More from this issue:

1. Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’, by David Reutter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000, by David Reutter
4. Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Reimpose Death Sentence for Intellectually Disabled Alabama Prisoner
5. Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail
6. Three L.A. Jail Gang Leaders Murdered
7. Nine Guilty So Far in Sprawling California Aryan Brotherhood Case
8. $3 Million Settlement for Illinois Pretrial Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death, by David Reutter
9. First Circuit Lets BOP Take Prisoner’s Entire $10,956.36 Trust Account Balance for Restitution, by Douglas Ankney
10. BOP Evacuates Federal Prison in Florida After Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
11. $2.9 Million Paid by Maryland to Exonerated Former Prisoner
12. Censoring Women’s Health, by Kwaneta Harris
13. Second Circuit Says New York Prisons Must Answer for Denying Court-Ordered Rehab, by David Reutter
14. South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes, by Douglas Ankney
15. In Suit Over Connecticut Prisoner’s Death, Attorney General Will No Longer Represent Guard Convicted of Assault
16. Ninth Circuit Revives Challenge by Federal Prisoner in Arizona to BOP’s 300-Minute Monthly Phone Cap, by David Reutter
17. No Data to Prove Whether $600-Million California Parole Effort Worked
18. Maine Prison Official Charged with Theft and Bribery in Decade-Long Kickback Scheme
19. Inmate Records Released from Closed Washington Psychiatric Lockup
20. Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It, by Matthew Clarke
21. First Prisoners Released Two Years After Illinois Passed Law to Revisit Excessive Sentences
22. Writing on the Prison Wall: How Prisons Suppress Prison Journalism
23. Resistance to Bail Reform Powered By Untruthful Scaremongering, by David Reutter
24. Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Prison Chief for Prolonging Prisoner’s Detention with Sex Offender Misclassification, by David Reutter
25. Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby
26. Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guard Accused of Grabbing and Squeezing Detainee’s Penis, by Mark Wilson
27. Rikers Island Guard Accidentally Records Himself Planting Shiv in Prisoner’s Cell
28. Seventh Circuit Upholds Disciplinary Sanction Revoking Over 15 Years of Indiana Prisoner’s Good Time, by Douglas Ankney
29. Record Temperatures in Southern Prisons Called Cruel and Unusual Punishment
30. Fifth Circuit Says Both Texas Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit and His Lost Appeal Count as “Strikes”, by Douglas Ankney
31. Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety, by David Reutter
32. Fifth Circuit: Texas Jail Guard’s Use of Taser on Compliant Detainee Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
33. Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse
34. Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face, by Matthew Clarke
35. BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois, by Douglas Ankney
36. DOJ Concludes BOP Pretrial Detainees Need Improvements in Access to Attorneys, by Matthew Clarke
37. Ohio Prisoner Has Now Collected $5,700 for Denied Public Records Requests
38. Virginia Sheriff Indicted for Selling Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff Credentials, by Matthew Clarke
39. Seventh Circuit Reinstates Claim of Illinois Prisoner Held 18 Months After Release for Refusing to Sign Incomplete Form, by Matthew Clarke
40. Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered, by Douglas Ankney
41. Washington Fined Over $100 Million for Delays in Competency Evaluations and Restoration, by Douglas Ankney
42. San Diego County Jail Accused of Letting Mentally Ill Detainee Starve to Death, by Matthew Clarke
43. Seventh Circuit Finds Jail Guard May Be Liable for Delayed Response to Illinois Detainee’s Fatal Heart Attack, by Douglas Ankney
44. Misconduct Shades Sexual Assault Suit As Hawaii Settles With Prisoners for $2 Million, by Douglas Ankney
45. Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails, by Douglas Ankney
46. Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee, by Douglas Ankney
47. Third Circuit Revives Claim by Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania that Delayed Cancer Treatment Cost Him a Testicle, by David Reutter
48. Texas Looks to Find Prison Guards in High Schools
49. Almost $950,000 Paid by Inmate Services Corp. for Hellish Prisoner Transports, by David Reutter
50. Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency
51. Michigan Supreme Court: DOC Owes Attorney Fees in Public Records Case Even if Plaintiff Is Represented Pro Bono, by Matthew Clarke
52. News in Brief
53. Cash Bail Eliminated in Illinois, Reduced in Los Angeles County
54. How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Texas Social Workers Challenge Blanket Denial of State Occupational License Based on Youthful Assault Convictions, Aug. 1, 2025
• After Judge’s Letter, at Least 22 Former FCI Dublin Prisoners Granted Compassionate Release, Aug. 1, 2025
• Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Award of Time Served 
Credit for Non-Citizen Awaiting Extradition, Aug. 1, 2025
• Former Oregon Prison Guard Sergeant Sentenced 
for Sexually Abusing Imprisoned Women, Aug. 1, 2025
• Nebraska Supreme Court Clarifies Procedure for Crediting 
Jail Time to Multiple Contemporaneously-Imposed Sentences, Aug. 1, 2025
• Over One-Third of Older Texas Prisoners 
Suffering Cognitive Impairment, July 15, 2025
• Kansas Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Challenge 
to Loss of Parental Rights, June 1, 2025
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Baha’i Texas Prisoner’s Dietary Claim, June 1, 2025
• $5.6 Million Settlement for California Prisoner’s Wife 
Strip-searched During Visit, June 1, 2025
• Academic Study of Prison Guards’ Use of Excessive Force 
Details Sad State of Civil Rights for Abused Prisoners, June 1, 2025

More from these topics:

• CDCR Held in Contempt, Fined $112 Million 
in Longstanding Litigation Over Mental Health Care, Aug. 1, 2025. Staffing, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence 
at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Discrimination (Transgender).
• Watchdog Calls Out D.C. for Dragging Feet 
on Construction of New Jail, Aug. 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Overcrowding, Ventilation, Exercise, Exposure to Cold, Jail Specific, Lighting, Noise, Vermin, Exposure to Heat, Security Systems.
• HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit 
against California’s Sonoma County, Aug. 1, 2025. Jail Specific, Censorship, Prison Conditions.
• Eleventh Circuit Announces New Deliberate Indifference 
Framework in Dismissing Georgia Prisoner’s Claim 
for Skipped Anti-Seizure Meds, July 15, 2025. Medication, Seizures, Failure to Treat.
• Nearly $2.6 Million Paid to Former Minnesota Jail Detainee 
for Injuries from Delayed Withdrawal Treatment, July 15, 2025. Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference.
• The Dangerous Practice of Late-Night Jail Releases, July 15, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Jail Specific, Arrest and Booking, Release and Reentry.
• Ongoing Detainee Deaths Push Rikers Island 
into Federal Court Receivership, July 15, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Overcrowding, Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Environmental Law, Plumbing, Sewage, Jail Specific.
• $550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail, July 15, 2025. Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles).
• Washington’s Continuing Competency Crisis Strains Jails, June 1, 2025. Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).