More from this issue:

1. Alaska’s Prison System: Dangerous, Deadly Yet Repeating Past Mistakes, by David Reutter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. For Beating Handcuffed Prisoners, Former Alabama Guard Supervisor Gets 87 Months
4. North Carolina’s Largest City Elects First Ex-Prisoner to Council
5. Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoner’s Declaration Alone Sufficient to Send PLRA Exhaustion Dispute to Trial
6. Four BOP Guards Sentenced for Three Federal Prisoner Assaults at Kentucky Lockup
7. Seventh Kentucky Guard Sentenced for Restrained Prisoner’s Beat-down
8. “Botched” and “Ill-Conceived”: BOP Slammed for Plan to Close California Lockup Known as “Rape Club”
9. Idaho Stopped From Repeatedly Scheduling Executions That It Cannot Carry Out, by Douglas Ankney
10. Securus Wipes Out Months of Washington Prisoners’ Writing—Again
11. “You Just Broke My Neck”: Ohio Detainee Sues Jail Where Guards Are Accused of Multiple Assaults
12. In New Jersey, Yet More Privileged Phone Calls Between Prisoners and Attorneys Recorded and Used by Prosecutors, by Douglas Ankney
13. BOP Hires Sentencing Reform Advocate
14. Federal Watchdog Slams BOP for Sham Accreditations, by Matthew Clarke
15. Cleveland Jail Warden Dismissed After Asking for More Reentry Assistance for Detainees
16. Exonerated Prisoner Sues New York City for 16 Years of Wrongful Incarceration
17. Oregon Parole Board Ordered to Consider Sex-Offense-Free Time When Setting Sex Offender Notification Levels
18. Third Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Pennsylvania Jail Guards and PrimeCare in Detainee’s Overdose Death, by David Reutter
19. Ninth Circuit: Alleged Denial of Hepatitis C Treatment to Federal Prisoner in Washington Presents Valid Bivens Claim, by David Reutter
20. Colorado Program Employs Prisoners as Professors
21. Washington, Virginia Advance Bills to Make Prison Calls Free
22. Georgia Sheriff Takes $160,000 Kickback from Pay Tel for Video Visitation
23. Decoding Recidivism: Unraveling Its Complex Metrics and Real Impact
24. Hope Against Hope, by Daryl Waters
25. Tennessee DOC Faulted for High Staff Vacancy and Turnover, Inadequate Programs, PREA Violations
26. “You Are Not Above the Law”: Former Indiana Sheriff Jailed for Contempt of Court
27. $15,000 Net Award for Georgia Prisoner’s Delayed Hep-C Treatment, by David Reutter
28. West Virginia Slammed for High Costs, Low Quality of Privatized Prison Food
29. CoreCivic Sued by Former Detainee Stabbed at Shuttered Kansas Jail, by David Reutter
30. $500,000 for Texas Teen Sodomized in Jail
31. Seventh Circuit Finds No Problem With Surveillance of Chicago Detainees on Toilets, by David Reutter
32. Warden, Eight Employees Arrested After Four Deaths at Wisconsin Prison in Eight Months
33. Pell Grant Restoration Not Reaching All Prisoners
34. Colorado Jail Guard Must Stand Trial for Opening Accused Sex Offender’s Cell, Subjecting Him to Assault, by David Reutter
35. Wrongfully Convicted Michigan Prisoners Wait for Compensation
36. Illinois Prisoner Awarded Over $822,000 For Hernia Care Denied by Wexford Health, by Douglas Ankney
37. Minnesota Jailers Shrug Off Detainee’s Agony from Fatal Perforated Bowel as Withdrawal Symptoms
38. Hearing-Impaired Massachusetts Prisoners Win ADA Case
39. Virginia Legislature Tables “Second-Look” Bills
40. Federal Sentencing Guidelines Place Heavy Burden on Incarcerated Victims of Sexual Assaults, by David Reutter
41. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Slows the Hand That State DOC Sticks Into Prisoners’ Pockets, by David Reutter
42. Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Retaliation Claim By Federal Prisoner Against Guard in Illinois Lockup Who Saw Grievance Against Him, by Matthew Clarke
43. Mentally Ill Detainee Allegedly Tasered and Starved to Death At South Carolina Jail
44. $8.9 Million Settlement Reached for N.Y. Prisoner’s Death Following Guards’ Baton Beating, by David Reutter
45. Maryland County Wins Fight to Let Bureaucrats Make Pretrial Release Decisions, by David Reutter
46. Eighth Circuit Largely Restores Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guards in Use of Force on Bipolar Prisoner, by David Reutter
47. Maryland Prisoner Prevails in Challenge to Denial of Public Records Requests
48. $2 Million Settlement in Death of Mentally Disabled Detainee Stripped of Anti-Seizure Device at Colorado Jail, by David Reutter
49. Two Who Escaped from Arkansas Jail Recaptured
50. Despite Unemployment Spike, Alabama Refuses Prisoners Work-Release Paroles
51. Ohio Supreme Court Says Prisoner’s ‘Kite’ Is Public Record, But Denies Damages for Withholding It, by Matthew Clarke
52. $56.7 Million Awarded to “Harlem Park Three,” Exonerated of Baltimore Murder After 36 Years in Prison, by David Reutter
53. Missouri Muslim Prisoners Advance Suit Against Guards For Assault During Prayer, by Douglas Ankney
54. Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group, by David Reutter
55. $4 Million Settlement in Class Action Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions at West Virginia Jail, by David Reutter
56. Transgender Maryland Prisoner’s Suit Accuses Guard of Shower Rape
57. Two Prisoners Removed from Texas Death Row Due to Intellectual Disability, by David Reutter
58. News in Brief

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Alabama Prisoner’s Excessive Prison Violence Claim, Oct. 1, 2026
• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Most of Relief Ordered in Class-Action Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutionally Inadequate Mental Health Care in Alabama Prisons, Oct. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Jail Supervisors Who Ignored Detainee’s Cranial Abscesses, Oct. 1, 2026
• Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of Motion to Dismiss Some Defendants from Lawsuit Over Missouri Prisoner’s Suicide, Oct. 1, 2026
• Eighth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment to Sheriff and County of Nebraska Jail Where Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoner, Oct. 1, 2026
• Federal Court Orders Texas to Admit Incompetent Jailed Defendants to Mental Health Facilities Within 21 Days, Oct. 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Detectives Who Revealed Prisoner Was Informant, Denies Him Anonymity, Aug. 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Holds Federal Law Prohibits County Jail from Forcing Immigration Detainees to Perform Custodial Labor by Threatening Solitary Confinement, Aug. 1, 2026
• 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

More from these topics:

• Maryland Pays $314,000 for Stonewalling Public Records Requests in Prisoner’s Dehydration Death, Oct. 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Water, Attorney Fee Awards, Settlements, Public Records Act.
• $4,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Records Requests, Oct. 1, 2026. Damages, Retroactivity, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Corrections Department Regulations Do Not Exempt Use-Of-Force Documents from Public Records Disclosure, Aug. 1, 2026. Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Sheriff Did Not Violate Open Records Act and Declines to Award Damages to Prisoner, June 1, 2026. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• $112,500 Paid to Former New Mexico Prisoner Denied Public Records of Excessive Force by Guards, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Public Records Act, False Imprisonment.
• Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Indiana DOC Found in Violation of State Public Records Act for Withholding Execution Drug Cost Information, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, First Amendment, Public Records Act, Interlocutory Appeals, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Arkansas Board of Corrections Settles Sunshine Law Charges, Caving to Governor’s Power Grab, May 1, 2026. Retaliation for Litigating, State Legislation, Public Records Act, Constitution, state, Community Confinement/Home Detention.
• Idaho Struggles to Respond to Devasting Report of Widespread Prisoner Sex Abuse, April 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, State Legislation, Public Records Act.
• Unsafe Drinking Water at Multiple Texas Prisons Highlights Lack of Transparency, April 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Infections, Environmental Law, Water, Public Records Act.