More from this issue:

1. News in Brief
2. Metropolitan Detention Center Guards Convicted in Sex Abuse Scandal, by Monte McCoin
3. Tennessee Sheriff, Captain Arrested 
for Improper Use of Prisoner Labor, by Kevin Bliss
4. Aging Prison Population Finds Parole Elusive, by Matthew Clarke
5. Former Guard Who Scalded Florida Prisoner 
to Death Hired, Fired by Police Department, by David Reutter
6. Illinois Ends Medical Co-Pays for Prisoners, 
But DOC Healthcare Criticized, by Derek Gilna
7. Illinois Federal Jury Awards Prisoner $252,100 
for Beating and Denial of Medical Care, by Edward Lyon
8. Prisoners Face Retaliation for Raising Concerns 
About Criminal Justice System, by Edward Lyon
9. $1 Million Award for Two Women Sexually Assaulted by Florida Jail Guard
10. Florida Prisoner’s Suit Proceeds Against Guards for Use of Force, Retaliation, by Dale Chappell
11. Vera Institute Announces Increase in Federal 
Funding to House Former Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
12. Prisoner Loses Suit Against Jail Officials for Disclosure of His Medical Condition, by Edward Lyon
13. New Mexico DOC Guards Receive $2.5 Million Settlement for Sexual Harassment, by Derek Gilna
14. Maine Constitution Mandates “Prisoner Mailbox Rule”, by Mark Wilson
15. DOJ Launches Investigation into Abuse at Florida Women’s Prison
16. Washington State Prisoners Protest Poor Food, by Edward Lyon
17. Class-Action Suit Against CoreCivic ICE Detention Center Allowed to Proceed, by Christopher Zoukis
18. Audit Criticizes Milwaukee County Jail’s Contracted Medical Services, by Derek Gilna
19. Colorado County Pays $800,000 for Latest Excessive Force Settlement, by Derek Gilna
20. Harvard Student Group Advocates for Prison Education, Reform, by Monte McCoin
21. Shareholder Resolutions Would Stop Private Prison Firms from Housing Separated Immigrant Families
22. Trump Establishes Federal Interagency Council on Crime Prevention and Improving Reentry, by Monte McCoin
23. $5 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Preventable Death of New Mexico Jail Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
24. Seventh Circuit: Illinois Prisoner Entitled to Retrial After Appointment of Counsel Denied, by Derek Gilna
25. Second Circuit: Prisoners Have the Right Not to Snitch, by Christopher Zoukis
26. New York Prisoner Entitled to Vegetarian, 
Dairy Tolerant, Kosher Diet Under RLUIPA
27. Book Seller Sued for Defrauding Federal Prisons
28. Virginia DOC Called Out for Use of Solitary Confinement, by Kevin Bliss
29. First Step Act Passes – Includes Federal Sentencing, Prison Reforms, by Steve Horn
30. Guards Face Federal Charges for Smuggling Drugs, Cell Phones Into Idaho Prisons, by Dale Chappell
31. Alabama Sheriff Pockets Excess Jail Food Funds, Buys Beach House, Loses Re-election Bid, by Kevin Bliss
32. Report Highlights Shortcomings of New York’s Parole Board, by Christopher Zoukis
33. $3.279 Million in Costs and Fees Awarded in Wrongful Death Suit Involving Epileptic Prisoner, by R. Bailey
34. Settlement in HRDC Suit Against Solitary Confinement of Juveniles at Florida Jail
35. Thurgood Marshall, Jr.’s Controversial Position on Board of Private Prison Firm, by Steve Horn
36. Ohio County Jail Faces Increased Liability Due to Numerous Lawsuits, by Edward Lyon
37. Seventh Circuit Remands Lawsuit Over Book Confiscation at Cook County Jail, by Derek Gilna
38. Alaskan Native American Company Profits from Immigrant Detention, by Christopher Zoukis
39. Connecticut Passes Law to Protect Women, Transgender Prisoners, by Dale Chappell
40. $550,000 Settlement for Detainee Rendered Quadriplegic by Guard’s Excessive Force
41. Lawsuits Filed Over South Dakota Replacing Prison Law Libraries with Tablets, by Derek Gilna
42. Prisoners File Environmental Lawsuit Against Proposed Federal Prison in Kentucky, by Panagioti Tsolkas
43. Alabama DOC Ordered to Remedy Overcrowded, Understaffed Prisons in Mental Health Suit, by Kevin W. Bliss
44. $32,000 Settlement in Excessive Force Case Involving Mentally Ill Alabama Prisoner
45. A Jailbreak of the Imagination: Seeing Prisons for What They Are and Demanding Transformation, by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba
46. $750,000 Settlement for Family of Man Who Died in Illinois Jail, by David M. Reutter
47. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
48. Seventh Circuit Vacates ADA Summary Judgment Against Cook County Sheriff, by Derek Gilna
49. Sex Crimes and Criminal Justice: Formerly Incarcerated Sex Offenders Say Civil Commitment Programs Deny Proper Rehabilitation, by Barbara Koeppel

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:

• Cuyahoga County Judges Vowed to Reform the Bail System. Here’s What Happened., Feb. 15, 2025. Prison Reform, Bail, Bail Bonds.
• Former South Carolina Jailer Spared Prison After Testimony Fails to Convict Former Sheriff, Feb. 15, 2025. Guard Brutality/Beatings, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sentences - Adjustments and Departures, Offense of Conviction.
• The Murky Waters of Parole, Feb. 1, 2025. Parole/Probation Searches, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Parole Liability, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Oregon Supreme Court: Governor Can’t Revoke Commutation After Sentence Expires, Jan. 15, 2025. Parole/Probation Searches, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Resentencing, Revocation Proceedings, Overreaching.
• After Florida Appellate Court Holds Crimes of ‘Attempt’ Eligible for Incentive Gain Time, Supreme Court Refuses Review, Jan. 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Attempts/Incomplete Acts, Credits, Sentences - Adjustments and Departures.
• Seventh Circuit Announces Maximum Revocation Sentence for Violation of Supervised Release Based on Classification of Underlying Offense at Time of Conviction, Not at Time of Revocation, Dec. 15, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Revocation Proceedings.
• California Supreme Court Announces Retroactivity of 2022 Version of Penal Code § 1170 to Upper-Term Sentences Imposed Before Its Enactment, Dec. 15, 2024. Retroactivity, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
• First Circuit Holds Government Breached Plea Agreement by Implicitly Arguing for Upward Variant Sentence by Including Pictures and Video of Defendant That Allegedly Depict His Criminal Tendencies in Sentencing Memo, Dec. 15, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Grounds for Variance, 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2), Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas, Grounds.
• Fifth Circuit Judges Battle in Louisiana Over-Detention Cases, Dec. 15, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Overdetention, Credits.
• California Supreme Court Announces Uncharged and Unproven Offense-Specific Enhancements May Not Be Imposed Under § 1172.6(e) Resentencing, Dec. 1, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Resentencing, Sentence Enhancements/Departures.