More from this issue:

1. $1.75 Million Settlement in Michigan Detainee’s Heroin Withdrawal Death, by David Reutter
2. Massachusetts: Wrongful Death Claims Survive Summary Judgment in Prisoner Suicide Case, by Mark Wilson
3. Women, Incarcerated, by Sharona Coutts
4. Arbitrator’s Award on Pay Raises for Prison Guards Costs Pennsylvania County $5 Million, by David Reutter
5. News in Brief
6. Nevada Jail Charges Prisoners for Meals, Medical Care to Defray Costs, by Michael Brodheim
7. Former PA Supreme Court Justice Convicted, Disbarred, Ordered to Write Apology, by Joe Watson
8. Pollution Prison in Pennsylvania, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
9. Second Circuit: Rule 41 Dismissal Requires Five Factor Analysis, by Mark Wilson
10. Tennessee County Agrees to Improve Mental Health Care for Prisoners
11. BOP Settles Medical Negligence Claim for $600,000, by David Reutter
12. Wyoming Prisoner Escapes from Private Transport Van, Remains on the Run, by Mark Wilson
13. Over 100 Protestors Converge at GEO Group’s Shareholder Meeting
14. Ninth Circuit: PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable to Fees on Appeal
15. Feds and Tennessee Officials Investigate Prisoners Using Facebook, by David Reutter
16. Former Nurse at Maine State Prison Files Suit Over Racial Slurs, by Joe Watson
17. Two Former Oklahoma Prison Guards Get Deferred Sentences in Prisoner’s Death, by Matthew Clarke
18. Ninth Circuit: Plata Doesn’t Bar Individual Injunctive Relief Claims; $26,000 Settlement, by Mark Wilson
19. Supreme Court Reinstates Challenge to North Carolina Post-Release GPS Sex Offender Monitoring, by Derek Gilna
20. Maryland DOC’s Ban on Media Interviews with Prisoners Upheld
21. New York: $360,000 Award for Guard’s Statutory Rape of Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
22. $110,000 Settlement in Suit over Nebraska Jail Prisoner’s Suicide, by Matthew Clarke
23. Federal Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Law that Restricts Prisoners’ Speech, by Derek Gilna
24. California Tests State Prisoners for Valley Fever Amid Lawsuits, Deaths, by Derek Gilna
25. Sixth Circuit: Group Strip Searches and Delousing at Ohio Jail State Claim, by David Reutter
26. Fourth Circuit Finds No Sex Reassignment Surgery Evaluation States Claim; $13,000 Settlement
27. Fifth Circuit Holds Texas Prisoner has Right to Free Kosher Meals, by Matthew Clarke
28. Automatic Oregon Death Row Confinement Pending Resentencing Enjoined, by Mark Wilson
29. Washington Prisoner’s Wife Prevails on PRA Claim for Investigative Report Redactions, by Mark Wilson
30. Nevada DOC’s “One Eye Policy” Challenged; Summary Judgment Reversed, by Lonnie Burton
31. $71,000 Settlement in Iowa Prisoner’s Sexual Harassment Claim, by David Reutter
32. Judicial Misconduct Results in Mild Sanctions, by Matthew Clarke
33. Dismissal of State-Created Danger Claim Reversed, by David Reutter
34. Nebraska Court Awards Prisoner $267,000 in Failure to Protect Suit, by David Reutter
35. $266,653 Judgment in Lawsuit Challenging Alabama Prison’s Improper Sewage Discharge, by David Reutter
36. Oregon: No Presumed Prejudice for Violation of Attorney-Client Communication, by Mark Wilson
37. New Report Cites Improvements at Troubled Ohio Prison
38. “American Taliban” Wins Injunction Against BOP Religious Worship Restrictions, by Derek Gilna
39. Ninth Circuit: BOP Improperly Denied RDAP Sentence Reduction; Remedy may be Reduced Supervised Release Term, by Mark Wilson
40. Denial of Time Served Credit Violates Vermont Law, by Mark Wilson
41. Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails Smuggle Sperm to Impregnate Wives
42. Ex-Con Seeks Return to Prison for Medical Treatment
43. Is Redemption Possible for Former Prisoners?
44. Grand Jury Investigates Santa Cruz County Jail Deaths, by N.H. Putnam
45. New Jersey Pre-trial Detainee’s Mysterious Death Results in $650,000 Settlement, by David Reutter
46. $1.35 Million Award in Montana Jail Prisoner’s Alcohol Withdrawal Death, by David Reutter
47. $1 Million for Medical Neglect Death of Wisconsin Jail Prisoner, by David Reutter
48. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
49. A City of Convicts: The statistical sleight of hand that makes the U.S. crime rate seem lower than it really is, by Josh Voorhees

More from Matthew Clarke:

• DOJ Finds “Horrific and Inhumane” Conditions in Georgia Prisons, March 1, 2025
• Sixth Circuit Upholds $6.4 Million Jury Award Against Corizon Nurses For Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Alcohol Withdrawal, March 1, 2025
• En Banc Fifth Circuit Reverses Panel, Holds Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, March 1, 2025
• USDC (D. Oregon), Case No. 6:22-cv-00451, Feb. 15, 2025
• Legal Gaffe Prolongs Case of Former St. Louis Detainee Held Eight Months After Dismissal of Charges, Feb. 15, 2025
• Among World Nations, Individual U.S. States Near Top of List for Per Capita Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025
• DOJ Settles Complaints About Conditions for Disabled Detroit Jail Detainees, Feb. 15, 2025
• New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025
• Historic $7 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Beating, Feb. 15, 2025
• Suits Filed Over Dehydration Deaths at Two Texas Jails, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit Revives West Virginia Prisoner’s RLUIPA Claim Over Religious Diet with Soy He Can’t Digest, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, RLUIPA, Religious Diet.
• Ninth Circuit Greenlights Muslim Hawaii Prisoner’s Challenge to Early-Served Ramadan Meals, Jan. 15, 2025. Religious Discrimination, Religious Diet.
• Sixth Circuit Sets Up Circuit Split with Ruling on Michigan Prisoner’s PLRA Exhaustion Dispute, Oct. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Washington Court of Appeals: PLRA Dismissal of Prisoner’s Federal Suit Is Not Res Judicata Barring State Tort Claims, Sept. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Res Judicata, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
• Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group, July 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, RLUIPA.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoner’s Declaration Alone Sufficient to Send PLRA Exhaustion Dispute to Trial, July 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Summary Judgment/Judgment N.O.V., Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Aramark: Prison Food for Thought, May 1, 2024. Aramark, Contractor Misconduct, Food, Religious Diet.
• Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths, May 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, RLUIPA, Religion Defined, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Free Exercise Clause.
• Eleventh Circuit Calls Georgia Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit Outside PLRA “Strike Zone”, April 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Three Strike Litigants.
• Finding Indiana Grievance Process “Unavailable,” Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment to 22 Prisoners on Same Day, April 1, 2024. PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).