More from this issue:

1. Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed for Murder of Oregon DOC Director, But State Wants Him Back In Prison, by Mark Wilson
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Indiana DOC Settles HRDC Mail Censorship Suit, by Chuck Sharman
4. HRDC Represents Wrongfully Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 37 Years in Prison for a Rape Murder He Did Not Commit, by Chuck Sharman
5. Fifth Circuit Overturns Permanent Injunction Requiring Texas Prison to Observe COVID-19 Precautions, by Matthew Clarke
6. $750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners, by David Reutter
7. Arizona Auditor’s Report Finds Underfunding of DOC’s Capital Funding Requests and Unreconciled Prisoner Trust Fund Accounts, by Matthew Clarke
8. Preliminary Injunction Bars Arkansas from Confiscating Prisoners’ COVID Stimulus Money, by David Reutter
9. Washington State Prison Chief Secretly Forced to Retire, But Why?
10. Benevolent or Predatory?, by Casey Bastian
11. Georgia Sheriff Suspended After Indictment on Federal Civil Rights Charges, by David Reutter
12. Language Matters: Why We Use the Words We Do, by Paul Wright
13. What’s in a Name?, by Jeffrey Ross
14. Louisiana Prisoners Used as Slave Labor During Hurricane Ida, Families Left in the Dark for Weeks, by Brian Dolinar
15. Will Federal Prisoners on Home Confinement Have to Return to Prison?, by Dale Chappell
16. Kentucky’s Prison HCV Policy of Monitoring Without Treatment Constitutional, by David Reutter
17. Seven Guards Fired Over Collins County Texas Jail Death, by Jayson Hawkins
18. All Massachusetts Jails to Provide Prisoners Ten Free Minutes of Phone Calls Per Week and Cap Charges on Additional Minutes at 14 Cents
19. Company Surveils Activists Opposing Construction of Prisons and Jails, by Keith Sanders
20. Federal District Court Orders All CDCR Employees be Vaccinated, by Douglas Ankney
21. Louisville Jail Moves to Have Free Phone Calls for Prisoners by First of the Year, by Kevin Bliss
22. Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, by David Reutter
23. Wisconsin Feels Effects of Staffing Shortage in State Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
24. First Prisoner Elected to Hold Public Office in Washington DC, by Kevin Bliss
25. $72,000 Settlement Over Corizon’s Lack of Medical Treatment to Injured Arizona Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
26. Eleventh Circuit Upholds Immunity of Federal Prison Guards Under FTCA, Even for Blatant Unconstitutional Acts, by Dale Chappell
27. Weeks Without a Shower: Neglect Defines COVID-19 Containment in California Jails, by Brian Osgood
28. Audit Reveals Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Chaplaincy Services Branch Critically Depleted, by Casey Bastian
29. To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up, by James Kilgore
30. CFPB Hits JPay with $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Over Fee-Heavy “Debit Release Cards”, by Chuck Sharman
31. Eleven Guards Fired after Death at Houston Jail, by Brian Dolinar
32. HRDC Prevails Over Wellpath as Vermont Supreme Court Rules Private Contractor Must Release Public Records, by David Reutter
33. Second Circuit Reversed Dismissal of Former BOP Prisoner’s FTCA Claim Against Dentist, by David Reutter
34. Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Credit Time During Period of Erroneous Liberty, by David Reutter
35. Eighth Circuit Clarifies Legal Standards for Conditions-of-Confinement Lawsuits Brought by Civilly-Committed Sex Offenders, by Matthew Clarke
36. $731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well, by David Reutter
37. Prisoner Voting Population Grows as Illinois Bill Extends Polling Sites to County Jails
38. Massachusetts Department of Corrections Sued Over Use of “Fake” Drug Tests on Legal Mail, by Casey Bastian
39. Seventh Circuit: Local Rules Requiring Specific Filings to Summary Judgments Should Not be Used as a Sanction, by Dale Chappell
40. Michigan DOC Eases Up on Pregnant Prisoners, Limits Shackles and Solitary Confinement, by Chuck Sharman
41. D.C. Federal Court Rules District Providing Unlawfully Inadequate Education to Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities, Grants Preliminary Injunction, by Matthew Clarke
42. Prison Officials Actions to Correct Inhumane Cell Conditions Merit Judgement in Their Favor
43. $129,000 Bench Verdict for BOP Prisoner in Failure to Warn of Valley Fever
44. Lawsuit Over Denial of Medical Treatment for Painful Erection Causing Impotence in Oklahoma County Jail Reinstated by Tenth Circuit, by Matthew Clarke
45. CoreCivic Prison at Center of Georgia Drug Trafficking Investigation
46. Fifth Circuit Holds Defendants Entitled to Sovereign Immunity For Denial of Sex-Reassignment Surgery to Texas Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
47. Sixth Circuit Holds Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule on Summary Judgment in Retaliation Suit by BOP Prisoner
48. $5,000 Award for Pro Se Florida DOC Prisoner in Unjustified Pepper Spraying
49. California Fire Crew Prisoner’s Escape Attempt Leaves Trail of Destruction
50. Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
51. Oregon Suspends Outside Prisoner Work Crews After Prisoner Escape Sparks International Incident, by Mark Wilson
52. Broward County Florida Sheriff Rejects Independent Reviews of Detainee’s Death
53. $170,000 Settlement By New Jersey DOC in Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy, by Jayson Hawkins
54. $8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer
55. Arizona Federal Court Dismisses NAACP’s Challenge to Private Prisons as Violating Thirteenth Amendment by Commodifying Prisoners for Profit
56. Fifth Circuit Holds Confessed Medical Malpractice Does Not Insulate Prison Medical Providers From Finding of Deliberate Indifference, by Matthew Clarke
57. $23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care
58. News in Brief

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? Fingerprint Evidence’s Troubling Flaws, 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
• Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled, April 1, 2025
• Fourth Circuit Excuses Maryland Prisoner From Exhaustion Requirement in PREA Claim, April 1, 2025
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces State Wiretap Statute Requires Suppression of Both Audio and Video Components of Audiovisual Footage of Unlawfully Intercepted Oral Communication Showing Defendant as Party to Communication, March 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal Vacates Sentence Where Trial Court Imposed Sentence Under ‘One Strike’ Enhancement Statute Enacted After Crimes Were Committed, March 15, 2025
• Nevada Supreme Court: Theft Offenses and Possessing or Receiving Stolen Property Offenses Are Mutually Exclusive and Double Jeopardy Protections Bar Conviction for Both Offenses When Based on Same Conduct, March 15, 2025
• Maryland Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Its Discretion by Failing to Exercise That Discretion Where It Summarily Refused Requested Jury Instruction Because It Was a Non-Pattern Instruction and ‘Some Evidence’ Supported the Instruction, March 15, 2025
• $100,000 Settlement Reached in New York Prisoner’s Solitary Confinement Suit, After Jury for First Time Finds Practice Violates Eighth Amendment, March 1, 2025
• Community Supervision: America’s Hidden Wellspring to Mass Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Self-Harming Wisconsin Prisoner Settles Failure-to-Protect Suit for $7,000, April 1, 2025. Settlements, Suicides, Failure to Protect (Staff).
• Virtual Injustice: How Remote Hearings Harm Incarcerated Defendants, March 15, 2025. COVID-19, Cause and Prejudice, Video-Conferencing.
• Failures Brought to Light in Arizona Prison System’s COVID-19 Response, March 1, 2025. Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, COVID-19.
• Ohio Guard Killed by Prisoner in Christmas Day Attack, Feb. 15, 2025. Staffing, Wrongful Death, Assaults on Staff, Failure to Protect (Staff).
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Witness Wearing Surgical Mask During Pandemic Is Denial of Sixth Amendment Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation and No General Exception to This Right for Pandemic or ‘Other Global Events’ Such as Wars and Natural, Feb. 15, 2025. COVID-19, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Practitioner Exception.
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Federal Prisoner’s Conviction for Assaulting Guards at California Prison, Dec. 15, 2024. Excessive Force, Failure to Protect (Staff), Resentencing.
• Identities Stolen From Virginia Jail Detainees For $341,205 COVID-19 Fraud, Nov. 15, 2024. COVID-19, Financial Institution - Definition, Identity Theft.
• California Throws Prisoners Under the Bus to Adopt New Heat Rules, Nov. 15, 2024. Exposure to Heat, Guard Unions, Failure to Protect (Staff).
• Ninth Circuit Provides Cover to Oregon Governor for Prioritizing Guards Over Prisoners for COVID-19 Vaccine, Oct. 15, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, COVID-19, Guards/Staff.
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Data Report on Compassionate Release in FY 2023, Oct. 1, 2024. COVID-19, Statistics/Trends, Compassionate Release, Official Report.