More from this issue:

1. The Systematic Terror of Rankin County’s “Goon Squad”, by Anthony Accurso
2. ACLU Threatens New Lawsuit After Indiana County’s Repeated Failures to Abide by 17-Year-Old Settlement Agreement, by Chuck Sharman
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Washington Governor Fires Independent Prison Watchdog
5. Spike in Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides Blamed on Isolation, K-2 and Spotty Mental Healthcare, by Chuck Sharman
6. Idaho Moves Closer to Firing Squad Executions
7. Exonerated Texas Prisoner Entitled to $1.68 Million After 22 Years of Wrongful Incarceration, by Chuck Sharman
8. Atlanta Jail Boasts Improvements Since Consent Decree, Reports from Monitor and ACLU Are More Critical, by Chuck Sharman
9. Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee, by Chuck Sharman
10. Former Prison Dentist in Iowa Accused of Harassment
11. Hospital Keeps Sending Detainees Back Without Care to County Jail in Colorado
12. Pregnant Women Detained in Jail: The Hideous Story of In-Custody Births, by Douglas Ankney
13. $9.8 Million in Settlements Reached with South Carolina County and Wellpath in Gruesome Jail Death, by Chuck Sharman
14. New York Juvenile Detention Officials Sued for Abusing Adolescents with Solitary Confinement, by Chuck Sharman
15. Idaho DOC Director Denies Verified Report of Rampant Sexual Abuse of Women Prisoners by Staff, by Douglas Ankney
16. Prisoners in Norfolk, Virginia Left on Extended Lockdown, by Michael Thompson
17. “Like the Walking Dead”: Smuggled Drugs Fuel Chaos Inside Ohio Prisons, by Laura A. Bischoff, USA Today Network, Doug Livingston, The Marshall Project
18. NaphCare Pays $875,000 to Settle New York License Violations, Banned from State for Five Years, by Chuck Sharman
19. 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, by Douglas Ankney
20. New Hampshire Officials Halt $700 Million Prison Replacement
21. Texas Officials Testify That Cost to Air Condition Prisons Tops $1.5 Billion, by Chuck Sharman
22. $2.135 Million Partial Settlement Reached in Schizophrenic Detainee’s Death from “Gross Medical Neglect” at South Carolina Jail, by Chuck Sharman
23. Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA, by Douglas Ankney
24. Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail, by Matthew Clarke
25. Faced with Record-Breaking Jail Deaths, L.A. County Supervisors Tell Sheriff’s Department to Improve Access to Naloxone, Camera Monitoring, and Security Checks at California Jail, by Matthew Clarke
26. Taser Use Doubled After Grand Jury Report on Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Death, by Michael Thompson
27. Pennsylvania Closes Its Second-Oldest Prison
28. Federal Court Places Medical Care in Arizona Prisons Under Receivership, by Matthew Clarke
29. Nearly 50 People Have Died in ICE Custody Since Trump’s Return to White House, by Jo Ellen Nott
30. $1.25 Million Paid for Special Needs Teen’s Fatal Beating in Houston Jail, by Chuck Sharman
31. Oklahoma DOC Paid Prison Guards $35.5 Million in Overtime in 2025
32. Arkansas Board of Corrections Settles Sunshine Law Charges, Caving to Governor’s Power Grab, by Chuck Sharman
33. Monitor Says Massachusetts Prisons Will Not Meet Settlement Deadline for Mental Health Reforms, by Chuck Sharman
34. Watchdog Finds Barely 1 in 10 Complaints Against California Prison Staff Handled Adequately, by Chuck Sharman
35. Trump Wants $152 Million to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison
36. Six Maryland Guards Convicted in Prisoner’s Beating, Cover-up; § 1983 Suit Filed, by Chuck Sharman
37. Trump Approves Firing Squads for Federal Executions
38. Seventh Circuit Upholds Liability but Reverses Damages in Lawsuit Over Illinois Warden and Investigator Using Prisoner as Bait to Catch Staff Member Raping Her, by Matthew Clarke
39. Nevada Non-Profit Founder Under Investigation for Misconduct
40. Negligence, Lack of Training at Ohio’s Cuyahoga County Jail Led to String of Deaths, by Michael Thompson
41. $750,000 Paid by NaphCare for New York Jail Suicide, by Chuck Sharman
42. HRDC Sues Colorado Jail for Prohibiting Dozens of Magazines and Books, by Robert Haughn
43. Connecticut Correction Ombuds Finds DOC in “Sustained Institutional Failure”, by Chuck Sharman
44. Arrests of Unhoused People Driving Albuquerque Jail Bookings, by Michael Thompson
45. Indiana DOC Found in Violation of State Public Records Act for Withholding Execution Drug Cost Information, by Chuck Sharman
46. Federal Jury Awards $307.6 Million to Former Michigan Prisoner After Corizon Refused Surgery, Forcing Him to Wear Colostomy Bag for Two Years, by Robert Haughn
47. Alabama DOC Terminates $1 Billion Contract with YesCare
48. Records Show Culture of Impunity Among Kentucky Prison Guards, by Jo Ellen Knott
49. Prisons in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula “in a Death Spiral” Due to Under-Staffing
50. Prison Policy Initiative Updates Its Mass Incarceration Report, by Michael Thompson
51. Texas Moves to Restrict Cashless Bond and Reverse Federal Court-Ordered Misdemeanor Bail Reform, by Matthew Clarke
52. Judge Denies New York Prison Chief’s Motion to be Dismissed from Case Related to Robert Brooks’ Murder, by Michael Thompson
53. Guaranteed Income Helps People Leaving Jail and Prison, and That Helps Everyone, by Aleks Kajstura
54. News in Brief

More from Chuck Sharman:

• Conviction Tossed for Former Alabama Prisoner Paroled After 42 Years, July 1, 2026
• SCOTUS Continues to Hack Away At First Step Act, July 1, 2026
• California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, July 1, 2026
• Alabama Barred from Executing Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia, July 1, 2026
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026
• $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, July 1, 2026
• BOP Ordered to Restart Gender Affirming Care for Trans Prisoners, July 1, 2026
• HRDC Wins Injunction to Halt New Mexico Prison Censorship, July 1, 2026
• California Pays $15,000 to State Prisoner Who Claimed He Was Targeted by Guards, June 1, 2026
• Alabama Prison Warden Reportedly Arrested and Walked Off Job, June 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Ohio Supreme Court Rules that Sheriff Did Not Violate Open Records Act and Declines to Award Damages to Prisoner, June 1, 2026. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• $112,500 Paid to Former New Mexico Prisoner Denied Public Records of Excessive Force by Guards, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Public Records Act, False Imprisonment.
• Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
• In Wake of Murders of Prisoners by Guards, New York Passes Legislation to Enhance Safety, Accountability and Training, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Security Systems, State Legislation, Statutes of Limitation and Laches.
• Arkansas Supreme Court Bows to Governor’s Board of Correction Takeover, June 1, 2026. Government Misconduct, Cost of Prison Systems, Settlements, State Legislation, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Idaho Moves Closer to Firing Squad Executions, May 1, 2026. Death Penalty, State Legislation, Method of Execution, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• HRDC Sues Colorado Jail for Prohibiting Dozens of Magazines and Books, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, Constitution, state, HRDC Litigation.
• Indiana DOC Found in Violation of State Public Records Act for Withholding Execution Drug Cost Information, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, First Amendment, Public Records Act, Interlocutory Appeals, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Idaho Struggles to Respond to Devasting Report of Widespread Prisoner Sex Abuse, April 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison Rape Elimination Act, State Legislation, Public Records Act.