More from this issue:

1. PrimeCare: Less Medical Care for Prisoners, Higher Expenses for Taxpayers, More Profits for Corporate Owner, by Matthew Clarke
2. Vermont Supreme Court: Removing Prisoner From Programming Is Reviewable When Catalyst Was Punitive
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. $11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors, by Edward Lyon
5. $5.5 Million Settlement to California Prisoner Left Incapacitated After Suicide Attempt at Santa Cruz County Jail, by Edward Lyon
6. Nine Deaths in Three Years at CoreCivic Jail in Florida, None From COVID-19
7. Pittsburgh Jail Records 13 Deaths in Two Years, Only One From COVID-19, by Jo Ellen Nott
8. California Federal Court Approves Consent Decree Upgrading Mental Health Care at Alameda County Jail, by David Reutter
9. Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces, by Alleen Brown
10. Fifth BOP Staffer Arrested in “Rape Club” at California Federal Prison, by Jo Ellen Nott
11. Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members
12. Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail, by David Reutter
13. $8.5 Million Paid by Pennsylvania DOC for Death of Asthmatic Prisoner Improperly Pepper-Sprayed, by Matthew Clarke
14. Investigation Finds Hundreds of Unreported Deaths in Tennessee Prisons and Jails, by Harold Hempstead
15. $260,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded by California Federal Court after Finding Governing State Law Not Impacted by PLRA, by David Reutter
16. Multiple Florida DOC Guards Convicted of Assault, Smuggling and Child Sex Abuse, by Jo Ellen Nott
17. Hawaii Supreme Court Orders New Parole Hearing for Prisoner Held Since 1979, by Douglas Ankney
18. $2.2 Million Settlement Over Transgender Georgia Prisoner’s Suicide Is Largest in State DOC History, by Matthew Clarke
19. Eleventh Circuit Says Georgia Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Remedies by Filing Late Grievance to Ask for Investigation that Was Already Underway, by David Reutter
20. Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit, by David Reutter
21. $6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail, by David Reutter
22. Ecuador’s Prison System in Catastrophic Crisis, by Edward Lyon
23. What to Know about Using Pell Grants to Take College Classes in Prison, by Richard Hahn
24. $725,000 Settlement Reached in North Carolina Prisoner’s Suicide at Troubled Jail, by Keith Sanders
25. $316,673 Settlement in New Mexico Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Stabbing at GEO-Operated Private Prison, by Matthew Clarke
26. Guard Arrested for Running “Fight Club” in New Jersey Prison Kitchen, by Jayson Hawkins, Ashleigh Dye
27. Sweetheart Deal Nets GEO Group $15 Million Payout from ICE for Haitian Deportation Flights, by Ashleigh Dye
28. Tenth Circuit Says Disabled Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Rather Than Bathroom Pass May Deserve Damages Under ADA, by David Reutter
29. Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction, by Matthew Clarke
30. Con Who Conned Cons is Sentenced to Federal Prison
31. DOJ Reaches Settlement Over Disability Access With Vermont Prison System, by Jacob Barrett
32. Absenteeism Skyrockets for New York City Jail Guards, Up 215% Over the Last Two Years, by Jo Ellen Nott
33. Ninth Circuit: Error to Instruct Jury to Defer to Medical Staff’s Asserted Security Justification for Terminating California Prisoner’s Morphine Prescription Without Tapering, by Matthew Clarke
34. Preliminary Injunction Granted to Illinois Prisoner to Receive Non-Allergenic Kosher Meals, by David Reutter
35. Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Prisoner Was Denied Due Process with Sex Offender Classification, by Harold Hempstead
36. Lifting Six-Year Moratorium, Oklahoma Treats Witnesses to Convulsing and Vomiting Prisoner During Execution, by Keith Sanders
37. News in Brief
38. Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution, by Douglas Ankney
39. HRDC Sues New Hampshire Jail over Publications Banned under No-Hard-Copy Mail Policy, by Sam Rutherford
40. HRDC Sues Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for Banning its Books, by Sam Rutherford

More from Sam Rutherford:

• Washington Supreme Court: Nonexceptional Consecutive Terms of ‘Community Custody’ May Not Exceed Aggregate Term of 24 Months, May 15, 2024
• First Circuit: Defendant’s Statement ‘I guess I’ll wait until I have a lawyer’ Is Unequivocal Invocation of Right to Counsel, May 15, 2024
• Ninth Circuit Announces Adoption of ‘Premises Rule’ for Co-Tenant Consent-to-Search Analysis, Holds Co-Tenant’s Consent Invalid Where Defendant Instructed Co-Tenant Not to Allow Police Entry in Their Presence, May 15, 2024
• HRDC Sues New Hampshire Jail over Publications Banned under No-Hard-Copy Mail Policy, April 8, 2022
• HRDC Sues Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for Banning its Books, April 7, 2022
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Premised on Nearly Deaf Guard Not Responding to Prisoner’s Cries for Help, March 28, 2022
• Washington Failure to Disclose Prison-Phone-Rate Suit Dismissed, State Supreme Court Grants Review, May 15, 2004
• Good Time Allowed on Washington Weapon Enhancements, Dec. 15, 2002
• Represent Yourself in Court: How to Prepare & Try a Winning Case, 3rd Ed., Oct. 15, 2002
• The Cost of Medical Neglect in Washington Prisons, March 15, 2002

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Minnesota Makes All Calls Free in Prisons and Jails, Nov. 15, 2023. Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Telephone Rates, Family, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
• Five Years After Limiting Personal Visits and Banning Mail, Drug Use Worse in Pennsylvania Prisons, Sept. 15, 2023. War on Drugs, Mail Regulations, Visiting.
• FCC Granted Broader Authority to Regulate Prisoner Call Costs, July 15, 2023. Telephone Rates, Global Tel*Link Corp.
• Telecoms Exploiting Legal Loopholes to Price Gouge Prisoners and Their Families, May 1, 2023. Telephone Rates, Private Phone Contractors, Securus, Global Tel*Link Corp.
• Despite Official Claims, Stopping Mail to Missouri Prisoners Has No Effect on Drug Overdoses, April 1, 2023. Drug Overdose, War on Drugs, Mail Regulations, Sting Operations.
• GTL Ordered to Pay $18.675 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs in Prison Phone Class Action, March 1, 2023. Class Actions, Private Phone Contractors, Global Tel*Link Corp.
• HRDC Sues Wyoming Jail for Unlawful Censorship, Jan. 1, 2023. PLN Litigation, Censorship.
• Ninth Circuit Sends PLN’s Arizona Censorship Lawsuit Back to District Court, Sept. 30, 2022. PLN Litigation, Censorship.