More from this issue:

1. Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts
2. Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas, by Craig Malisow
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Felon Disenfranchisement Statute Does Not Violate Voting Rights Act, by Brandon Sample
5. Sixth Circuit OK’s Federal Judge’s Membership in Racist and Sexist Country Club
6. Ninth Circuit Rules PLRA Requires Exhaustion Even if Prison Grievance Process Cannot Provide Monetary Relief
7. California: Continued Resistance Among Prisoners and Prison Officials Alike Slows Attempts to End Housing Segregation, by Michael Brodheim
8. Inadequate Medical Care in Texas Jails Kills Hundreds of Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
9. Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, Metropolitan Books/Holt, 484 pp (October 2010), $20.00 paperback, by Lance Tapley
10. Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides More Than Four Times National Average, by Mark Wilson
11. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Retires in Wake of DUI Arrest
12. Practice of Jailing Parents Who Owe Child Support Raises Questions, Concerns, by Matthew Clarke
13. Report Documents Scope of Prosecutorial Misconduct in California, by Michael Brodheim
14. California Jury Awards Native American Prisoner $150 on Due Process Property Claim
15. Jailing for Debt on the Rise, by Matthew Clarke
16. Two California Prisoners Die as a Result of Doctor’s Negligence, by Derek Gilna
17. No Interlocutory Appeal from Denial of Motion for Reconsideration; $6,000 Settlement in New York Jail Abuse Case
18. CA Inspector General Finds 15 of 17 Prisons Demonstrate Low Adherence to Established Medical Policies and Procedures, by Michael Brodheim
19. Wisconsin DOC Settles Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit
20. Juvenile Justice Expert Condemns Rhode Island’s Jailing of Students for Minor Offenses, by Derek Gilna
21. Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners, by Mark Wilson
22. Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters, by Derek Gilna
23. CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit
24. Trivialized Use of Presidential Pardon Power Continues Under Obama, by Brandon Sample
25. Homeless Probationer’s Violation for Failure to Comply with GPS Monitoring Reversed
26. Virginia ACLU Requests DOJ Investigation into Jail Deaths, by Mark Wilson
27. Mexican Prison Officials Arm and Release Prisoners for Hit Squad Duties, by Matthew Clarke
28. Texas Prison Guard One of "America’s Dumbest Criminals”
29. Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95, by Matthew Clarke
30. Study Highlights the Burden of Fees, Debt Collection on Criminal Defendants, by Derek Gilna
31. Elaborate California Parole Violator Sting Nabs 150
32. Colorado Officials Lead Efforts to Modernize Afghan Prisons, by Derek Gilna
33. Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison
34. $75,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Beating
35. Connecticut Sues Prison Builders for $18 Million, by Gary Hunter
36. Conviction Affirmed for Former Prisoner Who Posed as Lawyer
37. State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable, by Matthew Clarke
38. Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually, by Michael Brodheim
39. Fifth Circuit: Sex Offender Conditions May be Imposed for Prior Sex Offense, by Matthew Clarke
40. South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime
41. $50,001 Verdict for Pennsylvania Prisoner in Failure to Protect Suit
42. Eighth Circuit Reverses Transport Rape Summary Judgment
43. Pennsylvania Jail Pays $3 Million to Settle Class-Action Strip Search Suit
44. Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance
45. News In Brief:

More from Matthew Clarke:

• Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Detectives Who Revealed Prisoner Was Informant, Denies Him Anonymity, Aug. 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Holds Federal Law Prohibits County Jail from Forcing Immigration Detainees to Perform Custodial Labor by Threatening Solitary Confinement, Aug. 1, 2026
• New Mexico Supreme Court Holds Corrections Department Regulations Do Not Exempt Use-Of-Force Documents from Public Records Disclosure, Aug. 1, 2026
• DOJ Issues Memorandum Over BOP Employees Abusing Their Law Enforcement Credentials to Illegally Purchase Personal Firearms, Aug. 1, 2026
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Against Former Illinois Prison Guards Challenging Termination for Violating Use of Force Policy, Aug. 1, 2026
• Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Executive Order to Transfer Trans Women Prisoners to Men’s Prisons, Aug. 1, 2026
• Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, July 1, 2026
• Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, July 1, 2026
• California Appeals Court Holds Defendant Cannot Be Penalized for Failing to Appear at Sentencing When He Was Being Held in Another County’s Jail on Preexisting Charges, July 1, 2026
• SCOTUS Reverses Mississippi Capital Conviction, July 1, 2026

More from these topics:

• Mental Health Diversion from New York State Jails Varies Widely by County, Sept. 1, 2026. Criminal justice system reform, Alternative Sentencing, Mental Health, State Legislation.
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Parole, Prisoners' Rights.
• $25,000 Paid to Former New York Jail Detainee Subjected to Delayed Healthcare and Denied Mental Healthcare— Despite Seven Suicide Attempts, July 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Mental Health, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, July 1, 2026. Parole, Equal Protection Clause/Claims, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Credits, Prison Regulations.
• Michigan Supreme Court Announces Betts Decision Invalidating 2011 SORA as Ex Post Facto Punishment Applies Retroactively to Defendants on Collateral Review, July 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity, Ex Post Facto, Constitution, state, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Colorado DOC Allows Some Prisoners Convicted of Sex Crimes to be Released While Delaying Parole Consideration for Others, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Overcrowding, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Sex Offender Treatment, De Facto Life Sentence.
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.