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 these topics:

• Alabama Barred from Executing Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia, July 1, 2026. Totality of Conditions, Eighth Amendment, Death Penalty, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Wrongful Use of Force.
• New Jersey Lawmakers Pass “Female Incarcerated Person’s Rights Protection Act”, July 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Staff Training, Mothers in Prison.
• Federal Court Partially Enjoins Enforcement of Georgia’s S.B. 185 Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Health Care in DOC, June 1, 2026. Medication, Failure to Treat, Injunctions, Transgender Medical Procedures, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Federal Jury Awards $2,500 to Male Wisconsin Prisoner Sexually Assaulted by Female Guard, June 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Evidence, Prison Rape Elimination Act, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Pepper Spraying Incident Prompts Policy Change at Washington Women’s Prison, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Settlements, Staff Training, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison, June 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
• $250,000 Paid by Maine to Former Prisoner Held in Solitary Confinement—Which the State DOC Says Doesn’t Exist, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Idaho Moves Closer to Firing Squad Executions, May 1, 2026. Death Penalty, State Legislation, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Former Prison Dentist in Iowa Accused of Harassment, May 1, 2026. Sexual Harassment, Threats by Staff, Medical Misconduct, Dental Care.
• Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee, May 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.