More from this issue:

1. Washington’s Continuing Competency Crisis Strains Jails
2. Rejected by Conviction Integrity Unit, 
27 New York Prisoners Exonerated Anyway
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. $2.4 Million Settlement Reached After Elderly Pretrial Detainee Strangled by Cellmate in San Antonio Jail, by David Reutter
5. Arkansas DOC Settles Retaliation Claim by Prisoner 
Who Also Won Back Confiscated COVID-19 Stimulus
6. Oklahoma Supreme Court Kills One Jail Death Suit, 
Threatening Settlement of Another
7. Kansas Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Challenge 
to Loss of Parental Rights, by Matthew Clarke
8. Rural Virginia Jury Refuses to Hold Guards Liable 
for State Prisoner’s Death
9. French Prisons Targeted 
in Coordinated Attack
10. Top Rikers Island Jailers Logged Overtime 
Equal to 14-Hour Days With No Days Off
11. Mississippi DOC Issues Almost $300 Million 
in No-Bid Contracts to VitalCore Health
12. Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stop Court-Ordered Construction 
of Mental Health Facility at New Orleans Jail, by Boris Bastidas
13. Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks 
Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail, by Douglas Ankney
14. $875,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner’s Delay 
in Getting Hernia Surgery, by David M. Reutter
15. Salvadoran President’s Dark Secret Allegedly Behind Deal 
to Hold Deported Migrants in “Mega” Prison
16. Over $1.1 Million Recovered for Rikers Island Janitors
17. California Appellate Court: Custody Credits Must be Applied 
to Concurrent Terms in Multiple Open Cases, by David M. Reutter
18. Former Centurion Owner Accused of Helping Florida Governor Kill Legalized Weed
19. Four Arizona Prisoners Dead After Being Celled 
with Leader of 2004 Standoff
20. $100,000 Settlement Reached For Tennessee Detainee 
Baptized to Get Out of Traffic Ticket, by Boris Bastidas
21. Sixth Circuit Limits Deliberate Indifference Standard 
in Kentucky Jail Medical Care Challenge, by David M. Reutter
22. Italy Begins Conjugal Visits 
in Prison “Sex Rooms”
23. Auburn University’s Prison Education Program ‘Indefinitely Suspended’, by Charlotte West
24. Gay Tennessee Prisoner Refuses to Out Himself 
in PREA Classification Hearings
25. New Mexico Watchdog Group Sues for Video Allegedly 
Showing Jailers Killing Detainee, by David M. Reutter
26. $500,000 for Colorado Detainee Dropped 
On His Face by Jailers, by Douglas Ankney
27. Three New York Guards Plead Guilty to Beating Black Prisoner 
in “George Floyd Challenge”
28. Ninth Circuit Reinstates Religious Exercise Claim from Arizona “Christian-Israelite” Prisoner Denied Passover Meal, by Michael Thompson
29. Smart Communications Files for Bankruptcy Protection
30. Watchdogs Fault Nebraska Prisons 
for Suicide Response, Overpaid Staff, by Boris Bastidas
31. 11th Alabama Sheriff’s Employee Pleads Guilty in Jail Detainee’s Death, Admits Stomping Him in Genitals
32. Second South Carolina Prisoner 
Executed by Firing Squad
33. Tenth Circuit Upholds Nearly $8.8 Million Judgment 
for Utah Jail Death, by Douglas Ankney
34. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Baha’i Texas Prisoner’s Dietary Claim, by Matthew Clarke
35. Seven TDCJ Prison Guards Arrested 
in Alleged Smuggling Ring
36. $62,500 For Idaho Prisoner Raped by Guard 
Who Later Committed Suicide, by Anthony Accurso
37. Eighth Circuit Excuses Missouri Prisoner’s Failure 
to Exhaust Remedies While He Was In a Coma, by Douglas Ankney
38. GTL/ViaPath Ordered to Pay $3 Million for Violations 
of Consumer Protection Laws
39. Former Wisconsin Warden Gets No Cell Time, $500 Fine After Prisoner Deaths
40. Federal Court Blocks Idaho Executions Until Media Access Improves
41. $1.3 Million for Massachusetts Prisoner 
Stabbed by Guard in Connecticut Lockup, by Douglas Ankney
42. Government Quasi-Agency Attempts to Infiltrate Criminal Justice Nonprofit
43. California Enacts Counterproductive, 
Regressive Solitary Confinement Bill
44. $7.75 Million Settlement for Exonerated North Carolina Prisoner, by David M. Reutter
45. Fourth Circuit Upholds South Carolina DOC Policy 
Restricting Prisoner Access to News Media
46. $13 Million Awarded to Exonerated Massachusetts Prisoner 
for Wrongful Conviction, by David M. Reutter
47. New York Lowers Minimum Age 
for Prison Guards
48. $5.6 Million Settlement for California Prisoner’s Wife 
Strip-searched During Visit, by Matthew Clarke
49. Almost $4.4 Million for Illinois Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim, by David Reutter
50. Death Row Prisoners Challenge New Tennessee 
Single-Drug Lethal Injection Protocol
51. Eighth Circuit Lets Missouri Guard Skate For Placing Avowed Enemies In Same Cell, Resulting In Assault, by Anthony Accurso
52. Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution
53. Long-Running Consent Decree Again Extended 
at Troubled Baltimore Jail
54. $50,000 for Excessive Force Claim by Maryland Prisoner 
Who Used to Be a Guard
55. Retired California Prison Guard Killed in Colorado Jail
56. Academic Study of Prison Guards’ Use of Excessive Force 
Details Sad State of Civil Rights for Abused Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
57. $52,500 for Trans Florida Prisoner 
Sexually Assaulted by Cellmate
58. Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, 
Centurion Settlement Confidential
59. Wellpath and VitalCore Skip Paying Nearly $2 Million 
in Settlements in South Carolina
60. Idaho Spent $200,000 on Execution Drugs Now Expired
61. U.S. Pulls $1.5 Million in Funding from Maine DOC 
Over a Single Trans Prisoner
62. Washington Appellate Court: 
Personal Restraint Petition Proper Vehicle 
to Challenge Community Supervision, by David Reutter
63. Former Jail Guard Accused of Having Sex with Detainee 
Now Vice-Chair of Florida GOP
64. $2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI 
Debit Release Card Class Action, by David Reutter
65. New York Guards Plead Guilty to Fatally Beating Prisoner, 
Mopping Up His Blood
66. $3.15 Million for Illinois Prisoner Raped by Guard 
and Then Denied “Boot Camp”
67. Rash of 5,000 False-Positive Prisoner Drug Tests Going 
to California Parole Board Anyway
68. Trio of Guards Fired and Arrested for Smuggling at Louisiana Jails
69. $6 Million Settlement in Illinois Detainee’s Gruesome 
Untreated Heroin Withdrawal Death, by David Reutter
70. News in Brief
71. Two Guards Arrested in Two Weeks 
at Texas Jail

More from Boris Bastidas:

• Fifth Circuit Refuses to Stop Court-Ordered Construction 
of Mental Health Facility at New Orleans Jail, June 1, 2025
• $100,000 Settlement Reached For Tennessee Detainee 
Baptized to Get Out of Traffic Ticket, June 1, 2025
• Watchdogs Fault Nebraska Prisons 
for Suicide Response, Overpaid Staff, June 1, 2025

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• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Police Facilitating 
Drug-­Detection Dog’s Entry Into Vehicle by Opening Door 
During Traffic Stop Without Probable Cause Is Unconstitutional Search in Violation of Fourth Amendment, July 1, 2025. Fourth Amendment, rights, Drug-Sniffing Dog, Automobile Searches/Seizures.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• North Carolina Supreme Court: Outstanding Warrant for Driver Who Fled Accident Scene Does Not Authorize Inventory Search of Disabled Vehicle, March 15, 2024. Automobile Exception, Searches - Inventory, Automobile Searches/Seizures, Immediate Control, Searches - Automobile, Arrest - Search Incident to, Illegal Search.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause, March 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut, Jan. 1, 2023. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• “One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution, July 15, 2022. Religious Freedom, Religious Practices.
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit, Feb. 1, 2021. Religious Freedom, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes, Feb. 4, 2020. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
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