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 David Reutter:

• First Circuit: Prosecutor’s Breach of Plea Agreement 
Requires Government’s Specific Performance of Agreement, 
Not Specific Performance by District Court, Aug. 1, 2025
• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
• $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for 
Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Revives Rhode Island Prisoner’s 
Excessive Force Claim Against Guard, July 15, 2025
• First Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Maine Guards who Ogled Prisoner During Childbirth, July 15, 2025
• $250,000 Verdict for South Carolina Prisoner Pepper-Sprayed 
in Face Without Cause by Guard, July 15, 2025
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC 
in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit, July 15, 2025
• $550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail, July 15, 2025
• Seventh Circuit Revives Former Illinois Prisoner’s Claim 
for Delayed Hepatitis-C Treatment, July 15, 2025
• Sixth Circuit: Michigan Tolling Statute Applies to PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Arizona Challenge 
to Private Prisons, July 15, 2025. Private Prisons, Eighth Amendment, Thirteenth Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights.
• Nearly $70,000 Awarded for Illinois Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, July 15, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Food, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Wiccan Nevada Prisoner Wins 18-Year Fight for Religious Items, July 15, 2025. Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Ongoing Detainee Deaths Push Rikers Island 
into Federal Court Receivership, July 15, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Environmental Law, Plumbing, Sewage, Jail Specific.
• Punishment TV, July 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Food, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Prison Tourism/Consumerism.
• Ninth Circuit Reinstates Religious Exercise Claim from Arizona “Christian-Israelite” Prisoner Denied Passover Meal, June 1, 2025. Religious Discrimination, Religious Diet, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Long-Running Consent Decree Again Extended 
at Troubled Baltimore Jail, June 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment, Prison Conditions.
• $52,500 for Trans Florida Prisoner 
Sexually Assaulted by Cellmate, June 1, 2025. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Protect (Transgender).
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Baha’i Texas Prisoner’s Dietary Claim, June 1, 2025. Religious Discrimination, Religious Diet, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• New York Prisoner Awarded Almost $280,000 in Retaliation Claim Against Guards, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.