More from this issue:

1. Abuse in Los Angeles Jails Leads to Investigations, Lawsuits and Eventual Reforms, by Michael Brodheim
2. Colorado Seeks New Use for Empty Prison
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Nevada Prison Industries Exploiting Businesses and Workers, by Bob Sloan
5. The Color of Corporate Corrections: Overrepresentation of People of Color in the Private Prison Industry, by Christopher Petrella
6. British Call Center Fires Employees to Hire Prison Slave Labor
7. Why Are Prisoners Committing Suicide in Pennsylvania?, by Matt Stroud
8. Federal Court Grants Six-Month Extension to Reduce CDCR Prison Population
9. Alaska Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s “Shy Bladder” Suit
10. Historic $45 Million Settlement in Washington State Prison Phone Class-action Suit, by Matthew Clarke
11. China Pledges to Stop Harvesting Organs from Executed Prisoners
12. Prison Reforms Under Maine’s New DOC Commissioner, by Lance Tapley
13. Former California Prison Guard Convicted of Lying about Injury Sustained at Sex Club
14. Colorado: CCA Doctor Disciplined for Role in Prisoner’s Death
15. $2.6 Million Jury Award for Prisoner Beaten in Los Angeles County Detox Cell, by Matthew Clarke
16. $4.1 Million Settlement for Cook County Jail Prisoners Shacked During Labor
17. California Prison Psychiatrists Reap Rewards from State Bidding War
18. Tennessee DOC Accused of Covering Up Violent Incidents, by Alex Friedmann
19. Prison Doctor’s Failure to Follow Prescribed Hernia Treatment States Claim
20. 7th Circuit Reaffirms Voluntariness of BOP’s Inmate Financial Responsibility Program, by Derek Gilna
21. Second Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Non-Treatment of Prisoner’s HCV
22. Eighth Circuit: § 1997e(e) Bars Compensatory Damages for First Amendment Religious Claims; Qualified Immunity Upheld
23. DC Court Disbars Former Federal Prosecutor for Misconduct, by Derek Gilna
24. Indigent Prisoner’s Damages Claim in Legal Mail Case Survives Summary Judgment
25. U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Snared, Deported by DHS and ICE, by Derek Gilna
26. South Carolina Sex Offender’s Lifetime Satellite Monitoring Held Unconstitutional
27. “Shocks the Conscience” Test Applied to Conditions at Civil Commitment Center
28. Have the Media Stopped Covering Courts?
29. Unique Brazilian Prison Alternative Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary, by Lyla Bugara
30. Eleventh Circuit: No Right to Spanish-language RDAP Program
31. Former New York Prisoner Exonerated, Receives $2 Million Settlement
32. $2 Million Settlement in Mailman’s Death at New York City Jail
33. Fifth Circuit Reverses $659,300 Katrina-Related Jury Award, by Matthew Clarke
34. Equitable Tolling of AEDPA Includes Non-English Speaking Petitioners
35. Illinois Woman Awarded $70,000 for Strip Search Based on Canine Alert
36. Oregon ACLU Sues Jail over Mail Policy; County Quickly Capitulates
37. Eighth Circuit: Procedurally Defaulted Grievances Decided on Merits are Considered Exhausted
38. California Governor Approved Parole for 377 Life-Sentenced Murderers in 2012, by John Dannenberg
39. Eleventh Circuit: Corizon Policy Led to Prisoner’s Paralysis; $1.2 Million Verdict Upheld
40. Los Angeles County Settles Civil Detainee Wrongful Death Claim for $750,000
41. Eighth Circuit Upholds Child Porn Supervised Release Condition
42. California Prison Town Files for Bankruptcy, by John Dannenberg
43. Wisconsin Supreme Court Clarifies Sex Offender Registration for Homeless Prison Releasees
44. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Illinois Supreme Court Announces Odor of Burnt Cannabis Alone Is Insufficient to Establish Probable Cause for a Warrantless Vehicle Search, Feb. 1, 2025. Vehicle Searches, Probable/Proximate Cause, Warrantless Searches, Marijuana Laws/Issues.
• California Court of Appeal: Defendant’s Conversation With Officers Not Consensual Based on Officers’ Positioning and Manner of Approaching Legally Parked Vehicle so Evidence Obtained Resulting From Conversation Must Be Suppressed, Aug. 15, 2024. Vehicle Searches, Consensual Encounters, Suppression, Miranda.
• Sixth Circuit: Plain View Doctrine Does Not Apply Where Items Inside Vehicle Were Not Immediately and Apparently Incriminating When Viewed by Police Positioned Outside Vehicle, March 15, 2023. Vehicle Searches, Police, Searches - Plain View.
• Fifth Circuit: ‘Nonsubstantial Overcrowding’ of Vehicle Used in Transporting Illegal Aliens Insufficient for Imposition of Sentencing Enhancement Under Guidelines § 2L1.1(b)(6), Jan. 15, 2023. Vehicle Searches, Immigration Law/Offenses, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Smell of Marijuana Alone No Longer Establishes Probable Cause to Conduct Warrantless Vehicle Search, May 15, 2022. Vehicle Searches, Warrantless Searches, Marijuana Laws/Issues.
• North Dakota Supreme Court Suppresses Evidence Found in Passenger’s Backpack Located Outside Vehicle When Drug-Detection Dog Alerted to Presence of Drugs Inside Vehicle, March 15, 2022. Vehicle Searches, Drug-Sniffing Dog, Motions To Suppress.
• Idaho Supreme Court Announces Whether a Container Is Located Inside or Outside Vehicle When Probable Cause Arises Determines if Container May Be Searched Under Automobile Exception, Joining Conclusion of Several Other States, Jan. 15, 2022. Vehicle Searches, Probable/Proximate Cause.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Driver Who Leaves Scene of Accident Subject to Only One Hit-and-Run Violation, Regardless of How Many Victims, Jan. 15, 2022. Vehicle Searches.
• Ninth Circuit Announces Police Inserting Key in Car Door to Determine Vehicle Ownership Constitutes Search Overruling Circuit Precedent, April 15, 2021. Vehicle Searches, Warrantless Searches.
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Announces Departure From SCOTUS’ Vehicle Exception to Warrant Requirement, Commonwealth’s Constitution Provides Greater Protections, March 15, 2021. Vehicle Searches, Warrantless Searches.