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Archive: 2023
July
June
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Detainee Dies After Two Days in Florida Jail Where Armor Correctional Allegedly Denied Heart Transplant Rejection Meds
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Arizona Exploiting Prisoner Labor for Profit
by Kevin Bliss
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Ohio Prisoner Escapes in Dumpster, Drowns River
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Millionaire Florida Child Porn Convict’s Escape Thwarted
by Jo Ellen Nott
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California Appeal Court Won’t Let Prisoner Use Legal Mail to Send “Kites”
by David Reutter
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New York Finding Closed Prisons a Tough Sell
by Chuck Sharman
(p 23)
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Ninth Circuit Says Arizona DOC Policy Cannot Be Used to Censor Prisoner’s Free Expression
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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“Night of Terror” in Indiana Jail Sees Detainees Assaulted by Fellow Prisoners Who Purchased Cell Keys From Guard
by Kevin Bliss
(p 25)
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Minnesota Supreme Court: Prisoner Abused with Overtight Handcuffs Need Only Show Deliberate Indifference, Not Malicious Intent
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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Study Shows COVID-19 Drove Prison Death Rates 50% Higher
by Keith Sanders
(p 27)
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Wellpath Subsidiary Out of Australian Women’s Prison After Indigenous Prisoner’s Death
by Keith Sanders
(p 28)
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Bureau of Justice Statistics Releases Latest First Step Act Data
by Casey Bastian
(p 29)
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“Abdication of Responsibility”: Heads Roll in Tennessee DOC Over Botched Execution Protocols
by Kevin Bliss
(p 30)
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Federal Courts Throw Out Smart Communications’ Mail-Scanning Patent
by Robert Schaeffer
(p 31)
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$775,000 Paid for Mentally Ill California Jail Detainee Who Compulsively Drank Water Until He Died
by Casey Bastian
(p 33)
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Dying for Being Deadbeat Dad in Missouri Jail
by Chuck Sharman
(p 34)
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Report Reveals Extent of Federal Pretrial Detention Crisis
by Casey Bastian
(p 35)
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Eighth Circuit Requires Source-of-Funds Finding Before Allowing BOP to Raid Account of Federal Prisoner in Missouri
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Arizona Prison Forcibly Induced Labor for Pregnant Prisoners
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 38)
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Senators Rail at DOJ Failure to Report In-Custody Deaths
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 38)
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$17.675 Million Paid for New Yorker’s Wrongful Conviction
by Jacob Barrett
(p 39)
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Sixth Circuit: “Minimal Findings Necessary” Before Garnishing Funds From Federal Prisoner in Ohio
by Casey Bastian
(p 40)
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Prisoner Health Update: Tuberculosis
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 41)
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Four Escape Troubled Mississippi Jail After Fifth Circuit Postpones Federal Receivership
by Keith Sanders
(p 42)
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U.S. Prisoner Numbers Slowly Declining
by Edward Lyon
(p 42)
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No Charges for Georgia Guards Who Allegedly Abetted Attack That Left Prisoner Dead
by Keith Sanders
(p 43)
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Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy
by Harold Hempstead
(p 44)
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Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint
by David Reutter
(p 45)
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70 Months for Former Warden of BOP ‘Rape Club’ in California
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 45)
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Illinois Makes Abortion Care Free for State Prisoners
by Chuck Sharman
(p 47)
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Almost $42,500 Awarded to Illinois Prisoner for Denial of Physical Therapy by Wellpath Nurse
by Casey Bastian
(p 48)
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State Prison Systems Failing to Provide Meaningful Programming
by Casey Bastian
(p 50)
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Eighth Circuit Greenlights Arkansas Execution Protocol
by Jacob Barrett
(p 51)
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Second Circuit Upholds Connecticut Prison Porn Ban, Sets Up Circuit Split Over “Vagueness” Test
by Jacob Barrett
(p 52)
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Louisiana Sheriff Coughs Up $2.75 Million After Falsely Claiming Detainee Died From Accidental Fall
by Jacob Barrett
(p 53)
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Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy
by Jacob Barrett
(p 54)
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Four Michigan Jail Guards Guilty in Detainee Death, Family Paid $2.4 Million
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Former Mississippi Sheriff Indicted for Bribery After Allegedly Allowing Detainee Rape at County Jail
by Jordan Arizmendi
(p 57)
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$3,000 Awarded to Ohio Prisoner for Denied Public Records
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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BOP Hits Back Hard After Federal Prisoner in Arizona Brandishes Gun
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 59)
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Prisoner Counselors STORMING California Prisons to Aid in Addiction Recovery
by Kevin Bliss
(p 60)
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It’s Official: BOP Prisoners on Expanded COVID-19 Home Confinement Staying Put
by Jordan Arizmendi
(p 60)
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Fifth South Carolina Prisoner Sentenced in “Sextortion” Scams Targeting Military Members
by Chuck Sharman
(p 61)
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Imprisoned Former Head of New York City Jails Guards’ Union Granted Release
by Matthew Clarke
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 63)
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Former FBI Agent and Admitted Russian Spy Found Dead in Federal Prison
by Gregory Teixeira
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Florida DOC Bans Book About Wrongful Conviction
by Gregory Teixeira
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Texas Lawmakers Vote to Build New Youth Prisons, Ship Some Teens to Adult Lockups
by Chuck Sharman
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Florida Prison Guard Arrested in Apparent Love-Triangle Shooting
by Chuck Sharman
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Armor Correctional Healthcare Denies Liability in Detainee’s Death From Missed Medication at Duval County Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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Suit Filed to Stop California County From Digitizing Jail Mail
by Gregory Teixeira
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Former Prison Guard Hit With $2.5 Million Judgment in Suit to Force Painter to Acknowledge Painting He Did Not Create
by Benjamin Tschirhart
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Migrant Child Dies in Customs and Border Patrol Custody Nine Days after Entering U.S.
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Chronic Punishment: The Unmet Health Needs of People in State Prisons
by Leah Wang
(p 1)
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Prisoners Caught in Ukraine War Crossfire
by Chuck Sharman
(p 8)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Over $3.5 Million Paid to Incontinent Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Instead of Dining Priority Pass
by David Reutter
(p 10)
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Sing Sing Prisoners File Suit Against New York State Alleging Vicious Beating by Guards
by Keith Sanders
(p 11)
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No More Naps for Massachusetts Guards
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 12)
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Eighth Circuit Lets Public Defender Withdraw from BOP Prisoner’s “Frivolous” Appeal
by Matthew Clarke
(p 12)
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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Caves to Criticism, Accepts Resignation of Formerly Incarcerated Clerk
by Kevin Bliss
(p 13)
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Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own
by Harold Hempstead
(p 14)
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“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)
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Eleventh Circuit Won’t Force Condemned Alabama Prisoner to Die by Method He Didn’t Choose
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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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)
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California Easing Housing Hurdles for Released Prisoners
by Edward Lyon
(p 21)
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Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania Gets Sentence Reduction After Guard Rapes Her
by Casey Bastian
(p 22)
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Hawaii Guard One of Four Convicted in Smuggling Scheme at Honolulu Prison
by Chuck Sharman
(p 23)
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Convicted Murderer Released 16 Years Early Is Ordered Back to Prison by South Carolina High Court
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Fewer Juveniles in U.S. Detention Facilities, But Problems Persist
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Body Cam Video Contradicts Detainee’s Indictment in Scuffle With Chicago Jail Guards
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Texas Prisoner Allegedly Punished by a Guard for Talking About Abortion
by Jo Ellen Nott
May
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Sheriff Accused of Blocking Investigation Into Georgia Jail Detainee Death
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Study Finds 3% of US Prisoners Are Doing Time for Crimes Committed as Children
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Schizophrenic Detainee Dies after 20 days in Solitary Confinement in Indiana Jail
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Lawsuit Accuses New Mexico Guards of Beating and Abusing Prisoner During Shakedown
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Original “Constitutional Sheriff” Accused of Embezzling from Arizona Anti-Vax Group
by Kevin Bliss
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Fourth Circuit Refuses Bivens Extension to Allow BOP Prisoner’s Damages Claim for “Degenerate Conditions” at Virginia Lockup
by David Reutter
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31 UK Guards Fired Since 2019 for Sexual Misconduct with Prisoners
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Guards Filmed Walking Away from Burning Mexican Detention Center Where 38 Migrants Died
by Chuck Sharman, Jordan Arizmendi
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Four Charged with Using Drones to Smuggle Drugs into California Prisons
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Former Federal Prisoner Markets Game App He Developed Behind Bars
by Kevin Bliss
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“Come Hungry, Leave Handcuffed”: Virginia Detainees Who Tunneled Through Jail Wall Recaptured at IHOP
by Kevin Bliss
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‘Fake Barbie’ Fights for Conjugal Visits in U.K. Prisons
by Kevin Bliss
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Three Guards Arrested in One Week at Chicago Jail
by Chuck Sharman
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Alabama No-Bid Prison Contract Costs More Per Bed Than State’s Average Home
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Second Circuit Restores Qualified Immunity for Parole Commissioners Imposing Onerous Conditions for Prisoner’s Release
by Keith Sanders
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Prisoners Earning Over $2,100 Monthly on Tik Tok
by Chuck Sharman
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L.A. County Jails: Leading in All the Wrong Ways
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 1)
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Predatory Probation Still Alive in Georgia, Other States
by David Reutter
(p 10)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
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Prisoner Health Update: K2
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 13)
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Warden Ousted from Troubled Alabama Prison After DUI Arrest
by Edward Lyon
(p 14)
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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Detainee’s Asphyxiation by Jail Guards
by Matthew Clarke
(p 15)
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Detainee Allegedly “Eaten Alive” by Vermin in Overcrowded Atlanta Jail
by Jacob Barrett
(p 16)
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Fifth Circuit Reinstates Claim That LaSalle Guards Fatally Beat Louisiana Pre-Trial Detainee
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
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Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
by Jacob Barrett
(p 20)
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“Slap On the Wrist” for California Bail Agents Who Hired Bounty Hunter Who Killed Their Client
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 21)
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Dogged by Racist Comments, North Carolina Sheriff Resigns – Again
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 22)
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MTC Accused of Parole Programming Scam at Texas Prisons
by Kevin Bliss
(p 23)
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Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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Fifth Circuit Again Revives Muslim Texas Prisoner’s Suit Over Halal Meals Denied During Hurricane Evacuation
by Matthew Clarke
(p 25)
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Nevada Pays Over $568,000 for Denying Prisoner Cataract Surgery, Ends “One Good Eye” Policy
by Jacob Barrett
(p 26)
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Prisoner’s Experience in Solitary Wins PEN America Writing Award
by Jacob Barrett
(p 27)
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Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy
by Harold Hempstead
(p 28)
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Maine’s Jails and Prisons Record 39 Deaths in 34 Months
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 29)
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Fifth Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity for Texas Prison Guard Who Beat Prisoner’s Arm With Baton Until It Broke
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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$1.3 Million Paid to Transgender Woman Held Five Months in Atlanta Jail on Bogus Charges
by Chuck Sharman
(p 31)
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Nebraska Pays $479,000 for Restrictive Housing Prisoner’s Murder While Double-Celled
by Mark Wilson
(p 32)
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Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline
by Shannon Heffernan
(p 34)
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$20,000 Settlement for Ohio Prisoner’s Slip-and-Fall Injury
by Edward Lyon
(p 39)
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$2.4 Million Judgment Against Michigan Jail Doctor Convicted of Sexually Abusing Three Prisoners
by Mark Wilson
(p 40)
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ACLU Report Details Exploitation of Prisoners for Forced Labor
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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MTV Documentary Shines Light on Art Behind Bars
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 43)
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Fifth Circuit Finds “Opaque” Mississippi Prison Grievance System “Incapable of Use”
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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College Education Disrupted for Washington Prisoners
by Kevin Bliss
(p 45)
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Overdose Rate in New York Jails and State Prisons Double U.S. Average
by Jacob Barrett
(p 45)
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$32,500 Medical Malpractice Award to Ohio Prisoner for Ripped-Out Catheter
by Edward Lyon
(p 46)
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Oklahoma County Pays $1.1 Million After Jail Guards Fatally Beat Detainee
by Jacob Barrett
(p 47)
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Louisiana High Court Abandons Ab Initio Precedent in Favor of “Victim’s Rights”
by David Reutter
(p 48)
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California Appellate Court: State Prisoners Held in Jail and Those Held in Prisons Not Alike for Sentence Credits
by Jacob Barrett
(p 51)
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Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families
by Jacob Barrett
(p 52)
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Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials
by Matthew Clarke
(p 53)
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Iowa Teen Who Killed Her Alleged Rapist Recaptured After Halfway House Escape
by Kevin Bliss
(p 54)
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Former Missouri Prisoners Awarded $20 Million for Sexual Abuse by “Resident Pervert” Guard
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 56)
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$4.25 Million Paid by King County for Two Jail Beatings By Improperly Housed Mentally Ill Detainees
by Mark Wilson
(p 57)
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Arizona Prisoner Condemned Again for Cellmate’s Murder
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 58)
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Order Vacating Conviction in Oregon Prison Director’s 1989 Murder; SCOTUS Declines Review
by Mark Wilson
(p 60)
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Montana Becomes 13th State to End Prison Gerrymandering
by Chuck Sharman
(p 61)
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Fourth Circuit: No Civil Commitment at Release for Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Without Considering Conditions
by Casey Bastian
(p 61)
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Montana Pays $2,500 to Settle Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim
by Mark Wilson
(p 62)
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Over $278,000 Awarded to Minnesota Jail Detainee Held on Bad ICE Referral Policy
by David Reutter
(p 62)
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Alaska Supreme Court Says Parole Challenge Must Be Sought via Post-Conviction Relief, Not Lawsuit
by Mark Wilson
(p 63)
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News in Brief
(p 63)
April
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Pennsylvania Politicians Push to Abolish Death Penalty
by Chuck Sharman
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Seventh Circuit Says Medical Malpractice Is Not a Constitutional Violation
by Jacob Barrett
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Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash
by Chuck Sharman
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New Riker’s Crisis Response Chief Accused in Beating of Teen Detainee Kalief Browder
by Chuck Sharman
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Top Official in Boston Mayor’s Office Charged With Money Laundering in Prison Drug Smuggling Scheme
by Keith Sanders
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Texas Jail Guard Indicted in Fatal Shooting of Shackled Detainee
by Chuck Sharman
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Hawaii Supreme Court Rules That Time Served for Concurrent Sentences Can Be Counted Only Once for Sentence Credit
by Keith Sanders
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Nebraska Supreme Court Puts Burden on Migrant Detainee to Prove Sentence Calculation Credit Error
by Casey Bastian
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“What a Nice House You Have”: Head of R.I. Prison Guard Union Accused of Witness Intimidation
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Sing Sing Prisoners Sue, Alleging Vicious Beatings During CERT Shakedown
by Keith Sanders
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Illinois DOC Accused of Fraudulently Obtaining Do Not Resuscitate Orders From Mentally Incompetent Prisoners
by Jordan Arizmendi
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Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another
by Harold Hempstead
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“I Was Scheduled to Die in Solitary Confinement” – and May Soon Be Again
by Mark Wilson
(p 1)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 16)
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Detainees Awaiting Psychiatric Beds Suffer Permanent Harm in Jails
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 17)
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Monterey County Sheriff’s Office Poised for Much-Needed Cleanup
by Kevin Bliss
(p 18)
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Federal Judge Tells BOP Officials They “Are Not Above the Law”
by Casey Bastian
(p 20)
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U.S. Response to Haitian Crisis: Fund More Prisons
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 21)
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California Halted from Re-Integrating “Sensitive Needs” Prisoners Into General Population
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Circuit Court Orders Hawaii to Release Names of Prisoners Who Die in State’s Jails and Prisons
by Keith Sanders
(p 22)
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Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights
by Harold Hempstead
(p 23)
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$1.9 Million Paid by L.A. County for Detainee’s Suicide
by Chuck Sharman
(p 24)
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Sixth Circuit Revives Claim Over Michigan Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose on Allegedly Smuggled Fentanyl
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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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)
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Polling Stations Inside Jails Combat Voter Disenfranchisement
by Keith Sanders
(p 27)
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New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
by Jacob Barrett
(p 28)
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Nevada DOC Director Sacked After Prisoner Escape Goes Unnoticed Four Days
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 29)
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Almost $650,000 Paid by Illinois to Prisoner Who Lost Leg to Untreated Diabetes
by Keith Sanders
(p 30)
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$11.75 Million Settlement for Prisoner Beating in Pheonix Jail
by Casey Bastian
(p 31)
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SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard
by Kevin Bliss
(p 32)
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BOP Revives Plans for Controversial Prison in Kentucky
by Kevin Bliss
(p 33)
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Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 34)
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California Extends Medi-Cal Health Benefits to Prisoners Nearing Release
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 35)
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Iowa Ombudsman Calls Out DOC For Unfair Prisoner Discipline
by Kevin Bliss
(p 36)
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: Jail Detainee’s Urine Not a ‘Noxious or Filthy Substance’
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Washington Racks Up More Than $98 Million in Fines for Failure to Timely Hold Competency Hearings
by Jacob Barrett
(p 38)
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Virginia DOC Resists Prisoner Fee Cuts
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 38)
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Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses
by David Reutter
(p 39)
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Fourth Circuit: Religious Headwear Policy Violated Virginia Prisoner’s Rights
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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Indiana Will Now Send Low-Level Felons to Prison Instead of Jail
by Casey Bastian
(p 40)
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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)
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Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Texas Prison Warden and Brother Charged with Shooting Two Migrants, Killing One
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 42)
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California Makes Calls Free for State Prisoners and Juvenile Detainees, Prohibits Telecom Kickbacks to Prisons and Jails
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 43)
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Educating Prisoners: New Meta-Analysis Reinforces That It Reduces Recidivism
by Keith Sanders
(p 44)
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$35,000 Awarded to Federal Prisoner in Kentucky Who Accused Guards of Using Excessive Force
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 44)
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$2.375 Million Settlement in Over-Detention Suit at Santa Clara California Jail
by David Reutter
(p 45)
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En Banc Ninth Circuit Voids Portion of California Law Banning Private Federal Prisons in the State
by Jacob Barrett
(p 46)
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Montana Supreme Court Grants State Prisoner 604 Days in Sentence Credit
by David Reutter
(p 46)
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Report Shows How Perverse Financial Incentives Drive Mass Incarceration and Inequity in Criminal Justice System
by Matthew Clarke
(p 47)
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Arizona Prisoner Waits in Excruciating Pain While Incompetent Executioners Fumble
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 48)
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How the Newest Federal Prison Became One of the Deadliest
by Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro
(p 50)
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No More Second Chances for New York Jail Guard Convicted of Smuggling
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 54)
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No Pay for Iowa Prisoners Overdosed With COVID-19 Vaccine
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 56)
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“Ban the Box” Hiring Law Sets National Standard for Federal Contracts
by Keith Sanders
(p 56)
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Former State Prison Guards in Georgia Sentenced for Prisoner Assaults and Cover-Up
by Jayson Hawkins
(p 57)
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Suspended Colorado Work Release Program Exposes Companies’ Reliance on Low-Wage Labor
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 58)
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Seventh Circuit Revives Claim of Wheelchair-Bound Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Access to Handicapped Toilet
by David Reutter
(p 59)
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Seventh Circuit Overturns Class Decertification in Cook County Jail Disability Lawsuit
by David Reutter
(p 60)
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Despite Official Claims, Stopping Mail to Missouri Prisoners Has No Effect on Drug Overdoses
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 60)
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Former Georgia Sheriff Gets 18 Months for Punishing Detainees in Restraint Chair
by David Reutter
(p 61)
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$1.2 Million Paid by St. Louis County for Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Ulcer
by David Reutter
(p 62)
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Gun Safety Group Defeats Re-Election of “Constitutional Sheriff” in Massachusetts
by Keith Sanders
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 63)
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Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery
by Keith Sanders
(p 63)
March
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At Least 1,000 Children Taken from Migrant Parents at Border Still Not Reunited With Them
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Effort Stalls to Help Virginia Prisoners Overcharged for Canteen Sales and Phone Calls
by Kevin Bliss
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“Nothing Has Changed”: Four Dead in Six Weeks at California County’s “Deadliest Jail”
by Kevin Bliss
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Arizona Supreme Court Asked to Order Governor to Carry Out Prisoner’s Execution, Despite Three Botched Killings in 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
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$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder
by David Reutter
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CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines fort Short-staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped
by Ashleigh Dye
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Prisoner Health Alert: Elderly Prisoners No Longer Required to Pay for Medicare Part B
by Eike Blohm, MD
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Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits
by David Reutter
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of “Overbroad” Claim from Federal Prisoner in Virginia, Says Not Allowed Under Bivens
by David Reutter
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Federal Bureau of Prisons’ “Mess Up, Move Up” Culture Rewards and Promotes Abusive Employee
by Casey Bastian
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No Discipline for California Probation Supervisor Filmed Assaulting Restrained Juvenile Detainee
by Jo Ellen Nott
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No Discipline for 10 Maine Guards Who Mocked and Harassed Prisoners
by Jo Ellen Nott
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With “Fox in Charge of the Henhouse,” Almost All Misconduct Accusations Against BOP Staff Result in No Discipline
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 1)
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Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Utah Jailers After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death
by David Reutter
(p 10)
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Riot and Escape at Nevada Prison Lead to Charges Against Four Guards, Firings or Resignations of Top Officials
by David Reutter
(p 12)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
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In an Ominous Pattern, People Are Dying Once Transferred to Louisiana Prison
by Victoria Law
(p 14)
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Alabama County Ends Controversial Policy Using Women’s Pregnancies to Jail Them
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 17)
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Former California Prison Warden and Guard Accused of Sexual Misconduct with Two Dozen Prisoners and Coworkers
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 18)
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California Governor Vetoes State’s Humane Solitary Confinement Bill
by Kevin Bliss
(p 18)
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Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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Seventh Circuit Revives Indiana Prisoner’s Claim He Was Wrongfully Fired From Prison Commissary for Attending Religious Service
by David Reutter
(p 21)
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Illinois Supreme Court Orders State DOC to Fund Required Treatment and Housing for Sex Offender’s Conditional Release
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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“Acres of Skin” – Redux
by Gregory J. Dober
(p 22)
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SCOTUS Helps Revive Malicious Prosecution Claim Against Chicago Police Officers
by David Reutter, Kevin Bliss
(p 24)
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Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Over Flesh-Eating Infection
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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$1.455 Million Settlement for Discrimination Against Black Minnesota Jail Guards Barred from Watching Floyd Killer
by David Reutter
(p 26)
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentencing of Former Arkansas Sheriff for Assaulting Detainees
by Harold Hempstead
(p 26)
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Pennsylvania County Commissioner Barred from DA’s Email After Own Prison Record Is Purged and Jail Key Copied
by Kevin Bliss
(p 28)
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Pennsylvania Guards and Their Attorneys Spanked for Discovery Abuse in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Suit
by David Reutter
(p 28)
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Fifth Circuit Greenlights Suit by Louisiana Prisoners Held in Local Jails Beyond Release Date
by Matthew Clarke
(p 30)
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Seventh Circuit Says Fourth Amendment Does Not Require Bail Hearing Within 48 Hours of Arrest
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 30)
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More Drugs Seized by Florida DOC During COVID-19 Lockdowns Than Before
by David Reutter
(p 32)
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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)
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Federal Court Holds Illinois DOC in Contempt for Failing to Remediate Substandard Healthcare
by Douglas Ankney
(p 34)
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Second Circuit Reinstates N.Y. Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, Finding Grievance Procedure ‘Unavailable’ in Mental Health Unit
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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After 13 Jail Deaths in Eight Months of 2022, California Sheriff Finally Reveals How They Happened
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 36)
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$175,000 Paid by California County to Escaped Prisoner Mauled By K-9 During Recapture
by Keith Sanders
(p 36)
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$87,000 Paid to Virginia Prisoner Kicked in Testicles by Guard
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 38)
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Tenth Circuit Revives Kansas Prisoner’s Claim That He Was Denied Access to Court
by Anthony Accurso
(p 38)
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Alabama Supreme Court Says Prisoner Who Didn’t Return From Work Release Punishable Under Felony Escape Statute
by David Reutter
(p 39)
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Third Former Guard at Troubled Federal Prison in Brooklyn Sentenced After Retrial and Conviction for Raping Prisoner
by Chuck Sharman
(p 40)
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Ex-Felon “Dirtbags” Accused of Ordering Hit on Detainee at Florida Jail, But Questions Linger
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 40)
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Seventh Circuit Sides With Muslim Prisoner, Bars Strip Search by Transgender Wisconsin Guard
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Hospitalized California IST Defendants Entitled to Jail Conduct Credits
by Mark Wilson
(p 42)
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Florida DA Reopens Cold Murder Case, Exonerates Wrongly Imprisoned Man, Finds Real Killers – and Gets Axed by Governor
by David Reutter
(p 44)
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Judge Dismisses Suit Filed by California Town to Keep State Prison Open
by Keith Sanders
(p 44)
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18 Stabbings in Less Than Nine Months at Oklahoma CoreCivic Prison
by Keith Sanders
(p 45)
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Hypothermia Kills Prisoner in Cold Pennsylvania Jail Cell, One of 17 Deaths Since 2019
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 46)
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$14,000 Paid by California to Mentally Ill Prisoner Who Alleged Repeated Maulings by Guards
by Douglas Ankney
(p 46)
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North Dakota Guard Fired After Suicide of Convicted Quadruple Murderer
by Justin McFatridge
(p 48)
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Smuggling Ring Busted in Georgia Jail, 11 Arrested Including Four Guards and Former Nurse
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 48)
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After Botched Lethal Injection, Alabama Will Execute Prisoner by Nitrogen Hypoxia
by David Reutter
(p 50)
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Massachusetts High Court: Lawmakers Haven’t Stopped Sheriffs From Taking Kickbacks from Jail Phone Calls, and Neither Will We
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 50)
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Elderly Prisoners Catch a Break on Medicare Part B
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 51)
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Second Hunger Strike Met With Pepper Spray at Washington GEO Group Lockup Where ICE Detainees Allege Widespread Sexual Abuse
by Keith Sanders
(p 52)
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Another Prisoner Dies in Another Fire at Indiana Prison
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 52)
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Alabama Prisoner’s Deliberate Indifference Claim Dies for Lack of Proper Affidavits
by David Reutter
(p 54)
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$350,000 Settlement Reached in Florida Prisoner’s Murder
by David Reutter
(p 54)
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Colorado’s Halfway Houses Returning Half of Residents to Prison
by Keith Sanders
(p 56)
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Transgender Idaho Prisoner Who Won Gender Conforming Surgery Awarded Over $2.6 Million in Legal Fees
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 56)
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Parents Losing Children Because They Can’t Repay Foster Care Costs Incurred During Incarceration
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 57)
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Second Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Connecticut Cops who Sicced K-9 on Suspect in His Holding Cell
by Casey Bastian
(p 58)
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CoreCivic Still Accruing Fines for Short-Staffing Florida Jail Where Developmentally Disabled Teen Was Raped
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 58)
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Over $298,000 Awarded to Alabama Jail Detainee with Heart Disease After Guards, Nurses Ignored Firing Defibrillator
by David Reutter
(p 60)
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$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)
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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)
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After Eleventh Circuit Says ICE Detainee Is Not “Prisoner” Subject to PLRA, He Goes Missing from Georgia
by David Reutter
(p 62)
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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)
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GTL Ordered to Pay $18.675 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs in Prison Phone Class Action
by Anthony Accurso
(p 63)
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News in Brief
(p 63)
February
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Florida Guard Arrested for Having Sex with Prisoner Allegedly Took Bribes to Smuggle Cigars in Her Vagina
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Jury Awards $2 Million to Nurse in Sexual Harassment Case against Missouri Prison Officials
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Delaware Prison Guard Indicted for Death of His K-9
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Eighth Circuit Holds Delaying Surgery for Reducible Hernia Not Deliberate Indifference to Missouri Prisoner’s Serious Medical Needs
by Matthew Clarke
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Two Prisoners Stabbed, One Overdosed: Just Another Day at Rikers Island
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Michigan Prisons Ban 1,000 Books, Most Would Be Considered Harmless
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Welsh Prisoner Used Phone Hidden in Rectum to Snag Guards with “Flirty” Calls
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Fifth Circuit Finds No Liability for Dallas DA Who Improperly Relied on Polygraph to Imprison Sex Offender for 13 Years
by Benjamin Tschirhart
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Families Protest Private Texas “Shadow Prisons” for Released Sex Offenders
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Florida Tops the Nation for Number of Books Banned in Prisons
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Fired Pittsburgh Jail Guard Wins Over $850,000 in Retaliation Case
by Jacob Barrett
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Autistic Texan Dies in Bondage and Isolation After Being Committed to State Hospital
by Jo Ellen Nott
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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)
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New BOP Director Clears Up First Step Act Implementation
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 10)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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Incarcerated People Have Few Ways to Fight Back Against Censorship in Prisons
by Tamar Sarai
(p 12)
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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)
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Ninth Circuit Says Statements Relayed at Criminal Trial By Nurse and Doctor Are Admissible, Not Hearsay
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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$959,000 Paid by Pennsylvania County in Deaths of Two Detainees, Plus at Least $750,000 from PrimeCare
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 20)
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Federal Judge in Pennsylvania Rules BOP Must Honor Transgender Prisoner’s Legal Name Change
by Casey Bastian
(p 22)
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Fourth Circuit Reinstates Virginia Prisoner’s Spoliation Motion for Lost Video of His Alleged Assault by Guards
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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Tenth Circuit Says Prison Work Assignment Covered Under ADA Protections
by Kevin Bliss
(p 24)
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Seventh Circuit: Indiana Prisoner Who Failed to Formalize Grievance Also Failed to Exhaust Remedies
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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Investigation Reveals “Black Market in Broad Daylight” for Prison Food
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 26)
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Record Deaths at Rikers Island Blamed on Guards’ Absenteeism, Abuse and Corruption
by David Reutter, Anthony Accurso
(p 28)
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$20,000 Paid by Centurion and MHM Health Professionals to Arizona Prisoner for Alleged Deliberate Indifference and Medical Negligence
by Jacob Barrett
(p 29)
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Third Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity From Delaware Guards Who Held Mentally Ill Prisoner in Solitary for Seven Months
by David Reutter
(p 30)
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Too Many Alabama Prisoners Still Dying with Too-Few Guards, Many Corrupt
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 32)
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Former Tennessee Police Chief Sentenced to Six Years for Abusing Arrestees
by Kevin Bliss
(p 33)
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Ninth Circuit Revives Failure-to-Protect Claim of Arizona Prisoner Beaten by Gang
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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Florida Jailers Leave Detainees Out of Evacuation Plans During Hurricane
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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Ninth Circuit Says California Felons Can Fight Fires While Imprisoned, But Not After
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 36)
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Arizona DOC Accused of Cheating Both Guards and Prisoners Out of Hourly Wages
by Keith Sanders
(p 36)
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Fourth Circuit Says Prisoners with Gender Dysphoria not Excluded from ADA Protection
by Harold Hempstead
(p 38)
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Former Texas Prisoner Wins 12-Year Fight for Justice
by Kevin Bliss
(p 39)
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Arizona Resumes Executions
by Chuck Sharman, Eike Blohm, MD
(p 40)
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Student Loan Debt and Prisoners
by Edward Lyon
(p 40)
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New Report Estimates U.S. Prisons Hold Nearly 50,000 People in Solitary Confinement
by Jennifer Taylor
(p 42)
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After Federal Judge Censors Lawyer’s Tweets About CoreCivic, Company Settles Suit Over Tennessee Prisoner’s Murder by Cellmate
by Harold Hempstead
(p 42)
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Fourth Circuit Says Three-Strikes Federal Prisoner’s Imminent Danger Claim Must Be Evaluated on ‘Totality of Circumstances’
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 44)
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Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Derivative Sovereign Immunity for Jail Physician
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Nevada Federal Court Says Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit Should’ve Been a Habeas Petition, But Returns Filing Fee
by David Reutter
(p 46)
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Fifth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Mississippi Sheriffs in Suit Over Mentally Ill Man’s Years-long Unlawful Detention
by Matthew Clarke
(p 46)
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Georgia Jails Faulted in Struggle With High COVID-19 Infection Rates
by Kevin Bliss
(p 48)
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PLN Contributor’s Retaliation Suit Against Oregon Prison Officials Survives
by Jacob Barrett
(p 48)
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Seventh Circuit Trims What Indiana Prisoner Owes Jail Doctor in Lost Lawsuit
by David Reutter
(p 50)
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Under New Mississippi Law, State Chooses Execution Method
by David Reutter
(p 52)
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Prisoner Health Update: Hepatitis C
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 52)
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Florida Makes Parolees Criminally Liable for Accidental Voter Registration Fraud
by David Reutter
(p 54)
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Award Slashed for Delaware Prisoner Sexually Groped by Guard
by Kevin Bliss
(p 54)
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Oklahoma Jail Guard Gets 46 Months for Setting Up White Supremacist Attack on Black Detainees
by David Reutter
(p 55)
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DOJ Releases Special Report on U.S. Prison COVID-19 Response
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 56)
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Federal Judge Refuses to Shorten Corruption Sentence for Former Head of New York City Jail Guards’ Union
by Matthew Clarke
(p 56)
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Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 57)
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$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)
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$300,000 Paid by Colorado to Prisoner Sexually Harassed by Guard with Foot Fetish
by Harold Hempstead
(p 59)
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$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)
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$98,000 Paid by BOP to Immigrant Detainees Racially Profiled as Terrorists in New York City Lockup
by Kevin Bliss
(p 60)
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Former BOP Warden Convicted of Sexually Abusing Prisoners in California ‘Rape Club’ Scandal
by Kevin Bliss
(p 62)
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Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Mississippi Cops Who Let Injured Hemophiliac Bleed Out in Jail
by Matthew Clarke
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 63)
January
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Mother of Kansas City Meth Distributor Charged With Abetting His Escape from Jail
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Denver Jailer Breaks Detainee’s Wrist with Nunchucks, Gets Whopping 3-Day Suspension
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Sex Assaults Mount at Illinois Federal Penitentiary, Guards’ Union Calls for Warden’s Removal
by Jo Ellen Nott
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New York City Guards Charged With Fraudulently Taking More Than a Year’s Paid Sick Leave
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks
by Jo Ellen Nott
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His Execution Stayed, Texas Prisoner Still Hopes to Donate His Rare Kidney Type as Atonement
by Jo Ellen Nott
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First Transgender Prisoner Execution Carried Out in Missouri
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Fulton County Jail Detainees Ended 2022 Freezing and Defecating in Trash Bags
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Jail Doctor Charged Along With Nurse in San Diego Detainee’s Death
by Kevin Bliss
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Eighth Circuit Revives Suit Over North Dakota Juvenile Detainee’s Suicide
by David Reutter
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D.C. Jail Guard Arrested for Stealing Union Funds to Finance Lavish Entertainment
by Kevin Bliss
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Mega-stars Accused of Plagiarizing Song from Nameless Missouri Prisoner
by Kevin Bliss
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Cages Without Bars Are Widening the Net: The Explosion of Electronic Monitoring
by Brian Dolinar, James Kilgore
(p 1)
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Amended Consent Decree Entered in 11-Year-Old Class-Action Challenging Prisoner Healthcare in Illinois DOC
by Douglas Ankney
(p 12)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 12)
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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)
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Arizona Prisoners Win Preliminary Injunctions Requiring Centurion To Treat Them
by David Reutter
(p 16)
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Minnesota Department of Corrections Searching for Tattooist for New Prison Program
by Jacob Barrett
(p 16)
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Florida Arrests Ex-Felons for Voter Fraud
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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Music Stops in Fifth Circuit’s Qualified Immunity ‘Dance,’ Leaving Plaintiffs With Shortened Discovery Period
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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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)
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Louisville Jail Counts 12 Deaths in Ten Months
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 24)
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Third Circuit Agrees With Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Access-to-Courts Claim, But Grants Defendants Qualified Immunity
by David Reutter
(p 26)
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Rhode Island Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike, Staff Denies It
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 27)
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California City Ends Private Jail Operator’s Contract After Mass Employee Resignations
by Keith Sanders
(p 28)
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$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)
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Eighth Circuit Revives Missouri Prisoner’s Claim Against Prison Food Manager for Denying Renal Diet
by David Reutter
(p 29)
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Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer
by Harold Hempstead
(p 30)
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Guards Fleeing Texas Prisons
by Matthew Clarke
(p 31)
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California Prison Guards Sentenced for Assaulting Prisoners
by Jacob Barrett
(p 32)
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‘Qualified Immunity Cannot Shield Them’: Fourth Circuit Advances Suit by Virginia Prisoners for Overlong Solitary Confinement
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 32)
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Ohio Supreme Court Grants Records but No Damages for Prisoner Making Request
by Jacob Barrett
(p 34)
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Eleventh Circuit Says Passover Sign-Up Requirement in Florida Jail Passes Constitutional Muster
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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Will Overturning Roe v. Wade Kill the Right to Abortion Under BOP Policy?
by Dale Chappell
(p 35)
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California Guards Kill Two Prisoners Who Attacked a Third
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 36)
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Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 36)
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Idaho Cancels Execution Because It Cannot Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 38)
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Prisoner Health Update: MRSA Infections
by Eike Blohm, MD
(p 38)
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Arizona Jail Racks Up Four Deaths And Two Escapes In Less Than Two Months
by Chuck Sharman
(p 39)
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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)
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Ohio Pays $185,000 to State Prisoner Bitten in Genitals by K-9
by Keith Sanders
(p 42)
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Incarceration Exacerbates Obesity in America
by Keith Sanders
(p 42)
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Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed
by David Reutter
(p 44)
-
Former Felons Elected to Rhode Island Legislature
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 44)
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Federal Judge in South Carolina Holds BOP Liable for Delayed Treatment That Left Federal Prisoner Partially Blinded
by Casey Bastian
(p 45)
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$450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic
by Harold Hempstead
(p 46)
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California Prison Officials Cleared After Prisoner Murders Two Sex Offenders
by David Reutter
(p 46)
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$3.5 Million Paid To Estate Of Iowa Jail Detainee Who Suffered Seizure And Died When Left Unattended
by Keith Sanders
(p 47)
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Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution
by Jo Ellen Nott
(p 48)
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New Connecticut Law Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement
by David Reutter, Keith Sanders
(p 48)
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Former South Carolina Sheriff Begins 46-Month Prison Term for Corruption
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 49)
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Virginia Swipes Sentence Credits From 560 Prisoners Just About to Get Out
by David Reutter
(p 50)
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‘Tragic and Wholly Unacceptable’ Gang Violence Erupts at Georgia Women’s Prison
by Jenifer Lockwood
(p 50)
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Georgia Prisoner Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Guards Dies by Apparent Suicide
by Keith Sanders
(p 51)
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GEO Group Gets Another Extension to Biden’s Deadline for USMS at California Prison
by Jenifer Lockwood
(p 52)
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UCLA Study Finds Over Half of ‘Natural’ Deaths Inside L.A. County Jails Showed Signs of Physical Harm
by Keith Sanders
(p 52)
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Ex-Prisoner Re-Elected to New York State Assembly
by Keith Sanders
(p 53)
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Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances
by Kevin Bliss
(p 54)
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Fifth Circuit: Martinez Report May Not Override Factual Allegations in Prisoner’s Complaint
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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Potentially Fatal Legionella Bacteria Found at Six Illinois Prisons
by Casey Bastian
(p 55)
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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)
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OIG Report Defers Claims That ICE Detainees in Georgia Had Forced Hysterectomies
by Ashleigh Dye
(p 56)
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‘Time for Me to Go’: Troubled Oklahoma Jail Loses Administrator
by Matthew Clarke
(p 57)
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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)
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Mississippi Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison
by Kevin Bliss
(p 58)
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Mississippi Reopens Walnut Grove Prison Just in Time for Prison Population Explosion
by Harold Hempstead
(p 59)
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HRDC Sues Wyoming Jail for Unlawful Censorship
by Douglas Ankney
(p 59)
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$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)
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Massive Price Tags and Meager Results: The Legacy of Federal Monitors in New York City
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 62)
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ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider
by Benjamin Tschirhart
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 63)