More from this issue:

1. Alabama Forced to Confront Criminal Justice Reform, by David Reutter
2. Low Pay, Long Hours Fuel Increasing State Prison Staffing Problems, by Derek Gilna
3. PLN Exclusive: Illinois Prisoner Exonerated, Released after Ten Years, by Derek Gilna
4. How Prison Phone Calls Became a Tax on the Poor
5. ACLU Report: Women Uniquely Harmed by Solitary Confinement, by Matthew Clarke
6. UK Supreme Court Rules Against Unlawful Use of Solitary Confinement, by Christopher Zoukis
7. Disputed PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Issues Properly Resolved in Bench Trial
8. $8,000 Settlement for Medical Maltreatment by BOP; Court Finds Experts Not Required, by Derek Gilna
9. Corrections Agencies Use Obamacare to Pay for Prisoners’ Medical Care, by Christopher Zoukis
10. L.A. County Audit Recommends More Contract Oversight for Probation Department, by Derek Gilna
11. Delaware Supreme Court Suspends Prosecutor for Misconduct, by Christopher Zoukis
12. $15 Million Award for Prisoner Rendered Paraplegic Due to Medical Malpractice Affirmed, by David Reutter
13. Florida’s Private Prison Movement Alive and Well, by David Reutter
14. Audits Expose Irregularities in Iowa Prison System Spending, by Derek Gilna
15. Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Ex-prisoner’s § 1983 Action Regarding Computer Disk, by Derek Gilna
16. Lawsuit Claims Florida Teen Raped, Beaten in Prison Initiation Ritual
17. Fourth Circuit Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment to Guards in Excessive Force Suit
18. BOP Pays $70,000 to Settle Lawsuit by Sexually Abused Transgender Prisoner, by Derek Gilna
19. $30,000 Settlement for New York Prisoner Assaulted by Guard
20. California Supreme Court Rules in Prisoner’s Favor in Compassionate Release Denial, by Gary Hunter
21. Nonviolent Michigan Offenders Can Seek Expungement Under New Law, by David Reutter
22. Prisoner Rights Advocates Disappointed with Pace of Obama Clemency Initiative, by Derek Gilna
23. Former U.S. Attorney General’s Legacy: Too Little, Too Late, by Derek Gilna
24. Medically Unacceptable Biopsy States Eighth Amendment Claim
25. Prisoners in Chicago Learn Skills, Improve Neighborhoods by Demolishing Vacant Homes, by Gary Hunter
26. Report Documents U.S. Recidivism Rates for Federal Prisoners, by Christopher Zoukis
27. California Jail’s Psychotropic Medication Policy Leads to Lawsuit, Settlement, by David Reutter
28. Idaho Prison Population Drops, Out-of-State Prisoners Re-turned, by Christopher Zoukis
29. Delaware Prisoners Sue DOC Alleging Sexual Assaults by Prison Doctor, by Christopher Zoukis
30. Seventh Circuit: Former Parolee May Sue Over Delayed Release from Parole
31. Hawaii Prisons Experience Security Failures, Other Troubling Incidents, by David Reutter
32. Second Circuit: Truth of Arrest Remains Despite Connecticut “Erasure” Law, by Mark Wilson
33. Second Circuit: Administrative Remedies Unavailable for Beating at Holding Facility
34. BOP Recognizes Humanist Religion after Prisoner Files Suit, by Derek Gilna
35. A “Quantum Leap” Isn’t Far Enough for the Prison Phone Industry, by Carrie Wilkinson
36. Suit Filed Over New Hampshire DOC’s Restrictive Mail Policy
37. Warden’s Decision to Quarantine Handicapped Person in Unaccommodated Cell Actionable; $200,000 Settlement
38. Tennessee Sheriff’s Denial of Public Records Merits Attorney Fee Award
39. Why is California Thumbing its Nose at a Federal Court?, by Caleb Mason
40. New York: $35,000 Awarded for Three-week Illegal Confinement, by Mark Wilson
41. Fourth Circuit Finds 20 Years in Solitary an Atypical and Significant Hardship, by David Reutter
42. California’s Inspector General Cites Abuses at High Desert State Prison, by Derek Gilna
43. $1,000 Jury Award in Texas Prisoner’s Excessive Use of Force Suit, by Matthew Clarke
44. Ninth Circuit: Witnesses Cannot Refuse to Testify at Civil Trial
45. Supreme Court Reverses SORNA Notification Requirement when Sex Offenders Move Overseas, by Derek Gilna
46. Lawsuit Filed Over Death of Pepper-sprayed, Mentally Ill California Prisoner, by Gary Hunter
47. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
48. News in Brief

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• Pigeonly Flies Into Telecom Turbulence, Declares Bankruptcy, Jan. 15, 2025. Bankruptcy, Mail Regulations, Private Phone Contractors.
• 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.
• 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.
• Missouri Moms Jailed After Kids Miss Too Much School, April 1, 2024. Family, Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners, Vagueness/Overbreadth.
• Moms Released from Massachusetts Prison Decry Dearth of Help, March 1, 2024. Children of Prisoners, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, housing, jobs.
• Misadventures in Mail Censorship, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Grievances, Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Censorship, Prison Regulations.
• Illinois Program a “Lifeline for Incarcerated Moms and Their Kids”, Dec. 1, 2023. Mothers in Prison, Children of Prisoners, Effects of Mass Incarceration.