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Archive: 2021
January
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Kentucky Consolidated Local Government Entitled to Sovereign Immunity
by David M. Reutter
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Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Suicide
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Tougher Than the Rest: No Criminal Justice Reform “Miracle” in Texas
by Marie Gottschalk
(p 1)
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North Carolina Prisoners at Deadliest Federal Prison File Suit on COVID-19 Response
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 20)
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Preliminary Studies: Black/Latino Populations Disproportionately Affected by COVID-19
by Douglas Ankney
(p 22)
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Sixth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Sheriff in Tennessee Prisoner’s Assault Case
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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North Carolina Cancer Patient Dies From COVID-19 After BOP Denies Compassionate Release and Sentencing Judge Rejects Appeal
by Derek Gilna
(p 24)
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Federal Lawsuit Claims Texas Jail Released Man When Medical Problems Became Too Much Trouble, Resulting in Coma
by Dale Chappell
(p 24)
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Pandemic Medical Update: The Latest on Vaccines and Prisoners
by Michael D. Cohen, MD
(p 26)
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Magic as Rehabilitation
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 28)
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CoreCivic Sued Over Prisoner Who Committed Suicide in Tennessee Prison
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
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California: Prisoner-Run Journalism Thrives with San Quentin News, Ear Hustle
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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In Prisons, the Press Also Yearns to Be Free
by Casey Bastian
(p 30)
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My Ankle Monitor Won’t Let Me Take Out The Garbage
by Eleanor Bader
(p 32)
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Tennessee Juvenile Murderer’s Sentence Commuted
by Edward Lyon
(p 33)
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How Jails Became a Breeding Ground for the Coronavirus
by Keith Sanders
(p 34)
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Charges Finally Announced 32 Months After South Carolina Prison Riot
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Alabama Court Allows Lawsuit Over Indigent Traffic Offenders Jailed for Not Paying Fines
by David Reutter
(p 38)
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Salt Lake County, Utah, Settles Federal Civil Rights Wrongful Death Claim for $950,000
by Derek Gilna
(p 38)
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Court Rejects Class Status for Nebraska Prisoners Facing Substandard Health Care
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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Urban Redo: Lorton, Virginia Prison Recreated as Liberty Village
by Kevin Bliss
(p 40)
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Seventh Circuit: Nurse’s Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Pain Negates Summary Judgment Grant
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in New York Prisoner’s Due Process Lawsuit
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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St. Louis, Missouri Guard Has History of Taser Abuse
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 43)
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South Florida: Jail Hotline Releases Report on Inadequate Health Care During Pandemic
by Saraana Jamraj
(p 44)
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Former Prisoners Making Less Than Minimum Wage Working for Nonprofit Doe Fund
by Dale Chappell
(p 44)
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Rapper Sues BOP Alleging Torture
by David Reutter
(p 45)
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Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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As Prison COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise, Washington State Supreme Court Looks Away
by Mark Wilson
(p 46)
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Over Half the Prisoners Test Positive for COVID-19 at Arizona Prison
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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Some Prisons Bear Names of Enslavers, Oppressors, Racists and Segregationists
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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Louisiana’s COVID-19 Prisoner Furlough Panel Next to Useless
by Edward Lyon
(p 50)
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New Book on Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
by Edward Lyon
(p 50)
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COVID-19 Hits Fairfax, Virginia Juvenile Detention Center
by Kevin Bliss
(p 51)
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Seventh Circuit Holds Illinois Prisoners Retain Fourth Amendment Rights to Bodily Privacy, Overruling Circuit Precedents
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Federal Class Action Settlement Aims to Eliminate Horrific Conditions at Santa Barbara, California Jails in Three Years
by Derek Gilna
(p 52)
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Almost Half of North Dakota Jail Tests Positive for COVID-19
by David Reutter
(p 53)
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Former Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Complaint Cures Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
by David Reutter
(p 54)
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U.S. Prisons Originally Designed to Prevent Spread of Disease Become Breeding Ground During Pandemic
by Edward Lyon
(p 54)
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Opioid Crisis in Canadian Prisons Needs to be Addressed
by Kevin Bliss
(p 55)
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Georgia Prisoners Lacked Food, Water, Leading to Melee
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 55)
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CoreCivic and Securus Technologies Agree to Pay $3.7 Million to Settle Suit for Illegally Recording Attorney-Client Conversations
by Douglas Ankney
(p 56)
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$2 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over N.Y. Prisoner Denied Emergency Eye Surgery Until She Went Blind
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Scottish Prisoners Issued Mobile Phones During Pandemic
by Kevin Bliss
(p 57)
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Private Health Care Services in County Jails Comes at High Price
by Kevin Bliss
(p 58)
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Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Prisoner Can Be Executed Despite Previous Botched Attempt
by Matthew Clarke
(p 59)
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Second Circuit: No Error in Blocking New York Parolee from Attending His Own Civil Rights Trial Against Prison Officials
by Matthew Clarke
(p 60)
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First Former Felon Elected to Washington State Legislature
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 60)
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Tennessee Prisons “Naughty” List Shows Prison Staff Often Bring in Contraband
by Edward Lyon
(p 61)
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As Millions Suffer, Congress Awards BOP $356 Million for New Kansas Prison
by Mark Wilson
(p 61)
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Alabama Guards Accused of Excessive Use of Force, Hospitalizing One Prisoner and Injuring Another
by Kevin Bliss
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 62)