More from this issue:

1. Wrongfully Convicted Man Freed for Murder of Oregon DOC Director, But State Wants Him Back In Prison, by Mark Wilson
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Indiana DOC Settles HRDC Mail Censorship Suit, by Chuck Sharman
4. HRDC Represents Wrongfully Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 37 Years in Prison for a Rape Murder He Did Not Commit, by Chuck Sharman
5. Fifth Circuit Overturns Permanent Injunction Requiring Texas Prison to Observe COVID-19 Precautions, by Matthew Clarke
6. $750,000 Settlement in South Carolina Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by Southern Health Partners, by David Reutter
7. Arizona Auditor’s Report Finds Underfunding of DOC’s Capital Funding Requests and Unreconciled Prisoner Trust Fund Accounts, by Matthew Clarke
8. Preliminary Injunction Bars Arkansas from Confiscating Prisoners’ COVID Stimulus Money, by David Reutter
9. Washington State Prison Chief Secretly Forced to Retire, But Why?
10. Benevolent or Predatory?, by Casey Bastian
11. Georgia Sheriff Suspended After Indictment on Federal Civil Rights Charges, by David Reutter
12. Language Matters: Why We Use the Words We Do, by Paul Wright
13. What’s in a Name?, by Jeffrey Ross
14. Louisiana Prisoners Used as Slave Labor During Hurricane Ida, Families Left in the Dark for Weeks, by Brian Dolinar
15. Will Federal Prisoners on Home Confinement Have to Return to Prison?, by Dale Chappell
16. Kentucky’s Prison HCV Policy of Monitoring Without Treatment Constitutional, by David Reutter
17. Seven Guards Fired Over Collins County Texas Jail Death, by Jayson Hawkins
18. All Massachusetts Jails to Provide Prisoners Ten Free Minutes of Phone Calls Per Week and Cap Charges on Additional Minutes at 14 Cents
19. Company Surveils Activists Opposing Construction of Prisons and Jails, by Keith Sanders
20. Federal District Court Orders All CDCR Employees be Vaccinated, by Douglas Ankney
21. Louisville Jail Moves to Have Free Phone Calls for Prisoners by First of the Year, by Kevin Bliss
22. Hackers Breach Thousands of Security Cameras, by David Reutter
23. Wisconsin Feels Effects of Staffing Shortage in State Prisons, by Kevin Bliss
24. First Prisoner Elected to Hold Public Office in Washington DC, by Kevin Bliss
25. $72,000 Settlement Over Corizon’s Lack of Medical Treatment to Injured Arizona Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
26. Eleventh Circuit Upholds Immunity of Federal Prison Guards Under FTCA, Even for Blatant Unconstitutional Acts, by Dale Chappell
27. Weeks Without a Shower: Neglect Defines COVID-19 Containment in California Jails, by Brian Osgood
28. Audit Reveals Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Chaplaincy Services Branch Critically Depleted, by Casey Bastian
29. To End Mass Incarceration, We Need to Bust the Myths That Prop It Up, by James Kilgore
30. CFPB Hits JPay with $6 Million in Fines and Restitution Over Fee-Heavy “Debit Release Cards”, by Chuck Sharman
31. Eleven Guards Fired after Death at Houston Jail, by Brian Dolinar
32. HRDC Prevails Over Wellpath as Vermont Supreme Court Rules Private Contractor Must Release Public Records, by David Reutter
33. Second Circuit Reversed Dismissal of Former BOP Prisoner’s FTCA Claim Against Dentist, by David Reutter
34. Indiana Prisoner Entitled to Credit Time During Period of Erroneous Liberty, by David Reutter
35. Eighth Circuit Clarifies Legal Standards for Conditions-of-Confinement Lawsuits Brought by Civilly-Committed Sex Offenders, by Matthew Clarke
36. $731,000 Jury Award to Illinois DOC Prisoner Held 23 Months Beyond Release Date, Over $210k in Fees Awarded As Well, by David Reutter
37. Prisoner Voting Population Grows as Illinois Bill Extends Polling Sites to County Jails
38. Massachusetts Department of Corrections Sued Over Use of “Fake” Drug Tests on Legal Mail, by Casey Bastian
39. Seventh Circuit: Local Rules Requiring Specific Filings to Summary Judgments Should Not be Used as a Sanction, by Dale Chappell
40. Michigan DOC Eases Up on Pregnant Prisoners, Limits Shackles and Solitary Confinement, by Chuck Sharman
41. D.C. Federal Court Rules District Providing Unlawfully Inadequate Education to Incarcerated Youth with Disabilities, Grants Preliminary Injunction, by Matthew Clarke
42. Prison Officials Actions to Correct Inhumane Cell Conditions Merit Judgement in Their Favor
43. $129,000 Bench Verdict for BOP Prisoner in Failure to Warn of Valley Fever
44. Lawsuit Over Denial of Medical Treatment for Painful Erection Causing Impotence in Oklahoma County Jail Reinstated by Tenth Circuit, by Matthew Clarke
45. CoreCivic Prison at Center of Georgia Drug Trafficking Investigation
46. Fifth Circuit Holds Defendants Entitled to Sovereign Immunity For Denial of Sex-Reassignment Surgery to Texas Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
47. Sixth Circuit Holds Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule on Summary Judgment in Retaliation Suit by BOP Prisoner
48. $5,000 Award for Pro Se Florida DOC Prisoner in Unjustified Pepper Spraying
49. California Fire Crew Prisoner’s Escape Attempt Leaves Trail of Destruction
50. Forced Shaving of Muslim Colorado Prisoner’s Beard Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
51. Oregon Suspends Outside Prisoner Work Crews After Prisoner Escape Sparks International Incident, by Mark Wilson
52. Broward County Florida Sheriff Rejects Independent Reviews of Detainee’s Death
53. $170,000 Settlement By New Jersey DOC in Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy, by Jayson Hawkins
54. $8.6 Million Award Against Wexford for Deliberate Indifference to Prisoner’s Kidney Cancer
55. Arizona Federal Court Dismisses NAACP’s Challenge to Private Prisons as Violating Thirteenth Amendment by Commodifying Prisoners for Profit
56. Fifth Circuit Holds Confessed Medical Malpractice Does Not Insulate Prison Medical Providers From Finding of Deliberate Indifference, by Matthew Clarke
57. $23,000 Settlement Against Pennsylvania Dental Healthcare Company for Inadequate Dental Care
58. News in Brief

More from Mark Wilson:

• Indiana Prisoner Sues Prison Abolition Group, Wins $1,097 Default Judgment, April 26, 2024
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guard Accused of Grabbing and Squeezing Detainee’s Penis, Feb. 1, 2024
• Former Oregon Prison Nurse Gets 30 Years for Raping Prisoners, Dec. 1, 2023
• After Ninth Circuit Refuses to Compel Arbitration, National Class Certified in HRDC’s Challenge to Jail and Prison Debit Card Fees, Oct. 15, 2023
• Seventh Circuit Revives Illinois Prisoner’s Claim Over Knee Surgery Delayed 29 Months, Oct. 15, 2023
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit, Finding Grievance Procedure Availability an Open Question, Oct. 15, 2023
• Congress Forces BOP to Upgrade Security Cameras, Sept. 15, 2023
• Oregon Will Hold Release Hearings for 73 Prisoners Sentenced to LWOP as Juveniles, Sept. 15, 2023
• Senators Slam “Egregious” Prisoner Sexual Abuse by BOP Employees, Sept. 15, 2023
• Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders, Sept. 15, 2023

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• HRDC Files Suit on Behalf of Florida Man Wrongfully Convicted and Incarcerated for 31 Years, Feb. 15, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, HRDC Litigation.
• U.S. Navy Exonerates Wrongly Convicted Black WWII Sailors, Feb. 15, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Military, Racial Profiling, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling.
• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Murder/Felony Murder.
• Hawai’i Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction for Prosecutorial Misconduct Based on Prosecution’s Improper Statements During Closing Arguments, Feb. 15, 2025. Prosecutors, Wrongful Conviction, Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of, Improper Comment.
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• Nearly $12 Million Paid to Mentally Disabled Indiana Prisoner Wrongly Convicted of Murder, Jan. 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Prison/Jail Murders, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction.
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• Third Circuit Announces Claim of Innocence Does Not Resolve Whether Defendant Would Have Accepted Plea Offer Absent Counsel’s Error and Holds Counsel Ineffective for Failing to Properly Advise Defendant About Mandatory Sentences If Plea Offer Rejected, Dec. 15, 2024. Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas, Rejection.
• Washington Court of Appeals: No Reimbursement for Community Service Performed for Vacated Conviction, Dec. 15, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Reimbursement of Costs.
• $46 Million Paid to Exonerated Missouri Prisoner Wrongfully Incarcerated for 10 Years, Dec. 15, 2024. Settlements, Wrongful Conviction.