More from this issue:

1. Deaths, Deplorable Conditions, Staff Misconduct Plague Memphis Jail
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. New Jersey Guard Sacked for Mocking George Floyd Killing Loses Appeal
4. New York Suspends Solitary Ban to Woo Back Striking Prison Guards
5. Porn Produced by Georgia Prisoners
6. $7.15 Million for Oklahoma Prisoner Exonerated After Nearly 50 Years, by Anthony Accurso
7. North Carolina Reimburses Prisoner $2,500 for Law Books Destroyed by Guards, by Anthony Accurso
8. No State Oversight of Overcrowded, Understaffed, and Non-Compliant Idaho Jails
9. No Sunshine on In-Custody Deaths in Sunshine State
10. Little-Known Law Allows Some Texas Prisoners to Vote
11. $1.35 Million in Settlements for One-Legged San Francisco Detainee Forced to Hop—Twice
12. Ohio Pauses Executions, Louisiana and Arizona Race Ahead
13. Self-Harming Wisconsin Prisoner Settles Failure-to-Protect Suit for $7,000, by Sam Rutherford
14. Biden Clemency Recipients Included Virginians Sentenced for “Acquitted Conduct”
15. 14 Overdoses in Two Weeks Leave One Dead at Phoenix Jail
16. “Swing or Kick Rocks”: BOP Guard Alleges Conspiracy to Brutalize Prisoners at Kentucky Lockup
17. Tucson Program Slashes Pretrial Misdemeanor Incarceration
18. $1 Million Partial Settlement for Washington Jail Detainee’s Leg Amputation
19. Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled, by Douglas Ankney
20. $42 Million Jury Award for Detainees Tortured by U.S. Military at Abu Ghraib Prison
21. Pardoned Insurrectionists Brought to D.C. Jail Demanded Others’ Immediate Release
22. Houston Jail Cited for State-Law Violations Twice in a Month
23. A Song for Condemned Alabama Prisoner
24. Three Former Virginia Jailers Charged After Detainee Dies in “WRAP” Restraint
25. Ninth Circuit: No Exception to Due Diligence in Discovery Even for “Conclusive Evidence”, by Anthony Accurso
26. Sixth Circuit: Dismissals of Mixed-Claim Complaints Not Strikes Under PLRA
27. Former Indiana Jailer Walks from Charges Over “Night of Terror”
28. National Class Certified in Washington Jail Debit-Release Card Suit
29. CoreCivic Will Cage Migrant Families in Texas Lockup
30. Three More Prisoners Die, Three More Staffers Fired at Wisconsin Prison
31. Jailing the Homeless: New Data Shed Light on Unhoused People in Local Jails, by Leah Wang
32. GTL, Co-Defendant Agree to $21.3 Million Settlement in Price-Fixing Lawsuit
33. No Opened Envelopes: Hawai’i Prisons Get New Mail Scanning Technology
34. GEO Group Gets $1 Billion ICE Contract at New Jersey Lockup
35. DOJ Finds “Horrific” Unconstitutional Conditions at Atlanta Jail
36. Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence
37. California Stops Raiding Released Prisoners’ Gate Money
38. $4 Million Settlement Approved in HRDC’s Oregon Debit-Release Card Suit
39. Nurse Charged, $2.6 Million Settlement Reached in Minnesota Jail Death
40. Tenth Alabama Jail Employee Pleads Guilty in Detainee’s Freezing Death
41. Muslim Prisoners Face Price-Gouging
42. $250,000 Settlement But No Charges After Alabama Guards Beat Prisoner To Death, by Anthony Accurso
43. GOP Washington Lawmaker Trolls Felon Enfranchisement Proponents
44. Ninth Circuit: Posting Jail Mugshots on Arizona County’s Website Violates Substantive Due Process
45. Georgia Fights Liability for Strip-Searching Prison Visitor, Nevada Pays $126,500
46. Half of Hawai’i Prisoners Released With No ID
47. Peters Fights Dismissal from BOP, Guards Lose Bonus Pay
48. Southern Health Partners Settles Suit Over Kentucky Jail Meth Death
49. Federal Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Spiking Suicide Risk at Pennsylvania Lockup, by Matthew Clarke
50. Wisconsin DOC Agrees to Improve Services for Hearing-Impaired Prisoners
51. $2.5 Million Settlement After South Carolina Jail Detainee Lost 2 Lbs.Per Day and Died, by Anthony Accurso
52. More New York Guards Suspended After Another Prisoner’s Fatal Beating
53. Fourth Circuit Excuses Maryland Prisoner From Exhaustion Requirement in PREA Claim, by Douglas Ankney
54. Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Prisoner Who Had Consensual Sex With Guard Cannot Sustain Eighth Amendment Claim, by Matthew Clarke
55. Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, by David Reutter
56. D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Complaint Due to PLRA Three-Strikes Rule
57. TDCJ to Run Out of Beds in 2025, by Matthew Clarke
58. News in Brief
59. Shrewd Federal Prisoner Salvages $5,000 from Suit Against Arkansas Jail Where He Was Held Pre-Trial, by Anthony Accurso

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• California Supreme Court Announces § 189(e)(2) Requires Nonkiller to Aid the Actual Killer in the Lethal Act, Resolving Appellate Split, May 1, 2026. Murder/Felony Murder, Resentencing, Essential Elements of Crime, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Accessories and Accomplices.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Mandatory Life Without Parole for Felony Murder Unconstitutional Under State Constitution, Holding Article I, Section 13 Provides Broader Protections Than Eighth Amendment, April 1, 2026. Life without Parole (LWOP), Constitution, state, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Resentencing, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Date of Firing Squad Execution Vacated for Utah Prisoner with Dementia, Oct. 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Mental Health, Federal Death Penalty Act, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• SCOTUS Announces Sentence ‘Has Not Been Imposed’ 
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but Sentence Subsequently Vacated, Aug. 1, 2025. Retroactivity, First Step Act, Resentencing, Recidivist Enhancements, Stacking Mandatory Minimum Sentences.
• California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Misconstrued Elements 
of Implied Malice Theory of Provocative Act Murder Under Current Law and Reverses Denial of Petition for Resentencing, Aug. 1, 2025. Murder/Felony Murder, Resentencing, Failure to Prove.
• Florida Prisoner Returns to Custody After Overturned Conviction Reinstated, May 1, 2025. False Statements/Perjury, Resentencing, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Effect of Vacatur, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues.
• Texas Courts, Legislature at Odds over Executing Potentially Innocent Death Row Prisoner, May 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Death Penalty/Death Row, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Opposition to the Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Arkansas Supreme Court Rules § 16-93-609(b)(2)(B), Relating to Parole Eligibility for Residential Burglary Conviction, Applies Retroactively to Defendant, April 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Resentencing, Bank Fraud/Robbery/Theft, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Eligibility for Parole.
• Ohio Pauses Executions, Louisiana and Arizona Race Ahead, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona, March 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.