More from this issue:

1. Doing Borrowed Time: The High Cost of Back-Door Prison Finance, by Kevin Pranis
2. Arkansas Woman Left in Cell for Four Days Without Food or Water
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Monitor’s Second and Third Reports Find Medical Care From CMS for Delaware Prisoners Still Lacking, by David Reutter
5. Paying Texas Prisoners Undermines Outside Businesses, by Gary Hunter
6. Colorado DOC Increases Legal Photocopy Fees 400 Percent
7. An Interview with Randall Berg, Executive Director of the Florida Justice Institute, by Todd Matthews
8. Could the Fall of Lehman Brothers Signal Trouble for Private Prison Corporations?, by Bob Libal
9. Private Prisons a Public Disgrace in Texas, by Gary Hunter
10. Ex-Warden’s Wife Charged With Assisting Prison Escapee, by Gary Hunter
11. Privatized Medical Care in Mississippi Prisons: Another Wexford Failure, by David Reutter
12. Illinois Federal Jury Awards Record $15.5 Million in False Arrest Case, by Matthew Clarke
13. Effects of Florida’s Faith Based Prisons Found to Be Promising in Reducing Recidivism, by David Reutter
14. Florida County Sheriff Liable for $1.5 Million for Acts of Informant on Work Release
15. Massachusetts Jail Conditions Unconstitutional Says U.S. Department of Justice, by Gary Hunter
16. CA Justice Commission: “Low bid, flat fee” Defense Attorney Hiring Scheme Shortchanges Indigent Criminal Defendants, by John Dannenberg
17. $13.5 Million Florida Jail Strip Search Settlement
18. Maricopa County Special Prosecutor Padded Résumé, Law Partner Quits, by Matthew Clarke
19. U.N. Recommends Worldwide Death Penalty Moratorium
20. CMS Nurse Injects 15 Delaware Prisoners with the Same Syringe
21. Errantly Paroled Mentally Ill San Quentin Prisoner Commits Mayhem In San Francisco
22. Iowa Imprisons Blacks at Alarming Rate, by Gary Hunter
23. HIV Cases in U.S. Prisons Decline
24. Nevada Phone Contract Reduces Costs to Prisoners’ Families But Increases State’s Kickback, by David Reutter
25. U.S. Pardon Attorney Replaced After Investigation Reveals Racial Comments, Retaliation and Mismanagement, by Brandon Sample
26. Texas State Auditor States Some Prison Rehabilitation Programs Effective, Some Not, by Matthew Clarke
27. Justice Policy Institute Brief Links Crime, Wages and Unemployment, by Matthew Clarke
28. $145,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Who Falls While Cutting Wet Grass
29. Incarcerated New York Women Denied Access to Reproductive Health Care, by Gary Hunter
30. Alabama Federal Court Awards $538,178 in Attorney Fees and Expenses for Women Prison Conditions Litigation
31. $156,289 in Attorney Fees Awarded for Enforcing California Jail Prisoners’ Federal Consent Decrees, by John Dannenberg
32. Report Finds Incarceration Damages Children Psychologically, Emotionally, by Gary Hunter
33. CA State Auditor: 352 Licensed Residential Living Facilities Errantly Housed Registered Sex Offenders, by John Dannenberg
34. Former Female Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuit in Virginia
35. Identity of Prisoner Who Smuggled Gun into New Jersey Facility Revealed by Appeals Court, by Gary Hunter
36. California Proposition 36 Drug Program Participation Credits Apply Against Subsequent Probation Revocation
37. BOP Administrative Tort Claims Fail to Satisfy PLRA’s Exhaustion Requirement
38. $80,000 Settlement in Utah Jail Prisoner’s Suicide
39. $5,775 Awarded For 104 Days of Over-Incarceration in Ohio Prison
40. Supreme Court: Death Penalty for Child-Rape Barred as Cruel and Unusual Punishment
41. Ninth Circuit: Washington Law Creates Liberty Interest in Sex Offenders’ Early Release to Community Custody
42. Crack Cocaine Offenders Denied Representation for Sentence Reductions, by Brandon Sample
43. Snitch: Informants, Cooperators & the Corruption of Justice, by Ethan Brown Public Affairs Publishing, 273 pages, $25.95, by David Preston
44. Pre-Release Jail-Abuse Questionnaires Said to Pressure Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
45. California Juvenile Jail Ward, Brain Damaged from Suicide Attempt, Awarded $4.6 Million
46. Hawaii Prisoner Awarded $20,000 in Slip and Fall Lawsuit
47. Former Illinois Prison Watchdog Group Executive Acquitted of Bribing Prison Officials
48. Banning of Newsletter in Wisconsin Prison Violates First Amendment, by John Dannenberg
49. Florida Imposes Broad Budget Cuts, but Prison Officials Increase Pay Through Double-Dipping, by David Reutter
50. News in Brief:
51. Romance with Jail Guard Lands Sex Offender Back in Prison, by Gary Hunter

More from David Reutter:

• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
• ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025
• First Circuit: Two-Level Enhancement Under § 3B1.1(c) for Leadership or Managerial Role Vacated Because Government Failed to Prove Defendant’s Order Was Actually ‘Obeyed’ by Fellow Criminal Participant, Feb. 15, 2025
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Witness Wearing Surgical Mask During Pandemic Is Denial of Sixth Amendment Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation and No General Exception to This Right for Pandemic or ‘Other Global Events’ Such as Wars and Natural, Feb. 15, 2025
• The Murky Waters of Parole, Feb. 1, 2025
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit: Baltimore County Prisoners May Qualify as Employees under FLSA, Jan. 15, 2025
• In Failure-to-Treat Claims, Wellpath Denied Dismissal in Virginia, Settles in Pennsylvania, Dec. 15, 2024
• Trends Show Mortality Risks Increase with Higher Jail Turnover Rates, Dec. 15, 2024

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.
• 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.
• 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).
• “One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution, July 15, 2022. Religious Freedom, Religious Practices.
• Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail, May 1, 2022. Threats by Staff, Required Religious Programming, Conditions of.
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit, Feb. 1, 2021. Religious Freedom, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes, Feb. 4, 2020. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Georgia Prison System Ordered to Amend Policy to Allow Three-Inch Beards, Dec. 10, 2019. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming.