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Archive: 2023

December

• Former Oregon Prison Nurse Gets 30 Years for Raping Prisoners by Mark Wilson (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Illinois Program a “Lifeline for Incarcerated Moms and Their Kids” (p 11)
• Civil Commitment: A Shadowy Limbo of Detainment that is Neither Safe, Fair nor Therapeutic (p 12)
• California Court of Appeal Reinstates Lawsuit by San Quentin Prisoner Over Botched Transfer That Sparked COVID-19 Outbreak by Matthew Clarke (p 14)
• Wexford Handbook Warns That Illinois Prisoners “Can Be Very Manipulative” (p 15)
• The Surreal Prison Censorship Regime by Dylan Jeffrey (p 16)
• Vermont Supreme Court Provides Prisoner No Relief for Denial of Earned-Time Credits (p 19)
• “Missing” Texas Prisoner Prompts Lockdown by David Reutter (p 19)
• North Carolina Supreme Court Affirms Class Certification Denial in Prisoners’ Challenge to Solitary Confinement (p 20)
• Less is More Act Cuts Parole Population by 40% in New York (p 20)
• Indiana Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim for $4,500 (p 22)
• Ohio Supreme Court Grants Prisoner’s Mother Names of Fellow Prisoners Who Attacked Him by Douglas Ankney (p 23)
• $40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained (p 24)
• $26,500 in Settlements in Former California Prisoner’s Retaliation Lawsuits by David Reutter (p 25)
• $100,000 Settlement Reached With Corizon Health for Failure to Provide Arizona Prisoner Eye Care (p 26)
• NaphCare Nurse Faces Liability in Ohio Detainee’s Death from Sickle Cell Disease by David Reutter (p 27)
• Nebraska Watchdog Calls Use of Force Against Mentally Ill Prisoner Excessive and Unnecessary (p 28)
• North Carolina Jail Deaths Double in 6 Years (p 29)
• Proposed Law Targets Medical Neglect in Federal Prisons (p 31)
• $20,000 Paid to Florida Prisoner After Eleventh Circuit Finds PLRA Inapplicable to Claims DOC Removed to Federal Court by David Reutter (p 32)
• Tennessee Extends CoreCivic Contract Despite Deaths, Almost $18 Million in Fines (p 34)
• No Compassionate Release for Bank Robber Turned Angel of Mercy at North Carolina BOP Lockup (p 35)
• In Suit Over Moldy Cells Causing Fungal Infection, Illinois Warden Denied Summary Judgment Wins Anyway by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• Nebraska Supreme Court Affirms Sheriff’s Misconduct Conviction (p 37)
• Watchdog Report Attempts to Prove Epstein Suicide (p 38)
• New York Adding Names to Tombstones of Dead Prisoners (p 38)
• COVID-19 Consent Decree Terminated at Florida’s Broward County Jail by David Reutter (p 39)
• After SCOTUS Resolves Circuit Split, Maryland Guard Loses Appeal to Prisoner’s $700,000 Verdict by David Reutter (p 40)
• The Economist Calls for More Alternatives to Incarceration (p 41)
• Fifth Circuit: 12-Hour Delay in Treating Texas Prisoner’s Stroke Wasn’t Deliberate Indifference by David Reutter (p 42)
• Seventh Circuit Revives Indiana Prisoner’s Claim Over Dismissed Grievance by David Reutter (p 43)
• New York State Struggles to Hold Prison Guards Accountable for Abuse (p 44)
• Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner’s Dismissed Complaint Doesn’t Count as a “Strike” by David Reutter (p 47)
• Condemned Louisiana Prisoners Lose Bid for Clemency Hearings (p 48)
• Report Details “Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline” for Young Women (p 50)
• DeSantis Axes Florida Criminal Justice Reform (p 50)
• Last Maine Parolee Released (p 51)
• After Winning $15,000 Settlement, California Trans Prisoner Forces CDCR to Replace Missing Trust Account Deposits by Douglas Ankney (p 52)
• “Fuck Him, He Can Freeze”: Pennsylvania Detainee’s Death Detailed in Suit Against PrimeCare (p 54)
• Compensation Awarded to California Non-Profit and HRDC Officials for Efforts Reducing Prison Phone Rates (p 55)
• Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against NaphCare for Wrongful Death of Atlanta Jail Detainee by Douglas Ankney (p 56)
• U.S. Prison and Jail Population On the Rise (p 57)
• Class Certified in Suit Alleging Overuse of Solitary Confinement in New York Prisons by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned for 26 Years, Chicago Brothers Sue Cop Who Framed Them (p 59)
• New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit Survives Seeking to Validate the Nation of Gods and Earth as a Religion by David Reutter (p 60)
• Wife of “El Chapo” Released from U.S. Prison, Son Extradited (p 61)
• 37 Mississippi Prison Gang Members, Accomplices Convicted in Massive Conspiracy (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)

November

• Prison Walls No Barrier to America’s Deadly Opioid Crisis by Douglas Ankney (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• North Carolina Prisoner Recovers $500 for Injuries in Shower Slip and Fall (p 9)
• DOJ Reaches Consent Decree with New Jersey Jail to Improve Mental Health Care by David Reutter (p 9)
• Suit Against Delaware DOC Advances With 39 Prisoner Plaintiffs and 40 Defendants by David Reutter (p 11)
• Defining ‘Carceral Deference’ by David Reutter (p 12)
• Ohio Supreme Court Awards Prisoner $700 From Sheriff Who Failed to Comply with Public Records Request by Douglas Ankney (p 13)
• U.S. Probation System a “Quagmire” That Sets Defendants Up to Fail (p 14)
• $12,000 Paid to California Prisoner Denied Back Surgery Despite Doctor’s Recommendation (p 15)
• The Gun of Incarceration by Cristian Farias (p 16)
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Arkansas Guard Accused of Provoking One Prisoner to Attack Another by Douglas Ankney (p 18)
• Arizona Governor Creates Independent Prison Oversight Commission by Douglas Ankney (p 19)
• When Prison Workers Are Exploited for Cheap Sheets (p 20)
• Almost $2.4 Million in Settlements For Seven Suicides at New Jersey Jail by David Reutter (p 22)
• California Bail Bondsman Accused of Faking Captures to Bilk Courts (p 24)
• Report: “Mass Supervision” Driving Mass Incarceration (p 25)
• High Profile Escapes from Two Pennsylvania Jails Blamed on Staffing and Infrastructure Problems (p 26)
• HRDC Wins Motion to Compel North Carolina Prison Officials to Answer for Censorship Policy (p 27)
• New York Succeeds in Firing Fewer Than 10% of Guards Accused of Prisoner Abuse (p 28)
• Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim (p 29)
• St. Louis City Jails Director Under Fire, County Jail Director Leaves After Nearly $2.7 Million in Legal Payouts by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 31)
• Condemned Arizona Prisoner Reprieved by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 32)
• Fourth Circuit: Dismissal of South Carolina Prisoner’s Complaint Cannot Prematurely Be Called a “Strike” Under PLRA by Douglas Ankney (p 33)
• Ohio Prisoner’s Suit Claims Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Released in Train Derailment (p 34)
• After Spate of Deaths, Vermont Contracts Prisoner Healthcare to Wellpath – Again (p 34)
• Minnesota Makes All Calls Free in Prisons and Jails (p 35)
• Connecticut Lawmakers Punt on Limiting Prison Strip Searches by David Reutter (p 36)
• DNA Matches Dead Australian to Nebraska Prisoner Who Escaped 56 Years Ago (p 37)
• Two-Week Texas Prison Lockdown Ends With Puny Contraband Haul (p 38)
• South Carolina DOC Investigates Jail After 30 Detainee Injuries, Two Escapes and Five Guard Arrests (p 39)
• Deadline Looms for Payouts Under California’s Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program (p 40)
• Tennessee Private Prison Gets State’s First LGBTQ+ Group (p 41)
• While Federal Prisoners Died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, BOP Staff Used Up Vaccine Allotment on Themselves (p 41)
• Ninth Circuit Revives Former Nevada Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Sentence Credit (p 42)
• Number Held in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons and Jails Tops 122,000 (p 43)
• Nine Memphis Jailers Indicted in Death of Psychotic Detainee (p 44)
• Alabama Prison Conditions Continue to Worsen as DOJ Trial Looms (p 46)
• Washington Kills the Death Penalty – Again (p 48)
• South Carolina Supreme Court Denies Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting Visitors to People He Knew Before Incarceration by Douglas Ankney (p 50)
• Seven Deaths in Seven Months at Dayton Jail (p 50)
• Alabama Sheriff Loses Appeal to Theft and Ethics Conviction (p 51)
• No Hearing Required for Emergency Dose of Antipsychotic Medication for Mississippi Prisoner by David Reutter (p 52)
• Women Behind Bars, by the Numbers (p 53)
• CDCR Facing Daily Fines in 33-Year-Old Suit Over Deficient Mental Health Care (p 54)
• SCOTUS Lets Ohio Detainee’s Suit Die Over Incarceration for Parodied Police Facebook Page (p 55)
• Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner Who Dismissed Complaint Cannot Be Assessed a “Strike” Under PLRA by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• $1.05 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Appendix Rupture by David Reutter (p 58)
• $24 Million for Motorist Detained and Killed by California Highway Patrol (p 59)
• Fourth Circuit Rebuffs Federal Prisoner’s Attempt to Expand Bivens in North Carolina by David Reutter (p 60)
• Imprisoned Putin Critic Claims He’s Subjected to “Re-Education” (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)

October

• Breaking the Cycle of Understaffing, Lockdowns and Increased Violence in Prisons by David Reutter (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Wexford Faces Liability for Indiana Prisoner’s Delayed Specialist Referral by David Reutter (p 11)
• After Ninth Circuit Refuses to Compel Arbitration, National Class Certified in HRDC’s Challenge to Jail and Prison Debit Card Fees by Mark Wilson (p 12)
• Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State (p 13)
• $110,000 Paid By Tennessee Jail to Women Allegedly Forced to Stage “Sex Shows” for Guard (p 14)
• Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter (p 14)
• $1 Million Settlement for California Prisoners Used to Bait Guard Charged with Sexual Misconduct (p 15)
• $30,000 Paid by Pennsylvania to Prisoner Who Alleged Guards Beat and Tortured Him by Douglas Ankney (p 16)
• Louisiana Prison Guard Helps Pregnant Prisoner and Learns That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (p 18)
• Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Knee Surgery Delayed 29 Months by Mark Wilson (p 18)
• Number Held in U.S. Prisons and Jails Dipped in Pandemic’s Second Year by Douglas Ankney (p 19)
• $1.25 Million Settlement for California Jail Prisoner’s Loss of Limbs by David Reutter (p 20)
• 46 Honduran Prisoners Massacred in Their Cells (p 20)
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit, Finding Grievance Procedure Availability an Open Question by Mark Wilson (p 22)
• COVID-19 Increased Racial Disparities in Prisons and Jails (p 23)
• Court Orders Preliminary Injunctive Relief for Transgender Massachusetts Prisoners by Douglas Ankney (p 24)
• Guantanamo Bay Detainees Subjected to Forced Rectal Feeding and Hydration by Eike Blohm, MD (p 25)
• Wrongly Imprisoned for Killing Oregon Prison Director, Frank Gable Finally Fully Freed (p 26)
• Naphcare’s Lack of Care Leads to $26.75 Million Verdict for Washington Jail Death (p 27)
• $2,060,000 Awarded to Former New York Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Assault by Guards by Douglas Ankney (p 28)
• Ex-felons on Parole and Probation Now Allowed to Vote in Minnesota (p 29)
• How Corporations Turned Prison Tablets Into a Predatory Scheme by Derick McCarthy, Ruqaiyah Zarook, Tommaso Bardelli (p 31)
• The Almost Unknown Turkey Bowl and Black Sheep by Douglas Ankney (p 34)
• Report Finds Prison a Factor in Falling U.S. Life Expectancy (p 34)
• Third Prisoner Dies in 2023 at California’s New Folsom Prison (p 35)
• Virginia Prisoner Wins Habeas Release on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim by Douglas Ankney (p 36)
• Settlement Reached Over COVID-19 Measures, Home Confinement Releases at FCC Lompoc (p 39)
• CoreCivic Fails to Defeat California’s Anti-SLAPP Law at Ninth Circuit, Must Pay $45,630 in Attorney Fees (p 40)
• New York Jailhouse Lawyer Wins Resentencing, Release by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 40)
• Colorado One of Four States Making Phone Calls Free for Prisoners (p 41)
• Sixth Circuit Revives Blind Tennessee Prisoner’s Suit Against DOC and CoreCivic (p 42)
• $1.85 Million Approved for Tampa Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 37 Years (p 43)
• Suit Against Pennsylvania Jail and Controversial Trainer Down to Just Two Plaintiffs (p 44)
• Almost $1.1 Million Awarded to One-Legged Pretrial Detainee Forced to Hop to California Jail Cell by David Reutter (p 46)
• Florida Solitary Confinement Lawsuit Dismissed by David Reutter (p 47)
• Former BOP Guard Gets Light Sentence for COVID-19 Fraud by Douglas Ankney (p 47)
• Citing Improvements at Mississippi State Prison at Parchman, Rappers Drop Suit by Douglas Ankney (p 48)
• Academics Find Prisoners Denied Access to Public Information by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Settlement Includes $78,000 in Damages Against Minnesota DOC for ADA Violations (p 49)
• 400 Prisoners Relocated After Fire at Texas State Penitentiary (p 51)
• Texas Death Row Prisoners Challenge Blanket Policy of Automatic Solitary Confinement by Douglas Ankney (p 52)
• Colorado Lawmakers Shut Down Sheriff’s Participation in ICE 287(g) Program (p 53)
• Prisoner Health Update: Hemorrhoids by Eike Blohm, MD (p 54)
• JPay Denied Motion to Compel Arbitration in Suit Over Debit Release Cards (p 54)
• Despite Prior Settlement Agreement, Sick Michigan Prisoners Still Forced to Wait for Medication in Cold and Rain by Douglas Ankney (p 56)
• Nearly 5,000 Sexual Victimizations Counted in Three Years in U.S. Prisons and Jails by Douglas Ankney (p 58)
• $3.25 Million Settlement Reached With Defendants Jailed in Missouri “Debtor’s Prison” for Unpaid Fines, Fees by Matthew Clarke (p 59)
• $2.125 Million Paid So Far for Virginia Prisoner’s Death from Treatable Aneurism by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• San Francisco Jail First in Nation to Provide Detainees Tablets With Totally Free Content (p 61)
• Utah Prisoner Blows Whistle on Abuse of Federal Grants, Leading to $1.55 Million Settlement – And New Law Restricting Prisoner Records Requests (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)

September

• “Frozen in Solitude’’: Heat-Sensitive Texas Prisoners Get More Than Air Conditioning Locked Inside Former Segregation Cells by Matthew Clarke (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Four Hawaii Prison Guards Sentenced for Beating Prisoner – But One Wins Back-Pay by David Reutter (p 11)
• Sheriffs Offered Caribbean Cruises and Florida Retreats As Part Of Jail Telecom Contracts by Hayden Betts (p 12)
• $1 Million Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Suicide in Washington Jail by David Reutter (p 14)
• Arkansas Parole Board Denies Release to Sex Offender For Failure to Find Appropriate Housing by David Reutter (p 15)
• The Lecturer at the Lockup: Maine Prisoner Is First to Teach College Courses from His Cell (p 15)
• Unyielding Pursuit of Justice or Unfulfilled Promises: Doubts Surround California Habeas Attorney (p 16)
• After $300,000 Settlement for Detainee’s Death, Texas County Looks to Replace Jail (p 17)
• LGBTQ+ Detainees at Rikers Island Suffer Under Mayor Adams by Kevin Bliss (p 18)
• $8.25 Million Verdict Against Former Colorado Sheriff for Detainee’s Sexual Assault During Jail Transfer by Matthew Clarke (p 19)
• Life Sentence for Alabama Jail Escapee After Suicide of Guard Lover Who Helped Him by Chuck Sharman (p 19)
• Calls for California Sheriff’s Department Oversight After Jail Deaths, $30,000 Settlement for Botched Traffic Stop (p 20)
• Innovative Brazilian Prison Claims “Here the Man Enters, the Crime Stays Outside” (p 22)
• Oregon Parole Hearing Exclusion Rule Invalidated by David Reutter (p 23)
• U.S. Marshals Pull Out of Virginia Jail After Two Escapes in One Day (p 24)
• Government Watchdog Adds BOP to List at “High Risk” of Mismanagement by Kevin Bliss (p 25)
• BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death (p 25)
• Washington Supreme Court: Requiring Certificate of Merit for Medical Malpractice Suits Held Invalid (p 26)
• Four Deaths in Seven Weeks at Pennsylvania Prison (p 27)
• Two Dead and $4.675 Million Paid After Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct in California’s Sonoma County by Casey Bastian (p 28)
• Congress Forces BOP to Upgrade Security Cameras by Mark Wilson (p 29)
• Prisoner Health Update: Over-the-Counter Medications by Eike Blohm, MD (p 31)
• San Diego County Pays $4.35 Million After Jail Guards Failed to Stop Detainee From Blinding Herself by David Reutter (p 32)
• New York Prison System Found Liable for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Assault (p 33)
• Insider Trading Charges Dropped Against JPay Founder by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Prison Ministry Sues Indiana Jail Over Book Ban (p 34)
• Five Years After Limiting Personal Visits and Banning Mail, Drug Use Worse in Pennsylvania Prisons (p 35)
• At Massive and Corrupt Philippine Prison, Contraband Includes Jacuzzis and Horses by Kevin Bliss (p 36)
• FBI Crime Report Lacking Data from Police Agencies Serving 25 Percent of U.S. Population (p 36)
• Incarceration Increases Death Risk for Cancer Patients (p 37)
• $120,000 Paid to Muslim Detainees for Discrimination by Maryland Jail by David Reutter (p 38)
• Oregon Will Hold Release Hearings for 73 Prisoners Sentenced to LWOP as Juveniles by Mark Wilson (p 39)
• Federal Watchdog Finds BOP Staffing, Maintenance in Crisis (p 40)
• Senators Slam “Egregious” Prisoner Sexual Abuse by BOP Employees by Mark Wilson (p 40)
• Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders by Mark Wilson (p 42)
• Former BOP Employees Guilty of Assaulting a Prisoner and Taking Bribes at Troubled Federal Prison in Massachusetts (p 43)
• Second Circuit Affirms $600,000 Punitive Damage Award to New York Prisoner Brutally Beaten by Guards by Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• “Be Christian or Be Penalized”: After Fourth Circuit Revives Muslim Prisoner’s Challenge, Virginia Jail Settles Suit for $30,000 by Douglas Ankney (p 46)
• Aramark Sparks Nevada Prison Hunger Strike by Mark Wilson (p 46)
• HRDC Granted Injunction to End Censorship in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter (p 48)
• $50,002 Jury Award to Illinois Prisoner Retaliated Against for Daughter’s Facebook Posts by David Reutter (p 48)
• As e-Messaging Takes Off in U.S. Prisons, Complaints Over Service and Costs Multiply by David Reutter (p 50)
• California Guard Charged with Raping 22 Prisoners (p 53)
• Maryland Sheriff Charged with Illegally Procuring Machine Guns from ATF by Kevin Bliss (p 53)
• Nevada Pays $75,000 for Religious Discrimination Claims of Prisoners in Episcopal and The Way Faith Groups by David Reutter (p 54)
• California Supreme Court Remands Guards’ Overturned Murder Convictions In Detainee Death At Santa Clara County Jail (p 55)
• Former Connecticut Prisoner’s Challenge Proceeds Against “Pay-to-Stay” Fees (p 56)
• Alabama Denies Parole to 90% of Eligible Prisoners (p 56)
• No Summary Judgment for Private Transportation Company in Maryland Detainee’s Suit Alleging “Horrific” 2,000-Mile Journey by Keith Sanders (p 57)
• $5,000 Settlement for Warrantless Search of Pro Se North Carolina Prisoner’s Cellphone by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Challenge Survives to Maryland County’s Cash Bond Program by David Reutter (p 59)
• Oregon Governor Commutes All Death Sentences by Mark Wilson (p 60)
• Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails (p 60)
• Voting Rights Restoration for Virginia Ex-Felons Once Again Subject to Governor’s Whim by Kevin Bliss (p 61)
• Solitary Confinement is a Catch-22 for Colorado Prisoners and a “Moral Injury” for Mental Health Workers (p 62)
• Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing USA Gymnasts Is Stabbed in Prison Cell (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Exasperated Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction to Arizona DOC in Healthcare Class-Action by Matthew Clarke (p 63)

August

• Soaring Number of Detainee Deaths Spotlights Ongoing Crisis at Harris County Jail by Douglas Ankney (p 1)
• Alabama Guards Still Harming Prisoners, Overcrowding Set to Increase as Governor Slashes “Good Time” by Chuck Sharman, Jo Ellen Nott (p 10)
• Prolonged COVID-19 Visitation Restrictions Net Georgia Jails Over $1.5 Million in Telecom Kickbacks by Jordan Arizmendi (p 12)
• Atlanta Federal Prison Gets Another Reboot by Chuck Sharman (p 12)
• Protest Damages Massachusetts Jail that Sheriff Wants to Update by Jo Ellen Nott (p 13)
• Third Circuit Revives Forced-Labor Claims of Jailed Pennsylvania Child Support Debtors by Matthew Clarke (p 14)
• BOP Closes Deadliest Unit by Chuck Sharman (p 16)
• Biden Commutes 31 Federal Drug Sentences by Jordan Arizmendi (p 16)
• Fourth Circuit Revives Virginia Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting His Religious Headwear by Douglas Ankney (p 17)
• Ohio Governor Reprieves Three Condemned Prisoners by Chuck Sharman (p 19)
• Flooding Causes Evacuation of 1,075 Detainees from California Jail by Jordan Arizmendi (p 20)
• Connecticut GOP Lawmakers Force Governor to Replace Pardon Board Chair, Stopping All Commutation Hearings by Jordan Arizmendi (p 20)
• California College Offers Housing, Services to Formally Incarcerated Students by Keith Sanders (p 22)
• SCOTUS Orders Last-Minute Stay of Execution for Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip (p 23)
• Prison Looks Different for Two Celebrity Women by Jordan Arizmendi (p 24)
• Alabama Prisoner’s Family Sues Over Allegedly Botched Execution by Chuck Sharman (p 25)
• Vermont Sheriff Locked Out of National Crime Database, Facing Impeachment by Chuck Sharman (p 26)
• Arizona Prisoner Released from Death Row by Chuck Sharman (p 27)
• Executive Inaction: States and Federal Government Fail to Use Commutations as a Release Mechanism by Katie Rose Quandt, Naila Awan (p 28)
• Senators Spank DOJ for Failure to Implement Death-in-Custody Reporting Act (p 33)
• Former Prisoner Uses “Look Back” Window to Sue for Sexual Abuse at Shuttered New York Prison by David Reutter (p 34)
• Corizon Executes “Texas Two-Step,” Spinning Off Debt Into Bankrupt New Firm to Avoid Paying Creditors and Lawsuit Winners by Matthew Clarke (p 35)
• Missouri Legalizes Marijuana and Expunges Criminal Records by David Reutter (p 37)
• Third Circuit Reinstates Claim by Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania that Guards Prevented Daily Muslim Prayers by Matthew Clarke (p 37)
• Life Sentence for Alabama Jail Escapee After Suicide of Guard Lover Who Helped Him by Chuck Sharman (p 39)
• Washington State Initiative to Expand Jail Ballot Access Faces Local Pushback by David Reutter (p 40)
• Cuyahoga County Sheriff Stripped of Jail Commissary Control After $500,000 in Inventory Goes Missing by David Reutter (p 40)
• Prison Profiteer Who Chairs Christian Seminary Board Called Not Very ‘Christlike’ by Kevin Bliss (p 41)
• Corizon Bankruptcy Stalls Suit By Alleged Rape Victims of Rikers Island Guard by Chuck Sharman (p 42)
• Menstruation Weaponized Against Women in Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 43)
• DOJ Finds Louisiana ‘Deliberately Indifferent’ to Prisoners Incarcerated Long Past Their Release Dates by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• Seventh Circuit: Cook County Jail Grievance Procedure An “Incomprehensible Trap” by Douglas Ankney (p 46)
• Prisoner Health Update: HIV by Eike Blohm, MD (p 48)
• Ninth Circuit Affirms Expanded Relief for Disabled California Prisoners in Long-Running Class Action by David Reutter (p 50)
• Idaho Revives Firing Squads by Kevin Bliss (p 51)
• $82 Million For Detainee Death in Oklahoma Jail is “Largest Civil Rights Death Claim in U.S. History” by Matthew Clarke (p 51)
• SCOTUS Overrules Arizona Supreme Court, Allows Death Row Prisoner to Proceed With State Habeas Action by Matthew Clarke (p 53)
• $30,000 Paid by Michigan to Prisoner Wrongfully Classified as Sex Offender by David Reutter (p 54)
• Fifth Circuit Kills Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Whose Release Dates Were Incorrectly Calculated by David M. Reutter (p 55)
• New Report Pats BOP on the Back for Addressing Problems With Restrictive Housing, PREA by Keith Sanders (p 56)
• Former Illinois Guards Sentenced for Prisoner’s Fatal Beating by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 56)
• Fourth Circuit: Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Making Rehabilitation Act Claim Must Exhaust Both BOP Grievance Process and Justice Department’s EEO Complaint Process by David Reutter (p 57)
• Missouri Prisoner Illegally Condemned by Illiterate Juror Executed Anyway by Chuck Sharman (p 58)
• Four Month Prison Term for BOP Compliance Monitor in Miami Who Sexually Abused Prisoner on His Case Load by Jo Ellen Nott (p 59)
• Ohio Supreme Court Grants State Prisoner Another $1,000 for Denied Records by Keith Sanders (p 59)
• Wellpath Sanctioned for Discovery Violations After Stonewalling in Prisoner Lawsuits by Douglas Ankney (p 60)
• Second Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to N.Y. Prison Official Who Imposed Post-Release Supervision on Prisoner – But Reverses Damages Award by David Reutter (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)

July

• Despite #MeToo, Celebrity Justice Remains Massively Unjust by Matthew Clarke (p 1)
• Georgia Prison Smuggling Ring Busted, Warden and Former Guard Arrested by Chuck Sharman (p 11)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• Pennsylvania Jail Hit With Over $1.5 Million in Overages for Guards, Healthcare by Kevin Bliss (p 12)
• $50,000 Settlement to Texas Prisoner for Feces-Covered Cell (p 13)
• New Jail Healthcare Provider Coming to Albuquerque – Again by Kevin Bliss (p 14)
• Third Connecticut Prison Lockdown in Five Months by Kevin Bliss (p 15)
• Guantanamo Prison Down to 30 Detainees by Jordan Arizmendi (p 16)
• Fifth BOP Staff Conviction and Sixth Arrest in California Prison ‘Rape Club’ by Jo Ellen Nott (p 17)
• Tennessee DOC Coughs Up Video of Condemned Prisoner Who Severed Own Penis by Eike Blohm, MD (p 18)
• California LGBTQ Pardon Initiative Falls Short by Chuck Sharman (p 20)
• Florida Returning Canteen Funds for Prisoner Programming by Harold Hempstead (p 21)
• Fifth Detainee Dies in 2023 at California’s Santa Rita Jail by Jo Ellen Nott (p 22)
• Ohio Makes Sweeping Changes to Criminal Justice (p 23)
• New York City Stops Reporting Rikers Island Deaths Amid Rampant Guard Misconduct by Benjamin Tschirhart, Chuck Sharman, Kevin Bliss (p 24)
• Seventh Circuit: Attorney’s Submission of Illinois Prisoner’s Grievance Exhausts Administrative Remedies by David Reutter (p 28)
• New York Prisoner Is Released After Conviction Is Vacated, Reinstated and Vacated Once More by Chuck Sharman (p 28)
• $142,500 Settlement After Pennsylvania Jail Guard Allegedly Knocked Out Detainee and Broke Her Jaw by Matthew Clarke (p 29)
• L.A. County Watchdog Takes Aim at “Deputy Gangs” by Douglas Ankney (p 30)
• Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Prison Work Injury by Matthew Clarke (p 31)
• Newly Released Government Records Reveal Horrible Neglect of Terminally Ill Woman in Federal Prison by C.J. Ciaramella (p 32)
• Prisoner Who Reached $11,400 Retaliation Settlement with South Dakota Jail Tries Again with DOC by Keith Sanders (p 33)
• Seventh Circuit: Low IQ and Segregation Placement May Render Administrative Remedies Unavailable to Indiana Prisoner by David Reutter (p 34)
• More Success for Medication-Assisted Treatment Programs in Prisons and Jails by Keith Sanders (p 35)
• Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of North Carolina Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Failure to Show Deliberate Indifference by Douglas Ankney (p 36)
• California Appeals Court Affirms Rate Caps and Fee Limitations for Prison Telecoms by Douglas Ankney (p 39)
• $120,000 Settlement Reached With Long Island Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards by Jacob Barrett (p 42)
• $500,000 Settlement for Texas Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Child Sex Abuse by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 43)
• New York Bail Reform Laws Reduced Recidivism, Contrary to Critics’ Claims by Chuck Sharman (p 44)
• $150,000 Verdict for South Carolina Jail Detainee’s Groin Injury During Pat-Down by Eike Blohm, MD (p 45)
• Texas Prisons are Fire Traps by Edward Lyon (p 46)
• Over $7,600 Awarded to Tennessee Prisoner for Retaliatory Cell Search and Transfer (p 47)
• Tenth Circuit: Colorado Prisoner’s Injury Requiring Medical Treatment Not De Minimus by David Reutter (p 50)
• FCC Granted Broader Authority to Regulate Prisoner Call Costs by Chuck Sharman (p 50)
• California Prisoners Embracing Arts by Kevin Bliss (p 51)
• $15,001 Verdict Against Delaware Guard for Gaping Prisoner’s Butt During Strip Search by Keith Sanders (p 52)
• Almost 800 Deaths in South Carolina Jails and Prisons Six Years (p 53)
• Fourth Circuit Revives Virginia Prisoner’s Challenge to Discipline for Allegedly Sexually Harassing Guard by David Reutter (p 54)
• Georgia Prisoner Allowed to Proceed on Section 1983 Claim Seeking Execution by Firing Squad by David Reutter (p 56)
• Iowa DOC Changes Policy After Ombudsman Calls Out Unfair Prisoner Discipline by Kevin Bliss (p 57)
• States Take Legislative Action to Address Family Separation by Incarceration by Jordan Arizmendi (p 57)
• Biden Granting More Pardons Than Trump, Fewer Than Obama by Jordan Arizmendi (p 58)
• Bad Lawyering, Bankruptcy Torpedo Suit Over Delaware Prisoner’s Death by Jayson Hawkins (p 59)
• FCC Requires Prison Telecoms to Provide Services for Deaf Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi (p 60)
• California Appellate Court: Time Spent in Mental Hospital to Restore Competency is Time Served by David Reutter (p 60)
• $1.325 Million Settlement after Virginia Detainee’s Opiate Withdrawal Ignored in Jail by David Reutter (p 61)
• Nebraska Parole Board Members Showing Up to Work More Often by Chuck Sharman, Jordan Arizmendi (p 62)
• The World’s Biggest Prison by Edward Lyon (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails by Chuck Sharman
• Colorado Becomes Seventh State to Prohibit Jailing Immigrants for ICE by Jordan Arizmendi

June

• Two Philadelphia Jail Escapees Recaptured After Ten Days on the Run by Jordan Arizmendi
• “Urine In Apple Juice”: Aramark Sued by Indiana Prisoner by Chuck Sharman
• Texas Ships its Most Troubled Youth to Adult Prisons by Jordan Arizmendi
• California Appeal Court Won’t Let Prisoner Use Legal Mail to Send “Kites” by David Reutter
• Millionaire Florida Child Porn Convict’s Escape Thwarted by Jo Ellen Nott
• Ohio Prisoner Escapes in Dumpster, Drowns River by Jo Ellen Nott
• Arizona Exploiting Prisoner Labor for Profit by Kevin Bliss
• Detainee Dies After Two Days in Florida Jail Where Armor Correctional Allegedly Denied Heart Transplant Rejection Meds by Jo Ellen Nott
• New York Finding Closed Prisons a Tough Sell by Chuck Sharman (p 23)
• Ninth Circuit Says Arizona DOC Policy Cannot Be Used to Censor Prisoner’s Free Expression by David Reutter (p 24)
• “Night of Terror” in Indiana Jail Sees Detainees Assaulted by Fellow Prisoners Who Purchased Cell Keys From Guard by Kevin Bliss (p 25)
• Minnesota Supreme Court: Prisoner Abused with Overtight Handcuffs Need Only Show Deliberate Indifference, Not Malicious Intent by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Study Shows COVID-19 Drove Prison Death Rates 50% Higher by Keith Sanders (p 27)
• Wellpath Subsidiary Out of Australian Women’s Prison After Indigenous Prisoner’s Death by Keith Sanders (p 28)
• Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Latest First Step Act Data by Casey Bastian (p 29)
• “Abdication of Responsibility”: Heads Roll in Tennessee DOC Over Botched Execution Protocols by Kevin Bliss (p 30)
• Federal Courts Throw Out Smart Communications’ Mail-Scanning Patent by Robert Schaeffer (p 31)
• $775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died by Casey Bastian (p 33)
• Dying for Being Deadbeat Dad in Missouri Jail by Chuck Sharman (p 34)
• Report Reveals Extent of Federal Pretrial Detention Crisis by Casey Bastian (p 35)
• Eighth Circuit Requires Source-of-Funds Finding Before Allowing BOP to Raid Account of Federal Prisoner in Missouri by David Reutter (p 36)
• Arizona Prison Forcibly Induced Labor for Pregnant Prisoners by Eike Blohm, MD (p 38)
• Senators Rail at DOJ Failure to Report In-Custody Deaths by Jayson Hawkins (p 38)
• $17.675 Million Paid for New Yorker’s Wrongful Conviction by Jacob Barrett (p 39)
• Sixth Circuit: “Minimal Findings Necessary” Before Garnishing Funds From Federal Prisoner in Ohio by Casey Bastian (p 40)
• Prisoner Health Update: Tuberculosis by Eike Blohm, MD (p 41)
• Four Escape Troubled Mississippi Jail After Fifth Circuit Postpones Federal Receivership by Keith Sanders (p 42)
• U.S. Prisoner Numbers Slowly Declining by Edward Lyon (p 42)
• No Charges for Georgia Guards Who Allegedly Abetted Attack That Left Prisoner Dead by Keith Sanders (p 43)
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy by Harold Hempstead (p 44)
• Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint by David Reutter (p 45)
• 70 Months for Former Warden of BOP ‘Rape Club’ in California by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 45)
• Illinois Makes Abortion Care Free for State Prisoners by Chuck Sharman (p 47)
• Almost $42,500 Awarded to Illinois Prisoner for Denial of Physical Therapy by Wellpath Nurse by Casey Bastian (p 48)
• State Prison Systems Failing to Provide Meaningful Programming by Casey Bastian (p 50)
• Eighth Circuit Greenlights Arkansas Execution Protocol by Jacob Barrett (p 51)
• Second Circuit Upholds Connecticut Prison Porn Ban, Sets Up Circuit Split Over “Vagueness” Test by Jacob Barrett (p 52)
• Louisiana Sheriff Coughs Up $2.75 Million After Falsely Claiming Detainee Died From Accidental Fall by Jacob Barrett (p 53)
• Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett (p 54)
• Four Michigan Jail Guards Guilty in Detainee Death, Family Paid $2.4 Million by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• Former Mississippi Sheriff Indicted for Bribery After Allegedly Allowing Detainee Rape at County Jail by Jordan Arizmendi (p 57)
• $3,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Public Records by David Reutter (p 58)
• BOP Hits Back Hard After Federal Prisoner in Arizona Brandishes Gun by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 59)
• It’s Official: BOP Prisoners on Expanded COVID-19 Home Confinement Staying Put by Jordan Arizmendi (p 60)
• Prisoner Counselors STORMING California Prisons to Aid in Addiction Recovery by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• Fifth South Carolina Prisoner Sentenced in “Sextortion” Scams Targeting Military Members by Chuck Sharman (p 61)
• Imprisoned Former Head of New York City Jails Guards’ Union Granted Release by Matthew Clarke (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Texas Lawmakers Vote to Build New Youth Prisons, Ship Some Teens to Adult Lockups by Chuck Sharman
• Former FBI Agent and Admitted Russian Spy Found Dead in Federal Prison by Gregory Teixeira
• Florida Prison Guard Arrested in Apparent Love-Triangle Shooting by Chuck Sharman
• Florida DOC Bans Book About Wrongful Conviction by Gregory Teixeira
• Detainee Tunnels Through Walls of Decrepit Atlanta Jail to Stab Fellow Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott
• Migrant Child Dies in Customs and Border Patrol Custody Nine Days after Entering U.S. by Jo Ellen Nott
• Armor Correctional Healthcare Denies Liability in Detainee’s Death From Missed Medication at Duval County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• Suit Filed to Stop California County From Digitizing Jail Mail by Gregory Teixeira
• Former Prison Guard Hit With $2.5 Million Judgment in Suit to Force Painter to Acknowledge Painting He Did Not Create by Benjamin Tschirhart
• Chronic Punishment: The Unmet Health Needs of People in State Prisons by Leah Wang (p 1)
• Prisoners Caught in Ukraine War Crossfire by Chuck Sharman (p 8)
• Over $3.5 Million Paid to Incontinent Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Instead of Dining Priority Pass by David Reutter (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Sing Sing Prisoners File Suit Against New York State Alleging Vicious Beating by Guards by Keith Sanders (p 11)
• No More Naps for Massachusetts Guards by Eike Blohm, MD (p 12)
• Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal by Matthew Clarke (p 12)
• Michigan Supreme Court Justice Caves to Criticism, Accepts Resignation of Formerly Incarcerated Clerk by Kevin Bliss (p 13)
• Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own by Harold Hempstead (p 14)
• “All Signals Blinking Red” at Federal Prison in West Virginia After DOJ Releases Report on Killing of Mobster “Whitey” Bulger by Casey Bastian, Benjamin Tschirhart (p 16)
• Eleventh Circuit Won’t Force Condemned Alabama Prisoner to Die by Method He Didn’t Choose by David Reutter (p 18)
• Corizon Bankruptcy Threatens $6.4 Million Award to Family of Michigan Prisoner Whose Five-Day Jail Term Turned Into Death Sentence by Jacob Barrett (p 20)
• California Easing Housing Hurdles for Released Prisoners by Edward Lyon (p 21)
• Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania Gets Sentence Reduction After Guard Rapes Her by Casey Bastian (p 22)
• Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison by Chuck Sharman (p 23)
• Fewer Juveniles in U.S. Detention Facilities, But Problems Persist by Jordan Arizmendi
• Convicted Murderer Released 16 Years Early Is Ordered Back to Prison by South Carolina High Court by Jo Ellen Nott
• Texas Prisoner Allegedly Punished by a Guard for Talking About Abortion by Jo Ellen Nott
• Body Cam Video Contradicts Detainee’s Indictment in Scuffle With Chicago Jail Guards by Jo Ellen Nott

May

• Schizophrenic Detainee Dies after 20 days in Solitary Confinement in Indiana Jail by Jo Ellen Nott
• Sheriff Accused of Blocking Investigation Into Georgia Jail Detainee Death by Jo Ellen Nott
• Study Finds 3% of US Prisoners Are Doing Time for Crimes Committed as Children by Jordan Arizmendi
• Lawsuit Accuses New Mexico Guards of Beating and Abusing Prisoner During Shakedown by Jo Ellen Nott
• Original “Constitutional Sheriff” Accused of Embezzling from Arizona Anti-Vax Group by Kevin Bliss
• 31 UK Guards Fired Since 2019 for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi
• Fourth Circuit Refuses Bivens Extension to Allow BOP Prisoner’s Damages Claim for “Degenerate Conditions” at Virginia Lockup by David Reutter
• Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died by Chuck Sharman, Jordan Arizmendi
• “Come Hungry, Leave Handcuffed”: Virginia Detainees Who Tunneled Through Jail Wall Recaptured at IHOP by Kevin Bliss
• ‘Fake Barbie’ Fights for Conjugal Visits in U.K. Prisons by Kevin Bliss
• Former Federal Prisoner Markets Game App He Developed Behind Bars by Kevin Bliss
• Four Charged with Using Drones to Smuggle Drugs into California Prisons by Jordan Arizmendi
• Alabama No-Bid Prison Contract Costs More Per Bed Than State’s Average Home by Jordan Arizmendi
• Prisoners Earning Over $2,100 Monthly on Tik Tok by Chuck Sharman
• Three Guards Arrested in One Week at Chicago Jail by Chuck Sharman
• Second Circuit Restores Qualified Immunity for Parole Commissioners Imposing Onerous Conditions for Prisoner’s Release by Keith Sanders
• L.A. County Jails: Leading in All the Wrong Ways by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 1)
• Predatory Probation Still Alive in Georgia, Other States by David Reutter (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• Prisoner Health Update: K2 by Eike Blohm, MD (p 13)
• Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest by Edward Lyon (p 14)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Detainee’s Asphyxiation by Jail Guards by Matthew Clarke (p 15)
• Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail by Jacob Barrett (p 16)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Claim That LaSalle Guards Fatally Beat Louisiana Pre-Trial Detainee by Matthew Clarke (p 18)
• Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Jacob Barrett (p 20)
• “Slap On the Wrist” for California Bail Agents Who Hired Bounty Hunter Who Killed Their Client by Jayson Hawkins (p 21)
• Dogged by Racist Comments, North Carolina Sheriff Resigns – Again by Jo Ellen Nott (p 22)
• MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons by Kevin Bliss (p 23)
• Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by David Reutter (p 24)
• Fifth Circuit Again Revives Muslim Texas Prisoner’s Suit Over Halal Meals Denied During Hurricane Evacuation by Matthew Clarke (p 25)
• Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy by Jacob Barrett (p 26)
• Prisoner’s Experience in Solitary Wins PEN America Writing Award by Jacob Barrett (p 27)
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy by Harold Hempstead (p 28)
• Maine’s Jails and Prisons Record 39 Deaths in 34 Months by Jo Ellen Nott (p 29)
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity for Texas Prison Guard Who Beat Prisoner’s Arm With Baton Until It Broke by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• $1.3 Million Paid to Transgender Woman Held Five Months in Atlanta Jail on Bogus Charges by Chuck Sharman (p 31)
• Nebraska Pays $479,000 for Restrictive Housing Prisoner’s Murder While Double-Celled by Mark Wilson (p 32)
• Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline by Shannon Heffernan (p 34)
• $20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury by Edward Lyon (p 39)
• $2.4 Million Judgment Against Michigan Jail Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing Three Prisoners by Mark Wilson (p 40)
• ACLU Report Details Exploitation of Prisoners for Forced Labor by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• MTV Documentary Shines Light on Art Behind Bars by Jayson Hawkins (p 43)
• Fifth Circuit Finds “Opaque” Mississippi Prison Grievance System “Incapable of Use” by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• College Education Disrupted for Washington Prisoners by Kevin Bliss (p 45)
• Overdose Rate in New York Jails and State Prisons Double U.S. Average by Jacob Barrett (p 45)
• $32,500 Medical Malpractice Award to Ohio Prisoner for Ripped-Out Catheter by Edward Lyon (p 46)
• Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee by Jacob Barrett (p 47)
• Louisiana High Court Abandons Ab Initio Precedent in Favor of “Victim’s Rights” by David Reutter (p 48)
• California Appellate Court: State Prisoners Held in Jail and Those Held in Prisons Not Alike for Sentence Credits by Jacob Barrett (p 51)
• Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families by Jacob Barrett (p 52)
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke (p 53)
• Iowa Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Rapist Recaptured After Halfway House Escape by Kevin Bliss (p 54)
• Former Missouri Prisoners Awarded $20 Million for Sexual Abuse by “Resident Pervert” Guard by Ashleigh Dye (p 56)
• $4.25 Million Paid by King County for Two Jail Beatings By Improperly Housed Mentally Ill Detainees by Mark Wilson (p 57)
• Arizona Prisoner Condemned Again for Cellmate’s Murder by Jayson Hawkins (p 58)
• Ninth Circuit Upholds Order Vacating Conviction in Oregon Prison Director’s 1989 Murder; SCOTUS Declines Review by Mark Wilson (p 60)
• Fourth Circuit: No Civil Commitment at Release for Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Without Considering Conditions by Casey Bastian (p 61)
• Montana Becomes 13th State to End Prison Gerrymandering by Chuck Sharman (p 61)
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Over $278,000 Awarded to Minnesota Jail Detainee Held on Bad ICE Referral Policy by David Reutter (p 62)
• Montana Pays $2,500 to Settle Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim by Mark Wilson (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Alaska Supreme Court Says Parole Challenge Must Be Sought via Post-Conviction Relief, Not Lawsuit by Mark Wilson (p 63)

April

• Pennsylvania Politicians Push to Abolish Death Penalty by Chuck Sharman
• New Riker’s Crisis Response Chief Accused in Beating of Teen Detainee Kalief Browder by Chuck Sharman
• Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash by Chuck Sharman
• Seventh Circuit Says Medical Malpractice Is Not a Constitutional Violation by Jacob Barrett
• Hawaii Supreme Court Rules That Time Served for Concurrent Sentences Can Be Counted Only Once for Sentence Credit by Keith Sanders
• Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee by Chuck Sharman
• Top Official in Boston Mayor’s Office Charged With Money Laundering in Prison Drug Smuggling Scheme by Keith Sanders
• Nebraska Supreme Court Puts Burden on Migrant Detainee to Prove Sentence Calculation Credit Error by Casey Bastian
• “What a Nice House You Have”: Head of R.I. Prison Guard Union Accused of Witness Intimidation by Jordan Arizmendi
• Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another by Harold Hempstead
• Sing Sing Prisoners Sue, Alleging Vicious Beatings During CERT Shakedown by Keith Sanders
• Illinois DOC Accused of Fraudulently Obtaining Do Not Resuscitate Orders From Mentally Incompetent Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi
• “I Was Scheduled to Die in Solitary Confinement” – and May Soon Be Again by Mark Wilson (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• Detainees Awaiting Psychiatric Beds Suffer Permanent Harm in Jails by Eike Blohm, MD (p 17)
• Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Poised for Much-Needed Cleanup by Kevin Bliss (p 18)
• Federal Judge Tells BOP Officials They “Are Not Above the Law” by Casey Bastian (p 20)
• U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons by Jayson Hawkins (p 21)
• Circuit Court Orders Hawaii to Release Names of Prisoners Who Die in State’s Jails and Prisons by Keith Sanders (p 22)
• California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population by David Reutter (p 22)
• Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights by Harold Hempstead (p 23)
• $1.9 Million Paid by L.A. County for Detainee’s Suicide by Chuck Sharman (p 24)
• Sixth Circuit Revives Claim Over Michigan Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose on Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl by David Reutter (p 24)
• Santa Clara County Sheriff Accused of Coverup After $10 Million Payout to Mentally Ill Detainee Who Severely Injured Himself During Jail Transport by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 26)
• Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement by Keith Sanders (p 27)
• New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by Jacob Barrett (p 28)
• Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days by Ashleigh Dye (p 29)
• Almost $650,000 Paid by Illinois to Prisoner Who Lost Leg to Untreated Diabetes by Keith Sanders (p 30)
• $11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail by Casey Bastian (p 31)
• SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard by Kevin Bliss (p 32)
• BOP Revives Plans for Controversial Prison in Kentucky by Kevin Bliss (p 33)
• Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 34)
• California Extends Medi-Cal Health Benefits to Prisoners Nearing Release by Eike Blohm, MD (p 35)
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Jail Detainee’s Urine Not a ‘Noxious or Filthy Substance’ by David Reutter (p 36)
• Iowa Ombudsman Calls Out DOC For Unfair Prisoner Discipline by Kevin Bliss (p 36)
• Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts by Ashleigh Dye (p 38)
• Washington Racks Up More Than $98 Million in Fines for Failure to Timely Hold Competency Hearings by Jacob Barrett (p 38)
• Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses by David Reutter (p 39)
• Fourth Circuit: Religious Headwear Policy Violated Virginia Prisoner’s Rights by David Reutter (p 40)
• Indiana Will Now Send Low-Level Felons to Prison Instead of Jail by Casey Bastian (p 40)
• A Lesson in Pleading: Utah Jail Suicide Complaint Fails for Alleging Failure to Train Rather than Failure to Provide Care by David Reutter (p 41)
• Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One by Ashleigh Dye (p 42)
• Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion by David Reutter (p 42)
• California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 43)
• $35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 44)
• Educating Prisoners: New Meta-Analysis Reinforces That It Reduces Recidivism by Keith Sanders (p 44)
• $2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail by David Reutter (p 45)
• Montana Supreme Court Grants State Prisoner 604 Days in Sentence Credit by David Reutter (p 46)
• En Banc Ninth Circuit Voids Portion of California Law Banning Private Federal Prisons in the State by Jacob Barrett (p 46)
• Report Shows How Perverse Financial Incentives Drive Mass Incarceration and Inequity in Criminal Justice System by Matthew Clarke (p 47)
• Arizona Prisoner Waits in Excruciating Pain While Incompetent Executioners Fumble by Eike Blohm, MD (p 48)
• How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest by Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro (p 50)
• No More Second Chances for New York Jail Guard Convicted of Smuggling by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 54)
• “Ban the Box” Hiring Law Sets National Standard for Federal Contracts by Keith Sanders (p 56)
• No Pay for Iowa Prisoners Overdosed With COVID-19 Vaccine by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 56)
• Former State Prison Guards in Georgia Sentenced for Prisoner Assaults and Cover-Up by Jayson Hawkins (p 57)
• Suspended Colorado Work Release Program Exposes Companies’ Reliance on Low-Wage Labor by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 58)
• Seventh Circuit Revives Claim of Wheelchair-Bound Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Access to Handicapped Toilet by David Reutter (p 59)
• Despite Official Claims, Stopping Mail to Missouri Prisoners Has No Effect on Drug Overdoses by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 60)
• Seventh Circuit Overturns Class Decertification in Cook County Jail Disability Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 60)
• Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair by David Reutter (p 61)
• Gun Safety Group Defeats Re-Election of “Constitutional Sheriff” in Massachusetts by Keith Sanders (p 62)
• $1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by David Reutter (p 62)
• Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery by Keith Sanders (p 63)
• News in Brief (p 63)

March

• At Least 1,000 Children Taken from Migrant Parents at Border Still Not Reunited With Them by Jo Ellen Nott
• Arizona Supreme Court Asked to Order Governor to Carry Out Prisoner’s Execution, Despite Three Botched Killings in 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott
• Effort Stalls to Help Virginia Prisoners Overcharged for Canteen Sales and Phone Calls by Kevin Bliss
• “Nothing Has Changed”: Four Dead in Six Weeks at California County’s “Deadliest Jail” by Kevin Bliss
• $350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter
• Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits by David Reutter
• Prisoner Health Alert: Elderly Prisoners No Longer Required to Pay for Medicare Part B by Eike Blohm, MD
• CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines fort Short-staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye
• No Discipline for 10 Maine Guards Who Mocked and Harassed Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott
• No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of “Overbroad” Claim from Federal Prisoner in Virginia, Says Not Allowed Under Bivens by David Reutter
• Federal Bureau of Prisons’ “Mess Up, Move Up” Culture Rewards and Promotes Abusive Employee by Casey Bastian
• With “Fox in Charge of the Henhouse,” Almost All Misconduct Accusations Against BOP Staff Result in No Discipline by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 1)
• Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Utah Jailers After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death by David Reutter (p 10)
• Riot and Escape at Nevada Prison Lead to Charges Against Four Guards, Firings or Resignations of Top Officials by David Reutter (p 12)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• In an Ominous Pattern, People Are Dying Once Transferred to Louisiana Prison by Victoria Law (p 14)
• Alabama County Ends Controversial Policy Using Women’s Pregnancies to Jail Them by Ashleigh Dye (p 17)
• Former California Prison Warden and Guard Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Two Dozen Prisoners and Coworkers by Jo Ellen Nott (p 18)
• California Governor Vetoes State’s Humane Solitary Confinement Bill by Kevin Bliss (p 18)
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause by David Reutter (p 20)
• Seventh Circuit Revives Indiana Prisoner’s Claim He Was Wrongfully Fired From Prison Commissary for Attending Religious Service by David Reutter (p 21)
• Illinois Supreme Court Orders State DOC to Fund Required Treatment and Housing for Sex Offender’s Conditional Release by David Reutter (p 22)
• “Acres of Skin” – Redux by Gregory J. Dober (p 22)
• SCOTUS Helps Revive Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Chicago Police Officers by David Reutter, Kevin Bliss (p 24)
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Over Flesh-Eating Infection by David Reutter (p 24)
• $1.455 Million Settlement for Discrimination Against Black Minnesota Jail Guards Barred from Watching Floyd Killer by David Reutter (p 26)
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentencing of Former Arkansas Sheriff for Assaulting Detainees by Harold Hempstead (p 26)
• Pennsylvania County Commissioner Barred from DA’s Email After Own Prison Record Is Purged and Jail Key Copied by Kevin Bliss (p 28)
• Pennsylvania Guards and Their Attorneys Spanked for Discovery Abuse in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Suit by David Reutter (p 28)
• Fifth Circuit Greenlights Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Held in Local Jails Beyond Release Date by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• Seventh Circuit Says Fourth Amendment Does Not Require Bail Hearing Within 48 Hours of Arrest by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 30)
• Fifth Circuit: No Liability for Texas County that Improperly Relied on Polygraph to Imprison Released Sex Offender Additional 13 Years by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 32)
• More Drugs Seized by Florida DOC During COVID-19 Lockdowns Than Before by David Reutter (p 32)
• Federal Court Holds Illinois DOC in Contempt for Failing to Remediate Substandard Healthcare by Douglas Ankney (p 34)
• Second Circuit Reinstates N.Y. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, Finding Grievance Procedure ‘Unavailable’ in Mental Health Unit by David Reutter (p 34)
• $175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders (p 36)
• After 13 Jail Deaths in Eight Months of 2022, California Sheriff Finally Reveals How They Happened by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 36)
• $87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 38)
• Tenth Circuit Revives Kansas Prisoner’s Claim That He Was Denied Access to Court by Anthony Accurso (p 38)
• Alabama Supreme Court Says Prisoner Who Didn’t Return From Work Release Punishable Under Felony Escape Statute by David Reutter (p 39)
• Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger by Jo Ellen Nott (p 40)
• Third Former Guard at Troubled Federal Prison in Brooklyn Sentenced After Retrial and Conviction for Raping Prisoner by Chuck Sharman (p 40)
• Hospitalized California IST Defendants Entitled to Jail Conduct Credits by Mark Wilson (p 42)
• Seventh Circuit Sides With Muslim Prisoner, Bars Strip Search by Transgender Wisconsin Guard by David Reutter (p 42)
• Florida DA Reopens Cold Murder Case, Exonerates Wrongly Imprisoned Man, Finds Real Killers – and Gets Axed by Governor by David Reutter (p 44)
• Judge Dismisses Suit Filed by California Town to Keep State Prison Open by Keith Sanders (p 44)
• 18 Stabbings in Less Than Nine Months at Oklahoma CoreCivic Prison by Keith Sanders (p 45)
• $14,000 Paid by California to Mentally Ill Prisoner Who Alleged Repeated Maulings by Guards by Douglas Ankney (p 46)
• Hypothermia Kills Prisoner in Cold Pennsylvania Jail Cell, One of 17 Deaths Since 2019 by Jo Ellen Nott (p 46)
• North Dakota Guard Fired After Suicide of Convicted Quadruple Murderer by Justin McFatridge (p 48)
• Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse by Jo Ellen Nott (p 48)
• After Botched Lethal Injection, Alabama Will Execute Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia by David Reutter (p 50)
• Massachusetts High Court: Lawmakers Haven’t Stopped Sheriffs From Taking Kickbacks from Jail Phone Calls, and Neither Will We by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 50)
• Elderly Prisoners Catch a Break on Medicare Part B by Eike Blohm, MD (p 51)
• Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott (p 52)
• Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse by Keith Sanders (p 52)
• $350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter (p 54)
• Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits by David Reutter (p 54)
• Transgender Idaho Prisoner Who Won Gender Conforming Surgery Awarded Over $2.6 Million in Legal Fees by Eike Blohm, MD (p 56)
• Colorado’s Halfway Houses Returning Half of Residents to Prison by Keith Sanders (p 56)
• Parents Losing Children Because They Can’t Repay Foster Care Costs Incurred During Incarceration by Jo Ellen Nott (p 57)
• CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye (p 58)
• Second Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Connecticut Cops who Sicced K-9 on Suspect in His Holding Cell by Casey Bastian (p 58)
• Over $298,000 Awarded to Alabama Jail Detainee with Heart Disease After Guards, Nurses Ignored Firing Defibrillator by David Reutter (p 60)
• $857,500 Paid by California County for Jail Detainee’s Death, While Cellmate Who Beat Him Is Now in State Prison by David Reutter (p 60)
• Nebraska Assistant Warden Avoids Prosecution for Sexually Abusing Prisoner, Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge and Gets a Year in Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 61)
• After Eleventh Circuit Says ICE Detainee Is Not “Prisoner” Subject to PLRA, He Goes Missing from Georgia by David Reutter (p 62)
• Former PLN Editor Settles Suit Over Detention in Tennessee ‘Iron Man’ Cell, Gets 40-Year Prison Term for Vandalizing Nashville Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 62)
• GTL Ordered to Pay $18.675 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs in Prison Phone Class Action by Anthony Accurso (p 63)
• News in Brief (p 63)

February

• Eighth Circuit Holds Delaying Surgery for Reducible Hernia Not Deliberate Indifference to Missouri Prisoner’s Serious Medical Needs by Matthew Clarke
• Florida Guard Arrested for Having Sex with Prisoner Allegedly Took Bribes to Smuggle Cigars in Her Vagina by Jo Ellen Nott
• Jury Awards $2 Million to Nurse in Sexual Harassment Case against Missouri Prison Officials by Jo Ellen Nott
• Delaware Prison Guard Indicted for Death of His K-9 by Jo Ellen Nott
• Two Prisoners Stabbed, One Overdosed: Just Another Day at Rikers Island by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fifth Circuit Finds No Liability for Dallas DA Who Improperly Relied on Polygraph to Imprison Sex Offender for 13 Years by Benjamin Tschirhart
• Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls by Jo Ellen Nott
• Michigan Prisons Ban 1,000 Books, Most Would Be Considered Harmless by Jo Ellen Nott
• Florida Tops the Nation for Number of Books Banned in Prisons by Jo Ellen Nott
• Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders by Jo Ellen Nott
• Autistic Texan Dies in Bondage and Isolation After Being Committed to State Hospital by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fired Pittsburgh Jail Guard Wins Over $850,000 in Retaliation Case by Jacob Barrett
• Convictions at Any Cost: DOJ Report Slams Three Decades of Snitches and Due Process Violations in California’s Orange County by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 1)
• New BOP Director Clears Up First Step Act Implementation by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Incarcerated People Have Few Ways to Fight Back Against Censorship in Prisons by Tamar Sarai (p 12)
• Burning Tires Left Louisiana Prisoners With Migraines, Breathing Problems, and Minimal Medical Care As black smoke poured out of a burning tire dump in Louisiana, people inside the prison next door struggled to keep the fumes out. by Alleen Brown (p 16)
• Ninth Circuit Says Statements Relayed at Criminal Trial By Nurse and Doctor Are Admissible, Not Hearsay by David Reutter (p 18)
• $959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare by Ashleigh Dye (p 20)
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates Virginia Prisoner’s Spoliation Motion for Lost Video of His Alleged Assault by Guards by David Reutter (p 22)
• Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Rules BOP Must Honor Transgender Prisoner’s Legal Name Change by Casey Bastian (p 22)
• Seventh Circuit: Indiana Prisoner Who Failed to Formalize Grievance Also Failed to Exhaust Remedies by David Reutter (p 24)
• Tenth Circuit Says Prison Work Assignment Covered Under ADA Protections by Kevin Bliss (p 24)
• Investigation Reveals “Black Market in Broad Daylight” for Prison Food by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 26)
• Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption by David Reutter, Anthony Accurso (p 28)
• $20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence by Jacob Barrett (p 29)
• Third Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity From Delaware Guards Who Held Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary for Seven Months by David Reutter (p 30)
• Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt by Jo Ellen Nott (p 32)
• Former Tennessee Police Chief Sentenced to Six Years for Abusing Arrestees by Kevin Bliss (p 33)
• Ninth Circuit Revives Failure-to-Protect Claim of Arizona Prisoner Beaten by Gang by David Reutter (p 34)
• Florida Jailers Leave Detainees Out of Evacuation Plans During Hurricane by David Reutter (p 34)
• Arizona DOC Accused of Cheating Both Guards and Prisoners Out of Hourly Wages by Keith Sanders (p 36)
• Ninth Circuit Says California Felons Can Fight Fires While Imprisoned, But Not After by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 36)
• Fourth Circuit Says Prisoners with Gender Dysphoria not Excluded from ADA Protection by Harold Hempstead (p 38)
• Former Texas Prisoner Wins 12-Year Fight for Justice by Kevin Bliss (p 39)
• Student Loan Debt and Prisoners by Edward Lyon (p 40)
• Arizona Resumes Executions by Chuck Sharman, Eike Blohm, MD (p 40)
• After Federal Judge Censors Lawyer’s Tweets About CoreCivic, Company Settles Suit Over Tennessee Prisoner’s Murder by Cellmate by Harold Hempstead (p 42)
• New Report Estimates U.S. Prisons Hold Nearly 50,000 People in Solitary Confinement by Jennifer Taylor (p 42)
• Fourth Circuit Says Three-Strikes Federal Prisoner’s Imminent Danger Claim Must Be Evaluated on ‘Totality of Circumstances’ by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 44)
• Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Derivative Sovereign Immunity for Jail Physician by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• Nevada Federal Court Says Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit Should’ve Been a Habeas Petition, But Returns Filing Fee by David Reutter (p 46)
• Georgia Jails Faulted in Struggle With High COVID-19 Infection Rates by Kevin Bliss (p 48)
• PLN Contributor’s Retaliation Suit Against Oregon Prison Officials Survives by Jacob Barrett (p 48)
• Seventh Circuit Trims What Indiana Prisoner Owes Jail Doctor in Lost Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 50)
• Prisoner Health Update: Hepatitis C by Eike Blohm, MD (p 52)
• Under New Mississippi Law, State Chooses Execution Method by David Reutter (p 52)
• Florida Makes Parolees Criminally Liable for Accidental Voter Registration Fraud by David Reutter (p 54)
• Award Slashed for Delaware Prisoner Sexually Groped by Guard by Kevin Bliss (p 54)
• Oklahoma Jail Guard Gets 46 Months for Setting Up White Supremacist Attack on Black Detainees by David Reutter (p 55)
• Federal Judge Refuses to Shorten Corruption Sentence for Former Head of New York City Jail Guards’ Union by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• DOJ Releases Special Report on U.S. Prison COVID-19 Response by Eike Blohm, MD (p 56)
• Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages by Ashleigh Dye (p 57)
• $60,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County to Jail Detainee Savagely Beaten by Cellmate While Guards Allegedly Ignored Cries for Help by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 58)
• $300,000 Paid by Colorado to Prisoner Sexually Harassed by Guard with Foot Fetish by Harold Hempstead (p 59)
• $98,000 Paid by BOP to Immigrant Detainees Racially Profiled as Terrorists in New York City Lockup by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• $480,000 Paid by California County to Detainee Whose Newborn Died After Guards Stopped at Starbucks en Route to Hospital by Ashleigh Dye (p 60)
• Former BOP Warden Convicted of Sexually Abusing Prisoners in California ‘Rape Club’ Scandal by Kevin Bliss (p 62)
• Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Mississippi Cops Who Let Injured Hemophiliac Bleed Out in Jail by Matthew Clarke (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)

January

• Mother of Kansas City Meth Distributor Charged With Abetting His Escape from Jail by Jo Ellen Nott
• Denver Jailer Breaks Detainee’s Wrist with Nunchucks, Gets Whopping 3-Day Suspension by Jo Ellen Nott
• Sex Assaults Mount at Illinois Federal Penitentiary, Guards’ Union Calls for Warden’s Removal by Jo Ellen Nott
• New York City Guards Charged With Fraudulently Taking More Than a Year’s Paid Sick Leave by Jo Ellen Nott
• His Execution Stayed, Texas Prisoner Still Hopes to Donate His Rare Kidney Type as Atonement by Jo Ellen Nott
• Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fulton County Jail Detainees Ended 2022 Freezing and Defecating in Trash Bags by Jo Ellen Nott
• First Transgender Prisoner Execution Carried Out in Missouri by Jo Ellen Nott
• Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Over North Dakota Juvenile Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter
• Mega-stars Accused of Plagiarizing Song from Nameless Missouri Prisoner by Kevin Bliss
• Jail Doctor Charged Along With Nurse in San Diego Detainee’s Death by Kevin Bliss
• D.C. Jail Guard Arrested for Stealing Union Funds to Finance Lavish Entertainment by Kevin Bliss
• Cages Without Bars Are Widening the Net: The Explosion of Electronic Monitoring by Brian Dolinar, James Kilgore (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• Amended Consent Decree Entered in 11-Year-Old Class-Action Challenging Prisoner Healthcare in Illinois DOC by Douglas Ankney (p 12)
• Hawaii Inmate Deaths Are The Highest In 10 Years. But The State Can’t Say Why Corrections officials still aren’t providing a cause of death for 20 of the 23 prisoners who died in Hawaii prisons and jails last year. by Kevin Dayton (p 14)
• Arizona Prisoners Win Preliminary Injunctions Requiring Centurion To Treat Them by David Reutter (p 16)
• Minnesota Department of Corrections Searching for Tattooist for New Prison Program by Jacob Barrett (p 16)
• Florida Arrests Ex-Felons for Voter Fraud by David Reutter (p 18)
• Music Stops in Fifth Circuit’s Qualified Immunity ‘Dance,’ Leaving Plaintiffs With Shortened Discovery Period by Matthew Clarke (p 20)
• Plastic Surgery Has a Troubled History Inside Prisons. Some Advocates Want It to Make a Comeback. Should cosmetic procedures be part of how society prepares prisoners to reenter it? by Zara Stone (p 22)
• Louisville Jail Counts 12 Deaths in Ten Months by Jo Ellen Nott (p 24)
• Third Circuit Agrees With Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Access-to-Courts Claim, But Grants Defendants Qualified Immunity by David Reutter (p 26)
• Rhode Island Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike, Staff Denies It by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 27)
• California City Ends Private Jail Operator’s Contract After Mass Employee Resignations by Keith Sanders (p 28)
• $3 Million From Forsyth County, No Stay in Civil Case Against Wellpath Nurse Indicted for Involuntary Manslaughter of N.C. Jail Detainee by Eike Blohm, MD (p 28)
• Eighth Circuit Revives Missouri Prisoner’s Claim Against Prison Food Manager for Denying Renal Diet by David Reutter (p 29)
• Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer by Harold Hempstead (p 30)
• Guards Fleeing Texas Prisons by Matthew Clarke (p 31)
• California Prison Guards Sentenced for Assaulting Prisoners by Jacob Barrett (p 32)
• ‘Qualified Immunity Cannot Shield Them’: Fourth Circuit Advances Suit by Virginia Prisoners for Overlong Solitary Confinement by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 32)
• Eleventh Circuit Says Passover Sign-Up Requirement in Florida Jail Passes Constitutional Muster by David Reutter (p 34)
• Ohio Supreme Court Grants Records but No Damages for Prisoner Making Request by Jacob Barrett (p 34)
• Will Overturning Roe v. Wade Kill the Right to Abortion Under BOP Policy? by Dale Chappell (p 35)
• California Guards Kill Two Prisoners Who Attacked a Third by Jo Ellen Nott (p 36)
• Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 36)
• Idaho Cancels Execution Because It Cannot Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs by Jo Ellen Nott (p 38)
• Prisoner Health Update: MRSA Infections by Eike Blohm, MD (p 38)
• Arizona Jail Racks Up Four Deaths And Two Escapes In Less Than Two Months by Chuck Sharman (p 39)
• Fifth Circuit Holds PLRA’s ‘Three-Strikes’ Provision Does Not Apply to Actions Removed From State Court by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• BOP Settles for $4.18 Million With Six Prisoners Raped by Guard at Now-Shuttered Manhattan Federal Jail by Casey Bastian (p 40)
• Ohio Pays $185,000 to State Prisoner Bitten in Genitals by K-9 by Keith Sanders (p 42)
• Incarceration Exacerbates Obesity in America by Keith Sanders (p 42)
• Former Felons Elected to Rhode Island Legislature by Jo Ellen Nott (p 44)
• Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed by David Reutter (p 44)
• Federal Judge in South Carolina Holds BOP Liable for Delayed Treatment That Left Federal Prisoner Partially Blinded by Casey Bastian (p 45)
• California Prison Officials Cleared After Prisoner Murders Two Sex Offenders by David Reutter (p 46)
• $450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead (p 46)
• $3.5 Million Paid To Estate Of Iowa Jail Detainee Who Suffered Seizure And Died When Left Unattended by Keith Sanders (p 47)
• New Connecticut Law Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement by David Reutter, Keith Sanders (p 48)
• Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution by Jo Ellen Nott (p 48)
• Former South Carolina Sheriff Begins 46-Month Prison Term for Corruption by Ashleigh Dye (p 49)
• Virginia Swipes Sentence Credits From 560 Prisoners Just About to Get Out by David Reutter (p 50)
• ‘Tragic and Wholly Unacceptable’ Gang Violence Erupts at Georgia Women’s Prison by Jenifer Lockwood (p 50)
• Georgia Prisoner Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Guards Dies by Apparent Suicide by Keith Sanders (p 51)
• GEO Group Gets Another Extension to Biden’s Deadline for USMS at California Prison by Jenifer Lockwood (p 52)
• UCLA Study Finds Over Half of ‘Natural’ Deaths Inside L.A. County Jails Showed Signs of Physical Harm by Keith Sanders (p 52)
• Ex-Prisoner Re-Elected to New York State Assembly by Keith Sanders (p 53)
• Fifth Circuit: Martinez Report May Not Override Factual Allegations in Prisoner’s Complaint by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances by Kevin Bliss (p 54)
• Potentially Fatal Legionella Bacteria Found at Six Illinois Prisons by Casey Bastian (p 55)
• Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• OIG Report Defers Claims That ICE Detainees in Georgia Had Forced Hysterectomies by Ashleigh Dye (p 56)
• ‘Time for Me to Go’: Troubled Oklahoma Jail Loses Administrator by Matthew Clarke (p 57)
• Mississippi Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Oklahoma Raises Pay for Execution Doctors From $300 to $15,000 Per Execution, Still Won’t Say Who They Are or What They Do by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Mississippi Reopens Walnut Grove Prison Just in Time for Prison Population Explosion by Harold Hempstead (p 59)
• HRDC Sues Wyoming Jail for Unlawful Censorship by Douglas Ankney (p 59)
• $115,000 Settlement for Excessive Pepper-Spraying of Maine Prisoner by David Reutter (p 60)
• Florida Supreme Court: Trial Courts Have Authority to Correct Sentencing Errors, But Subject to Time Limits by David Reutter (p 60)
• ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 62)
• Massive Price Tags and Meager Results: The Legacy of Federal Monitors in New York City by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)