More from this issue:

1. He Died in a Florida Jail. The Company in Charge Should Have Sent Him to the Hospital, Experts Say., by Nichole Manna
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $3.25 Million Verdict in New York Against Jail Medical Profiteer Armor Health, by Chuck Sharman
4. Louisiana Republicans Eliminate Elected Office Won by Exonerated Ex-Prisoner
5. After Spoliation Sanction, CoreCivic Settles Suit Over Suicide in New Mexico ICE Lockup, by Chuck Sharman
6. California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, by Douglas Ankney
7. Detainee Deaths Went Unreported at Dallas County Jail
8. Eighth Circuit Rules Plaintiff Must Cover Expert Costs, by Michael Thompson
9. Wisconsin State Prison Population Approaches Record High
10. Eighth Circuit Revives § 1983 Complaint Alleging Jail Detainees’ Death from Stroke was Due to Deliberate Indifference and Failure to Train, by Douglas Ankney
11. Wisconsin Bans Recording of Prison Phone Calls with Journalists
12. Conviction Tossed for Former Alabama Prisoner Paroled After 42 Years, by Chuck Sharman
13. SCOTUS Continues to Hack Away At First Step Act, by Chuck Sharman
14. California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, by Chuck Sharman
15. Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, by Matthew Clarke
16. Alabama Barred from Executing Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia, by Chuck Sharman
17. North Texas Prison Evacuated After Carbon Monoxide Leak
18. ICE Stops Reporting Deaths of Recently Released Detainees
19. Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, by David M. Reutter
20. Missouri Bill Increases Mandatory Minimums, Expands Prosecutors’ Role in Juvenile Court, by Michael Thompson
21. Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, by Matthew Clarke
22. New York Governor Appoints Ex-Prisoner to State Oversight Role
23. Ohio Jail Leaders Knew Cameras Were Broken for Four Years Before Fixing Them, by Jo Ellen Nott
24. Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, by Chuck Sharman
25. SCOTUS Shuts Down GEO Group Bid for Immunity in Suit by Colorado ICE Detainees, by Chuck Sharman
26. Rikers Island Captain Nicknamed “Terror of the Tombs” Indicted for Extortion, Wage Theft, by Jo Ellen Nott
27. New Jersey Lawmakers Pass “Female Incarcerated Person’s Rights Protection Act”, by Douglas Ankney
28. California Appeals Court Holds Defendant Cannot Be Penalized for Failing to Appear at Sentencing When He Was Being Held in Another County’s Jail on Preexisting Charges, by Matthew Clarke
29. Idaho Will Recruit Law Enforcement Volunteers for Firing Squad Executions
30. Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, by Douglas Ankney
31. Corrections Board Seeks to Join California Justice Department Juvenile Halls Lawsuit, by Michael Thompson
32. SCOTUS Reverses Mississippi Capital Conviction, by Matthew Clarke
33. New York to Become First State to Require Judges to Visit Prisons
34. Prisoners’ Risk of Death In Custody More than Doubles in Solitary Confinement, by Chuck Sharman
35. $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, by Chuck Sharman
36. BOP Ordered to Restart Gender Affirming Care for Trans Prisoners, by Chuck Sharman
37. BOP Supervisor in Colorado Indicted for Smuggling Over 400 Vapes
38. Tenth Circuit Upholds $33 Million Jury Award in Suit Over Detainee’s Horrific Death in Oklahoma County Jail, by Matthew Clarke
39. Multiple Detainees Escape from Dilapidated North Carolina Jail, by Jo Ellen Nott
40. Colorado Ordered to Stop Tossing Prisoners in Solitary for Refusing to Work, by Chuck Sharman
41. Arizona Lawmakers Refuse to Fully Fund Prison Healthcare Staffing Ordered by Federal Court, by Chuck Sharman
42. Oklahoma Jail Closes After $2.55 Million Payout for Retaliatory Strip Search, by Chuck Sharman
43. SCOTUS Refuses to Allow Damages Under RLUIPA for Rastafarian Former Prisoner Shaved Bald by Louisiana Prison Officials, by Chuck Sharman
44. HRDC Wins Injunction to Halt New Mexico Prison Censorship, by Chuck Sharman
45. Environmental Groups Say the Fight to Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz” Isn’t Over, by Alexandra Martinez
46. Tennessee Calls Off Execution After Botched Lethal Injection
47. Video Shows Guards Watched as Oklahoma Detainee Died in Cell, by Michael Thompson
48. $130,030 Jury Verdict for Connecticut Prisoner Subjected to Inhumane Conditions, by Chuck Sharman
49. Three Women Died at a Michigan Prison in Less than a Month, by Jo Ellen Nott
50. Eighth Circuit Revives Prisoner Lawsuit over Conditions of Confinement, by Michael Thompson
51. Colorado Prison Wardens Participated in Longstanding Racist, Homophobic Group Chat
52. Pennsylvania Bungles Management at George W. Hill Prison after Taking Back Control from GEO Group, by Michael Thompson
53. Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, by Matthew Clarke
54. Execution Stayed for South Carolina Prisoner with Immortality Belief, by Michael Thompson
55. Tainted Chicken Leads to Widespread Salmonella Outbreak at New York Jail
56. Federal Conviction, Guilty Pleas for Jail Guards Responsible for Oklahoma Detainee’s Death
57. California Gave Every Student in Prison a Laptop. How Community Colleges Are Using Them, by Ella Carter-Klauschie
58. Colorado DOC Freezes Visitations After Two Prisoner Deaths
59. San Diego Guard Who Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison, by Jo Ellen Nott
60. News in Brief

More from Chuck Sharman:

• $3.75 Million Paid by Wisconsin After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies of Dehydration, Oct. 1, 2026
• Ninth Circuit Rules Favorably for Washington Prisoner Whose Writing Submission Was Censored, Oct. 1, 2026
• California Supreme Court Bail Ruling Cuts Some Jail Headcounts, Oct. 1, 2026
• $700,000 Paid by West Virginia for Jail Death, Claims Against Wexford Health Pending, Oct. 1, 2026
• BOP Prisoner’s Claim Over Denied Medical Care Ruled Impermissible Bivens Extension, Oct. 1, 2026
• $250,000 Paid by Nevada to Former Prisoner Denied Colonoscopy Who Developed Stage IV Cancer, Oct. 1, 2026
• $5 Million Paid by Washington for Attempted Rape of Seattle Woman by Mentally Ill Prisoner Released to Halfway House, Oct. 1, 2026
• Prisoners At Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer” Settle Conditions Suits for $1.2 Million, Whistleblower Alleges Staff Mistreatment, Oct. 1, 2026
• $4,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Records Requests, Oct. 1, 2026
• Maryland Pays $314,000 for Stonewalling Public Records Requests in Prisoner’s Dehydration Death, Oct. 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• $11 Million Paid by Boston to Exonerated Prisoner for 37-Year Wrongful Incarceration, Sept. 1, 2026. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Monell Liability, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.
• Hawaii Supreme Court Announces False Evidence Standard Governs Post-Conviction Claims That Scientific Developments Invalidated Expert Testimony, Holding Prosecution Knowledge Not Required Under State Due Process Clause, Sept. 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Constitution, state, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• Buried in Plain Sight: How Digital Discovery Turns Disclosure Itself Into Concealment, Aug. 15, 2026. Videotaping, Suppression of Identity Evidence, Eyewitness Identification, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence.
• 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.
• $13 Million Awarded to Exonerated Illinois Prisoner Tortured to Confess by Corrupt Cops, Aug. 1, 2026. Police Misconduct, Wrongful Conviction, Certificate of Innocence, False Imprisonment, Confessions - Coerced.
• Louisiana Supreme Court Announces Framework Governing Factual Innocence Claims in First Application of La. C.Cr.P. Art. 926.2, Holding Second-Step Review Encompasses All Relevant Evidence, Aug. 1, 2026. Wrongful Conviction, Forensic Sciences, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• FBI Approves Rapid DNA Workflow for CODIS, Aug. 1, 2026. DNA Testing/Samples, Databases, Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• New Jersey Supreme Court Orders Plenary Hearing Before Special Adjudicator on Reliability of Fingerprint Evidence, Holding Century of Judicial Acceptance Did Not Satisfy Trial Court’s Gatekeeping Obligation Under N.J.R.E. 702, Aug. 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Daubert Standards, Fingerprint Evidence, Expert and Opinion Testimony.
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Announces Postconviction Forensic Testing Statute Permits Digital Forensic Analysis of Cellphones, Holding Chapter 278A Not Limited to Tangible Evidence Testable for Biological Material, Aug. 1, 2026. Forensic Sciences, Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise, Relevance.
• Michigan Supreme Court Announces Betts Decision Invalidating 2011 SORA as Ex Post Facto Punishment Applies Retroactively to Defendants on Collateral Review, July 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity, Ex Post Facto, Constitution, state, Constitutional Challenges/Law.