More from this issue:

1. Aramark: Prison Food for Thought
2. Southern California Jail Guard Arrested With 104 Pounds of Fentanyl
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. $500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Forced to Defecate in Bucket for 12 Days, by David Reutter
5. Families of New Jersey Jail Suicide Victims Still Waiting for Settlement Payouts
6. These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years, by Victoria Law
7. Six Deaths in Just Over Six Months at Alabama Jail
8. Federal Watchdog Slams BOP for Lapses in Epstein Death, Pushes Back Against Rumors It Wasn’t Suicide, by Douglas Ankney
9. Alabama Woman Jailed for “Fetal Endangerment” Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth Alone in Jail Shower
10. Over 5,000 Prisoners Federally Sentenced Every Month, by Douglas Ankney
11. $32,000 Settlement for Failure to Provide Insulin to Diabetic Wisconsin Prisoner
12. Former Illinois Prisoner Pursuing PhD After 27 Years of Incarceration
13. $7,500 Settlement Reached After Georgia Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
14. Autistic Detainee’s Death in Pittsburgh Jail Blamed on “Culture” That Left Him “Punished Instead of Treated”
15. HIV and Incarcerated People: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, by Douglas Ankney
16. $6,500 Paid to Illinois Prisoner After Denied Records Request
17. Two West Virginia Jail Guards Plead Guilty in Detainee Death, Six More Charged
18. $125,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claim That Guards Set Him Up For Stabbing, by David Reutter
19. Escaped Idaho Prisoner Recaptured, Three Accomplices Charged
20. Class-Action Challenge to Medical Care at Tennessee Jail Results in $3.8 Million Settlement
21. Prisoner-on-Prisoner Violence at California Prison Leaves One Dead, Another Stabbed
22. Eighth Circuit Says Lower Court “Tilted the Scales Too Far” for Jailers in Missouri Detainee’s Fatal Overdose, by David Reutter
23. Three Texas Prison Guards Among 13 Charged in Sprawling Smuggling Scheme
24. Arizona Sheriff Accused of Misusing Detainee Funds to Buy Guns, Ammo
25. Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths, by Matthew Clarke
26. Washington Superior Court Says Jail Cannot Bill Poor Detainees for Medical Care
27. Alabama Denied Summary Judgment in Prisoner’s Suit Over Knifepoint Rape, by Matthew Clarke
28. Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath
29. Ninth Circuit Refunds Filing Fee to “Struck-Out” California Prisoner Denied Indigent Status Under PLRA, by Matthew Clarke
30. Was There a Plot to Discredit Former Missouri Sheriff Investigating Corruption?, by Douglas Ankney
31. Pennsylvania Jail Warden Fired, Deputy Warden Resigns After Guard Assaults Detainee
32. The Graying of American Prisons
33. Regarding Death Penalty, Biden’s Actions Don’t Align with His Mouth, by Douglas Ankney
34. $10 Million Reimbursed for Vacated Washington Drug Possession Convictions, by David Reutter
35. “Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit, by Matthew Clarke
36. Migrants at New Mexico CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Forced to Clean Up Sewage with Bare Hands, by Douglas Ankney
37. Wyoming Supreme Court Grants Immunity to DOC in Prison COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up, by David Reutter
38. Three-Year Sentence for One of Four BOP Employees Charged With Ignoring Fatally Ill Federal Prisoner in Virginia
39. FTC Orders GTL/ViaPath to Help 650,000 Customers Whose Info Was Stolen, Posted on Dark Web, by Douglas Ankney
40. “There you go, Agent Orange!” Former South Carolina Sheriff Federally Indicted for Assaulting Jail Detainee, by Edward Lyon
41. Dismissal Affirmed of Florida Prisoner’s Claim for Exposure to Human Waste, by David Reutter
42. Qualified Immunity Denied to Former New Mexico Warden in Prisoner’s Sexual Abuse Claim
43. HRDC Wins Summary Judgment in North Carolina Prison Censorship Case
44. Pennsylvania Detainee Found Four Months After Jail Escape, Five Guards Fired
45. BOP Guards Plead Guilty in Smuggling Ring at Closed Manhattan Lockup
46. San Diego Jury Deadlocks on Charges Against Jail Doctor in Detainee’s Death, Nurse Acquitted
47. Legal Noose Tightens Around Necks of CDCR Officials Whose Botched Transfer Sparked San Quentin COVID-19 Outbreak, by Douglas Ankney
48. Virginia Supreme Court Denies New Sentence Credits to State Prisoner Serving “Mixed” Sentence, by Douglas Ankney
49. Ohio Supreme Court Orders Records Produced for State Prisoner, by David Reutter
50. Massachusetts Makes Calls Free From Prisons and Jails
51. $25.2 Million Settlement for Two Connecticut Prisoners Exonerated After 35 Years, by David Reutter
52. Seventh Circuit Lets Illinois Prisoner Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Despite Trust Account Balance Exceeding Filing Fee, by Douglas Ankney
53. BOP Rolls Out Veterans-Only Housing at Federal Prison in Texas
54. Eighth Circuit Upholds Key Parts of Missouri Parole Reform
55. Second Circuit Grants New York Officials Qualified Immunity for Prisoner’s Stolen Sentence Credits, by David Reutter
56. BOP Shrugs Off Month-Long Leavenworth Lockdown
57. $15,000 to Virginia Prisoner Mauled by DOC K-9, by Matthew Clarke
58. California Law Extends Involuntary Commitment and Detention to Substance Abusers
59. “Sugar Daddy” Pennsylvania Constable Accused of Recruiting “Sugar Babies” at Jail
60. West Virginia Supreme Court Orders Prison Officials to Develop Good-Time Credit Policy, by David Reutter
61. Sentencing Project Proposes Remedies for Racial Disparities Behind Bars
62. North Carolinian Left in Jail Awaiting Trial for 11 Years
63. Ninth Circuit Affirms Class Action Consent Decree at California’s Alameda County Jail, by David Reutter
64. Fired Alabama Guard Reinstated Despite Excessive Force Used on Prisoner Who Died, by David Reutter
65. News in Brief

More from David Reutter:

• Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme, March 1, 2026
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Motion Judge Abused Discretion by Denying Evidentiary Hearing on IAC Claim Where Plea Counsel’s Affidavit Was Not Inherently Inconsistent With Colloquy Statements Regarding Immigration Advice, March 1, 2026
• Washington Supreme Court Clarifies Double Jeopardy Analysis for Multiple Assault Convictions, Holding That Assaultive Acts Occurring Over Short Time Period in Same Location Without Intervening Events Constitute Single Course of Conduct, March 1, 2026
• New Jersey Supreme Court Reverses Drug Convictions Under Cumulative Error Doctrine, Holding Combined Effect of Improper References to Television Series, Gun Violence, and Search Warrants Deprived Defendant of Fair Trial, March 1, 2026
• New York Court of Appeals Announces Coercive Police Tactics Compelling Suspect to Exit Home Constitute “Constructive Entry” Violating Payton, Holds Attenuation Analysis Applies to Third-Party Consent, March 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Revives Deliberate Indifference Claim for Baltimore Detainee Served Rotten Food, March 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Clarifies Revocation Appeal Provides “Procedurally Appropriate Mechanism” for Raising Rogers Challenge to Unannounced Supervised Release Conditions, Vacates Revocation Judgment Based on Null Standard Conditions, March 1, 2026
• Eleventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing BOP Prisoner’s Medical Claim, Finds Prison Officials Made Administrative Remedies Unavailable, March 1, 2026
• Tenth Circuit Affirmed Denial of Guards Qualified Immunity in Disabled Detainee’s Fourteenth Amendment Claim, March 1, 2026
• The Malleable Mind in the Courtroom: Why Confident Eyewitnesses Often Provide the Least Reliable Evidence, Oct. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• “Large Fight” Broke Out at Alaska Prison After Downsizing Effort, April 1, 2026. Transfers, Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding.
• 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.
• Five Prisoners in Georgia Injured in Fight, Two Months After Three Prisoners Were Killed, April 1, 2026. Prison/Jail Murders, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing.
• Leaked Video Footage Shows California Prison Guards Engaged in Retaliatory Assault, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Prison Rape Elimination Act.
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Breaks Down Federal Contraband Sentences, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Statistics/Trends, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• Eighth Circuit Revives Case Against Guards Who Failed to Intervene As Chaplain Sexually Assaulted Arkansas Prisoner, March 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Qualified Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise.
• “Devil in the Ozarks” Gets 13 More Years for Escape, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Escapes, Security Systems, Authentication/Identification.
• New Jersey Governor’s Order Allows People with Prior Felony Convictions to Serve on Jury Duty, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, State Legislation, Restrictions, discrimination, Jury Selection.
• Georgia Grand Jury Scolds Augusta Jail for Overcrowding Days Before Violent Detainee Assault, March 1, 2026. Private Contractors, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Washington State Guard’s Conviction Affirmed in Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Scheme, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, False Statements/Perjury, Possession or Use of Firearms, Abuse of Position of Trust.