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 Casey Bastian:

• Policing the Vulnerable: The Criminalization of Disability, May 15, 2025
• Examining Pro-Prosecution Bias in the Judiciary: Unconscious Biases of a Prosecutorial Background, Feb. 15, 2025
• The Rise of Mass Supervision: From Rehabilitative Alternative to Shadow Carceral State, Oct. 1, 2024
• Demonstrable Remorse, Psychiatric Diagnoses, and Alternatives to Incarceration, Aug. 1, 2024
• Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, Aug. 1, 2024
• The 153 Exonerations in 2023 Include 19 Resulting From Threats or Sentences of Death, July 15, 2024
• Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far, March 1, 2024
• Dangerous Encounters: Interactions Between Autistic Individuals and Law Enforcement, Dec. 15, 2023
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Compassionate Release Datafile for Fiscal Years 2020-­2022, Oct. 1, 2023
• Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County, Sept. 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• ACLU Sues BOP Over Failure to Implement First Step Act Release Credits, May 1, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Crime Down But Incarceration Up In Tennessee, March 1, 2025. Crime, Statistics/Trends.
• Among World Nations, Individual U.S. States Near Top of List for Per Capita Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025. Statistics/Trends, Prisoners-International, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
• First Step Act Linked to Modest Reductions in Time Served by Federal Prisoners, Feb. 1, 2025. First Step Act, Resentencing, Credits.
• 1994 Crime Bill Turns 30: A Legacy of Controversy, Jan. 15, 2025. Crime, Statistics/Trends, Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Publishes Data Report on Compassionate Release in FY 2023, Oct. 1, 2024. COVID-19, Statistics/Trends, Compassionate Release, Official Report.
• One of Eight Prisoners Now Released is a Woman, Sept. 15, 2024. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Statistics/Trends.
• The 153 Exonerations in 2023 Include 19 Resulting From Threats or Sentences of Death, July 15, 2024. Statistics/Trends, Wrongful Conviction.
• Fourth Circuit Announces ‘Sentencing Package Doctrine’ Permits District Court to Resentence Both Covered and Noncovered Offenses Under First Step Act, July 15, 2024. First Step Act, Resentencing, De Novo Resentencing.
• Decoding Recidivism: Unraveling Its Complex Metrics and Real Impact, July 1, 2024. Statistics/Trends.