More from this issue:

1. Environmental Indifference, by Anthony Moffa
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $15,379,091 Judgment Entered Against Delaware DOC’s Former Health Care Provider for Narcotics and Medicare Fraud, by Chuck Sharman
4. Report Highlights Force Feeding of Hunger Striking Asylum Seekers by ICE and GEO, by Edward Lyon
5. Fourth Circuit Holds CoreCivic Immigration Detainees in New Mexico Not “Employees” Under FLSA
6. San Luis Obispo County Jail Conditions Violate Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, by Keith Sanders
7. Federal Jury Orders GEO Group to Pay $23 Million for Immigrant Detainee Slave Labor in Washington
8. How Trump Made a Tiny Christian College the Nation’s Biggest Prison Educator, by Eli Hager
9. BOP Trust Fund Accounts Reportedly Shield Prisoners from Payment Obligations, by Dale Chappell
10. $53 Million Settlement in Los Angeles Jail Strip Search Lawsuit Approved, by David Reutter
11. Disenfranchisement the Old Fashioned Way, by Jayson Hawkins
12. Whistleblower Alleges Hawaii Prison Officials Provided False Audit Data, by Kevin Dayton
13. HRDC Sues Lincoln County Wisconsin Jail over Censorship Practices
14. Ninth Circuit: Pretrial Detainees Have Right to Direct-View Safety Checks, by David Reutter
15. Federal Prisons’ Switch to Scanning Mail Is a Surveillance Nightmare, by Lauren Gill
16. Eleventh Circuit: Preliminary Injunctions Have 90-Day Limit Under PLRA; Permanent Injunction Required to Extend Relief, by David Reutter
17. Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Illegal Juvenile LWOP Sentence Undermined Validity of Later Conviction, by Douglas Ankney
18. Eighth Circuit Rules District Court Must Use Federal Law for Admissibility of Expert Testimony, by Douglas Ankney
19. Too Many In-Custody Deaths of BOP Prisoners are Unnecessary and Preventable, by Casey Bastian
20. California Supreme Court: Prisoners Cannot Legally Possess Cannabis, by Casey Bastian
21. Public Records Suit Filed Against Florida DOC To Obtain Formula Used To Compute Sentences
22. History Professor Fired After Criticizing University’s Racist Past and Pro-Prison Present, by Keith Sanders
23. Prison Visitors Have Fourth Amendment Right to Refuse Strip Search and Option to Leave Prison
24. Unreliable Drug Tests Standard for Law Enforcement and Prisons, by Keith Sanders
25. Massachusetts Prisons Pledge to End Solitary, by Jayson Hawkins
26. Civilly Detained Sex Offender Plaintiff Proceeding In Forma Pauperis Not a Prisoner Under PLRA
27. $405,794 Paid by California Prison System for Prisoner Killed by Aryan Brotherhood Cellmate
28. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Sanctions and Award of $118,458 in Attorney Fees Against DOC for Withholding Documents Requested Under Right-to-Know Law
29. $170,000 Settlement and New Policy on Gender Identity from Lawsuit Against New Jersey DOC, by Jayson Hawkins
30. Texas County Jail Cited for Neglecting the Needs of a Pregnant Prisoner, by Keith Sanders
31. Salvation Army Sued for a Failing to Pay Wages to Drug Program Participants
32. New Jersey Women’s Prison to Close After Latest Abuse Debacle, by Jayson Hawkins
33. Sherburne County, MN, Settles with HRDC for $98,000 Plus New Jail Publications Policy, by Chuck Sharman
34. Eighth Circuit Holds Arkansas Jailers Entitled to Qualified Immunity in Prisoners’ Suit Over Black Mold in Showers, Lack of Cleaning Supplies, by Matthew Clarke
35. ABA’s Private Prisons Prophecy Comes to Pass, by Edward Lyon
36. Michigan Prisoner’s Corizon Suit Dismissed Due to “Morass of Irrelevancies”, by David Reutter
37. Seven Ohio Guards Fired After Killing Prisoner, No Criminal Charges
38. Third Circuit: Gratuitous Use of Force on Prisoner Negates Qualified Immunity Defense, by David Reutter
39. Delaware Mother Jailed for Not Paying $177 in Fines, Dies in Custody, Nurse Convicted, by Jayson Hawkins
40. Forty-One Oregon Prisoner Firefighters have Sentences Commuted
41. News in Brief

More from Douglas Ankney:

• California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, July 1, 2026
• Eighth Circuit Revives § 1983 Complaint Alleging Jail Detainees’ Death from Stroke was Due to Deliberate Indifference and Failure to Train, July 1, 2026
• California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants Who Exercise Right to Jury Trial on Aggravating Circumstances Are Entitled to Closing Argument by Counsel on Those Factors, July 1, 2026
• SCOTUS Holds Federal Habeas Court May Not Consider Post-Trial DNA Evidence That Was Never Presented to Jury When Assessing Whether False Informant Testimony Influenced Verdict, July 1, 2026
• Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Announces Six-Factor Test for Evaluating Presentence Motions to Withdraw Guilty Pleas Under Rule 32(e), Holds Binding Plea Agreement Does Not Extinguish Defendant’s Ability to Seek Withdrawal, July 1, 2026
• New Jersey Lawmakers Pass “Female Incarcerated Person’s Rights Protection Act”, July 1, 2026
• Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026
• California Supreme Court Announces Amended § 1170(b) Applies Retroactively to Plea-Bargained Upper Term Sentences, July 1, 2026
• Michigan Supreme Court Announces Betts Decision Invalidating 2011 SORA as Ex Post Facto Punishment Applies Retroactively to Defendants on Collateral Review, July 1, 2026
• South Carolina Supreme Court Announces Formal Adoption of Fourth Circuit’s Three-Step Cheek Framework for Evaluating Improper Third-Party Contacts With Jurors Under Remmer, Reverses Murdaugh Murder Convictions, and Overrules Ethier Regarding Juror Testim, July 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• 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. Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Competency, Scientific Testimony or Evidence, Witnesses - Examination of.
• Murder Convictions Tossed for Three Pennsylvania Prisoners After 28 Years, June 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, witness misidentification, Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Expert and Opinion Testimony.
• Exonerated Texas Prisoner Entitled to $1.68 Million After 22 Years of Wrongful Incarceration, May 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise, Expert and Opinion Testimony.
• New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Historical CSLI Must Be Presented Through Expert Testimony, Rejecting Lay Mapping of Cell-Tower Locations Because Interpreting CSLI Requires Technical and Specialized Knowledge Beyond “Ken” of Average Juror, May 1, 2026. Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data, Cell Site Location Information ("CSLI"), Prejudice - Potential for Undue, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• No Blood, No Proof: Study Challenges Post-Cleanup DNA Evidence, April 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Daubert Standards, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• New Study Exposes Reliability Gap in Traditional Time-of-Death Methods, April 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Daubert Standards, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Defendant Must Be Competent Before Undergoing Mental-Condition Examination Under § 16-8-107(3)(b), April 1, 2026. Evidentiary Claims, Abuse of Discretion Standard, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Competency Hearing, Denial of Due Process.
• When Words Mislead: Replacing “Touch” and “Trace DNA” with “Transfer DNA”, Feb. 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Prejudice - Potential for Undue, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Expert Testimony on Manner of Death Must Satisfy Same Reasonable-Degree-of-Certainty Standard Applicable to All Expert Opinions, Feb. 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Opinions and Expert Testimony, Expert and Opinion Testimony.
• Maine Supreme Judicial Court Announces Trial Courts Must Rigorously Scrutinize Reliability of Expert Testimony in Unrecognized Forensic Fields, Holding Trial Court Erred in Admitting Forensic Podiatry Footprint-Comparison Testimony Without a Demonstrated, Feb. 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Daubert Standards, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Improper Comments.