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. California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, by Douglas Ankney
4. Eighth Circuit Revives § 1983 Complaint Alleging Jail Detainees’ Death from Stroke was Due to Deliberate Indifference and Failure to Train, by Douglas Ankney
5. Conviction Tossed for Former Alabama Prisoner Paroled After 42 Years, by Chuck Sharman
6. SCOTUS Continues to Hack Away At First Step Act, by Chuck Sharman
7. California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, by Chuck Sharman
8. Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, by Matthew Clarke
9. Alabama Barred from Executing Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia, by Chuck Sharman
10. ICE Stops Reporting Deaths of Recently Released Detainees
11. Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, by David M. Reutter
12. Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, by Matthew Clarke
13. New York Governor Appoints Ex-Prisoner to State Oversight Role
14. Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, by Chuck Sharman
15. 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
16. Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, by Douglas Ankney
17. Corrections Board Seeks to Join California Justice Department Juvenile Halls Lawsuit, by Michael Thompson
18. New York to Become First State to Require Judges to Visit Prisons
19. $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, by Chuck Sharman
20. BOP Ordered to Restart Gender Affirming Care for Trans Prisoners, by Chuck Sharman
21. BOP Supervisor in Colorado Indicted for Smuggling Over 400 Vapes
22. Tenth Circuit Upholds $33 Million Jury Award in Suit Over Detainee’s Horrific Death in Oklahoma County Jail, by Matthew Clarke
23. HRDC Wins Injunction to Halt New Mexico Prison Censorship, by Chuck Sharman
24. Environmental Groups Say the Fight to Shut Down “Alligator Alcatraz” Isn’t Over, by Alexandra Martinez
25. Colorado Prison Wardens Participated in Longstanding Racist, Homophobic Group Chat
26. Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, by Matthew Clarke
27. California Gave Every Student in Prison a Laptop. How Community Colleges Are Using Them, by Ella Carter-Klauschie
28. News in Brief

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, July 1, 2026
• Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, July 1, 2026
• 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, July 1, 2026
• Tenth Circuit Upholds $33 Million Jury Award in Suit Over Detainee’s Horrific Death in Oklahoma County Jail, July 1, 2026
• Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, July 1, 2026
• CoreCivic’s Long Record of Abuse and Neglect in Tennessee, June 1, 2026
• Dallas County Jail Deaths, Many Preventable, Dramatically Increase Under Sheriff Marian Brown, June 1, 2026
• Ninth Circuit Lets Stand Ruling That Federal Prisoners’ Gradually Accumulated Savings Are Subject to Restitution Turnover, June 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Against Prison Dental Staff, June 1, 2026
• Nebraska Lifts Suspension of Native American Religious Practices Hours Prior to Federal Court Hearing, June 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• HRDC Wins Injunction to Halt New Mexico Prison Censorship, July 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, HRDC Litigation.
• Illinois Jail Reprimanded for Denying Detainees Mail Based on Media Content, P.O. Box Return Address, Settles Detainees’ Suit with $111,825 Payment of Legal Fees, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail, May 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.
• HRDC Sues Colorado Jail for Prohibiting Dozens of Magazines and Books, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, Constitution, state, HRDC Litigation.
• Like Prisoners, Most Jail Detainees Now Banned from Receiving Physical Mail, March 1, 2026. Jail Specific, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Censorship, Digital Devices, Private Phone Contractors.
• Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail, Feb. 1, 2026. Mail Regulations, Due Process, Legal Mail, Censorship, Warrantless Searches, Electronic Surveillance.
• HRDC Sues Minnesota DOC Over Censorship Policy, Feb. 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, First Amendment, HRDC Litigation.
• Arkansas Bans Outside Reading Material Sent to Prisons, Feb. 1, 2026. Reading Materials, Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship, Securus.
• Class Certified in Challenge to Mailed Book Ban at Indianapolis Jail, Jan. 1, 2026. Class Certification, Publications/Books, Religious Practices, Protected Speech.
• HRDC Sues Washington Jail for Rejecting PLN and Other Publications, Jan. 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, HRDC Litigation.