More from this issue:

1. Spit Hoods, Modern Legacy of Torture, by Anthony Accurso
2. From the Editor
3. NYC Rehires Former Head of Rikers Island Lockup Where Guard Assault Left Detainee Quadriplegic
4. “Like Being Back in Jail”: Wisconsin Returns Released Sex Offenders to Lifetime GPS Monitoring
5. Identities Stolen From Virginia Jail Detainees For $341,205 COVID-19 Fraud
6. Alabama Guard, Prisoners Among 13 Sentenced in Phone Scam and Drug-Smuggling Ring
7. Facing Bankruptcy, Securus Promotes Prison Tablets
8. Fired Missouri Guards Charged with Murder in Prisoner’s Suffocation Death
9. California Resentences 15 Condemned Prisoners to Life Without Parole
10. Former Virginia Prisoners Win Back Denied Sentence Credits, Sue Over Delayed Release
11. California Prisons Ban High-Tech Lie Detector
12. Eighth Circuit Asked to Block New FCC Rules Capping Prison Phone Rates and Eliminating Ancillary Fees and Kickbacks
13. Florida DOC Failed to Investigate Background of Guard Convicted in Mass Shooting
14. $4.77 Million Settlement for Three Alaska Prisoners Exonerated of Murder After 18 Years, by David Reutter
15. Alabama Jail Accused of Granting Detainee’s Medical Bond Just Before Death to Avoid Costly Medical Care, by David Reutter
16. Kentucky Prisoners Take Advantage of Securus Software Glitch for $1 Million
17. $28.75 Million Settlement Paid by New York City in Suit Alleging Rikers Guards Stood by and Watched Detainee Hang Himself, by Douglas Ankney
18. Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Interference With His Muslim Religious Practice, by David Reutter
19. Colorado Becomes First State to Require Polling Stations in Jails
20. Two More West Virginia Jailers Plead Guilty in Detainee’s Homicide
21. Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for California Jail Nurse Who Cleared Detainee for Release Just Before His Suicide, by Douglas Ankney
22. San Bernardino Jail Partially Released from Court Monitoring After Paying Another $150,000 in Settlements for Detainee Deaths
23. Building Carcerality, by Dana McKinney White, Lisa Haber-Thomson
24. Corizon Health Bankruptcy Settlement Grows, But Only by $21 Million
25. California Throws Prisoners Under the Bus to Adopt New Heat Rules
26. PPI Releases 10th Anniversary Report on Mass Incarceration in the U.S.
27. Florida Prisoners Exposed to Cancer-Causing Chemicals
28. Two Hurricanes in Two Weeks Threaten Prisoners and Jail Detainees in Six States
29. Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup
30. Another South Carolina Prisoner Convicted of “Sextortion” of U.S. Military Personnel
31. $23,138 Plus Out-Of-State Transfer for Virginia Prisoner Who Accused Guards of Excessive Force and Altering Video
32. Wellpath Sanctioned for Destroying Evidence in Two Oregon Jail Death Suits, by David Reutter
33. Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Guard Accused of Assaulting Restrained and Compliant Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
34. In Oregon Case, Ninth Circuit Limits Pretrial Detention Without Counsel to Seven Days
35. Two Former Georgia Sheriffs Sentenced for Misconduct, Related $5 Million Settlement Approved, by David Reutter
36. Washington Appellate Court Reverses Parole Revocation Based on Hearsay
37. Illinois Prisoners Stage Hunger Strikes Over DOC Failure to Implement New Sentence Reduction Law
38. BOP Ends “Blast” Messages on TRULINCS
39. Maryland and Wexford Health Pay $200,000 to Prisoner Denied Care and Partially Blinded, by Douglas Ankney
40. Another Payout Brings Arizona Prisoner’s Total to $92,850
41. After $750,000 Settlement, Georgia Guard Sued Second Time For Letting One Prisoner Murder Another, by Douglas Ankney
42. SCOTUS Stays Texas Execution With 20 Minutes to Spare, by Matthew Clarke
43. 50 Years After Starting “Scared Straight,” Former N.J. Prison Warden “Would Do It Again”
44. Angola Prisoners Granted Limited Relief From “Farm Line” Work
45. Armor Health Liquidates Assets—to Firm’s Founder
46. Court Strikes Washington Statute to Regulate GEO Group’s Notorious ICE Lockup
47. Milwaukee County Pays $1.05 Million Judgment for Bankrupt Armor Correctional Health to Former Jail Detainee
48. California Changes Prisoner Property Policy After Suit Filed Alleging Gender Discrimination Against Men, by Douglas Ankney
49. $1.2 Million Settlement Reached in HRDC Censorship Suit Against North Carolina Prison System
50. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Former Federal Prisoner’s Suit Over Assault By Guards at Louisiana Lockup, by Matthew Clarke
51. $1.5 Million Settlement Approved in Chicago Jail Suicide Case
52. $500 Jury Verdict for Pennsylvania Prisoner After Federal Court Clarifies DOC Grievance Procedures
53. California Pays $4.45 Million to Prisoners Allegedly Raped by Guards, by Anthony Accurso
54. Third Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Pennsylvania Guards Who Pepper-Sprayed Asthmatic Prisoner
55. News in Brief

More from David Reutter:

• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026
• Florida Supreme Court Announces Rule 3.170(f)’s Good-Cause Plea-Withdrawal Standard Does Not Apply at Post-Appeal Resentencing, April 1, 2026
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Defendant Must Be Competent Before Undergoing Mental-Condition Examination Under § 16-8-107(3)(b), April 1, 2026
• California Court of Appeal Announces Plea Agreements Cannot Bar § 1172.1 Resentencing, Holds Merit-Based Denial of Petition Is Appealable, April 1, 2026
• Georgia Supreme Court Clarifies That Failure to Object to Ineligible Juror Does Not Constitute Waiver Unless Party Knew or Could Have Discovered Ineligibility Through Ordinary Diligence, April 1, 2026
• 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

More from these topics:

• He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say., July 1, 2026. Armor Correctional Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Tenth Circuit Upholds $33 Million Jury Award in Suit Over Detainee’s Horrific Death in Oklahoma County Jail, July 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Failure to Train/Supervise, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Three Women Died at a Michigan Prison in Less than a Month, July 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
• After Spoliation Sanction, CoreCivic Settles Suit Over Suicide in New Mexico ICE Lockup, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Discovery, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• CoreCivic’s Long Record of Abuse and Neglect in Tennessee, June 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Systemic Medical Neglect, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Over $2 Million Paid by Otero County and VitalCore Health Strategies for New Mexico Jail Suicide, June 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Immunity - Sovereign/Municipal, Deliberate Indifference.
• $5 Million Paid by Colorado County for Jail Detainee’s “Gruesome” Death from Untreated Ulcer; Claims Proceeding Against Southern Health Partners, June 1, 2026. Private Prisons, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• New York City Reaches Settlements Totaling Nearly $5.2 Million with Estates of Two Fatal Methadone Overdose Victims Detained on Rikers Island, June 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Drug Overdose, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Dallas County Jail Deaths, Many Preventable, Dramatically Increase Under Sheriff Marian Brown, June 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Fourth Circuit Revives Detainee’s Suit Alleging Monell and 14th Amendment Deliberate Indifference Claims, June 1, 2026. Medication, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Monell Liability, Deliberate Indifference.