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Archive: 2023

July

• Despite #MeToo, Celebrity Justice Remains Massively Unjust by Matthew Clarke (p 1)

June

• Detainee Dies After Two Days in Florida Jail Where Armor Correctional Allegedly Denied Heart Transplant Rejection Meds by Jo Ellen Nott
• Arizona Exploiting Prisoner Labor for Profit by Kevin Bliss
• Ohio Prisoner Escapes in Dumpster, Drowns River by Jo Ellen Nott
• Millionaire Florida Child Porn Convict’s Escape Thwarted by Jo Ellen Nott
• California Appeal Court Won’t Let Prisoner Use Legal Mail to Send “Kites” by David Reutter
• 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)
• Prisoner Counselors STORMING California Prisons to Aid in Addiction Recovery by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• It’s Official: BOP Prisoners on Expanded COVID-19 Home Confinement Staying Put by Jordan Arizmendi (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)
• Former FBI Agent and Admitted Russian Spy Found Dead in Federal Prison by Gregory Teixeira
• Florida DOC Bans Book About Wrongful Conviction by Gregory Teixeira
• Texas Lawmakers Vote to Build New Youth Prisons, Ship Some Teens to Adult Lockups by Chuck Sharman
• Florida Prison Guard Arrested in Apparent Love-Triangle Shooting by Chuck Sharman
• 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
• Migrant Child Dies in Customs and Border Patrol Custody Nine Days after Entering U.S. by Jo Ellen Nott
• 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)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Over $3.5 Million Paid to Incontinent Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Instead of Dining Priority Pass by David Reutter (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)
• Convicted Murderer Released 16 Years Early Is Ordered Back to Prison by South Carolina High Court by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fewer Juveniles in U.S. Detention Facilities, But Problems Persist by Jordan Arizmendi
• Body Cam Video Contradicts Detainee’s Indictment in Scuffle With Chicago Jail Guards by Jo Ellen Nott
• Texas Prisoner Allegedly Punished by a Guard for Talking About Abortion by Jo Ellen Nott

May

• 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
• Schizophrenic Detainee Dies after 20 days in Solitary Confinement in Indiana Jail by Jo Ellen Nott
• 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
• Fourth Circuit Refuses Bivens Extension to Allow BOP Prisoner’s Damages Claim for “Degenerate Conditions” at Virginia Lockup by David Reutter
• 31 UK Guards Fired Since 2019 for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners by Jordan Arizmendi
• Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died by Chuck Sharman, Jordan Arizmendi
• Four Charged with Using Drones to Smuggle Drugs into California Prisons by Jordan Arizmendi
• Former Federal Prisoner Markets Game App He Developed Behind Bars by Kevin Bliss
• “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
• Three Guards Arrested in One Week at Chicago Jail by Chuck Sharman
• Alabama No-Bid Prison Contract Costs More Per Bed Than State’s Average Home by Jordan Arizmendi
• Second Circuit Restores Qualified Immunity for Parole Commissioners Imposing Onerous Conditions for Prisoner’s Release by Keith Sanders
• Prisoners Earning Over $2,100 Monthly on Tik Tok by Chuck Sharman
• 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)
• Montana Becomes 13th State to End Prison Gerrymandering by Chuck Sharman (p 61)
• Fourth Circuit: No Civil Commitment at Release for Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Without Considering Conditions by Casey Bastian (p 61)
• Montana Pays $2,500 to Settle Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim by Mark Wilson (p 62)
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Over $278,000 Awarded to Minnesota Jail Detainee Held on Bad ICE Referral Policy by David Reutter (p 62)
• Alaska Supreme Court Says Parole Challenge Must Be Sought via Post-Conviction Relief, Not Lawsuit by Mark Wilson (p 63)
• News in Brief (p 63)

April

• Pennsylvania Politicians Push to Abolish Death Penalty by Chuck Sharman
• Seventh Circuit Says Medical Malpractice Is Not a Constitutional Violation by Jacob Barrett
• Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash by Chuck Sharman
• New Riker’s Crisis Response Chief Accused in Beating of Teen Detainee Kalief Browder by Chuck Sharman
• Top Official in Boston Mayor’s Office Charged With Money Laundering in Prison Drug Smuggling Scheme by Keith Sanders
• Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee by Chuck Sharman
• Hawaii Supreme Court Rules That Time Served for Concurrent Sentences Can Be Counted Only Once for Sentence Credit 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
• 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
• Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another by Harold Hempstead
• “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)
• California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population by David Reutter (p 22)
• Circuit Court Orders Hawaii to Release Names of Prisoners Who Die in State’s Jails and Prisons by Keith Sanders (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)
• Iowa Ombudsman Calls Out DOC For Unfair Prisoner Discipline by Kevin Bliss (p 36)
• Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Jail Detainee’s Urine Not a ‘Noxious or Filthy Substance’ by David Reutter (p 36)
• Washington Racks Up More Than $98 Million in Fines for Failure to Timely Hold Competency Hearings by Jacob Barrett (p 38)
• Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts by Ashleigh Dye (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)
• Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion by David Reutter (p 42)
• Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One by Ashleigh Dye (p 42)
• California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 43)
• Educating Prisoners: New Meta-Analysis Reinforces That It Reduces Recidivism by Keith Sanders (p 44)
• $35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 44)
• $2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail by David Reutter (p 45)
• En Banc Ninth Circuit Voids Portion of California Law Banning Private Federal Prisons in the State by Jacob Barrett (p 46)
• Montana Supreme Court Grants State Prisoner 604 Days in Sentence Credit by David Reutter (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)
• No Pay for Iowa Prisoners Overdosed With COVID-19 Vaccine by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 56)
• “Ban the Box” Hiring Law Sets National Standard for Federal Contracts by Keith Sanders (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)
• Seventh Circuit Overturns Class Decertification in Cook County Jail Disability Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 60)
• Despite Official Claims, Stopping Mail to Missouri Prisoners Has No Effect on Drug Overdoses by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 60)
• Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair by David Reutter (p 61)
• $1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer by David Reutter (p 62)
• Gun Safety Group Defeats Re-Election of “Constitutional Sheriff” in Massachusetts by Keith Sanders (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery by Keith Sanders (p 63)

March

• At Least 1,000 Children Taken from Migrant Parents at Border Still Not Reunited With Them 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
• Arizona Supreme Court Asked to Order Governor to Carry Out Prisoner’s Execution, Despite Three Botched Killings in 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott
• $350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter
• CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines fort Short-staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye
• Prisoner Health Alert: Elderly Prisoners No Longer Required to Pay for Medicare Part B by Eike Blohm, MD
• Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits by David Reutter
• 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
• No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee by Jo Ellen Nott
• No Discipline for 10 Maine Guards Who Mocked and Harassed Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott
• 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)
• More Drugs Seized by Florida DOC During COVID-19 Lockdowns Than Before by David Reutter (p 32)
• 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)
• 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)
• After 13 Jail Deaths in Eight Months of 2022, California Sheriff Finally Reveals How They Happened by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 36)
• $175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture by Keith Sanders (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)
• Third Former Guard at Troubled Federal Prison in Brooklyn Sentenced After Retrial and Conviction for Raping Prisoner by Chuck Sharman (p 40)
• Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger by Jo Ellen Nott (p 40)
• Seventh Circuit Sides With Muslim Prisoner, Bars Strip Search by Transgender Wisconsin Guard by David Reutter (p 42)
• Hospitalized California IST Defendants Entitled to Jail Conduct Credits by Mark Wilson (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)
• Hypothermia Kills Prisoner in Cold Pennsylvania Jail Cell, One of 17 Deaths Since 2019 by Jo Ellen Nott (p 46)
• $14,000 Paid by California to Mentally Ill Prisoner Who Alleged Repeated Maulings by Guards by Douglas Ankney (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)
• Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse by Keith Sanders (p 52)
• Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison by Jo Ellen Nott (p 52)
• Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits by David Reutter (p 54)
• $350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder by David Reutter (p 54)
• Colorado’s Halfway Houses Returning Half of Residents to Prison by Keith Sanders (p 56)
• Transgender Idaho Prisoner Who Won Gender Conforming Surgery Awarded Over $2.6 Million in Legal Fees by Eike Blohm, MD (p 56)
• Parents Losing Children Because They Can’t Repay Foster Care Costs Incurred During Incarceration by Jo Ellen Nott (p 57)
• Second Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Connecticut Cops who Sicced K-9 on Suspect in His Holding Cell by Casey Bastian (p 58)
• CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped by Ashleigh Dye (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

• 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
• Eighth Circuit Holds Delaying Surgery for Reducible Hernia Not Deliberate Indifference to Missouri Prisoner’s Serious Medical Needs by Matthew Clarke
• Two Prisoners Stabbed, One Overdosed: Just Another Day at Rikers Island by Jo Ellen Nott
• Michigan Prisons Ban 1,000 Books, Most Would Be Considered Harmless by Jo Ellen Nott
• Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls 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
• Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders by Jo Ellen Nott
• Florida Tops the Nation for Number of Books Banned in Prisons by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fired Pittsburgh Jail Guard Wins Over $850,000 in Retaliation Case by Jacob Barrett
• Autistic Texan Dies in Bondage and Isolation After Being Committed to State Hospital by Jo Ellen Nott
• 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)
• Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Rules BOP Must Honor Transgender Prisoner’s Legal Name Change by Casey Bastian (p 22)
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates Virginia Prisoner’s Spoliation Motion for Lost Video of His Alleged Assault by Guards by David Reutter (p 22)
• Tenth Circuit Says Prison Work Assignment Covered Under ADA Protections by Kevin Bliss (p 24)
• Seventh Circuit: Indiana Prisoner Who Failed to Formalize Grievance Also Failed to Exhaust Remedies by David Reutter (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)
• Ninth Circuit Says California Felons Can Fight Fires While Imprisoned, But Not After by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 36)
• Arizona DOC Accused of Cheating Both Guards and Prisoners Out of Hourly Wages by Keith Sanders (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)
• Arizona Resumes Executions by Chuck Sharman, Eike Blohm, MD (p 40)
• Student Loan Debt and Prisoners by Edward Lyon (p 40)
• New Report Estimates U.S. Prisons Hold Nearly 50,000 People in Solitary Confinement by Jennifer Taylor (p 42)
• After Federal Judge Censors Lawyer’s Tweets About CoreCivic, Company Settles Suit Over Tennessee Prisoner’s Murder by Cellmate by Harold Hempstead (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)
• Nevada Federal Court Says Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit Should’ve Been a Habeas Petition, But Returns Filing Fee by David Reutter (p 46)
• Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention by Matthew Clarke (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)
• Under New Mississippi Law, State Chooses Execution Method by David Reutter (p 52)
• Prisoner Health Update: Hepatitis C by Eike Blohm, MD (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)
• DOJ Releases Special Report on U.S. Prison COVID-19 Response by Eike Blohm, MD (p 56)
• Federal Judge Refuses to Shorten Corruption Sentence for Former Head of New York City Jail Guards’ Union by Matthew Clarke (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)
• $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)
• $98,000 Paid by BOP to Immigrant Detainees Racially Profiled as Terrorists in New York City Lockup by Kevin Bliss (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
• Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks by Jo Ellen Nott
• His Execution Stayed, Texas Prisoner Still Hopes to Donate His Rare Kidney Type as Atonement by Jo Ellen Nott
• First Transgender Prisoner Execution Carried Out in Missouri by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fulton County Jail Detainees Ended 2022 Freezing and Defecating in Trash Bags by Jo Ellen Nott
• Jail Doctor Charged Along With Nurse in San Diego Detainee’s Death by Kevin Bliss
• Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Over North Dakota Juvenile Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter
• D.C. Jail Guard Arrested for Stealing Union Funds to Finance Lavish Entertainment by Kevin Bliss
• Mega-stars Accused of Plagiarizing Song from Nameless Missouri Prisoner by Kevin Bliss
• Cages Without Bars Are Widening the Net: The Explosion of Electronic Monitoring by Brian Dolinar, James Kilgore (p 1)
• Amended Consent Decree Entered in 11-Year-Old Class-Action Challenging Prisoner Healthcare in Illinois DOC by Douglas Ankney (p 12)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (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)
• Ohio Supreme Court Grants Records but No Damages for Prisoner Making Request by Jacob Barrett (p 34)
• Eleventh Circuit Says Passover Sign-Up Requirement in Florida Jail Passes Constitutional Muster by David Reutter (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)
• Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed by David Reutter (p 44)
• Former Felons Elected to Rhode Island Legislature by Jo Ellen Nott (p 44)
• Federal Judge in South Carolina Holds BOP Liable for Delayed Treatment That Left Federal Prisoner Partially Blinded by Casey Bastian (p 45)
• $450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic by Harold Hempstead (p 46)
• California Prison Officials Cleared After Prisoner Murders Two Sex Offenders by David Reutter (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)
• Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution by Jo Ellen Nott (p 48)
• New Connecticut Law Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement by David Reutter, Keith Sanders (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)
• Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances by Kevin Bliss (p 54)
• Fifth Circuit: Martinez Report May Not Override Factual Allegations in Prisoner’s Complaint by Matthew Clarke (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)
• 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 Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison by Kevin Bliss (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)
• Massive Price Tags and Meager Results: The Legacy of Federal Monitors in New York City by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 62)
• ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)