More from this issue:

1. Pay-for-Play Tablets: The Costly New Prison Paradigm
2. No Evacuations for Los Angeles Prisoners in Wildfire’s Path
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Number of Texas Detainees Jailed Out-of-County Doubled in Five Years
5. Nebraska Supreme Court Spanks Attorney General, Orders Felons Be Allowed to Vote
6. Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Arizona Prisoner’s Heat-Related Death
7. Warden, Top Deputy Walked Off the Job at “Wild West” Missouri Prison
8. Crime Down But Incarceration Up In Tennessee
9. Michigan Judge Sued for Jailing Teen Who Nodded Off While Watching in Court
10. Four Escapes in Eight Months from Oklahoma Jail
11. Virginia Parole Board Skirts New Transparency Rules, Governor Walks Back Expanded Sentence Credits—Again
12. Ninth Circuit Remands Transgender Idaho Prisoner’s $2.63 Million Attorney Fee Award for Recalculation— Against Bankrupt Corizon Health Successor
13. $25.75 Million for Exonerated North Carolina Prisoner’s 44 Stolen Years
14. Former Vermont Sheriff Takes Plea Deal in Sexual Assault Case
15. Not Just Another Shared House: North Carolina Farm Eases Re-entry for Released Prisoners
16. Illinois Lawmaker Asks State Prison Guards to Report Immigrant Prisoners Nearing Release—to Her
17. Former California Guard Convicted On 64 Counts of Sexually Abusing Prisoners
18. “Lady al-Qaeda” Sues BOP for Guards’ Sexual Assaults
19. Deal to Release Cuban Prisoners Upended
20. The Grift That Keeps on Giving: $33 Million for State Prisons Generated by Seized Native Land
21. Fourth Circuit Reverses Denial of Counsel for “Low IQ” North Carolina Prisoner, by Anthony Accurso
22. $100,000 Settlement Reached in New York Prisoner’s Solitary Confinement Suit, After Jury for First Time Finds Practice Violates Eighth Amendment, by Douglas Ankney
23. “Happy Mother’s Day”: $1,353,000 Settlement Approved for Migrant Parents Separated from Minor Kids at Border, by Matthew Clarke
24. Minnesota High Court Restores Voting Rights of Former Felons
25. Released Palestinian Detainees Allege Abuse in Israeli Prisons
26. Over 100,000 Criminal Records Sealed Under Colorado’s “Clean Slate Act”
27. Ninth and Tenth Circuits Find Bivens Extension Orders Not Immediately Appealable, by Sam Rutherford
28. ABA Highlights Ohio Prisoner’s Successful Transition to Lawyer
29. HRDC Files Suit Over Censorship in California Jail
30. Suboxone Manufacturer’s Delayed-Release Buprenorphine Injections Show Promise at Maine Jail
31. DOJ Finds “Horrific and Inhumane” Conditions in Georgia Prisons, by Matthew Clarke
32. Mayhem, Murder and Staff Misconduct at Brooklyn BOP Lockup
33. Biden Clemencies Include Imprisoned Native American Activist, “Kids for Cash” Judge
34. Rhode Island Prison Chief Wrist-Slapped for Ethics Violation
35. U.S. Justice Department Investigating Tennessee CoreCivic Prison After Mother of Murdered Prisoner Reaches Settlement
36. Trump Tosses Toothless Biden Private Prison “Ban”
37. Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona
38. Sixth West Virginia Jailer Found Guilty After Detainee Death, Estate Dismisses Claims Against PrimeCare Medical Employees
39. $10.5 Million in Settlements for San Diego Jail Detainee’s Severe Brain Injury
40. Settlement Bars Family Separations at U.S. Border Until 2031, Pays $6.4 Million in Legal Fees and Costs
41. Trans Federal Prisoner in Massachusetts Wins Temporary Halt to Trump Order Removing Her From Women’s Lockup
42. Pennsylvania County Forgives $65 Million in Jail Pay-to-Stay Fees
43. Failures Brought to Light in Arizona Prison System’s COVID-19 Response
44. El Salvador Offers Prison Space to Private Prison Shill Marco Rubio
45. Houston Police Fire Former Jail Guard Filmed Brutalizing Detainees, Charges Against Three Other Guards Dropped
46. Hawaii Supreme Court Revives Exonerated Prisoner’s Quest for First Payout From Wrongful Conviction Fund
47. South Carolina Prison Guard Supervisor Pleads Guilty to Smuggling, Bribery
48. Sixth Circuit Upholds $6.4 Million Jury Award Against Corizon Nurses For Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Alcohol Withdrawal, by Matthew Clarke
49. En Banc Fifth Circuit Reverses Panel, Holds Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, by Matthew Clarke
50. More Unsealed PrimeCare Settlements Total $1.2 Million for Pennsylvania Jail Deaths
51. Federal Charges Dropped Against Former Centurion Exec After Death of Co-Defendant Former Tennessee Prison Official
52. $1.5 Million Settlement For In-Custody Injury by New York Police
53. ‘Eye Opening’ Self-Harm Found in Washington DOC Solitary Confinement
54. Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification in Suit Over Inadequate Dental Care at Chicago Jail
55. Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Arkansas Jailers Who Ignored Detainee’s Spider Bite, by Anthony Accurso
56. Washington Prisoner Sues Jail Where Assault Left Him Comatose, DOC Guard Who Then Sexually Abused Him
57. Federal Court Lets BOP Withhold Mortality Reviews Under FOIA
58. California Lawmakers Address CDCR’s Banned Book List
59. New Mexico Settles Suit Alleging Failure To Implement Expanded Voting For Felons, by Anthony Accurso
60. Could the Prison Staffing Crisis Lead to More Oversight?
61. New York Guards Strike After 10 Charged in Prisoner’s Fatal Beating
62. News in Brief

More from Anthony Accurso:

• The Systematic Terror of Rankin County’s “Goon Squad”, May 1, 2026
• Virginia Prisoners Stuck Waiting for Education Programs, Feb. 1, 2026
• $939,000 for Nevada Prisoner Left in Wheelchair by Delayed Back Pain Treatment, Jan. 1, 2026
• Ninth Circuit Affirms Exclusion of Plea Agreement’s Factual Basis, Holding Unaccepted “Type A” Plea Agreement Unenforceable to Trigger Waiver of Rule 410 Protections, Dec. 15, 2025
• America’s Deadliest Jails: Tarrant County Edition, Nov. 1, 2025
• Seventh Circuit Dismisses Jail Detainee Suicide Case for Lack of Showing Deliberate Indifference, Nov. 1, 2025
• Protecting Your Digital Privacy, Oct. 15, 2025
• Idaho Supreme Court Announces Warrantless Search of Civilly Committed Individual Violates Fourth Amendment, Oct. 15, 2025
• Michigan Supreme Court Announces Guidance on Standards for Search Warrants of Cellphones to Satisfy Particularity Requirement of Fourth Amendment That “Reasonably Direct” Search to Uncovering Evidence of Criminal Activity Identified in Warrant, Oct. 15, 2025
• Sixth Circuit: Erlinger Error Requires Resentencing Where Government Cannot Prove Beyond Reasonable Doubt That Jury Would Find Prior Offenses Committed on Different “Occasions”, Oct. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• BOP Prisoner’s Claim Over Denied Medical Care Ruled Impermissible Bivens Extension, Oct. 1, 2026. OB/GYN, Failure to Treat, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Grievances, Adequacy of Remedy.
• Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Qualified Immunity to Jail Supervisors Who Ignored Detainee’s Cranial Abscesses, Oct. 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Infections, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Federal Jury Returns $763,000 Verdict Against Centurion for Indiana Prisoner’s Denied Kidney Disease Treatment, Oct. 1, 2026. Centurion, Medication, Pain, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference.
• Sixth Circuit: Qualified Immunity Granted to Guard in Delayed Treatment for Prisoner who Suffered Heart Attack, Oct. 1, 2026. Pain, Cardiovascular, Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Ninth Circuit Rules Favorably for Washington Prisoner Whose Writing Submission Was Censored, Oct. 1, 2026. Retaliation, Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
• Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Denial of Motion to Dismiss Some Defendants from Lawsuit Over Missouri Prisoner’s Suicide, Oct. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Sovereign Immunity, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.
• Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity but Clarifies that 14th Amendment ‘Objective Reasonableness’ Is Standard of Review for Pretrial Detainee’s Claim of Sexual Abuse, Oct. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Disabled Prisoners in New York Aren’t Receiving Entitled Accommodations, Oct. 1, 2026. Disabled Prisoners, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Eighth Circuit Grants Summary Judgment to Sheriff and County of Nebraska Jail Where Guard Sexually Assaulted Female Prisoner, Oct. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise, Monell Liability.
• $250,000 Paid by Nevada to Former Prisoner Denied Colonoscopy Who Developed Stage IV Cancer, Oct. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Failure to Treat, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference.