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Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder
by Matt Clarke
On December 5, 2022, federal prosecutors moved to dismiss insider trading charges against JPay founder Ryan Shapiro, 45. For a hefty fee, the firm provides financial and communications services to people incarcerated in jail and prisons. JPay was acquired by Securus Technologies in April 2015. …
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More from this issue:
- “Frozen in Solitude’’: Heat-Sensitive Texas Prisoners Get More Than Air Conditioning Locked Inside Former Segregation Cells, by Matthew Clarke
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Four Hawaii Prison Guards Sentenced for Beating Prisoner – But One Wins Back-Pay, by David Reutter
- Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats As Part Of Jail Telecom Contracts, by Hayden Betts
- $1 Million Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Suicide in Washington Jail, by David Reutter
- Arkansas Parole Board Denies Release to Sex Offender For Failure to Find Appropriate Housing, by David Reutter
- The Lecturer at the Lockup: Maine Prisoner Is First to Teach College Courses from His Cell
- Unyielding Pursuit of Justice or Unfulfilled Promises: Doubts Surround California Habeas Attorney
- After $300,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death, Texas County Looks to Replace Jail
- LGBTQ+ Detainees at Rikers Island Suffer Under Mayor Adams, by Kevin Bliss
- $8.25 Million Verdict Against Former Colorado Sheriff for Detainee’s Sexual Assault During Jail Transfer, by Matthew Clarke
- Life Sentence for Alabama Jail Escapee After Suicide of Guard Lover Who Helped Him, by Chuck Sharman
- Calls for California Sheriff’s Department Oversight After Jail Deaths, $30,000 Settlement for Botched Traffic Stop
- Innovative Brazilian Prison Claims “Here the Man Enters, the Crime Stays Outside”
- Oregon Parole Hearing Exclusion Rule Invalidated, by David Reutter
- U.S. Marshals Pull Out of Virginia Jail After Two Escapes in One Day
- BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death
- Government Watchdog Adds BOP to List at “High Risk” of Mismanagement, by Kevin Bliss
- Washington Supreme Court: Requiring Certificate of Merit for Medical Malpractice Suits Held Invalid
- Four Deaths in Seven Weeks at Pennsylvania Prison
- Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County, by Casey Bastian
- Congress Forces BOP to Upgrade Security Cameras, by Mark Wilson
- Prisoner Health Update: Over-the-Counter Medications, by Eike Blohm, MD
- San Diego County Pays $4.35 Million After Jail Guards Failed to Stop Detainee From Blinding Herself, by David Reutter
- New York Prison System Found Liable for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Assault
- Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder, by Matthew Clarke
- Prison Ministry Sues Indiana Jail Over Book Ban
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- FBI Crime Report Lacking Data from Police Agencies Serving 25 Percent of U.S. Population
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- Incarceration Increases Death Risk for Cancer Patients
- $120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail, by David Reutter
- Oregon Will Hold Release Hearings for 73 Prisoners Sentenced to LWOP as Juveniles, by Mark Wilson
- Senators Slam “Egregious” Prisoner Sexual Abuse by BOP Employees, by Mark Wilson
- Federal Watchdog Finds BOP Staffing, Maintenance in Crisis
- Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders, by Mark Wilson
- Former BOP Employees Guilty of Assaulting a Prisoner and Taking Bribes at Troubled Federal Prison in Massachusetts
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- “Be Christian or Be Penalized”: After Fourth Circuit Revives Muslim Prisoner’s Challenge, Virginia Jail Settles Suit for $30,000, by Douglas Ankney
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- $50,002 Jury Award to Illinois Prisoner Retaliated Against for Daughter’s Facebook Posts, by David Reutter
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- Nevada Pays $75,000 for Religious Discrimination Claims of Prisoners in Episcopal and The Way Faith Groups, by David Reutter
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- Exasperated Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction to Arizona DOC in Healthcare Class-Action, by Matthew Clarke
- News in Brief
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- New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Corrections Department Regulations Do Not Exempt Use-Of-Force Documents from Public Records Disclosure, Aug. 1, 2026
- DOJ Issues Memorandum Over BOP Employees Abusing Their Law Enforcement Credentials to Illegally Purchase Personal Firearms, Aug. 1, 2026
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- SCOTUS Reverses Mississippi Capital Conviction, July 1, 2026
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- Tainted Chicken Leads to Widespread Salmonella Outbreak at New York Jail, July 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Infections, Food, Sanitation, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment.
- FTC Substantiates Allegations Against ViaPath Related to Data Breach and Orders Remedial Action, June 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Trust Accounts, Telephone Monitoring, Deliberate Indifference, Global Tel*Link Corp.
- Auditor Demands Private Prison Company Pay $7.4 Million to Mississippi, June 1, 2026. Management and Training Corporation, Contractor Misconduct, Staffing, Fraud and Deceit.
- Our Money Is Disappearing Inside ViaPath’s Prison Tablets, June 1, 2026. Contractor Misconduct, Computers, Trust Accounts, Bribery/Extortion/Theft, Global Tel*Link Corp.
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- NaphCare Pulls Out of Washington Jails After Lawsuit Payouts, June 1, 2026. Naphcare, Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat.
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- NaphCare Pays $875,000 to Settle New York License Violations, Banned from State for Five Years, May 1, 2026. Naphcare, Contractor Misconduct, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.

