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Archive: 2024
April
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Young Hong Kong Protestors Held in “Deradicalization” Camps
by Gregory Teixeira
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Eleventh Circuit: “More than Gross Negligence” Required to Prove Deliberate Indifference
by David Reutter
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“Sisters-In-Law” of Brazilian Prisoners Going Viral on TikTok
by Jo Ellen Nott
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Lawsuit By California Youth Alliance Prompts County Probation Chiefs to Dissolve Secretive Nonprofit
by Jo Ellen Nott
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As ICE Data Errors Persist, GEO Group Cashes In
by Chuck Sharman
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Unable to Post Bail, Detainee Starves to Death in Arkansas Jail
by David Reutter
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$155 Million Settlement for 10,000 California Prison Guard Supervisors in Wage Lawsuit
by David Reutter
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After Stripping Crucial Jail Services, NYC Splurges on $90,000 in Submachine Guns for Rikers Island Guards
by Jordan Arizmendi
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BOP Guard, Nurse in Virginia Indicted in Prisoner’s Death
by Chuck Sharman
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Florida Supreme Court Bans ‘Vexatious’ Prisoner From Filing Further Pro Se Petitions
by David Reutter
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Fourth Circuit: South Carolina Prisoner’s Bivens Claim Must Detail Unconstitutional Acts of Each Defendant
by Benjamin Tschirhart
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Fourth Circuit Finds No Defamation for Inaccurate Media Reporting of Criminal Record of Former Federal Prisoner in West Virginia
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Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Detainee Suffering Fatal Seizure Might Have Been Faking or Might Have Gotten Better
by David Reutter
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Indiana Prisoner Sues Prison Abolition Group, Wins $1,097 Default Judgment
by Mark Wilson
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Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Illinois Jail Guards Who Relied on Nurse’s Opinion that Detainee Was “Faking” Symptoms Before He Died
by David Reutter
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$175,000 Awarded to Former California Detainee Whose Suit Prompted DOJ Investigation and Settlement Requiring Structural Changes at Jail
by Douglas Ankney
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$1.4 Million Verdict for Florida Jail Guard Injured in Transport Van Crash
by David Reutter
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Suit Proceeds Against CoreCivic by Guard Strip-Searched at Georgia Prison
by David Reutter
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Shocking Video Footage Reveals Rampant Violence and Neglect in Los Angeles County Jails
by Chuck Sharman
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Colorado Becomes Seventh State to Prohibit Jailing Immigrants for ICE
by Jordan Arizmendi
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NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits
by David Reutter
(p 1)
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Woman Denied Cardiac Care in Federal Prison in Texas—Despite Personal Assurance of BOP Medical Director
(p 9)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 9)
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Drunken “Karen” Jail Guard in Michigan Invades Former Home, Demands to Speak to Prosecutor When Cops Arrive
(p 10)
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With Push to Empty North Carolina’s Death Row Comes Another to End Life Without Parole
(p 10)
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Months-Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits
(p 11)
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Alaska Prisons Report Three Deaths in Three Days
(p 11)
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Florida County Makes Free Jail Phone Calls Available
(p 12)
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From Prison Cook to Praised Pizza Chef
(p 13)
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Colorado Prisoners Disciplined for Not Working Despite Ban on Prison Slavery
(p 13)
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Louisville Jail Records 15 Detainee Deaths, 16 Employees Fired
(p 14)
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428 Georgia Prison Employees Criminally Charged in Five Years
(p 15)
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California Prisons Locked Down After Massive Riot Hospitalizes Prisoner, Eight Guards
(p 15)
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One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails
(p 16)
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Sentencing Project Finds “Important Inroads” Against Mass Incarceration, Racial Inequality Behind Bars
(p 17)
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HRDC Awarded Over $130,000 in Legal Costs and Fees for Defendant’s “Bad Faith” in Maine Records Lawsuit
by David Reutter
(p 18)
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Condemned Texas Prisoner Ruled Too Mentally Ill to Execute
by Matthew Clarke
(p 18)
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Oregon Prisoner’s Parole Deferral Based on “Dangerous Offender” Statute Reversed
(p 19)
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Maryland Compensates Exonerated Prisoner Over $340,000
(p 20)
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Seventh Circuit Again Rejects Challenge to Three-Book Limit at Cook County Jail by Now-Dead Detainee
by David Reutter
(p 21)
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$33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help
by Douglas Ankney
(p 22)
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$9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-Related Illness Suit
by Matthew Clarke
(p 23)
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Sixth Circuit Refuses Michigan Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Despite Guard’s Conviction for Battery
by David Reutter
(p 24)
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Lights, Camera, Action! “Dead Man Walking” Comes to Sing Sing
(p 24)
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Parole and Probation Accused of Driving Prison Growth
by David Reutter
(p 26)
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Louisiana Supreme Court Springs Prisoner From Death Row
(p 27)
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$1.75 Million Settlement Reached in Washington Jail Suicide
by David Reutter
(p 27)
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Grand Jury Slams Sacramento County for Delaying Jail Improvements Mandated in Consent Decree
by Douglas Ankney
(p 28)
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Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent”
by Douglas Ankney
(p 29)
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California Adds Statewide Detention Monitors Overseeing Local Jails
(p 29)
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Massachusetts High Court Calls Denial of Prisoner’s Medical Parole without Risk Assessment Arbitrary and Capricious
by Douglas Ankney
(p 31)
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Third Circuit Revives Disabled New Jersey Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Walking Cane
by Douglas Ankney
(p 32)
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Nine Employees Arrested at Troubled South Carolina Jail
(p 34)
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Missouri Moms Jailed After Kids Miss Too Much School
(p 35)
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Two Kansas Prison Guards Fired, Six Disciplined for Mocking Injured Prisoner and Refusing Her Help
(p 35)
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Exceptional Punishments
by Kate Weisburd
(p 36)
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N.J. Prison Guard Sacked Over Mock George Floyd Killing
(p 37)
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Third Circuit Unhappy with Federal Detainee’s Denied Marriage Request at Pennsylvania GEO Group Lockup
(p 38)
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Russian Opposition Leader Dies in Prison
(p 39)
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Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018
by Matthew Clarke
(p 40)
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$8.5 Million Settlement After Pretrial Detainee Suffocated by Guards and Medical Staff at Virginia Psychiatric Hospital
by David Reutter
(p 41)
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$11.6 Million Settlement Reached in HRDC Debit Release Card Case in Washington; California Victory Remanded
(p 42)
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Georgia Sheriff Resigns After Groping TV Judge’s Breast
(p 43)
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North Carolina Court of Appeals Reinstates Parolee’s Parental Rights, Says Parole Conditions Barred Him from Visiting Minor Daughter
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Finding Indiana Grievance Process “Unavailable,” Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment to 22 Prisoners on Same Day
(p 46)
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Massachusetts Prisoners Again Stage Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement
(p 47)
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Alabama Denies Parole to Former Sheriff Convicted of Corruption
(p 47)
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Eleventh Circuit Calls Georgia Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit Outside PLRA “Strike Zone”
(p 48)
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$19.3 Million Awarded to Former Illinois Prisoner Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted by Prison Counselor
(p 50)
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Missouri Expands Prison Mail Ban to Include Books Sent by Family, Friends
(p 51)
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Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism
by Matthew Clarke
(p 51)
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Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Corizon Health in State Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Diabetes
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Washington DOC Outfits Guards with Narcan
(p 52)
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Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges Use of Presumptive Drug Tests by Washington DOC
(p 54)
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Fifth Circuit Finds Louisiana Prisoner’s Solitary Confinement Not Sufficiently “Atypical” to Violate the Constitution
by David Reutter
(p 55)
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Connecticut DOC Held Liable for Failure to Treat Transgender Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria
by Douglas Ankney
(p 56)
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Missouri Prison Chief in Sexual Abuse Claims Against Former Guard
by David Reutter
(p 57)
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Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard
(p 58)
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$2,000 Paid to Former Arkansas Jail Detainees Given Horse Dewormer for COVID-19
by Douglas Ankney
(p 59)
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At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed
(p 60)
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News in Brief
(p 61)
March
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Overcrowded and Understaffed, Oklahoma County Jail Remains “Deplorable”
by David Reutter
(p 1)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 7)
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No Jail Time for Former Arizona Prisons Director After Armed Standoff With Cops
(p 8)
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Lawsuit Claims Seattle’s King County Jail Shows Little Improvement in Quarter Century Since “Hammer Agreement”
(p 8)
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Pennsylvania County Found Skimming Prisoner-Designated Funds from ViaPath Kickbacks
(p 9)
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Colorado Sheriff Resigns After Deputies Fatally Shoot Motorist
(p 10)
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With Guard Arrests at Georgia Jail, Sheriff Asks, “What Are We Doing Wrong?”
(p 10)
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U.S. Sentencing Commission Greenlights Retroactive Sentence Reductions
(p 11)
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Redemption Songs: The Forgotten History of American Prison Music
by Maurice Chammah
(p 12)
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Nearly $11 Million Settlement Reached in Suit by BOP Prisoners Held Without Heat, Electricity During New York Winter Storm
by Douglas Ankney
(p 14)
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Federal Prisoner in Virginia Convicted on Fresh Kiddie Porn Charges After Drawing His Own
(p 15)
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Massachusetts Becomes the Fifth State to Make Prison Phone Calls Free
(p 15)
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California Slowed, But Not Barred from “Dumping” Sick, Indigent Parolees on Public Hospitals
(p 16)
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Rikers Island Detainees Given Pricey Weight-Loss Surgery but Little Follow-Up Care
(p 17)
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Illinois Eases Restrictions on Prisoners Released Under Supervision
(p 17)
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Moms Released from Massachusetts Prison Decry Dearth of Help
(p 18)
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Eighth Circuit Issues Primer on Informal Due Process Procedures to Missouri Prisoner
by David Reutter
(p 19)
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DOJ Finds ADA Violations in Arizona Prisons, Demands Improvements
(p 20)
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Sick Georgia Prisoners Forced to Choose Between Treatment and Early Release
(p 21)
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Unsealed Settlement Reveals PrimeCare Medical Paid $337,500 After Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Suicide
by David Reutter
(p 21)
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Eighth Circuit Remands ADA Claims—But Not Constitutional Claims—of Paralyzed Arkansas Jail Detainee
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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“Unethical At Best”: Hawaii Budget Director Charged With Financing New Prison is Former CoreCivic Lobbyist
(p 23)
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“More jobs than people”: Prisoners Training to Work on Ohio Infrastructure Projects after Release
(p 24)
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Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution
(p 24)
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HRDC Wins $14 Million Settlement for Exonerated Florida Prisoner
(p 26)
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Escape from Oregon State Hospital Results in Changes to Detainee Transports
(p 26)
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Four Dead in One Month in San Bernardino County Jails, $3,232,500 in Settlements Paid So Far
by Casey Bastian, Douglas Ankney
(p 28)
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Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000
by David Reutter
(p 31)
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Alabama Prisons Facing Third Class-Action Lawsuit
(p 32)
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Muslim Florida Prisoner Awarded Permanent Injunction to Grow Untrimmed Beard
by David Reutter
(p 34)
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North Carolina Prison Official Pleads Guilty to COVID-19 Program Fraud
(p 35)
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South Carolina Sheriff Ordered to Pay $37,500 in Fees and Costs in Jail FOIA Case
by Matthew Clarke
(p 35)
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Guard and Four Summit Food Service Employees Arrested for Smuggling at Troubled Atlanta Jail
(p 36)
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New York Prisoners with Chronic Pain Win Injunction to Receive Denied Medication
by Matthew Clarke
(p 36)
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Ninth Circuit Shuts Down Settlement Agreement in Long-Running California Prisoners’ Gang Affiliation Suit
by David Reutter
(p 37)
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$470,000 Settlement After Texas Jail Nurses Fabricate Vital Signs for Detainee Who Died
by Douglas Ankney
(p 38)
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New Jersey Supreme Court Revives Parolee’s Challenge to Administratively Imposed Treatment Program
by Matthew Clarke
(p 39)
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BOP Pays $40,000 to Prisoner Sexually Assaulted at Florida Lockup by Guard, Who Must Pay Her $1 Million
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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Serial Killer Murdered by Cellmate at Texas Lockup
(p 41)
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California Felony-Murder Reform Shaves 11,000 Years Off 600 Prisoner Sentences
by Douglas Ankney
(p 42)
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Seventh Circuit Says Lack of Expert Testimony Dooms Illinois Prisoner’s Medical Neglect Claim
by Douglas Ankney
(p 43)
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Texas Fights Fetal Rights After Forcing Prison Guard to Stay At Work Until She Delivered Stillborn Baby
(p 44)
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Suit Filed After Mentally Ill Detainee Starves to Death in Miami Jail
by David Reutter
(p 47)
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Senators Grill BOP Chief—Then Say They’ll Toss Her More Money
(p 47)
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Nevada Prisoner Strikes Out in Access-to-Courts Claim
by David Reutter
(p 48)
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New Jersey Private Prison Ban Voided
(p 50)
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New Minnesota Justice Center Aims to be More ‘Humane’
(p 51)
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Eighth Circuit Affirms $800,000 Award After Arkansas Jail Detainee’s Fatal Appendix Rupture
by Matthew Clarke
(p 51)
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Wellpath Held in Contempt in Suit at California Jail
(p 52)
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Minnesota Prison on Lockdown After Protest Over Dirty Water, Lack of Phone Use and Out-of-Cell Time
(p 52)
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California Prison Fined $1.7 Million for Stormwater Discharges, Environmental Violations
(p 54)
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Seventh Circuit Reinstates Wisconsin Prisoner’s ADA Claim for Untreated Knee Injury
by Matthew Clarke
(p 54)
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Eleventh Circuit Revives Claim Against Florida Jail That Forced Detainee to Scan Legal Mail Into Computer with Memory Chip
by David Reutter
(p 55)
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Illinois Failing to Grant Dying Prisoners Medical Releases
(p 56)
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Louisiana Fugitive Recaptured After 32 Years
(p 56)
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MTC Returns $5.125 Million to Mississippi for “Ghost Workers” at Private Prisons
(p 57)
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Florida Pastor Accused of Running Shoplifting Ring With DUI Diversion Program Participants
(p 57)
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$900,000 Settlement Reached With Ohio Jail in Detainee’s Fatal Seizure
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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Tribal Courts Expand ‘Healing to Wellness’ Rehabilitation Programs
(p 59)
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Four TDCJ Guards Resign, Seven Suspended for Beating Handcuffed Prisoner Into Coma
(p 60)
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Michigan Reaches $1.03 Million Settlement with Exonerated Prisoner
(p 61)
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Oklahoma Parole Board Resignations Threaten Prisoner Clemencies
(p 61)
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After Eight Deaths in Eight Years, Virginia Jail Introduces—Pickleball?
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 62)
February
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Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’
by David Reutter
(p 1)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 9)
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Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000
by David Reutter
(p 10)
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Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Reimpose Death Sentence for Intellectually Disabled Alabama Prisoner
(p 11)
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Three L.A. Jail Gang Leaders Murdered
(p 12)
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Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail
(p 12)
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Nine Guilty So Far in Sprawling California Aryan Brotherhood Case
(p 14)
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$3 Million Settlement for Illinois Pretrial Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death
by David Reutter
(p 15)
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First Circuit Lets BOP Take Prisoner’s Entire $10,956.36 Trust Account Balance for Restitution
by Douglas Ankney
(p 16)
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$2.9 Million Paid by Maryland to Exonerated Former Prisoner
(p 17)
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BOP Evacuates Federal Prison in Florida After Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
(p 17)
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Censoring Women’s Health
by Kwaneta Harris
(p 18)
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Second Circuit Says New York Prisons Must Answer for Denying Court-Ordered Rehab
by David Reutter
(p 20)
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South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes
by Douglas Ankney
(p 21)
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In Suit Over Connecticut Prisoner’s Death, Attorney General Will No Longer Represent Guard Convicted of Assault
(p 21)
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Ninth Circuit Revives Challenge by Federal Prisoner in Arizona to BOP’s 300-Minute Monthly Phone Cap
by David Reutter
(p 22)
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No Data to Prove Whether $600-Million California Parole Effort Worked
(p 23)
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Maine Prison Official Charged with Theft and Bribery in Decade-Long Kickback Scheme
(p 24)
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Inmate Records Released from Closed Washington Psychiatric Lockup
(p 24)
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Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It
by Matthew Clarke
(p 26)
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First Prisoners Released Two Years After Illinois Passed Law to Revisit Excessive Sentences
(p 26)
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Writing on the Prison Wall: How Prisons Suppress Prison Journalism
(p 27)
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Resistance to Bail Reform Powered By Untruthful Scaremongering
by David Reutter
(p 29)
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Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Prison Chief for Prolonging Prisoner’s Detention with Sex Offender Misclassification
by David Reutter
(p 31)
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Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby
(p 32)
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Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guard Accused of Grabbing and Squeezing Detainee’s Penis
by Mark Wilson
(p 34)
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Rikers Island Guard Accidentally Records Himself Planting Shiv in Prisoner’s Cell
(p 35)
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Seventh Circuit Upholds Disciplinary Sanction Revoking Over 15 Years of Indiana Prisoner’s Good Time
by Douglas Ankney
(p 36)
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Record Temperatures in Southern Prisons Called Cruel and Unusual Punishment
(p 37)
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Fifth Circuit Says Both Texas Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit and His Lost Appeal Count as “Strikes”
by Douglas Ankney
(p 38)
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Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety
by David Reutter
(p 39)
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Fifth Circuit: Texas Jail Guard’s Use of Taser on Compliant Detainee Unconstitutional
by David Reutter
(p 40)
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Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse
(p 41)
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Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face
by Matthew Clarke
(p 42)
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BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois
by Douglas Ankney
(p 43)
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DOJ Concludes BOP Pretrial Detainees Need Improvements in Access to Attorneys
by Matthew Clarke
(p 44)
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Ohio Prisoner Has Now Collected $5,700 for Denied Public Records Requests
(p 47)
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Virginia Sheriff Indicted for Selling Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff Credentials
by Matthew Clarke
(p 48)
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Seventh Circuit Reinstates Claim of Illinois Prisoner Held 18 Months After Release for Refusing to Sign Incomplete Form
by Matthew Clarke
(p 50)
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Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered
by Douglas Ankney
(p 51)
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San Diego County Jail Accused of Letting Mentally Ill Detainee Starve to Death
by Matthew Clarke
(p 52)
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Washington Fined Over $100 Million for Delays in Competency Evaluations and Restoration
by Douglas Ankney
(p 52)
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Seventh Circuit Finds Jail Guard May Be Liable for Delayed Response to Illinois Detainee’s Fatal Heart Attack
by Douglas Ankney
(p 54)
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Misconduct Shades Sexual Assault Suit As Hawaii Settles With Prisoners for $2 Million
by Douglas Ankney
(p 55)
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Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails
by Douglas Ankney
(p 56)
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Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee
by Douglas Ankney
(p 57)
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Third Circuit Revives Claim by Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania that Delayed Cancer Treatment Cost Him a Testicle
by David Reutter
(p 58)
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Texas Looks to Find Prison Guards in High Schools
(p 59)
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Almost $950,000 Paid by Inmate Services Corp. for Hellish Prisoner Transports
by David Reutter
(p 60)
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Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency
(p 61)
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Michigan Supreme Court: DOC Owes Attorney Fees in Public Records Case Even if Plaintiff Is Represented Pro Bono
by Matthew Clarke
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 63)
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Cash Bail Eliminated in Illinois, Reduced in Los Angeles County
(p None)
January
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare
by J.D. Schmidt
(p 1)
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From the Editor
by Paul Wright
(p 10)
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$7.75 Million Paid by San Diego County After Jail Detainee Severely Injured in Fall from Top Bunk
(p 11)
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Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless”
(p 12)
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Misadventures in Mail Censorship
by Robert Schaeffer
(p 14)
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Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction
(p 17)
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Private Prisons Hold Almost 100,000 Prisoners, 8% of Total U.S. Prison Population
(p 17)
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Fifth BOP Employee Sentenced in California “Rape Club,” Another Lawsuit Filed
(p 18)
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Another Report Verifies That Prison Deaths Soared During COVID-19 Pandemic
(p 19)
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Record-Setting $7 Million Settlement Caps LaSalle’s Legacy at Texarkana Jail
by Matthew Clarke
(p 20)
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153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown
(p 23)
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Former L.A. County Jail Detainees Denied Promised Sentence Credits
(p 24)
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Washington Agencies Sanctioned for Discovery Violations Reach $3.1 Million Settlement with Disabled Woman Allegedly Abused at State Sanctioned Home
(p 24)
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N.H.’s First Black Sheriff Charged With Embezzling $19,000
(p 26)
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Former Florida Guard Gets Five Years for Fatal Assault on Mentally Ill Prisoner
(p 26)
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Hurdles to Voting for Ex-Felons Rise in Tennessee and Virginia, Fall in Mississippi
(p 27)
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“Brushed It Under the Rug”: Investigation Refutes Florida Sheriff’s Story About Jail Detainee’s Death
(p 28)
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How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration
(p 28)
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Corizon Health Bankruptcy Delayed by Revelation of Attorney’s Affair With Mediator
(p 29)
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Virginia Leads the Nation in K-9 Attacks on Prisoners
(p 31)
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Nearly $75 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached For Delayed Releases from N.Y.C. Jails
(p 32)
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Officials of Pennsylvania Guards Union Charged with Theft
(p 34)
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$10,000 Verdict for Fired Guard’s Failure to Protect Louisiana Prisoner From Stabbing
by David Reutter
(p 35)
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$9,000 Settlement for Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation and Excessive Force Claims Against Guards
by David Reutter
(p 36)
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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing
by Matthew Clarke
(p 37)
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The Good That Prisoner Rights Lawyers Do
(p 38)
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Oklahoma Prisoner Uses COVID-19 Stimulus Check to Overturn Conviction
(p 38)
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New Head of “Constitutional Sheriffs” Calls MLK a “Thug”
(p 39)
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Eleventh Circuit Addresses First Amendment, Due Process Interests in Georgia Prisoner Emails
(p 40)
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Second Circuit Strips Qualified Immunity from Connecticut Officials Who Ignored Prisoner’s Scalp Lesions
by David Reutter
(p 42)
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Long Waits for Montana Jail Detainees Needing Competency Restoration Services
(p 43)
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West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage
by David Reutter
(p 44)
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Eighth Circuit Says Arkansas Prisoner’s Medical Incapacity May Excuse PLRA Exhaustion Failure
(p 47)
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Deaths While Incarcerated Up 18% in Louisiana
(p 48)
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Despite “Ban the Box” Laws, Most Prisoners Still Unemployed a Year After Release
(p 48)
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Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Against Kitchen Supervisor for Scalding From Spilled Hot Water
(p 50)
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Former New Mexico Guard Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Prisoner, Suit Filed
(p 51)
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George Floyd’s Killer Stabbed 22 Times in Federal Prison in Arizona
(p 51)
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Ed Mead: Rest in Power
by Paul Wright
(p 52)
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Multiple Staffers Arrested at Georgia’s Clayton County Jail
(p 54)
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The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges
(p 55)
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Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement
(p 56)
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Maine Ends Prison Gerrymandering
(p 57)
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Fifth Circuit Revives Suit Against Texas Jailers Who Tasered Detainee Suffering Epileptic Seizure
by Douglas Ankney
(p 58)
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West Virginia High Court Decides Medical Practice Liability Act Not Applicable to Prison System
by David Reutter
(p 59)
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Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage
(p 60)
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Seventh Circuit Slams Illinois Civil Commitment Program but Reverses Injunction
(p 61)
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Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement
by David Reutter
(p 62)
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News in Brief
(p 63)