More from this issue:

1. Pay-for-Play Tablets: The Costly New Prison Paradigm
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. No Evacuations for Los Angeles Prisoners in Wildfire’s Path
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. Warden, Top Deputy Walked Off the Job at “Wild West” Missouri Prison
7. Ninth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Arizona Prisoner’s Heat-Related Death
8. Crime Down But Incarceration Up In Tennessee
9. Four Escapes in Eight Months from Oklahoma Jail
10. Michigan Judge Sued for Jailing Teen Who Nodded Off While Watching in Court
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. “Lady al-Qaeda” Sues BOP for Guards’ Sexual Assaults
18. Former California Guard Convicted On 64 Counts of Sexually Abusing Prisoners
19. The Grift That Keeps on Giving: $33 Million for State Prisons Generated by Seized Native Land
20. Deal to Release Cuban Prisoners Upended
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. Released Palestinian Detainees Allege Abuse in Israeli Prisons
25. Minnesota High Court Restores Voting Rights of Former Felons
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. Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona
37. Trump Tosses Toothless Biden Private Prison “Ban”
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. Hawaii Supreme Court Revives Exonerated Prisoner’s Quest for First Payout From Wrongful Conviction Fund
46. Houston Police Fire Former Jail Guard Filmed Brutalizing Detainees, Charges Against Three Other Guards Dropped
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. $1.5 Million Settlement For In-Custody Injury by New York Police
52. Federal Charges Dropped Against Former Centurion Exec After Death of Co-Defendant Former Tennessee Prison Official
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. News in Brief
62. New York Guards Strike After 10 Charged in Prisoner’s Fatal Beating

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• DEA’s Secret Phone Surveillance Program ‘Hemisphere’ 
Sparked Internal Warnings—Then a Cover-Up, Aug. 1, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights.
• Facial Recognition at the Border: CBP’s Push to Scan Every Car Passenger Sparks Privacy Concerns, May 15, 2025. Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance, Privacy Act/Rights, Searches - Border Stops/Searches, Immigration Law/Offenses.
• A Song for Condemned Alabama Prisoner, April 1, 2025. Witnesses, Telephone Monitoring, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.
• Biden Clemencies Include Imprisoned Native American Activist, “Kids for Cash” Judge, March 1, 2025. Native American, Children of Prisoners, Judicial Disqualification/Misconduct.
• Kentucky Supreme Court: Trial Court Abused Discretion by ‘Rehabilitating’ Juror Who Indicated Could Not Be Impartial and Failing to Strike Juror, Feb. 15, 2024. For Cause, Challenges for Cause, Voir Dire, Judicial Disqualification/Misconduct.
• Maryland Supreme Court Announces Expectation of Privacy Covers Electronic Data, Not Physical Devices, Thus War-rantless Search of Government’s Copy of Defendant’s Hard Drive After Consent Revoked Violated Fourth Amendment, Jan. 15, 2024. Consent, Cell-Phone Location/Tracking Data, Digital Devices, Privacy Act/Rights.
• New Service Highlights Cellphone Privacy Issues, Sept. 1, 2023. Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act, Privacy Act/Rights.
• Seventh Circuit: Fugitive Who Leased Condo Under Alias Retained Expectation of Privacy so Landlord Could Not Give Valid Consent for Warrantless Search of Premises, May 15, 2023. Warrantless Searches, Privacy Act/Rights, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• FBI’s Anti-Encryption Campaign Sparks Controversy, May 6, 2023. FBI, Electronic Communictions Privacy Act, Privacy Act/Rights.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Plain Language of Interference With Privacy of a Minor Statute Requires That Defendant Must Have Known Victim Was Under 18 at Time of Offense, March 15, 2023. Privacy Act/Rights, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Minors.