More from this issue:

1. Milestone: Thirty Years of Prison Legal News and the Human Rights Defense Center, by Paul Wright
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death, by Matthew Clarke
4. Denied Medical Care During Pandemic, New Jersey Prisoner Treats Infected Wound With Bleach, by Dale Chappell
5. Ninth Circuit: No Summary Judgment for Prison Officials Who Allegedly Allowed Attack on Nevada Prisoner, by David Reutter
6. Lives at Stake as Pennsylvania County De-privatizes Prison, by David Reutter
7. Coronavirus: A Second Wave of Infection, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
8. Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Another Arizona Republican Primary, by Matthew Clarke
9. Eleventh Circuit Vacates COVID-19 Injunction Against Miami Jail, by David Reutter
10. Nebraska Declares Overcrowding Emergency in State Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
11. Federal Judge Rules Prisoners Eligible for $1,200 Stimulus Checks; Application Deadline Extended to Nov. 21 for Online Filing, by Derek Gilna
12. Fourth Circuit: Opening of Detainee’s Legal Mail Outside His Presence Violates Right to Free Speech, by David Reutter
13. California Prison Guards Keep Jobs After Aiding Attacks on Sex Offenders, by Jayson Hawkins
14. Texas: Prison Air Conditioning Needs Revisiting, by Edward Lyon
15. Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails, by Alex Sakariassen
16. Denial of Recruitment of Counsel for Wisconsin Prisoner Affirmed by Seventh Circuit, by David Reutter
17. DOJ Finds Frequent Use of Excessive Force in Alabama Prisons, by David Reutter
18. Third Circuit: District Court Erred in Ruling Against Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Civil Rights Complaint, by David Reutter
19. Two-Thirds of Nevada Prisoners Confined in Arizona Private Prison Test Positive for COVID-19, by Mark Wilson
20. New Jersey Guard Acquitted in Sex Scandal, by David Reutter
21. Washington Prisoner’s State Public Records Act Lawsuit Results in His Freedom and $111,194 Award, by Matthew Clarke
22. North Carolina Temporarily Closes Three Prisons for Lack of Guards; Final One Reopens During COVID-19 Pandemic, by Edward Lyon
23. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Dismissal of Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit, by Matthew Clarke
24. $225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs, by David Reutter
25. Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Part of Leg, Wins Appeal in Precedential Grievance Process Case, by David Reutter
26. Private Prison Industry Ramped Up Campaign Contributions, Favoring Republicans, by Derek Gilna
27. Florida Spent $1.7 Million, and Counting, to Impede Felon Voting Rights, by David Reutter
28. Investment Firm Buys Corizon, by Matthew Clarke
29. $1.25 Million Settlement Against Tennessee County Over Sheriff’s Violations of Labor Law, by Douglas Ankney
30. Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls, by Edward Lyon
31. Ankle Monitor Shortage at Chicago Jail Put Prisoner Releases During COVID in Limbo, by David Reutter
32. Failed Michigan Jail Site to Host Innovation Center, by David Reutter
33. Second Circuit: Denial of Exercise Over Four Months Defeats Summary Judgment, by David Reutter
34. Report: Screening Failures Cited in COVID-19 Outbreak in California Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
35. Rikers Island Death Case Against City of New York Settles for $5.5 Million, by Derek Gilna
36. ICE Detainees Pepper-Sprayed Over Hunger Strike, by Daniel A. Rosen
37. Families of 4 Alabama Prisoners Who Committed Suicide File Federal Lawsuit Against Prison Officials, by Matthew Clarke
38. Eleventh Circuit: Florida’s Treatment Plan for Hepatitis C-Positive Prisoners Constitutional, by David Reutter
39. Connecticut: Summary Judgment Denied in Deliberate Indifference Case Where Facial Lesion Turned Out To Be Skin Cancer, by Chad Marks
40. Sixth Circuit Reverses and Allows Ohio Prisoner’s Civil Rights Lawsuit to Proceed, by David Reutter
41. Fourth Circuit Orders Sealing of North Carolina Court’s Order to “Protect Defendant from Harm”, by David Reutter
42. Mental Health Crisis in California’s Lock-Ups Worsens With COVID-19, by Edward Lyon
43. Temporary Halt of Federal Prison Labor at National Parks, but New Policy Proposed To Resume It, by Jayson Hawkins
44. Native Americans Protest Theft of Alcatraz Island, by Edward Lyon
45. $70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist, by David Reutter
46. Guard Violates Eighth Amendment by Brandishing Knife and Threatening Prisoner’s Life, by David Reutter
47. Seventh Circuit Dismisses Summary Judgment for Defendants in Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Beating, Choking, by David Reutter
48. HRDC Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Colorado Sheriff for Censorship of Prisoner Publications, by Derek Gilna
49. Captain Accused of Abusing Mentally Ill Prisoners Cleared in Internal Investigation, by Kevin Bliss
50. New York City BOP Prisoner Dies After Being Pepper-Sprayed, by Kevin Bliss
51. Former Pennsylvania Prison All Solitary with Silence Mandatory, by Edward Lyon
52. Alabama Executes Non-Shooter in Police Killings, by David Reutter
53. Former Angola Warden Burl Cain Appointed Head of Mississippi Prison System, by Matthew Clarke
54. Massachusetts Jail Phone Cost Reductions Under Attack, by Edward Lyon
55. News in Brief

More from Edward Lyon:

• “There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee, May 1, 2024
• Texas Prisons are Fire Traps, July 15, 2023
• The World’s Biggest Prison, July 15, 2023
• U.S. Prisoner Numbers Slowly Declining, June 15, 2023
• Civilian Police With Military Equipment, June 15, 2023
• California Easing Housing Hurdles for Released Prisoners, June 1, 2023
• Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest, May 1, 2023
• $20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury, May 1, 2023
• $32,500 Medical Malpractice Award to Ohio Prisoner for Ripped-Out Catheter, May 1, 2023
• New York State’s Veterans Treatment Courts, April 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• Mississippi DOC Held Mentally Unwell Prisoners in Solitary, Many Died Because of It, Sept. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Staff Training, Deliberate Indifference.
• $800,000 Settlement Reached in Hawai‘i Jail Suicide Case, Sept. 1, 2026. Staffing, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Isolation and Medical Neglect at Illinois’ Joliet Treatment Center Drive Prisoners to Set Fatal Fires, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Security Systems, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Court Shuts Down Arizona Attempt to Fill Medical Staff Vacancies with Under-Qualified Providers, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Injunctions, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Federal Court Upholds Consultants’ Finding that Oklahoma Is Not Honoring Its Consent Decree to Provide Mental Health Treatment, Sept. 1, 2026. Consent Decrees, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Competency Hearing, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• $4.5 Million Paid by Cook County for Detainee Suicide in Chicago Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Administrative Detention/Segregation, Deliberate Indifference.
• Death of Seattle Detainee—Jailed Despite Not Being “Grounded in Reality”—Costs King County $3.5 Million Settlement, Aug. 1, 2026. Restraints, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Monell Liability.
• Oregon Agrees to $2.3 Million Settlement After Guards Toss Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary, Taunt Him Until He Kills Himself, Aug. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• $1.2 Million for Elderly Detainee Shoved Out the Door of Sacramento Jail by Guard, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Oregon Reaches $49 Million Settlement with State Prisoners in COVID-19 Class-Action, Aug. 1, 2026. COVID-19, Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Class Certification, Qualified Immunity.