More from this issue:

1. New York Finding Closed Prisons a Tough Sell, by Chuck Sharman
2. Ninth Circuit Says Arizona DOC Policy Cannot Be Used to Censor Prisoner’s Free Expression, by David Reutter
3. “Night of Terror” in Indiana Jail Sees Detainees Assaulted by Fellow Prisoners Who Purchased Cell Keys From Guard, by Kevin Bliss
4. Minnesota Supreme Court: Prisoner Abused with Overtight Handcuffs Need Only Show Deliberate Indifference, Not Malicious Intent, by Matthew Clarke
5. Study Shows COVID-19 Drove Prison Death Rates 50% Higher, by Keith Sanders
6. Wellpath Subsidiary Out of Australian Women’s Prison After Indigenous Prisoner’s Death, by Keith Sanders
7. Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Latest First Step Act Data, by Casey Bastian
8. “Abdication of Responsibility”: Heads Roll in Tennessee DOC Over Botched Execution Protocols, by Kevin Bliss
9. Federal Courts Throw Out Smart Communications’ Mail-Scanning Patent, by Robert Schaeffer
10. $775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died, by Casey Bastian
11. Dying for Being Deadbeat Dad in Missouri Jail, by Chuck Sharman
12. Report Reveals Extent of Federal Pretrial Detention Crisis, by Casey Bastian
13. Eighth Circuit Requires Source-of-Funds Finding Before Allowing BOP to Raid Account of Federal Prisoner in Missouri, by David Reutter
14. Arizona Prison Forcibly Induced Labor for Pregnant Prisoners, by Eike Blohm, MD
15. Senators Rail at DOJ Failure to Report In-Custody Deaths, by Jayson Hawkins
16. $17.675 Million Paid for New Yorker’s Wrongful Conviction, by Jacob Barrett
17. Sixth Circuit: “Minimal Findings Necessary” Before Garnishing Funds From Federal Prisoner in Ohio, by Casey Bastian
18. Prisoner Health Update: Tuberculosis, by Eike Blohm, MD
19. U.S. Prisoner Numbers Slowly Declining, by Edward Lyon
20. Four Escape Troubled Mississippi Jail After Fifth Circuit Postpones Federal Receivership, by Keith Sanders
21. No Charges for Georgia Guards Who Allegedly Abetted Attack That Left Prisoner Dead, by Keith Sanders
22. Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, by Harold Hempstead
23. 70 Months for Former Warden of BOP ‘Rape Club’ in California, by Benjamin Tschirhart
24. Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint, by David Reutter
25. Illinois Makes Abortion Care Free for State Prisoners, by Chuck Sharman
26. Almost $42,500 Awarded to Illinois Prisoner for Denial of Physical Therapy by Wellpath Nurse, by Casey Bastian
27. State Prison Systems Failing to Provide Meaningful Programming, by Casey Bastian
28. Eighth Circuit Greenlights Arkansas Execution Protocol, by Jacob Barrett
29. Second Circuit Upholds Connecticut Prison Porn Ban, Sets Up Circuit Split Over “Vagueness” Test, by Jacob Barrett
30. Louisiana Sheriff Coughs Up $2.75 Million After Falsely Claiming Detainee Died From Accidental Fall, by Jacob Barrett
31. Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy, by Jacob Barrett
32. Four Michigan Jail Guards Guilty in Detainee Death, Family Paid $2.4 Million, by Matthew Clarke
33. Former Mississippi Sheriff Indicted for Bribery After Allegedly Allowing Detainee Rape at County Jail, by Jordan Arizmendi
34. $3,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Public Records, by David Reutter
35. BOP Hits Back Hard After Federal Prisoner in Arizona Brandishes Gun, by Benjamin Tschirhart
36. Prisoner Counselors STORMING California Prisons to Aid in Addiction Recovery, by Kevin Bliss
37. It’s Official: BOP Prisoners on Expanded COVID-19 Home Confinement Staying Put, by Jordan Arizmendi
38. Fifth South Carolina Prisoner Sentenced in “Sextortion” Scams Targeting Military Members, by Chuck Sharman
39. Imprisoned Former Head of New York City Jails Guards’ Union Granted Release, by Matthew Clarke
40. News in Brief
41. Chronic Punishment: The Unmet Health Needs of People in State Prisons, by Leah Wang
42. Prisoners Caught in Ukraine War Crossfire, by Chuck Sharman
43. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
44. Over $3.5 Million Paid to Incontinent Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Instead of Dining Priority Pass, by David Reutter
45. Sing Sing Prisoners File Suit Against New York State Alleging Vicious Beating by Guards, by Keith Sanders
46. Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal, by Matthew Clarke
47. No More Naps for Massachusetts Guards, by Eike Blohm, MD
48. Michigan Supreme Court Justice Caves to Criticism, Accepts Resignation of Formerly Incarcerated Clerk, by Kevin Bliss
49. Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own, by Harold Hempstead
50. “All Signals Blinking Red” at Federal Prison in West Virginia After DOJ Releases Report on Killing of Mobster “Whitey” Bulger, by Casey Bastian, Benjamin Tschirhart
51. Eleventh Circuit Won’t Force Condemned Alabama Prisoner to Die by Method He Didn’t Choose, by David Reutter
52. Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence, by Jacob Barrett
53. California Easing Housing Hurdles for Released Prisoners, by Edward Lyon
54. Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania Gets Sentence Reduction After Guard Rapes Her, by Casey Bastian
55. Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison, by Chuck Sharman

More from David Reutter:

• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, April 15, 2025
• Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, April 15, 2025
• Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, April 1, 2025
• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
• ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025
• First Circuit: Two-Level Enhancement Under § 3B1.1(c) for Leadership or Managerial Role Vacated Because Government Failed to Prove Defendant’s Order Was Actually ‘Obeyed’ by Fellow Criminal Participant, Feb. 15, 2025
• 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
• The Murky Waters of Parole, Feb. 1, 2025
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Cruelty Is Now the Point for BOP, May 1, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Study Finds Just 1% of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claims Succeed, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Texas Courts, Legislature at Odds over Executing Potentially Innocent Death Row Prisoner, May 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Death Penalty/Death Row, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Opposition to the Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Texas Prison Heat Declared Unconstitutional, May 1, 2025. Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Heat, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Resentencing.
• Ohio Pauses Executions, Louisiana and Arizona Race Ahead, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• DOJ Finds “Horrific and Inhumane” Conditions in Georgia Prisons, March 1, 2025. Prison/Jail Murders, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona, March 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025. Disciplinary Hearings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Tennessee Finalizes New One-Drug Execution Protocol, Feb. 15, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Drugs - Determination of, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.