More from this issue:

1. Sex Offenders Set Up Camp in Miami Florida: The Julia Tuttle Causeway Becomes a Colony. Politicians Pass the Buck., by Isaiah Thompson
2. California Parole Board Executive Officer Resigns After Caught Drinking on Duty
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. CCA Attempts Cover-Up of Assault by Warden at Tennessee Prison, by Alex Friedmann
5. Record Number of Disciplinary Actions Against Texas Prison Guards, by Matthew Clarke
6. $154,000 Awarded to Hawaii Prisoner Injured by Jumping from Bunk Bed Without Ladder And Exposed to ETS
7. Think Outside The Cell: An Entrepreneur’s Guide for the Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated, by Joseph Robinson, Resilience Multimedia, 270 pages, by Gary Hunter
8. California Homosexual Prisoner Family Visits Policy Draws Fire
9. $900,000 Settlement in Illinois Jail Guard’s Sexual Assault of Juvenile
10. New Jersey Abolishes the Death Penalty, by Matthew Clarke
11. Nevada Prisoner Health Care So Atrocious, Prisoners Volunteer for Execution to Avoid Suffering, by David Reutter
12. Eight Guards, Nurse Acquitted in Florida Child’s Beating Death, by David Reutter
13. Flesh-Eating Bacteria Grossly Disfigures Misdiagnosed Washington State Prisoner, by John Dannenberg
14. California Prison Beset by Deadly Valley Fever Epidemic, by John Dannenberg
15. New York Prisoner Awarded $112,000 For Leg Burns
16. Vermont Prisons Subject to Human Rights Commission Jurisdiction
17. Florida Prison Still Beset by Contaminated Water, by David Reutter
18. $25.5 Million Awarded in California County Jail Strip Search Suit, by John Dannenberg
19. Washington Study Finds Higher Recidivist Rate Amongst Sex Offenders Recommended, But Not Committed, For Civil Commitment, by David Reutter
20. Defunct Louisiana Juvenile Private Prison Reactivated by GEO for Immigrants
21. Son of Illinois Congressman Fired, Charged With Raping Prisoners
22. California DOC Federal Master: Continued Court Oversight Needed on “Code of Silence”, by Marvin Mentor
23. Pierce County, WA Jail Settles Jail Strip-Search Suit For $667,000
24. New York Prisoner Awarded $322,000 For Hand Laceration
25. Dallas County, Texas, Criticized for Offering Probation to Murder Defendants, by Michael Rigby
26. Iowa Faith-Based Program Finally Closed
27. $80,000 Settlement For Injury Caused By Defective Federal Prison Sidewalk
28. Junk Bonds to Junk Science? Drug Treatment Program Questioned, by Greg Dober
29. The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration in America, By Marie Gottschalk, Cambridge University Press, 451 pp., by Silja JA Talvi
30. 33,000 California Prisoners May Need Credits Recalculated Due To Retroactive State Court Decisions, by John Dannenberg
31. U.S. Releases Highest Ranking Soldier Convicted For Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse
32. California State Prisoner Wins $39,011 for Deprivation of Outdoor Exercise During Extended Lockdowns, by Marvin Mentor
33. PLN Sues Massachusetts DOC Over Book Ban, Added to Approved List One Week Later
34. Texas Prisoner’s Hepatitis C Claim Not Frivolous, Fifth Circuit Holds
35. Ohio Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Lawsuit Settles For $100,000
36. Federal Jury Convicts California DOC Guards on Assault and Conspiracy Charges; Judge Tosses Verdict
37. Innocent California Prisoner Freed After Nine Years; Paid $1 Million
38. North Carolina Agency Liable in Jail Fire That Killed Five Prisoners
39. Georgia’s Sex Offender Residency Restriction Unconstitutional; Work Restriction Approved
40. Nevada Criminalizes Cell Phones in State Prisons
41. CA Uses Jail Inmate Welfare Funds for Reentry; Expands Early Release for Permanently Disabled CDCR Prisoners
42. News in Brief:
43. $700,000 Settlement in Minnesota Teen’s Wrongful Death Caused by Jail’s Indifference to Head Infection

More from these topics:

• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• New York City Mayor Blocks Solitary Confinement Ban After Council Overrides His Veto, Sept. 15, 2024. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, State Legislation.
• Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Seeks Relief from Heat in Un-Air-Conditioned Prisons, Sept. 15, 2024. Exposure to Heat, State Legislation.
• Virginia Governor’s Veto Exposes Prisoners Who Took Plea Bargains to Civil Rights Violations, Sept. 15, 2024. State Legislation, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Plea Bargaining.
• Ending Prison Slavery on the Ballot in California, Nevada, Aug. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Voting, State Legislation.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.
• Voters in Four States Change Constitution to Ban Prison Slavery, April 1, 2023. Prison Labor, Prison Reform, State Legislation.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause, March 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer, Jan. 1, 2023. Summary Judgment, Settlements, Required Religious Programming.
• Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut, Jan. 1, 2023. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).