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Archive: 2021
April
March
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Eighth Circuit Dismisses Hormone Therapy Suit as Moot When Arkansas Prison Officials
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Inside Trump and Barr’s Last-Minute Killing Spree
by Isaac Arnsdorf
(p 1)
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Sequel: Three Additional Federal Executions Before Trump Left Office
by Chad Marks
(p 8)
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Analysis: Federal Executions in Indiana Became ‘Super-Spreader’ Events
by Derek Gilna
(p 10)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
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California Prison System Fined $400,000 For Prisoner Transfers That Sparked Surge in COVID-19, Also Faulted For Easing Restrictions
by Edward Lyon
(p 12)
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COVID Pandemic: Medical Update
by Michael D. Cohen, MD
(p 14)
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Biden to Phase Out Privately-Run Federal Prisons; Critics Say Plan Too Timid
by Kevin Bliss
(p 16)
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Reuters Investigation: Lamentable Medical Care in Jails and Prisons Exposed During Pandemic
by Casey Bastian
(p 18)
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$300,000 Award for Illinois Prisoner in Sexual Assault Claim
by David Reutter
(p 19)
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Last-Minute DOJ Order Clears Way for Possible Return of Home Confinees to Prison
by Derek Gilna
(p 20)
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Second Circuit Upholds New York Prison Guards’ Federal Criminal Convictions for Assaulting Prisoner
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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Centurion Opts Out of Mississippi Prison Medical Contract
by David Reutter
(p 21)
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A Guide To Finding Housing After Incarceration
(p 22)
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New Surge of COVID Is Spreading “Like Wildfire” in Illinois Prisons
by Brian Dolinar
(p 26)
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Arizona Grandmother Sues After Being Jailed and Forced to Drink From Toilet
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
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Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania County Over Prisoner’s Death in Restraint Chair Settled for $3 Million
by Matthew Clarke
(p 28)
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Audits Reveals Problems With Privatized Food Service at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 30)
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Essay: What Spurred the Rise in Mass Solitary Confinement
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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Report: Video Courtroom Proceedings Have Negative Impact on Fairness and Access to Justice
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
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No Sentence Reduction for Former Pennsylvania Judge Who Was Caging Kids for Kickback Cash
by Matthew Clarke
(p 32)
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Federal Court Orders Body Cams Be Worn by Guards in Effort to Stop Abuse of Disabled at California Prison
by Douglas Ankney
(p 34)
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New Mexico Lawyer Fights to End Solitary Confinement
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 34)
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Arizona Supreme Court Overturns Decision Allowing Special Master to Review Recordings of Jail Phone Calls to Attorney Alleged to be Privileged
by Matthew Clarke
(p 36)
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COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Founding of Congressional BOP Reform Caucus
by Anthony Accurso
(p 36)
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Greedo Still Influencing From Texas Prison
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 38)
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Federal Judge Dismisses Arizona Woman’s Wrongful Conviction Suit
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 38)
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Victim Compensation and Restorative Justice as Alternatives to Sentencing Enhancements for Hate Crimes
by Douglas Ankney
(p 40)
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Private Medical Contractor Wellpath Pays $4.5 Million in Death of Mentally Ill Jail Detainee After Judge Finds It Destroyed Evidence
by Douglas Ankney
(p 40)
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Nearly Killed by Dehumanizing Culture of Indifference, Oregon Prisoner Sues for $975,000
by Mark Wilson
(p 42)
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Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Florida Prisoner Accused of Assaulting Guard After Video Surfaces
by Kevin Bliss
(p 42)
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ICE Detention Facility Deaths Now Highest Since 2005
by Kevin Bliss
(p 44)
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Pay-to-Stay Fees Impoverish Prisoners, Increase Recidivism
by Kevin Bliss
(p 44)
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Prisoner Art on Display in New York City Exhibition
by Edward Lyon
(p 46)
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Pardoned Nevada Bank Robber’s Story Creates Hope for Prisoners
by Casey Bastian
(p 46)
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CoreCivic Faces Liability for Wiretap Act Violations in Nevada Case
by David Reutter
(p 47)
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Mentally Ill Oregon Prisoner’s “Needless & Preventable” Death From Flu Complications Nets Record $3 Million Settlement
by Mark Wilson
(p 48)
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Sixth Circuit Orders Michigan District Court to Review Prisoner’s Plea for Compassionate Release
by David Reutter
(p 49)
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Mass Incarceration Fueling Spread of COVID-19 in Local Communities
by Keith Sanders
(p 50)
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California Starts Phase-Out of Most State Juvenile Prisons, but Loophole Allows Two to Remain Open
by Douglas Ankney
(p 50)
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Nevada Reduces Share of Prisoners’ Money That Can be Taken for Restitution
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 52)
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Ohio Supreme Court Orders Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to Revise Calculation of Prisoner’s Sentence
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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California Sheriff Hid Number of Deaths in Sacramento County Jails
by Kevin Bliss
(p 53)
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As Prisoners Die, Washington Officials Resist Reform
by Mark Wilson
(p 54)
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Prisoners Can Challenge Deductions Taken From Their Accounts
by David Reutter
(p 56)
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California’s San Quentin and Folsom Prisons Hardest-Hit by COVID-19
by Edward Lyon
(p 56)
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Mississippi Department of Corrections Lifts Smoking Ban at its Prisons
by Keith Sanders
(p 57)
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Second Circuit Court of Appeals Partly Overturns New York District Court, Allows Prisoner’s PREA Violations Claims to Proceed
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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Minnesota Counties Pay Out More Than $10 Million For Prison and Jail Settlements
by Kevin Bliss
(p 58)
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Data: Families of Arizona Prison Guards Suffer High Rates of Domestic Violence
by Edward Lyon
(p 59)
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Federal Court Finds Missouri Parole System Unconstitutional
by Dale Chappell
(p 60)
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New Allegations of Abuse and Sexual Assault at Edna Mahan Women’s Prison in New Jersey
by Kevin Bliss
(p 60)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
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Successive Corruption Scandal Rocks Mississippi Prison System
by Edward Lyon
(p 62)
February
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Virginia Court of Appeals Upholds Lifetime Probation With Bar on Personal Internet Use in Response to Sex Offender’s Probation Violation
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The Way Prisoners Flag Guard Abuse, Inadequate Health Care and Unsanitary Conditions Is Broken
by Shannon Heffernan
(p 1)
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Collateral Consequences of Mass Incarceration
by Edward Lyon
(p 8)
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New York Parole System Badly in Need of Repair
by Kevin Bliss
(p 10)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Pandemic Update: News on Vaccines and Prison and Jail Staffing
by Michael D. Cohen, MD
(p 12)
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Urgent Need for Vaccine Administration in Prisons, Jails and Detention Centers
by Maya Chaudhuri, Aaron Littman, Sharon Dolovich
(p 14)
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Almost 300,000 Fell Ill and 2,000 Died from COVID-19 in U.S. Jails, Prisons
by Derek Gilna
(p 18)
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California Loses Round in Legal Fight to Deny Parole Based on Gang Affiliation
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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Was Indiana Women’s Prison Willfully Ignorant About COVID-19 Numbers?
by Matthew Clarke
(p 21)
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How a Private Prison Company’s Defamation Suit Against One of Its Critics Backfired
by Madison Pauley
(p 22)
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After $625,000 Settlement, Oregon Deputy Charged in Assault of Prisoner
by Mark Wilson
(p 24)
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Pinellas County, Florida Sheriff’s Office Sued in Federal Court for Treatment of Transgender Prisoner
by Derek Gilna
(p 25)
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Federal Judge Slaps ICE, GEO Group Over “Abominable Performance” and Officials Who Lied During Testimony
by David Reutter
(p 26)
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No Summary Judgment on Oregon Prisoner’s Retaliatory Termination Claim
by Mark Wilson
(p 27)
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Missouri Prisoner Pleaded for Release Before Dying of COVID-19
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 28)
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Minnesota State and Federal Prisoners COVID Case Surge Sparks ACLU Lawsuit
by Derek Gilna
(p 28)
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Ninth Circuit Finds California Prisoner’s Administrative Remedies Effectively Unavailable
by Mark Wilson
(p 29)
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Fourth Circuit Holds Prisoner’s Indefinite Period of Solitary Confinement at Virginia Supermax May Amount to Atypical and Significant Hardship
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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Federal Educational Aid Restored for State and Federal Prisoners
by Dale Chappell
(p 30)
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COVID-19: What Texas Must Do to Save Prisoners’ Lives
by Edward Lyon
(p 32)
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Progress Made in Fight Against Prison Gerrymandering But Battle Continues
by Douglas Ankney
(p 32)
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Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit
by Mark Wilson
(p 33)
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New Details Emerge on Senseless Death in a Milwaukee, Wisconsin Jail
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 34)
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Minnesota Prison Guard Fired for Excessive Force After Brawl Linked to Floyd Protests
by Anthony Accurso
(p 34)
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Justice Department Report Documents Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center’s Poor Response to COVID-19 Crisis
by Kevin Bliss
(p 36)
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$1.1 Million Settlement in Kentucky Jail Sex Abuse Suit
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Global Tel*Link Hit with Sanctions For Discovery Violations in Georgia Prison Call Class Action
by Derek Gilna
(p 38)
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Federal Judge in Georgia Grants Class Action Status to Prisoners’ Suit Against Global Tel*Link
(p 38)
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Private Prison Companies Face Stock Crash, Credit Crunch
by Matthew Clarke
(p 40)
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Fourth Circuit: ADA Relief Claims Improperly Dismissed in Virginia
by Mark Wilson
(p 40)
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Former BOP Director Norman Carlson, Who Developed Supermax Model, Dies at 86
by Kevin Bliss
(p 42)
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Arizona Pays Prisoners Pennies on the Dollar to Fight Fires, All in the Name of Saving Money
by Dale Chappell
(p 42)
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Mellon Foundation to Provide $5.25 Million in Program to Distribute Books to Prisoners
by Douglas Ankney
(p 43)
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ICE Refused Help in Containing Coronavirus in New Mexico Detention Centers
by Kevin Bliss
(p 44)
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Experts Find “Deplorable” Conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
by David Reutter
(p 44)
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Pennsylvania Correctional Emergency Response Teams Face New Scrutiny in “Noose” Controversy
by Derek Gilna
(p 46)
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Troubled Ohio Jail Faces Two More Lawsuits
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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New Mexico Corrections Pays $1.4 Million to Settle Whistleblower Complaint Alleging Retaliation for Exposing Deficiencies in Corizon Medical Care
by Douglas Ankney
(p 48)
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Child Sexual Abuse: It’s Never Too Late to Speak Out
by Darrell Cochran
(p 48)
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No-Show Prison Workers Cost Mississippi Taxpayers Millions
by Alysia Santo, Joseph Neff
(p 50)
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Ninth Circuit Holds Intermediate Scrutiny Applies in Challenges to Facially Discriminatory Prison Regulations
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Overtime Payouts in California Prison System Approach $500 Million
by Daniel A. Rosen
(p 53)
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Florida State Prisons Scrub Key COVID Data From Website, Obscuring Magnitude of Inmate Deaths and Infections
by Laura Cassels
(p 54)
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Idaho Supreme Court Holds Prisoners Have No Right to Paid or Unpaid Employment
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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Legislative Exemption Let Fired Alaska Cop Be Rehired as Jailer
by Edward Lyon
(p 55)
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NY Federal Court Denies Summary Judgment on Claims of Improper Medication Seizure, Evidence Fabrication, Improper Frisk During Prison Visit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Prisoners Paid $2 Per Hour to Move COVID-19 Corpses in El Paso, Texas
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Minnesota Man Out of Prison After Being Exonerated of Murder
by Edward Lyon
(p 57)
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$4.65 Million Settlement for Florida Female Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Beating by Guards
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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Federal Court Again Orders California DOC to Remedy Continuing ADA Violations
by Derek Gilna
(p 58)
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Decline in South Dakota State Prisoners Not Due to COVID
by Edward Lyon
(p 59)
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DOJ Report: Carceral Population Falls, 2017-2018
by Matthew Clarke
(p 60)
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COVID-19: The Politics of Prisoner Vaccination
by Kevin Bliss
(p 60)
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Sixth Circuit Affirms Tennessee DOC’s Hepatitis C Treatment Due to Lack of Funds
by David Reutter
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
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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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 20)
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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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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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Urban Redo: Lorton, Virginia Prison Recreated as Liberty Village
by Kevin Bliss
(p 40)
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Court Rejects Class Status for Nebraska Prisoners Facing Substandard Health Care
by David Reutter
(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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As Prison COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Rise, Washington State Supreme Court Looks Away
by Mark Wilson
(p 46)
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Montana Supreme Court: Jail’s Blanket Strip Search Policy Violates Law
by Matthew Clarke
(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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New Book on Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration
by Edward Lyon
(p 50)
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Louisiana’s COVID-19 Prisoner Furlough Panel Next to Useless
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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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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Seventh Circuit Holds Illinois Prisoners Retain Fourth Amendment Rights to Bodily Privacy, Overruling Circuit Precedents
by Matthew Clarke
(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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U.S. Prisons Originally Designed to Prevent Spread of Disease Become Breeding Ground During Pandemic
by Edward Lyon
(p 54)
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Former Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Complaint Cures Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
by David Reutter
(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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News in Brief
(p 62)
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Alabama Guards Accused of Excessive Use of Force, Hospitalizing One Prisoner and Injuring Another
by Kevin Bliss
(p 62)