More from this issue:

1. The 10 Worst Sheriffs in America, by Nicole Audrey Spector
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Auditor Slams California ICE Facility That Released Detainees With COVID-19, by Edward Lyon
4. Sen. Warren Investigation Exposes Broken Prison Accreditation System, by Jayson Hawkins
5. Kentucky Consolidated Local Government Entitled to Sovereign Immunity, by David Reutter
6. 25 Years of the AEDPA: Where do We Stand?, by Dale Chappell
7. Prisoners Released Without COVID Tests Face Difficult Reentry, by Jayson Hawkins
8. Pandemic Medical Update, by Michael D. Cohen, MD
9. Former Georgia Sheriff Deputies Denied Immunity in Criminal Case for Taser Death of Unarmed Man, by David Reutter
10. Law Passes Requiring Parents in New York Prisons to be Housed Close to Their Children, by Kevin Bliss
11. Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner Dies in 101-Degree Cell, by Edward Lyon
12. Trump Pardons Highlight System’s Flaws, by Jayson Hawkins
13. Prioritizing Incarcerated People for Vaccine Quickly Reduced COVID in IL Prisons, by Brian Dolinar
14. Massachusetts Medical Parole Cases and COVID-19 Prisoner Deaths, by Edward Lyon
15. Class Action Lawsuit Over COVID at Chesapeake, MD Jail Reaches Settlement, by David Reutter
16. DOJ: Florida Women’s Prison Subjects Prisoners to Unconstitutional Risk of Sexual Abuse, by Kevin Bliss, David Reutter
17. New Hampshire Prisoner Sues to Enforce Conditions of Consent Decree, by David Reutter
18. Connecticut Supermax Closing After Lawsuit Filed Seeking to Reduce Use of Solitary, by Anthony Accurso
19. Court Orders In-Person Inspection of Michigan Facility to Determine COVID-19 Policy Compliance, by David Reutter
20. Inspection Reports Reveal Filthy Conditions In Arizona Prison Kitchens, by Jimmy Jenkins
21. Prison Overcrowding Continues During COVID-19 Pandemic, by Edward Lyon
22. NY Prisoner Entitled to Release Upon Reaching Conditional Release Date, by David Reutter
23. Kentucky Leases Closed Private Prison to Use as State Facility, by Edward Lyon
24. Prisoners Find Their Voice in Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop, by Edward Lyon
25. Texas Republican Representative Proposes Renaming Prisons With Names Honoring Enslavers, Oppressors and Convict Leasers, by Matthew Clarke
26. Draconian Use of Solitary Confinement in North Carolina, by Keith Sanders
27. Inspector General Calls California Prison Reform Efforts a $10 Million Failure, by Matthew Clarke
28. New Jersey Man Dies Soon After Exonerated of Sex Offense, by Edward Lyon
29. Sixth Circuit Refuses to Extend Bivens to BOP Prisoner’s First Amendment Claims, by Mark Wilson
30. Activism and Art Team Up to Abolish Mass Incarceration, by Keith Sanders
31. Connecticut Prisoner Population Lowest in Over Three Decades Due to Coronavirus, by Douglas Ankney
32. DWN Report Shows ICE Facilities Were Community Superspreaders of COVID-19, by Matthew Clarke
33. State Prison System Takes Over County Jail, by Edward Lyon
34. PA Lawsuit Claims Allegheny County Jail Sergeant Brutalized Disabled Women, by David Reutter
35. GEO Group Puts Money, Lobbyist into Defeating Bill to Prohibit Private Prisons in Virginia, by David Reutter
36. Six Howard County, Indiana Jail Guards Fired Over Sexual Assaults and Harassment of Prisoners, by Michael Fortino, Ph.D
37. Guard Commits Suicide Amidst Allegations in Federal Prison, by Jayson Hawkins
38. Fourth Circuit Holds Immigrant Children’s Mental Health Care Should Be Up to Professional Standards, by David Reutter
39. Federal Agencies Rack Up Nearly One Thousand Arrest-Related or In-Custody Deaths in Two Years, DOJ Report Finds, by David Reutter
40. Pew Study Shows Crime Falls but Spending on Jails Soar, by David Reutter
41. State Auditor Report Critical of Texas Prison Agribusiness, by Matthew Clarke
42. Amending the 13th Amendment, by Edward Lyon
43. Auditor Appalled at Lack of Spending Controls in Mississippi Prison System, by David Reutter
44. Washington Gives Right to Vote to 20,000 People Previously Incarcerated, by Juliette LaMarr
45. Pushing Back on Prison Labor, by Lilah Burke
46. Fourth Circuit Holds Deaf Federal Civilly Committed Sex Offender Has First Amendment Right of Access to Point-to-Point Videocalls in BOP Prison, by Matthew Clarke
47. Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Lawsuit in Prisoner Overdose at San Diego Jail, by Matthew Clarke
48. Microsoft Invests in Digital Incarceration, by Jayson Hawkins
49. Resources for Understanding Today’s Prison System, by Kevin Bliss
50. NC Prisoner Survives Summary Judgment for Two Excessive Force Claims, by David Reutter
51. Staff Shortages in Georgia Prisons Reach Crisis Levels, by Keith Sanders
52. Colorado Grants COVID-19-Related Clemencies, by Edward Lyon
53. U.S. DOJ Statistics on Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Perpetrators, by Matthew Clarke
54. News in Brief

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Fourth Circuit Revives Detainee’s Suit Alleging Monell and 14th Amendment Deliberate Indifference Claims, June 1, 2026
• FTC Substantiates Allegations Against ViaPath Related to Data Breach and Orders Remedial Action, June 1, 2026
• Study Shows That Suicide Intervention During and After Incarceration Reduces Suicide Attempts by 55%, June 1, 2026
• Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Sheriff Did Not Violate Open Records Act and Declines to Award Damages to Prisoner, June 1, 2026
• Fifth Circuit Announces Enhanced Supervised Release Provision Under 18 U.S.C. § 3583(k) Does Not Apply to Assimilative Crimes Act Offenses, Limiting Statutory Maximum to Five Years Under § 3583(b), June 1, 2026
• California Court of Appeal: Vehicle Impoundment Solely to Prevent Further Unlicensed Driving Does Not Satisfy Fourth Amendment’s Community Caretaking Exception; Statutory Authorization Alone Insufficient to Establish Constitutional Reasonableness, June 1, 2026
• Sixth Circuit Announces Predetermining a Supervisee’s Revocation Term of Imprisonment at an Earlier Violation Hearing Renders the Resulting Sentence Both Procedurally and Substantively Unreasonable, June 1, 2026
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Totality-of-the-Circumstances Framework for Evaluating Delayed Traffic Stops Under Article 14, Holding 24-Hour Gap Between Observed Infraction and Vehicle Stop Was Unreasonable, June 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Announces ICE’s Execution of a Removal Warrant Following a Final Removal Order Does Not Constitute a “Pending Proceeding” Under 18 U.S.C. § 1505, Vacating Noncitizen’s Obstruction Conviction in Issue of First Impression, June 1, 2026
• In Wake of Murders of Prisoners by Guards, New York Passes Legislation to Enhance Safety, Accountability and Training, June 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Wisconsin Governor Issues Executive Order to Restore Commutations, June 1, 2026. Prison Reform, Criminal justice system reform, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Pardons/Clemency, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Pennsylvania Closes Its Second-Oldest Prison, May 1, 2026. Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions, Boot Camps, Plumbing, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Uncounted COVID Deaths Reveal a Troubling Truth About Official Death Records, May 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Medical Records, COVID-19, Statistics/Trends, Databases.
• Colorado Governor Tells Lawmakers to Open New Prison, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Cost of Prison Systems, Revocation Proceedings, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Colorado Lawmakers Approve Prison Bed Funding, Despite DOC Understaffing, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Staffing, Parole, Overdetention, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Utah Pushes for Additional $130 Million to Expand Prison that Cost $1 Billion, March 1, 2026. Cost of Prison Systems, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), State Legislation, Reduction of Prison Population.
• New York State Closes Yet Another Prison, Dec. 1, 2025. Transfers, Work Strikes, Statistics/Trends, Staffing, Reduction of Prison Population.
• CDCR May No Longer Use Sentence Credits to Advance Parole Eligibility of Some California Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentences, Dec. 1, 2025. Good Time, Constitution, state, Sentence, Credits, Reduction of Prison Population.
• CoreCivic Pays $82,500 for First COVID-19 Death at San Diego ICE Lockup, Nov. 1, 2025. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, COVID-19, Federal Tort Claims Act, Failure to Train/Supervise, Detention - Generally.