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 David Reutter:

• Help Wanted: 31,000 Prison Guard Jobs Open Nationwide, Sept. 1, 2025
• Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Claim Based on Guard’s 
Thwarting of Administrative Remedies, Aug. 1, 2025
• Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement 
for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025
• Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay 
for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit: Continuing-Violations Doctrine Applies 
for PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Purposes, Aug. 1, 2025
• 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

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit Revives Virginia Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting His Religious Headwear, Aug. 15, 2023. Religious Grooming, Religious Practices.
• Fourth Circuit: Religious Headwear Policy Violated Virginia Prisoner’s Rights, April 1, 2023. Religious Grooming, Religious Practices.
• Georgia Prison System Ordered to Amend Policy to Allow Three-Inch Beards, Dec. 10, 2019. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming.
• Native American Prisoners Win Lawsuit Over Right to Wear Long Hair, July 2, 2019. Religious Discrimination, American Indian Religious Freedom Act, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming.
• North Carolina Prison Guard Sues Over Religious Discrimination, March 5, 2019. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming.
• Federal District Court Holds Ohio Prison Cannot Cut Rastafarian Prisoner’s Hair, Nov. 6, 2018. Religious Discrimination, Grooming Rules, RLUIPA, Religious Grooming.
• Sikh Harassed for Refusing to Cut Beard Settles Civil Rights Suit with California Prison Officials, July 26, 2018. Religious Discrimination, Retaliation, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming, First Amendment, rights.
• Fifth Circuit: Louisiana Must Allow Prisoner to Wear Dreadlocks, April 2, 2018. Grooming Rules, RLUIPA, Religious Grooming.
• Reversed by Supreme Court, Eighth Circuit Remands Prisoner Grooming Case Back to District Court, Dec. 27, 2017. Grooming Rules, Religious Grooming.
• Eleventh Circuit Defers to Alabama DOC on Short Hair Requirement, Dec. 27, 2017. Grooming Rules, Religious Grooming.