More from this issue:

1. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare, by J.D. Schmidt
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $7.75 Million Paid by San Diego County After Jail Detainee Severely Injured in Fall from Top Bunk
4. Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless”
5. Misadventures in Mail Censorship, by Robert Schaeffer
6. Private Prisons Hold Almost 100,000 Prisoners, 8% of Total U.S. Prison Population
7. Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction
8. Fifth BOP Employee Sentenced in California “Rape Club,” Another Lawsuit Filed
9. Another Report Verifies That Prison Deaths Soared During COVID-19 Pandemic
10. Record-Setting $7 Million Settlement Caps LaSalle’s Legacy at Texarkana Jail, by Matthew Clarke
11. 153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown
12. Former L.A. County Jail Detainees Denied Promised Sentence Credits
13. Washington Agencies Sanctioned for Discovery Violations Reach $3.1 Million Settlement with Disabled Woman Allegedly Abused at State Sanctioned Home
14. Former Florida Guard Gets Five Years for Fatal Assault on Mentally Ill Prisoner
15. N.H.’s First Black Sheriff Charged With Embezzling $19,000
16. Hurdles to Voting for Ex-Felons Rise in Tennessee and Virginia, Fall in Mississippi
17. “Brushed It Under the Rug”: Investigation Refutes Florida Sheriff’s Story About Jail Detainee’s Death
18. Corizon Health Bankruptcy Delayed by Revelation of Attorney’s Affair With Mediator
19. Virginia Leads the Nation in K-9 Attacks on Prisoners
20. Nearly $75 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached For Delayed Releases from N.Y.C. Jails
21. Officials of Pennsylvania Guards Union Charged with Theft
22. $10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing, by David Reutter
23. $9,000 Settlement for Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation and Excessive Force Claims Against Guards, by David Reutter
24. Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing, by Matthew Clarke
25. Oklahoma Prisoner Uses COVID-19 Stimulus Check to Overturn Conviction
26. The Good That Prisoner Rights Lawyers Do
27. New Head of “Constitutional Sheriffs” Calls MLK a “Thug”
28. Eleventh Circuit Addresses First Amendment, Due Process Interests in Georgia Prisoner Emails
29. Second Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity from Connecticut Officials Who Ignored Prisoner’s Scalp Lesions, by David Reutter
30. Long Waits for Montana Jail Detainees Needing Competency Restoration Services
31. West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage, by David Reutter
32. Eighth Circuit Says Arkansas Prisoner’s Medical Incapacity May Excuse PLRA Exhaustion Failure
33. Deaths While Incarcerated Up 18% in Louisiana
34. Despite “Ban the Box” Laws, Most Prisoners Still Unemployed a Year After Release
35. Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Against Kitchen Supervisor for Scalding From Spilled Hot Water
36. George Floyd’s Killer Stabbed 22 Times in Federal Prison in Arizona
37. Former New Mexico Guard Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Prisoner, Suit Filed
38. Ed Mead: Rest in Power, by Paul Wright
39. Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail
40. The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges
41. Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement
42. Maine Ends Prison Gerrymandering
43. Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure, by Douglas Ankney
44. West Virginia High Court Decides Medical Practice Liability Act Not Applicable to Prison System, by David Reutter
45. Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage
46. Seventh Circuit Slams Illinois Civil Commitment Program but Reverses Injunction
47. Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, by David Reutter
48. News in Brief

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:

• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled, April 1, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Shootings.
• Fourth Circuit Excuses Maryland Prisoner From Exhaustion Requirement in PREA Claim, April 1, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Rape Elimination Act.
• D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Complaint Due to PLRA Three-Strikes Rule, April 1, 2025. Medication, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Pending Appeals.
• Fourth Circuit Revives West Virginia Prisoner’s RLUIPA Claim Over Religious Diet with Soy He Can’t Digest, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, RLUIPA, Religious Diet.
• Seventh Circuit Lets BOP Restrict Access to Federal Register from Prison in Illinois, Dec. 15, 2024. Court Access, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Sixth Circuit Sets Up Circuit Split with Ruling on Michigan Prisoner’s PLRA Exhaustion Dispute, Oct. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Washington Court of Appeals: PLRA Dismissal of Prisoner’s Federal Suit Is Not Res Judicata Barring State Tort Claims, Sept. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Res Judicata, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
• Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group, July 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, RLUIPA.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoner’s Declaration Alone Sufficient to Send PLRA Exhaustion Dispute to Trial, July 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Summary Judgment/Judgment N.O.V., Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).