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. Arizona Auditor’s Report Finds Underfunding of DOC’s Capital Funding Requests and Unreconciled Prisoner Trust Fund Accounts, by Matthew Clarke
7. $750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners, by David Reutter
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. Seven Guards Fired Over Collins County Texas Jail Death, by Jayson Hawkins
17. Kentucky’s Prison HCV Policy of Monitoring Without Treatment Constitutional, by David Reutter
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. Federal District Court Orders All CDCR Employees be Vaccinated, by Douglas Ankney
20. Company Surveils Activists Opposing Construction of Prisons and Jails, by Keith Sanders
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. First Prisoner Elected to Hold Public Office in Washington DC, by Kevin Bliss
24. Wisconsin Feels Effects of Staffing Shortage in State Prisons, 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. HRDC Prevails Over Wellpath as Vermont Supreme Court Rules Private Contractor Must Release Public Records, by David Reutter
32. Eleven Guards Fired after Death at Houston Jail, by Brian Dolinar
33. Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Credit Time During Period of Erroneous Liberty, by David Reutter
34. Second Circuit Reversed Dismissal of Former BOP Prisoner’s FTCA Claim Against Dentist, by David Reutter
35. $731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well, by David Reutter
36. Eighth Circuit Clarifies Legal Standards for Conditions-of-Confinement Lawsuits Brought by Civilly-Committed Sex Offenders, by Matthew Clarke
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. California Fire Crew Prisoner’s Escape Attempt Leaves Trail of Destruction
49. $5,000 Award for Pro Se Florida DOC Prisoner in Unjustified Pepper Spraying
50. Oregon Suspends Outside Prisoner Work Crews After Prisoner Escape Sparks International Incident, by Mark Wilson
51. Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
52. Broward County Florida Sheriff Rejects Independent Reviews of Detainee’s Death
53. $8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer
54. $170,000 Settlement By New Jersey DOC in Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy, by Jayson Hawkins
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 Chuck Sharman:

• Zombie Forensics: Discredited Science Stalking the Courtroom, Dec. 15, 2025
• Now Under Federal Receivership, 
New York City’s Rikers Island Jails Still Have 
No Plan to Improve, No Firm Date to Close, Aug. 1, 2025
• Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet 
on Construction of New Jail, Aug. 1, 2025
• $75,000 for Transgender Maryland Prisoner Raped by Guard, Aug. 1, 2025
• Two Exonerated Illinois Prisoners Win Settlements 
Totaling $14.5 Million, Aug. 1, 2025
• $2.6 Million Paid for Detoxing Washington Jail Detainee Allowed 
to Leap to His Death, Additional NaphCare Payout Undisclosed, Aug. 1, 2025
• Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence 
at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025
• Alabama DOC Attorneys Reprimanded for 
Filing AI-Written Briefs in Prisoner’s Suit, Aug. 1, 2025
• $1.2 Million for New York Prisoner Waterboarded by Guards, Aug. 1, 2025
• $15 Million Settlement Reached in San Diego Jail Detainee’s Untreated Withdrawal Death, Aug. 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• From the Editor, Aug. 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Publications/Books, Censorship.
• HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit 
against California’s Sonoma County, Aug. 1, 2025. Jail Specific, Censorship, Prison Conditions.
• Class-Action Suit at BOP “Rape Club” in California Settled for Record $116 Million, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Settlements, Injunctions, Class Actions.
• From the Editor, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Censorship.
• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025. Retaliation, Settlements, Defamation, Employment Deprivation.
• Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s 
Mail Policy in HRDC Suit, July 15, 2025. Injunctions, Censorship, First Amendment, Prison Mail, Legitimate Penological Interests, Reasonably Related to Legitimate Penological Interest.
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC 
in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit, July 15, 2025. Censorship, First Amendment, Reasonably Related to Legitimate Penological Interest.
• $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.