More from this issue:

1. The Succession Battle for a Prison Empire, by Katya Schwenk
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. DOJ Leaves Louisiana Over-Detention Suit on Life Support, Two Others Granted Class-Action Status, by Chuck Sharman
4. New Jersey Breaks Ground on New $330 Million Women’s Prison After Raid at Old Facility
5. Colorado Children Sue County Jail to Fight Visitation Ban
6. Record $42.75 Million Verdict in Louisiana Detainee’s Death in LaSalle Jail, by Chuck Sharman
7. Prisoner Assaulted by BOP Guard and Left With Bleeding Rectum—Then the Cover-Up Began, by Chuck Sharman
8. One Guard Pleads Guilty, Another Receives Light Sentence in New York Prisoner’s Killing, by Jo Ellen Nott
9. Tennessee Seeks $13 Million Raise for CoreCivic, Despite Violations
10. $1.9 Million Settlement in Washington Jail Death Includes Policy Changes, by Chuck Sharman
11. Eighth Circuit: Former Prisoner’s Amended Complaint Filed After Release Not Subject to PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, by Chuck Sharman
12. $7 Million Paid by Ohio County for Jail Detainee’s Death in Restraint Chair, by Chuck Sharman
13. Wisconsin DOC Releases 1,700 Private Health Records by Mistake
14. Suicidal West Virginia Prisoner Granted Transfer From 13-Year Solitary Confinement, by Chuck Sharman
15. Iowa DOC Declines to Privatize State Prison Healthcare
16. DOJ Settles With Orange County Over Use of “Jailhouse Snitches”, by Chuck Sharman
17. Hawaii Prison Warden Reinstated After Being Fired in 2014 for Sexual Harassment, by Michael Thompson
18. Oklahoma Prisoner Found Unconscious in Cell Hours After Avoiding Execution
19. Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Michigan Warden Whose Guards Gave Prisoner Plastic Bag Used in Suicide, by Chuck Sharman
20. $4 Million Settlement Reached in Class Action Challenge to Conditions at Shuttered St. Louis “Workhouse” Jail, by Chuck Sharman
21. First Circuit Greenlights Rhode Island Prisoner’s Damages Suit for Disastrous 450-Day Solitary Confinement, by Chuck Sharman
22. Watchdog Calls Out BOP for Widespread Abuse of Restraints on Prisoners, by Chuck Sharman
23. Second Circuit Vacates Finding that Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies; Remands Conditions of Confinement and Due Process Claims, by Douglas Ankney
24. Arkansas “Jailhouse Attorney” Secures Return from Retaliatory Transfer Out of State, by Chuck Sharman
25. Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit by Civilly Committed Texan, by Matthew Clarke
26. Disabled Prisoner Who Won $1.85 Million After Fall in Chicago Jail Secures Class Certification for Separate ADA Challenge to Jail Conditions, by Chuck Sharman
27. Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son
28. Mississippi Legislator Blasts VitalCore, DOC for Shoddy Prison Healthcare, by Chuck Sharman
29. Louisiana Prisoner Granted Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to Jail Book Ban, by Chuck Sharman
30. Over $222,000 in Legal Costs and Fees Awarded to HRDC in Florida Records Suit Against Centurion, by Chuck Sharman
31. Louisiana Detainee Captured After Two Previous Escapes
32. Hyundai and Kia Sued in California for Use of Prison Labor in Southern States
33. Arkansas Prison Reaches ADA Settlement, by Chuck Sharman
34. SCOTUS Stops Fourth Circuit from Tossing Federal Prisoner’s Appeal on Technicality, by Chuck Sharman
35. $6.49 Million Settlement for 600,000 Prisoners in Massive CorrectCare Data Breach Class Action, by Chuck Sharman
36. Brooklyn Jail Guard Convicted for Shooting and Car Chase, by Jo Ellen Nott
37. $95,000 Settlement for Trans BOP Prisoner Assaulted by Cellmate in Arizona Lockup, by Chuck Sharman
38. CDCR May No Longer Use Sentence Credits to Advance Parole Eligibility of Some California Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentences, by Chuck Sharman
39. Huge $27.75 Million Verdict for Montana Prisoner Nearly “Beaten to Death” at CoreCivic Lockup, by Chuck Sharman
40. Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Claims Against North Carolina Prison Doctor by Prisoner Nearly Killed by Avian Flu, by Chuck Sharman
41. Repairs at Arkansas Prison Wastewater Plant Keep Getting Delayed
42. Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Jail Nurses in Suit Arising from Prisoner’s Death, by Douglas Ankney
43. Wisconsin Prisoner Wins in Seventh Circuit Review of Exhaustive Remedies Case, by Michael Thompson
44. Louisiana Prisoner’s Mother Sues Warden Following Son’s Death
45. Suit by Mentally Disabled Detainees at South Carolina Jail Secures Class Certification; No Action on Damning DOJ Report, by Chuck Sharman
46. Third Circuit Revives Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Claims Against the State and Wellpath, by Michael Thompson
47. Washington Court of Appeals Refuses to Let DOC Play “Both Sides” with State Prisoner, by Chuck Sharman
48. New York State Closes Yet Another Prison
49. The BOP Is Closing a Los Angeles Prison Due to Falling Concrete
50. Arrests by Trump-Backed Task Force Make Tennessee Jail Conditions Worse
51. Broken Water Pipe Leads to Unsanitary Conditions at Montana State Prison
52. $5,000 Settlement for Missouri Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim After Eighth Circuit Dismissed Due Process Claim Over Falsified Disciplinary Report, by Chuck Sharman
53. Five New York Prison Guards Charged with Employment Fraud
54. An AI Model from Securus Aims to Expand Phone Call Monitoring
55. Prisoners and Detainees in the Gulf Coast Are Particularly at Risk from Natural Disasters
56. Ten People Indicted in Three Separate Smuggling Schemes at a Maryland Prison
57. New Hampshire Guard Abuse and Theft Uncovered Through Poaching Investigation
58. Guards at an Infamous Mississippi Jail Mocked a Disabled Detainee
59. Ninth Circuit Remands California Prisoner’s Case in which No Contest Plea Was Admitted as Evidence of Guilt, by Michael Thompson
60. Maine Superior Court Order to Reform Public Defender System Paused on Appeal, by Douglas Ankney
61. Ohio Sheriff Agrees to Outside Probe in Investigation of Jailed Double Amputee’s Death
62. $8.5 Million for Family of Murdered Elderly Californian Detained for Cold Case Killings Based on “Genetic Genealogy”, by Chuck Sharman
63. News in Brief

More from Chuck Sharman:

• L.A. County Begins Making Nearly $5 Billion in Payouts to Survivors of Sex Abuse in Juvenile Detention, Sept. 1, 2026
• Washington DOC Barred from Putting Prisoners on Lockdown and Calling It “Programming”, Sept. 1, 2026
• Florida DOC Rebuked for Seizing Prisoner’s Excessive Force Settlement to Cover Incarceration Liens, Sept. 1, 2026
• $100,000 Paid to Five Prisoners Assaulted by Centurion Gynecologist at Florida Lockup, Sept. 1, 2026
• “Nothing Short of Disgraceful”: New York Prisoner Wins Injunction Ordering Cancer Treatment Delayed Seven Years, Sept. 1, 2026
• HRDC Wins Injunction Against Minnesota DOC Policy Banning Its Publications, Sept. 1, 2026
• $280,000 Paid for South Carolina Detainee’s Death in Charleston Jail, Sept. 1, 2026
• $800,000 Settlement Reached in Hawai‘i Jail Suicide Case, Sept. 1, 2026
• $5.4 Million Jury Verdict Against Riverside County in Suit Over Jail Fentanyl Death, Sept. 1, 2026
• Atlanta Jail Begins Turning Away Misdemeanor Arrestees, Sept. 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Michigan Supreme Court Announces Two-Step Test for Mandatory LWOP Imposed for Pre-Aaron Felony Murder, Sept. 1, 2026. Life without Parole (LWOP), Sixth Amendment, Constitution, state, Cause and Prejudice, Elements of Offense.
• Detroit Pays $5.8 Million to Former State Prisoner Exonerated of Murder After 15 Years, Aug. 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Eyewitness Identification, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• Michigan Supreme Court Holds Miranda Waiver Invalid Where LSD-Intoxicated, Hospitalized Defendant Lacked Capacity to Understand Rights Read to Him, Aug. 1, 2026. New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues, Exculpatory Evidence - Disclosure Obligations.
• New Jersey Supreme Court Announces Brady and Carter Materiality Standards Differ, Holding Carter’s “Probably Change the Jury’s Verdict” Test for New Trial More Stringent Than Brady’s “Reasonable Probability” Standard, Aug. 1, 2026. New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Failure to Disclose, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.
• South Carolina Supreme Court Announces Formal Adoption of Fourth Circuit’s Three-Step Cheek Framework for Evaluating Improper Third-Party Contacts With Jurors Under Remmer, Reverses Murdaugh Murder Convictions, and Overrules Ethier Regarding Juror Testim, July 1, 2026. Sixth Amendment, New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal, Impartial Jury, Jury Deliberations, Juror Misconduct Issues.
• SCOTUS Holds Federal Habeas Court May Not Consider Post-Trial DNA Evidence That Was Never Presented to Jury When Assessing Whether False Informant Testimony Influenced Verdict, July 1, 2026. AEDPA, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.
• California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants Who Exercise Right to Jury Trial on Aggravating Circumstances Are Entitled to Closing Argument by Counsel on Those Factors, July 1, 2026. Sixth Amendment, Counsel - Constructive denial of, Possession or Use of Firearms, Sentences - Adjustments and Departures, Grounds for Relief.
• California Supreme Court Announces Amended § 1170(b) Applies Retroactively to Plea-Bargained Upper Term Sentences, July 1, 2026. Retroactivity, Sixth Amendment, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Grounds For Withdrawal, Validity of.
• New York Prisoner, Paroled After 25 Years, Exonerated of Crime, June 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, Prosecutorial Threats, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues.
• Chronotype Mismatch as an Emerging Vulnerability Factor in Custodial Confessions, May 1, 2026. Confessions - Admissibility, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Custodial Interrogations, Interrogation, Voluntary Nature/Voluntariness.