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 Matthew Clarke:

• Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology, May 15, 2024
• Maine Supreme Court: Defense Counsel Ineffective for Opening Door to Otherwise Inadmissible Evidence of Bad Character, April 15, 2024
• Condemned Texas Prisoner Ruled Too Mentally Ill to Execute, April 1, 2024
• $9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-­Related Illness Suit, April 1, 2024
• Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018, April 1, 2024
• North Carolina Court of Appeals Reinstates Parolee’s Parental Rights, Says Parole Conditions Barred Him from Visiting Minor Daughter, April 1, 2024
• Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism, April 1, 2024
• Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Corizon Health in State Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Diabetes, April 1, 2024
• Nebraska Supreme Court Announces Probation Search Unlawful When Conducted After Original Term Expired and Before Hearing on Extending Term, March 15, 2024
• California Court of Appeal Reverses Denial of Full Resentencing Under SB 483, March 15, 2024

More from these topics:

• $1.75 Million Settlement Reached in Washington Jail Suicide, April 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides.
• BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois, Feb. 1, 2024. Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It, Feb. 1, 2024. Settlements, Mandamus, Public Records, Public Records Act.
• Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless”, Jan. 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Parole Board Misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliation for Organizing, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Segregation, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• The “Lunacy Zone:” How Mississippi Jails 700 Mentally Ill People a Year Without Charges, Jan. 1, 2024. Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Suicides, Civil Commitment, Suicide/Assisted Suicide, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Indiana Settles Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim for $4,500, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements.
• $40,000 Paid to Ohio Detainee Kicked in the Face While Restrained, Dec. 1, 2023. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements.
• $26,500 in Settlements in Former California Prisoner’s Retaliation Lawsuits, Dec. 1, 2023. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Settlements.
• North Carolina Jail Deaths Double in 6 Years, Dec. 1, 2023. Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides.
• $20,000 Paid to Florida Prisoner After Eleventh Circuit Finds PLRA Inapplicable to Claims DOC Removed to Federal Court, Dec. 1, 2023. Settlements, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).