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 Douglas Ankney:

• The Dramatic Increase in the Elderly Prison Population Is Fiscally and Morally Irresponsible, Oct. 1, 2026
• 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
• Tenth Circuit Vacates Award of Costs to Prison Officials, Revives Prisoner’s Claim Alleging Denial of Access to Functioning Toilets and Exposure to Other Prisoners’ Feces, Oct. 1, 2026
• Second Circuit Vacates Above-Guidelines Firearm-Trafficking Sentence Based on Failure to Assist Law Enforcement and Unexplained Reliance on Factors Already Included in Guidelines Range, Sept. 1, 2026
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Convictions, Holding Requirement That Defendant Testify Before Displaying Hand Tattoos Violates Fifth Amendment, Sept. 1, 2026
• Ohio Supreme Court Announces Postconviction DNA-Testing Orders Need Only Identify Statutory Reason to Satisfy R.C. 2953.73(D) “Reasons” Requirement, Sept. 1, 2026
• Federal Court Upholds Consultants’ Finding that Oklahoma Is Not Honoring Its Consent Decree to Provide Mental Health Treatment, Sept. 1, 2026
• Idaho Legislature Moves to Hide Execution Protocol from Judicial Scrutiny, Sept. 1, 2026
• BOP Denies Providing Substandard Dialysis Treatment Despite Prisoners’ Deaths, Court Filings, Understaffing and Lack of Oversight, Sept. 1, 2026
• New Jersey Court Rules That Denial of Transgender Prisoner’s Transfer Request Violates Neither Discrimination Law nor Equal Protection Clause, Sept. 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• South Carolina Supreme Court Reverses Class Action Status in Prisoners’ Sexual Assault Lawsuit, Oct. 1, 2026. Sexual Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Class Certification, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Appealable Issues/Orders.
• 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.
• 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.
• Fatal LAPD Arrests Show Systemic Failure in Handling Mental Health Crises, Oct. 1, 2026. Shootings, Restraints, Police--Excessive Force, Mental Health, Staff Training.
• L.A. County Begins Making Nearly $5 Billion in Payouts to Survivors of Sex Abuse in Juvenile Detention, Sept. 1, 2026. Sexual Assault, Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Settlements, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Wave of Staff Arrests Exposes Persistent Misconduct at South Carolina Jail, Sept. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Obstruction of Justice.
• $100,000 Paid to Five Prisoners Assaulted by Centurion Gynecologist at Florida Lockup, Sept. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Contractor Liability, Monell Liability, Deliberate Indifference.
• Mississippi DOC Held Mentally Unwell Prisoners in Solitary, Many Died Because of It, Sept. 1, 2026. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Staff Training, Deliberate Indifference.
• Four Massachusetts Guards Face Charges for Assault on Prisoners During Brawl, Sept. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Last of 11 Guards Sentenced in Death of New York Prisoner, Sept. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), False Statements/Perjury, Obstruction of Justice.