More from this issue:

1. CoreCivic’s Long Record of Abuse and Neglect in Tennessee, by Matthew Clarke
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. California Pays $15,000 to State Prisoner Who Claimed He Was Targeted by Guards, by Chuck Sharman
4. Fourth Circuit Revives Detainee’s Suit Alleging Monell and 14th Amendment Deliberate Indifference Claims, by Douglas Ankney
5. Dallas County Jail Deaths, Many Preventable, Dramatically Increase Under Sheriff Marian Brown, by Matthew Clarke
6. Alabama Prison Warden Reportedly Arrested and Walked Off Job, by Chuck Sharman
7. FTC Substantiates Allegations Against ViaPath Related to Data Breach and Orders Remedial Action, by Douglas Ankney
8. Number of Prisoners Awaiting Transfer from Jail Surging in Indiana
9. Warden, Four Other Louisiana Jailers Indicted for Brutalizing Compliant Detainees with Riot Shield, by Chuck Sharman
10. Jury Awards Over $24.4 Million to Kentucky Prisoner Exonerated After 22 Years, Bringing Total Payout for Him and Co-Defendant to Almost $45 Million, by Chuck Sharman
11. Over $2 Million Paid by Otero County and VitalCore Health Strategies for New Mexico Jail Suicide, by Chuck Sharman
12. Study Shows That Suicide Intervention During and After Incarceration Reduces Suicide Attempts by 55%, by Douglas Ankney
13. Ninth Circuit Lets Stand Ruling That Federal Prisoners’ Gradually Accumulated Savings Are Subject to Restitution Turnover, by Matthew Clarke
14. Report Finds Stark Racial Disparities in Wisconsin Prisons
15. $5 Million Paid by Colorado County for Jail Detainee’s “Gruesome” Death from Untreated Ulcer; Claims Proceeding Against Southern Health Partners, by Chuck Sharman
16. Kansas DOC Replaces Centurion with Another Prison Healthcare Contractor
17. Texas Executes 600th Prisoner Since Reinstating Death Penalty in 1976
18. Sixth Circuit Upholds $10 Million Wrongful Conviction Verdict for Exonerated Michigan Prisoner, by Chuck Sharman
19. Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Against Prison Dental Staff, by Matthew Clarke
20. Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Sheriff Did Not Violate Open Records Act and Declines to Award Damages to Prisoner, by Douglas Ankney
21. Spate of Deaths at Tulsa Jail Highlights Medical Neglect, by Michael Thompson
22. $250,000 Paid by Maine to Former Prisoner Held in Solitary Confinement—Which the State DOC Says Doesn’t Exist, by Chuck Sharman
23. Arkansas Supreme Court Bows to Governor’s Board of Correction Takeover, by Chuck Sharman
24. Former Maine Prison Official Will Serve 5 Years in Prison for $2.4 Million Bribe
25. $112,500 Paid to Former New Mexico Prisoner Denied Public Records of Excessive Force by Guards, by Chuck Sharman
26. Ambulance Calls at Boston Jail Have Tripled Since 2010
27. Settlement Reached in Mental Health Care Class-Action at San Diego County Jails, by Chuck Sharman
28. Nebraska Lifts Suspension of Native American Religious Practices Hours Prior to Federal Court Hearing, by Matthew Clarke
29. Florida Federal Court Excoriates BOP for Health Care Failures, Grants Prisoner Early Release to Seek Treatment for Possible Breast Cancer, by Matthew Clarke
30. New York Prisoner, Paroled After 25 Years, Exonerated of Crime, by Chuck Sharman
31. North Carolina Prison Closing Due to Short Staffing
32. Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, by Matthew Clarke
33. Former Georgia Prison Warden Indicted for Role in Smuggling Scheme
34. NaphCare Pulls Out of Washington Jails After Lawsuit Payouts, by Michael Thompson
35. Federal Court Partially Enjoins Enforcement of Georgia’s S.B. 185 Prohibiting Gender-Affirming Health Care in DOC, by Matthew Clarke
36. $75,000 for Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Against Jail Guard, by Chuck Sharman
37. Prison Profiteer The GEO Group Accused of Refusing Health Inspections at Detention Facility Despite Court Ruling
38. New York City Reaches Settlements Totaling Nearly $5.2 Million with Estates of Two Fatal Methadone Overdose Victims Detained on Rikers Island, by Chuck Sharman
39. Federal Jury Awards $2,500 to Male Wisconsin Prisoner Sexually Assaulted by Female Guard, by Matthew Clarke
40. $1 Million Settlement Reached in Jail Suicide of Maryland Detainee Whose Emergency Hospitalization Order Was Ignored, by Chuck Sharman
41. Two More Guards Face Prison Time for Messiah Nantwi Killing, by Jo Ellen Nott
42. Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Supports Broad Immunity in Overdose Cases, by Michael Thompson
43. Pepper Spraying Incident Prompts Policy Change at Washington Women’s Prison, by Jo Ellen Nott
44. Nevada Ex-Warden Ordered to Counseling After Ear-Biting Incident
45. They Thought They Were Leaving Prison Early. Then They Weren’t., by Phillip Luna
46. New Orleans Sheriff Indicted on 30 Charges Related to Malfeasance and Fraud
47. Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Receiving Preferential Treatment at Texas Prison Camp, by Jo Ellen Nott
48. Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges., by Raquel Rutledge
49. Oklahoma Governor Pressured DOC to Grant Preferential Treatment to Friend, by Jo Ellen Nott
50. In Wake of Murders of Prisoners by Guards, New York Passes Legislation to Enhance Safety, Accountability and Training, by Douglas Ankney
51. Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, by Douglas Ankney
52. Wisconsin Governor Issues Executive Order to Restore Commutations, by Michael Thompson
53. Auditor Demands Private Prison Company Pay $7.4 Million to Mississippi
54. Our Money Is Disappearing Inside ViaPath’s Prison Tablets, by Christopher Santiago
55. Ombuds Report Doesn’t Rule Out Racism or Retaliation at Red Onion State Prison, by Douglas Ankney
56. Colorado DOC Allows Some Prisoners Convicted of Sex Crimes to be Released While Delaying Parole Consideration for Others, by Douglas Ankney
57. Murder Convictions Tossed for Three Pennsylvania Prisoners After 28 Years, by Chuck Sharman
58. Federal Judge Upholds Infamously Brutal Farm Labor at Angola Prison, by Mike Ludwig
59. News in Brief

More from Michael Thompson:

• Ombudsman Report Finds Use of Force Misapplied in Contraband Search, Aug. 1, 2026
• Colorado Governor Signs Bill to Expand Earned Time Credits and Other Measures, Aug. 1, 2026
• “Safe Inside” Review Paid for by DOJ Found Prisons Grew Much Deadlier in Five Year-Period, Aug. 1, 2026
• Prison Policy Initiative Updates Its “Money of Mass Incarceration” Report, Aug. 1, 2026
• Trump is Making Federal Prisons More Dangerous for Transgender Prisoners, Aug. 1, 2026
• GAO Report Finds Rampant Sexual Abuse in Federal Prisons, Most Cases Unresolved, Aug. 1, 2026
• Court Records Reveal Alabama DOC Guard Ignored Stabbed Prisoner, Aug. 1, 2026
• Report Shows Pattern of Sexual Assaults in Santa Clara County Jail, Aug. 1, 2026
• Jail Oversight Body Stalled by New York Governor, Aug. 1, 2026
• Fourth Circuit Affirms Damages Class Certification in Opioid Treatment Denial, Aug. 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Warden Out, Nineteen Guards Administratively Charged in Maryland Prisoner’s Death, Aug. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Protect (Staff).
• New York Ordered to Pay Prisoner $25,000 for Failing to Protect Him from Attack, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Defenses, Damages - Compensatory, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment, Deliberate Indifference.
• Oklahoma County Jail Fails 12th Health Inspection, Aug. 1, 2026. Corrections Audits, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Sanitation, Bedding.
• Report Shows Pattern of Sexual Assaults in Santa Clara County Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Failure to Protect (General).
• $30,000 Settlement Reached in Virginia Jail Death That Put Richmond Lockup Under State Oversight, Aug. 1, 2026. Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Monell Liability.
• Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Detectives Who Revealed Prisoner Was Informant, Denies Him Anonymity, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Physical Injury Rule, Qualified Immunity, Informants (Failure to Protect), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• The Exceptionally High Murder Rate Inside Maryland’s Prisons, Aug. 1, 2026. Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Security Systems, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• Multiple Detainees Escape from Dilapidated North Carolina Jail, July 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing, Jail Specific, Security Systems, Criminal Justice, Prison Conditions.
• Video Shows Guards Watched as Oklahoma Detainee Died in Cell, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).