More from this issue:

1. $12.5 Million to Settle Class Action Suit Over Strip Searches of NYC Jail Visitors, by Anthony Accurso
2. Washington State: Jail Phone Rates Increase as Video Replaces In-Person Visits, by Steve Horn, Iris Wagner
3. Florida: Federal Prison Guard Sentenced for Accepting Bribe, by Monte McCoin
4. Class-action Settlement in Mississippi “Debtors’ Prison” Case, by Derek Gilna
5. Colorado Accused of Failing to Comply with Settlement in Mental Health Care Suit, by Derek Gilna
6. California Attorney Specializes in Representing Prisoners Victimized by Fraud, by Monte McCoin
7. Angola Prison Lawsuit Poses Question: What Kind of Medical Care do Prisoners Deserve?, by Amanda Aronczyk, Katie Rose Quandt
8. Pro se Texas Prisoner Wins $250,550 Default Judgment in Use of Force Case, by Edward Lyon
9. Humanism to be Recognized as Approved Faith in North Carolina Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
10. Louisiana Jail Settles with DOJ Over HIV Discrimination, by Dale Chappell
11. Rhode Island: Life-sentenced Prisoner is “Civilly Dead,” Cannot Pursue Tort Claim, by Christopher Zoukis
12. Florida ICE Detention Center Restricts Detainees’ Observance of Ramadan, by Steve Horn
13. Australian Woman Gives Birth in Cell After Guards Can’t Unlock the Door, by Monte McCoin
14. Low Pay, High Staff Turnover Drive Texas Prison Guard Shortage, by Matthew Clarke
15. Nebraska County, Jail Medical Provider Settle Suit Over Medication Denial for $10,000, by Matthew Clarke
16. Iowa Prison Guard Wins $2 Million on Retaliation, Disability Accommodation Claims, by Edward Lyon
17. New York: $100,000 to Settle Suit over Rape of Trans Prisoner Held in Men’s Prison, by Christopher Zoukis
18. Lawsuit Over Prisoner Assault at Tennessee Jail Results in Settlement, Dismissal, by Kevin Bliss
19. Ninth Circuit Modifies Deliberate Indifference Analysis for Pretrial Detainees’ Inadequate Medical Care Claims, by Matthew Clarke
20. Landmark Stanford Prison Experiment Criticized as a Sham, by Steve Horn
21. U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Former Prison Guard After 10 Years on the Run, by Monte McCoin
22. Kentucky Reluctantly Returns to Prison Privatization
23. New Jersey County Pays $95,000 to Female Lawyer “Wanded” Between Legs at Jail, by Christopher Zoukis
24. Federal Jury Awards $6 Million to Epileptic Colorado Prisoner, but New Trial Ordered, by Matthew Clarke
25. $10 Million Class-action Lawsuit Against Virginia Jail Results in $725,000 Settlement, by R. Bailey
26. HRDC Files Censorship Suit Against New Mexico Jail; Court Orders Dismissal Based on Mootness, by Steve Horn
27. Florida Lawyer Arrested for Jail Porn Escapades
28. Two Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoners Obtain $3.15 Million Settlement, by Derek Gilna
29. Jury Awards North Carolina Prisoner $15,000 for Staff Sexual Assault
30. Formerly Incarcerated Chef Plans to Revolutionize Ramen, by Steve Horn
31. Kentucky Law Requiring Abused Spouse to Pay for Abuser’s Divorce Attorney Abolished
32. Fifth Circuit Upholds Convictions of Louisiana Jail Staff for Failing to Stop Abuse, by Matthew Clarke
33. North Carolina Fined $190,000 for Mismanagement of Prescription Medication, by Monte McCoin
34. Arizona: Lawsuit Spurs Significant Reforms for Death Row Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
35. Oregon County Pays $2.85 Million for Dehydration Death of Mentally Ill Jail Prisoner, by Dale Chappell
36. Black Liberation Army Members Convicted of Murdering Cops Granted Parole, by Christopher Zoukis
37. Editorial: The Case Against Florida’s Amendment 4 on Felon Voting Rights, by Paul Wright
38. Private Prison Company Pays to Play; Federal Election Commission Fails to Act, by Christopher Zoukis
39. The Big Business of Prisoner Care Packages: Inside the Booming Market for Food in Pouches, by Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
40. Solitary Confinement Reforms Sweeping the Nation but Still Not Enough, by Christopher Zoukis
41. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
42. Advocacy Groups Call for End to Ban on In-person Visits at Tennessee Jail
43. News in Brief
44. US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System, by Jean Trounstine

More from Steve Horn:

• Lack of Academic Research in U.S. on Secondary DNA Transfer Affects Criminal Defendants, Oct. 14, 2019
• Opioid Epidemic Impacts Prisons and Jails, Sept. 5, 2019
• Report Finds Lack of Reporting on Deaths in Law Enforcement Custody, Even After Landmark Legislation, July 17, 2019
• New Study Finds Mass Incarceration Impacts Over Half of U.S. Families, July 2, 2019
• HRDC Files Public Records Suits, Argues GEO Group is a De Facto Public Agency, June 3, 2019
• DEA Used Decades of Warrantless Phone Data in Building Parallel Construction Cases, May 15, 2019
• Inspector General: California Prison Guards Violate Use of Force Policies Half the Time, May 2, 2019
• Vermont Prisoner Sexually Abused at Private Prison in Michigan Receives $750, May 2, 2019
• California Prison Psychiatrists Blow Whistle on Poor Mental Healthcare, Falsified Records, April 2, 2019
• Ohio County Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $45,000, April 2, 2019

More from these topics:

• Hometown Prison Examines Its Texas Neighbors, Sept. 15, 2024. Banned Book Lists, Censorship.
• Arizona DOC Agrees to Pay $2,650,000 in Legal Fees and Costs in Long-Running PLN Censorship Suit, Aug. 15, 2024. Settlements, PLN Litigation, Censorship.
• HRDC Wins Summary Judgment in North Carolina Prison Censorship Case, May 1, 2024. PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation.
• Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent”, April 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Mail, Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship, Prison Mail.
• Censoring Women’s Health, Feb. 1, 2024. Publications/Books, Censorship.
• Writing on the Prison Wall: How Prisons Suppress Prison Journalism, Feb. 1, 2024. Retaliation for Media Contact, Prisoner Media, Censorship, Articles About PLN.
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare, Jan. 1, 2024. MHM Inc., Corizon, Centurion, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Private Contractors, Frivolous Litigation, Disclosure of Records, Declaratory Judgment, Public Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation.
• Misadventures in Mail Censorship, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Grievances, Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Censorship, Prison Regulations.
• The Surreal Prison Censorship Regime, Dec. 1, 2023. Censorship.
• HRDC Wins Motion to Compel North Carolina Prison Officials to Answer for Censorship Policy, Nov. 15, 2023. New Trial Motions, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.