Class Action Suit, by Scott Grammer
10. Santa Rita Sheriff’s Office Says Prisoners Not Being Maltreated; Prisoners’ Protest Says Otherwise, by Kevin Bliss
11. Most States Saw Criminal Justice Reforms in 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High, by Victoria Law
12. $250,000 Settlement in Assault Upon Luzerne County Detainee, by David M. Reutter
13. $550,000 Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over High-Fee Debit Cards, by Matthew Clarke
14. $300,000 Settlement in Lincoln County Missouri Jail Attempted Suicide Suit, by Chad Marks
15. Report Decries Ongoing Inadequate Medical Care for Pregnant Arizona Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
16. Veteran Dies After Beating by Guards at North Carolina Jail, by David M. Reutter
17. Senator Warren Has Plan To Ban Private Prison Contracts, by Scott Grammer
18. Fulton County Ordered to Clean Up Repulsive Jail Conditions for Mentally Ill Women, by David M. Reutter
19. Florida Prison Isolation Suit Survives Dismissal Stage, by David M. Reutter
20. Alabama Jail Guards Face Liability for Inaction to Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms, by David M. Reutter
21. Riots At South Carolina Prison Spark Wave of Lawsuits, by David M. Reutter
22. $12.6 Million Jury Award for Man Denied Medical Care Before Jailed, by David M. Reutter
23. “Free” E-Tablets Are Anything But, by Edward Lyon
24. Federal Prisoner to Receive Opioid Addiction Medication While Incarcerated, by Kevin Bliss
25. Cook County Jail’s Three Book Possession Policy Constitutional, by David M. Reutter
26. $150,000 Settlement for Opioid Withdrawal Death in Indiana County Jail, by Anthony W. Accurso
27. Michigan Finding Success With More Humane Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners, by David M. Reutter
28. Court Confirms Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Sentence in Tobacco Contraband Case, by David M. Reutter
29. Suicide or Murder? Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Still Drawing Attention to Bureau Inadequacies, by Anthony Accurso
30. Long-running Maricopa County, Arizona Jail Lawsuit Ends, by Edward Lyon
31. Seventh Circuit Upholds Prison Guard’s Rape Convictions, But County Not Liable, by Scott Grammer
32. Report Published on Louisiana’s Extensive Use Of Solitary Confinement, by Scott Grammer
33. Guard Who Failed to Prevent Escape Entitled to Qualified Immunity, by David M. Reutter
34. States Rush to End Prison Gerrymandering Before Districts Are Set For Another 10 years, by Aleks Kajstura
35. Court Grants Bail to Ex-Peruvian President Challenging Extradition Due to Solitary Confinement, by Dale Chappell
36. California: Qualified Attorney Work-Product Protection Applies to Discovery During Habeas Proceedings, by Douglas Ankney
37. Oklahoma Commutations Largest Mass Release in U.S. History, by Kevin Bliss
38. States Move for True Second Chance Opportunities, by Kevin Bliss
39. Death Highlights Need for Change in Texas GEO-Run Prison, by Kevin Bliss
40. Seventh Circuit Upholds Denial of Wisconsin Prisoner’s Request to Marry Psychologist, by Edward Lyon
41. Federal Court Orders Videophone Access for Deaf Prisoners in Colorado, by Matthew Clarke
42. Hawaii Prisoners Rebel Over Prison Conditions, Fined For Damages, by Kevin Bliss
43. $200,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Louisiana Jail Guard Sexually Abusing Juvenile, by David M. Reutter
44. Pennsylvania GEO-Run Jail Boss Resigns After Media Reveals Complaints of Racism, Abuse at Private Prison, by David M. Reutter
45. Louisiana Sheriff Re-Elected Despite Prisoner Death Toll, by Jayson Hawkins
46. Major Prison Health Care Companies Funnel Campaign Contributions to Sheriffs, Get Rewards, by David M. Reutter
47. $2.5 Million Settlement Over Prisoner’s Restraint Death in Houston, Texas Jail, by Matthew Clarke
48. Neither Fines Nor Lawsuits Deter Corizon From Delivering Substandard Health Care, by Matthew Clarke
49. $1.15 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Asthma Death, by David M. Reutter
50. It’s Time For the Feds To Fund College Education For Prisoners, Again, by Anthony W. Accurso
51. Oregon Lawmakers Prohibit Prison and Jail Telephone Kickbacks, by Mark Wilson
52. Biden’s Current Prison Reform Stance Counter to His Abysmal Record, by David M. Reutter
53. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
54. Lethal Prison Electric Fences May Violate International Law, by Matthew Clarke
55. Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire, by Seth Freed Wessler

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Tenth Circuit Upholds Nearly $8.8 Million Judgment 
for Utah Jail Death, June 1, 2025
• $1.2 Million in Settlements Reached in Suit Over Sacramento Jail Murder, May 1, 2025
• Eleventh Circuit Revives Volunteer Pastor’s First Amendment Claim at Georgia Jail, May 1, 2025
• Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violation in Suit Over Kentucky Prisoner’s Death, May 1, 2025
• Second Circuit Revives Connecticut Prisoner’s Challenge To Conditions In Virginia Lockup Where He Was Transferred, May 1, 2025
• Missouri Pays More Than $1.2 Million for Deputy Warden’s Sexual Harassment Claim Against Warden, May 1, 2025
• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Fingerprint Evidence’s Troubling Flaws, April 15, 2025
• Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Teague’s ‘Watershed’ Rule Exception to Nonretroactivity of New Constitutional Rule of Criminal Procedure on Collateral Review Has ‘Continued Vitality’ in Connecticut, Adoption of Third Exception to Teague’s Nonretroacti, April 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Erred in Imposing ‘Managerial Role’ Enhancement Under Guidelines § 3B1.1(b) Without Making ‘Particularized Findings’ Regarding Scope of Criminal Activity and Number of Participants as Required by Guidelines §1B1.1, April 15, 2025
• Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled, April 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.