More from this issue:

1. The Toughest Love, by Julia Lurie
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death, by Matthew Clarke
4. Why Did 77 Ohio Prisoners Die of COVID-19, but Just 10 in Pennsylvania?, by Brie Zeltner, Cid Standifer
5. New York Jail Accused of Discrimination by Female Prisoners, by Kevin Bliss
6. BOP Inspector General Rips State for Failure to Control COVID-19 at Lompoc in California, by Derek Gilna
7. Dark Web Creator Petitions President Trump for Clemency, by Edward Lyon
8. Growing Need to Protect Attorney-Client Emails, by Jayson Hawkins
9. Prison Postcard: Life in the Time of COVID, Correctional Center, Virginia, by Daniel A. Rosen
10. New York Governor Cuomo Creates Prison Nursing Home During Pandemic, by Anthony Accurso
11. GEO Group and CoreCivic Lose Critical Financial Support, by Keith Sanders
12. Danish Funds Invest In American Private Prisons, by David Reutter
13. $12.5 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s In-Custody Death Riled Sheriff’s Race, by Kevin Bliss
14. Philadelphia Jails to Release Prisoners Earlier in the Day, by Bill Barton
15. Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses “Dangerousness” Finding in Involuntary Commitment of Schizophrenic Man, by David Reutter
16. Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million, by David Reutter
17. Report: New Jersey Women’s Prison Promoted Culture of Abuse, by Kevin Bliss
18. Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash, by Bill Barton
19. Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, by Charles Sloan-Hillier, Christopher Zoukis
20. Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim, by Dale Chappell
21. $300,000 a Year Not Enough to Convince Psychiatrists to Work in California Prisons, by Dale Chappell
22. DC Federal Court Enters Partial Preliminary Injunction Against District Jails For COVID-19 Deficiencies, by Derek Gilna
23. Poetry for the Prisoners’ Soul, by Edward Lyon
24. Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, by Derek Gilna
25. Offensive Facebook Posts Cost Wisconsin Warden His Job, by Kevin Bliss
26. Mother of Decapitated Prisoner Sues California Prison Officials for Housing Her Son with Prisoner Who Tried to Murder Previous Cellmate, by Matthew Clarke
27. More Than Half of Chicago’s COVID-19 Cases Linked to Cook County Jail, by Dale Chappell
28. Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Unconstitutional Statute Authorizing Forcible Medication of Involuntarily Committed Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
29. Wildfires Threaten Prisoners in West, While New California Law Helps Prisoner-Firefighters to Continue Work After Release, by Dale Chappell
30. National Guard Called in to Help Run Indiana State Prisons, by Dale Chappell
31. Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Pay-To-Vote for Florida Felons Who Completed Sentences, by David Reutter
32. The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994: 25 Years Later, Where Do We Stand?, by Dale Chappell
33. Ford Foundation President’s Support to Replace Rikers With Other Jails Criticized, by Chad Marks
34. California Judge Reconsiders Six Months’ Jail for Cookie Theft at Rehab Program, by Anthony Accurso
35. Conditions at South Carolina Juvenile Facility Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
36. How Kamala Harris’ Orange County, California “Snitch” Scandal Investigation Imploded, by Derek Gilna
37. First Wrongful Death Claim Against San Quentin Prison Filed Over COVID-19 Death, by Dale Chappell
38. $420,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Opioid Withdrawal Death in Georgia Jail, by Matthew Clarke
39. Theft, Lies and Bribes Force California Warden’s Early Retirement, $11,500 Monthly Pension, by Mark Wilson
40. Lawsuit Over Hellish 9-Day Prisoner Transport Reinstated, by David Reutter
41. Seventh Circuit Protects Guards Who Allegedly Failed to Protect Wisconsin Prisoner, by David Reutter
42. Bloomberg Allies Make $20 Million Push to Help Enfranchise 30,000 Florida Ex-Felons, by Derek Gilna
43. Mental Health and Prison Systems in Major Need of Reform, by Kevin Bliss
44. NYC Floating Jail May Finally be Closed, by Jayson Hawkins
45. Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity, by David Reutter
46. New Study Shows “Tough on Crime” Generation Spent More Time in Prison Despite Falling Crime Rate, by Dale Chappell
47. Beltway Sniper Marries in Prison, by Jayson Hawkins
48. Prisoners Evacuated but ICE Detainees in Louisiana Suffer During Hurricane Laura, by Edward Lyon
49. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death, by Matthew Clarke
50. News in Brief
51. Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Jail Suicide Lawsuit, Holds Discrimination Not Proven, by Matthew Clarke

More from Dale Chappell:

• Federal Habeas Corpus for State Prisoners: Proving Unreasonableness Under AEDPA, Feb. 1, 2025
• Federal Court Rules Michigan’s Sex Offender Registration Laws Violate Constitution, Dec. 1, 2024
• Refuting the Government’s Argument Against Nonretroactive Changes in Law as Grounds for Compassionate Release, Oct. 1, 2024
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default, July 15, 2024
• The Death of the Savings Clause, May 15, 2024
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Petitions for State Prisoners, April 15, 2024
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates Relief From Death Penalty, Citing State’s Forfeiture of Argument Against Relief, May 15, 2023
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Evidentiary Hearing for Federal Prisoners, April 15, 2023
• Federal Habeas Corpus: How to Raise a Fourth Amendment Claim, Feb. 15, 2023
• Will Overturning Roe v. Wade Kill the Right to Abortion Under BOP Policy?, Jan. 1, 2023

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Third Circuit: Despite ‘Expressly and Repeatedly’ Requesting Low-End Sentence, Government Breached Plea Agreement by Emphasizing ‘Heinous’ Nature of Offense and Presenting Victim-Impact Evidence at Sentencing Thereby Undermining Recommendation, Dec. 1, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Mitigating Role/Circumstances/Evidence, Reduction of Sentence, Proffer Agreements/Statements/Sessions.