More from this issue:

1. Tougher Than the Rest: No Criminal Justice Reform “Miracle” in Texas, by Marie Gottschalk
2. North Carolina Prisoners at Deadliest Federal Prison File Suit on COVID-19 Response, by Matthew Clarke
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Sixth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Sheriff in Tennessee Prisoner’s Assault Case, by David Reutter
5. Preliminary Studies: Black/Latino Populations Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19, by Douglas Ankney
6. North Carolina Cancer Patient Dies From COVID-19 After BOP Denies Compassionate Release and Sentencing Judge Rejects Appeal, by Derek Gilna
7. Federal Lawsuit Claims Texas Jail Released Man When Medical Problems Became Too Much Trouble, Resulting in Coma, by Dale Chappell
8. Pandemic Medical Update: The Latest on Vaccines and Prisoners, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
9. CoreCivic Sued Over Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Tennessee Prison, by Matthew Clarke
10. Magic as Rehabilitation, by Jayson Hawkins
11. In Prisons, the Press Also Yearns to Be Free, by Casey Bastian
12. California: Prisoner-Run Journalism Thrives with San Quentin News, Ear Hustle, by David Reutter
13. My Ankle Monitor Won’t Let Me Take Out The Garbage, by Eleanor Bader
14. Tennessee Juvenile Murderer’s Sentence Commuted, by Edward Lyon
15. How Jails Became a Breeding Ground for the Coronavirus, by Keith Sanders
16. Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot, by David Reutter
17. Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines, by David Reutter
18. Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000, by Derek Gilna
19. Urban Redo: Lorton, Virginia Prison Recreated as Liberty Village, by Kevin Bliss
20. Court Rejects Class Status for Nebraska Prisoners Facing Substandard Health Care, by David Reutter
21. Seventh Circuit: Nurse’s Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Pain Negates Summary Judgment Grant, by David Reutter
22. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in New York Prisoner’s Due Process Lawsuit, by David Reutter
23. St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse, by Daniel A. Rosen
24. Former Prisoners Making Less Than Minimum Wage Working for Nonprofit Doe Fund, by Dale Chappell
25. South Florida: Jail Hotline Releases Report on Inadequate Health Care During Pandemic, by Saraana Jamraj
26. Rapper Sues BOP Alleging Torture, by David Reutter
27. As Prison COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise, Washington State Supreme Court Looks Away, by Mark Wilson
28. Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law, by Matthew Clarke
29. Some Prisons Bear Names of Enslavers, Oppressors, Racists and Segregationists, by Matthew Clarke
30. Over Half the Prisoners Test Positive for COVID-19 at Arizona Prison, by Matthew Clarke
31. New Book on Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, by Edward Lyon
32. Louisiana’s COVID-19 Prisoner Furlough Panel Next to Useless, by Edward Lyon
33. COVID-19 Hits Fairfax, Virginia Juvenile Detention Center, by Kevin Bliss
34. Seventh Circuit Holds Illinois Prisoners Retain Fourth Amendment Rights to Bodily Privacy, Overruling Circuit Precedents, by Matthew Clarke
35. Federal Class Action Settlement Aims to Eliminate Horrific Conditions at Santa Barbara, California Jails in Three Years, by Derek Gilna
36. Almost Half of North Dakota Jail Tests Positive for COVID-19, by David Reutter
37. U.S. Prisons Originally Designed to Prevent Spread of Disease Become Breeding Ground During Pandemic, by Edward Lyon
38. Former Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Complaint Cures Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, by David Reutter
39. Georgia Prisoners Lacked Food, Water, Leading to Melee, by Jayson Hawkins
40. Opioid Crisis in Canadian Prisons Needs to be Addressed, by Kevin Bliss
41. CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations, by Douglas Ankney
42. $2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind, by Matthew Clarke
43. Scottish Prisoners Issued Mobile Phones During Pandemic, by Kevin Bliss
44. Private Health Care Services in County Jails Comes at High Price, by Kevin Bliss
45. Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Prisoner Can Be Executed Despite Previous Botched Attempt, by Matthew Clarke
46. First Former Felon Elected to Washington State Legislature, by Daniel A. Rosen
47. Second Circuit: No Error in Blocking New York Parolee from Attending His Own Civil Rights Trial Against Prison Officials, by Matthew Clarke
48. As Millions Suffer, Congress Awards BOP $356 Million for New Kansas Prison, by Mark Wilson
49. Tennessee Prisons “Naughty” List Shows Prison Staff Often Bring in Contraband, by Edward Lyon
50. News in Brief
51. Alabama Guards Accused of Excessive Use of Force, Hospitalizing One Prisoner and Injuring Another, by Kevin Bliss

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Tenth Circuit Upholds Nearly $8.8 Million Judgment 
for Utah Jail Death, June 1, 2025
• Eighth Circuit Excuses Missouri Prisoner’s Failure 
to Exhaust Remedies While He Was In a Coma, 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

More from these topics:

• $1.2 Million in Settlements Reached in Suit Over Sacramento Jail Murder, May 1, 2025. Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $18,000 for New York Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Planted Shank in Cell, May 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Cell Searches, Settlements.
• Missouri Pays More Than $1.2 Million for Deputy Warden’s Sexual Harassment Claim Against Warden, May 1, 2025. Staff-Staff Harassment, DOC/BOP misconduct, Settlements.
• New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $280,000 in Retaliation Claim Against Guards, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
• $3.4 Million Settlement for Minnesota Jail Death Called “Real-Life Nightmare”, May 1, 2025. Drug Overdose, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• New Orleans Public Defender’s “Redeem Team” Says: “Re-entry Is Never Over”, May 1, 2025. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Life without Parole (LWOP), Juveniles, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
• Los Angeles County Pays $24 Million to Two Former Prisoners Wrongly Convicted as Teens of 1997 Murder, May 1, 2025. Informants, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, False Exculpatory Statements.
• Florida Prisoner Released to Die Settles With Centurion Over Ignored Prostate Cancer, May 1, 2025. Centurion, Cancer, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Connecticut Compensates Exonerated Prisoners, Reforms Policing, April 15, 2025. Police Misconduct, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction.
• Nurse Charged, $2.6 Million Settlement Reached in Minnesota Jail Death, April 1, 2025. Prison/Jail Murders, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).