More from this issue:

1. Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care, by David Reutter
2. Michigan's Prison Health Care System Found Contemptuous, by David Reutter
3. Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued, by David Reutter
4. California Creates High Risk Sex Offender Task Force
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Florida's Prison Industry Practices Tightening, by David Reutter
7. PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members, by David Reutter
8. Nevada Prisoner Awarded $18,700 For Retaliation Claim
9. Indianapolis’ Sex Offender Ordinance Banning Presence in Public Places with Children Enjoined
10. New BOP Program Isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern Prisoners
11. ABA Recommends Congress Repeal Portions of PLRA, by David Reutter
12. Doing “Katrina Time”, by Bob Williams
13. Habeas Hints: Retroactivity-Cunningham and Beyond, by Kent A. Russell
14. Fraudulent Tax Returns Net Illegal Millions for Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
15. Suit Over Suicide At Indian Jail In Washington Settled For $700,000
16. New Jersey Auditor: Life Skills Academy Prison Contract Improperly Monitored, by Matthew Clarke
17. Record Number of Texas Prison Guards Arrested, by Matthew Clarke
18. $143,774.55 Attorney Fee and Costs Award in New York EMSA Suit, by Matthew Clarke
19. Kentucky County Settles Prisoner Rape Suit for $1.4 Million
20. WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion
21. Washington State Waits Too Long to Collect Restitution
22. Prisoner’s Death After Restraint Settled By Los Angeles County For $80,000
23. Eleventh Circuit Remands ADA and Section 1983 Claims for Amended Complaint, by John Dannenberg
24. Audit of California DOC Contracted Healthcare Expenditures Reveals Rampant Waste, Abuse and Management Deficiencies, by Marvin Mentor
25. Guards Sue California DOC for Identity Theft by Prisoner Workers
26. Missouri Elective Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional In Class Action
27. Washington DOC Settles Open Records Suit for $15,000
28. Jail Chaplains Scrutinized for Affairs with Female Prisoners
29. California DOC Settles With PLN Over Restrictive Publications Policies: Changes Regulations, Pays Damages, by John Dannenberg
30. $128,000 Cost Fee Against Former Angolite Editor Reversed
31. $110,000 Settlement for North Carolina Prisoner Beaten By Guards
32. U.S. Supreme Court: Failure to Exhaust Remedies Is an Affirmative Defense Under the PLRA, by John Dannenberg
33. Missouri’s Lethal Injection Protocol Unconstitutional; Executions Stayed
34. Innocent Idaho Prisoner Receives $900,000 for 21 Years Wrongful Incarceration
35. A Devastating Link: Prisoner Rape and the War on Drugs
36. Prosecutors Check Prospective Jurors’ Background, Hoping to Disqualify Them
37. EPA Fines Pennsylvania DOC $37,000 for Air Violations
38. Registration Requirements Expanded to Non-Sex Crimes and Unconvicted Offenses, by Matthew Clarke
39. Florida DOC Liable for Legal Copy Costs Not Repaid
40. Pennsylvania Prisoner Wins $10,000 On Excessive Force Claim
41. Suit For Untreated Diabetic Prisoner’s Death In Los Angeles County Jail Lobby Settled For $700,000
42. News in Brief:
43. Washington DOC Pays $1.9 Million in Rape-Murder; County Escapes Liability

More from John Dannenberg:

• Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
• Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
• The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
• Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
• Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
• California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
• FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
• Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
• Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
• Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013

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• Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification in Suit Over Inadequate Dental Care at Chicago Jail, March 1, 2025. Dental Care, Failure to Treat, Class Certification.
• Tenth Circuit Affirms PTS Driver’s Conviction for Torturous Detainee Transport, Jan. 15, 2025. Transport Companies, Retaliatory Transfers, Transportation, Deliberate Indifference.
• In Failure-to-Treat Claims, Wellpath Denied Dismissal in Virginia, Settles in Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 2024. Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Dismissal.
• Alabama Jail Accused of Granting Detainee’s Medical Bond Just Before Death to Avoid Costly Medical Care, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Costs, Bail Bonds.
• Ninth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for California Jail Nurse Who Cleared Detainee for Release Just Before His Suicide, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Suicides, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
• Maryland and Wexford Health Pay $200,000 to Prisoner Denied Care and Partially Blinded, Nov. 15, 2024. Wexford Health Services, Blind Prisoners, Failure to Treat, Settlements.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Colorado Prisoner Forces Correctional Health Partners to Treat His Colon Disease, Oct. 15, 2024. Correctional Health Services, Failure to Treat, Settlements.
• Sixth Circuit Sets Up Circuit Split with Ruling on Michigan Prisoner’s PLRA Exhaustion Dispute, Oct. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Washington Court of Appeals: PLRA Dismissal of Prisoner’s Federal Suit Is Not Res Judicata Barring State Tort Claims, Sept. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Res Judicata, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).