More from this issue:

1. States Scramble to Find Lethal Injection Drugs, by David Reutter
2. Three Fulton County, Georgia Jail Guards Sentenced in Prisoner Abuse Investigation
3. Blind Virginia Prisoner Settles Suit to Accommodate Disability
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Wexford Enters Into Confidential Settlement in New Mexico Prisoner’s Death, by David Reutter
6. Fire at Overcrowded Chilean Prison Kills Over 80 Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
7. Savings from North Carolina Prisoner Slave Labor Result in Additional Prison Beds, by David Reutter
8. Uncollected Court Debts Piling Up in Tennessee
9. New York Jury Awards Wrongfully Convicted Man $18.5 Million, but Court Grants Motion to Set Aside Verdict
10. Ninth Circuit Upholds Washington’s “Two Strikes Law” for Repeat Sex Offenders
11. Washington Prisoner Discovers Good Time Error; County Officials Admit and Correct Mistake, by David Reutter
12. PHS and NY Jail Employees Have Conflict of Interest with Legal Representation
13. Louisiana Sheriff Cages Suicidal Prisoners in Space Smaller than Required for Dogs
14. $149,500 Settlement for Hawaiian Prisoner Denied Medical Care After Transport Accident
15. Washington: Pierce County Jail Suit Ends After 15 Years
16. Federal Courts Reject Leniency Pleas from Politically-Connected Defendants, by David Reutter
17. Hopes Dashed for Criminal Defendants Facing Deportation in Virginia, by Derek Gilna
18. Releasees from Rural Michigan Jail Frighten Neighbors on Long Walk Home
19. Family of California Immigration Prisoner Who Died Due to Untreated Cancer Gets $3.68 Million, by Brandon Sample
20. Uproar Over Background Checks for BP Oil Spill Workers Following Rape Allegation Against Sex Offender, by David Reutter
21. Dozens of Israeli Prison Guards Die in Fire
22. Fifth Circuit Holds Mississippi Felons May Not Vote in Presidential Elections
23. Six Florida Jail Staff Arrested in Contraband Smuggling Probe, by David Reutter
24. The Incarceration Capital of the U.S., by Jordan Flaherty
25. U.S. Admits Infecting Prisoners, Mentally Ill Patients in Guatemala in 1940s, by Derek Gilna
26. Los Angeles County Approves $444,000 in Settlements for Sexual Assaults by County Employees
27. Controversy Involving North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab, by Matthew Clarke
28. Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenge to BOP’s Implementation of Second Chance Act
29. Federal Cell Phone Ban Becomes Law; California Bill Vetoed, then Re-Introduced, by Brandon Sample
30. Sanctions Against Prisoner for Alleged “Frivolous” Habeas Petition Improper, Tenth Circuit Decides
31. Texas Prison System Must Accommodate Hearing-Impaired Visitors, by Matthew Clarke
32. Ohio: Mixed Verdicts Against Guards Involved in Prisoner’s Death, by Brandon Sample
33. Wisconsin County Jail Administrator Charged with Stealing Jail Funds
34. Tenth Circuit Reverses Lawsuit on Hygiene Versus Court Access for Second Time, by Bob Williams
35. Remembering the High Point of Prisoner Rights, by David Hudson
36. Department of Justice Reports on Sexual Victimization in U.S. Prisons and Jails, by Matthew Clarke
37. Ex-BOP Pharmacist Sentenced for Stealing Drugs
38. No Time Limit for Defendants to Raise a PLRA Defense, by David Reutter
39. U.S. Deportations Set Record in 2010, by Derek Gilna
40. Anarchists Claim Attack on NC Department of Correction
41. ACLU Investigates Prisoners’ Deaths at Puerto Rican Prison, by Derek Gilna
42. First Circuit Reverses Finding that Sexual Interest in Adolescents Not Disorder Warranting Civil Commitment, by Brandon Sample
43. Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Guards Accused of Deliberate Indifference; $5.2 Million Verdict, $450,000 Settlement on Remand, by Brandon Sample
44. Virginia DOC Settles Censorship Suit Over The Final Call
45. New York Ex-Jail Doctor Charged With Selling Prescription Painkillers
46. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Insider Makes Misconduct Allegations; Resignations Result, by Matthew Clarke
47. News In Brief:

More from David Hudson:

• Why I Care About Prisoner Rights, July 15, 2011
• Remembering the High Point of Prisoner Rights, June 15, 2011
• Ruling Against Expression is No Music to Prisoners’ Ears, Dec. 15, 2008
• Turner v. Safley: High Drama, Enduring Precedent, April 15, 2008

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• Push to Digitize Rikers Island Mail Based on Faulty Drug Tests, Jan. 15, 2025. Drug Testing, Mail Regulations, Mail/Packages.
• Minnesota Prisoners Getting Scanned Mail, Kept Waiting 18 Months for Tablets, Jan. 15, 2025. Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Mail Regulations, Emails.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Thousands of Americans’ Mail Monitored by Law Enforcement, Records Reveal, Sept. 1, 2024. Mail Regulations.
• Government Accountability Office Issues a Report on DOJ and DHS Use of Facial Recognition Technology, June 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance.
• Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes, June 1, 2024. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Photos, Sexually Explicit Materials, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Legal Mail.
• How Parole and Probation “No-Association” Conditions Hamper Successful Reentry, June 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Conditions of.
• U.N. Panel Finds Rampant Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System, June 1, 2024. Racial Discrimination, Commentary/Reviews, Crime/Demographics, Criminal Prosecution, Statistics/Trends.
• Report Finds Current Path of Florida Prison System “Unsustainable”, June 1, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions.