More from this issue:

1. Cages Without Bars Are Widening the Net: The Explosion of Electronic Monitoring, by James Kilgore, Brian Dolinar
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Amended Consent Decree Entered in 11-Year-Old Class-Action Challenging Prisoner Healthcare in Illinois DOC, by Douglas Ankney
4. Hawaii Inmate Deaths Are The Highest In 10 Years. But The State Can’t Say Why Corrections officials still aren’t providing a cause of death for 20 of the 23 prisoners who died in Hawaii prisons and jails last year., by Kevin Dayton
5. Minnesota Department of Corrections Searching for Tattooist for New Prison Program, by Jacob Barrett
6. Arizona Prisoners Win Preliminary Injunctions Requiring Centurion To Treat Them, by David Reutter
7. Florida Arrests Ex-Felons for Voter Fraud, by David Reutter
8. Music Stops in Fifth Circuit’s Qualified Immunity ‘Dance,’ Leaving Plaintiffs With Shortened Discovery Period, by Matthew Clarke
9. Plastic Surgery Has a Troubled History Inside Prisons. Some Advocates Want It to Make a Comeback. Should cosmetic procedures be part of how society prepares prisoners to reenter it?, by Zara Stone
10. Louisville Jail Counts 12 Deaths in Ten Months, by Jo Ellen Nott
11. Third Circuit Agrees With Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Access-to-Courts Claim, But Grants Defendants Qualified Immunity, by David Reutter
12. Rhode Island Prisoners Go on Hunger Strike, Staff Denies It, by Benjamin Tschirhart
13. $3 Million From Forsyth County, No Stay in Civil Case Against Wellpath Nurse Indicted for Involuntary Manslaughter of N.C. Jail Detainee, by Eike Blohm, MD
14. California City Ends Private Jail Operator’s Contract After Mass Employee Resignations, by Keith Sanders
15. Eighth Circuit Revives Missouri Prisoner’s Claim Against Prison Food Manager for Denying Renal Diet, by David Reutter
16. Nevada Muslim Prisoner Wins Suit Over Denial of Jumu’ah Prayer, by Harold Hempstead
17. Guards Fleeing Texas Prisons, by Matthew Clarke
18. ‘Qualified Immunity Cannot Shield Them’: Fourth Circuit Advances Suit by Virginia Prisoners for Overlong Solitary Confinement, by Benjamin Tschirhart
19. California Prison Guards Sentenced for Assaulting Prisoners, by Jacob Barrett
20. Eleventh Circuit Says Passover Sign-Up Requirement in Florida Jail Passes Constitutional Muster, by David Reutter
21. Ohio Supreme Court Grants Records but No Damages for Prisoner Making Request, by Jacob Barrett
22. Will Overturning Roe v. Wade Kill the Right to Abortion Under BOP Policy?, by Dale Chappell
23. California Guards Kill Two Prisoners Who Attacked a Third, by Jo Ellen Nott
24. Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut, by Benjamin Tschirhart
25. Prisoner Health Update: MRSA Infections, by Eike Blohm, MD
26. Idaho Cancels Execution Because It Cannot Obtain Lethal Injection Drugs, by Jo Ellen Nott
27. Arizona Jail Racks Up Four Deaths And Two Escapes In Less Than Two Months, by Chuck Sharman
28. BOP Settles for $4.18 Million With Six Prisoners Raped by Guard at Now-Shuttered Manhattan Federal Jail, by Casey Bastian
29. Fifth Circuit Holds PLRA’s ‘Three-Strikes’ Provision Does Not Apply to Actions Removed From State Court, by Matthew Clarke
30. Ohio Pays $185,000 to State Prisoner Bitten in Genitals by K-9, by Keith Sanders
31. Incarceration Exacerbates Obesity in America, by Keith Sanders
32. Former Felons Elected to Rhode Island Legislature, by Jo Ellen Nott
33. Investor Lawsuit Against GEO Group Trimmed, by David Reutter
34. Federal Judge in South Carolina Holds BOP Liable for Delayed Treatment That Left Federal Prisoner Partially Blinded, by Casey Bastian
35. $450,000 Settlement to Illinois Prisoner Whose Untreated Boil Left Him Paraplegic, by Harold Hempstead
36. California Prison Officials Cleared After Prisoner Murders Two Sex Offenders, by David Reutter
37. $3.5 Million Paid To Estate Of Iowa Jail Detainee Who Suffered Seizure And Died When Left Unattended, by Keith Sanders
38. New Connecticut Law Restricts Use of Solitary Confinement, by Keith Sanders, David Reutter
39. Daughter of Condemned Missouri Prisoner Unsuccessfully Sues to Witness His Execution, by Jo Ellen Nott
40. Former South Carolina Sheriff Begins 46-Month Prison Term for Corruption, by Ashleigh Dye
41. ‘Tragic and Wholly Unacceptable’ Gang Violence Erupts at Georgia Women’s Prison, by Jenifer Lockwood
42. Virginia Swipes Sentence Credits From 560 Prisoners Just About to Get Out, by David Reutter
43. Georgia Prisoner Sentenced to Death for Killing Two Guards Dies by Apparent Suicide, by Keith Sanders
44. GEO Group Gets Another Extension to Biden’s Deadline for USMS at California Prison, by Jenifer Lockwood
45. UCLA Study Finds Over Half of ‘Natural’ Deaths Inside L.A. County Jails Showed Signs of Physical Harm, by Keith Sanders
46. Ex-Prisoner Re-Elected to New York State Assembly, by Keith Sanders
47. Over $237,000 Awarded in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Suit Accusing Guard of Unwanted Sexual Advances, by Kevin Bliss
48. Fifth Circuit: Martinez Report May Not Override Factual Allegations in Prisoner’s Complaint, by Matthew Clarke
49. Potentially Fatal Legionella Bacteria Found at Six Illinois Prisons, by Casey Bastian
50. OIG Report Defers Claims That ICE Detainees in Georgia Had Forced Hysterectomies, by Ashleigh Dye
51. Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim, by Matthew Clarke
52. ‘Time for Me to Go’: Troubled Oklahoma Jail Loses Administrator, by Matthew Clarke
53. Mississippi Demands $1.9 Million From MTC For Short-Staffing Private State Prison, by Kevin Bliss
54. Oklahoma Raises Pay for Execution Doctors From $300 to $15,000 Per Execution, Still Won’t Say Who They Are or What They Do, by Matthew Clarke
55. HRDC Sues Wyoming Jail for Unlawful Censorship, by Douglas Ankney
56. Mississippi Reopens Walnut Grove Prison Just in Time for Prison Population Explosion, by Harold Hempstead
57. $115,000 Settlement for Excessive Pepper-Spraying of Maine Prisoner, by David Reutter
58. Florida Supreme Court: Trial Courts Have Authority to Correct Sentencing Errors, But Subject to Time Limits, by David Reutter
59. ACLU Accepts $37,500 Settlement Over Redacted Records From New Mexico Prison Healthcare Provider, by Benjamin Tschirhart
60. Massive Price Tags and Meager Results: The Legacy of Federal Monitors in New York City, by Benjamin Tschirhart
61. News in Brief

More from Harold Hempstead:

• Florida Returning Canteen Funds for Prisoner Programming, July 15, 2023
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, June 15, 2023
• Massachusetts Settles One of Three Suits Alleging Retaliation by Prison Guards for Assault on One of Their Own, June 1, 2023
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Announces When Clock Begins to Run on Statutory Pretrial Detention, May 15, 2023
• Condemned Tennessee Prisoner Wins Fight Against Autopsy, May 1, 2023
• Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another, April 19, 2023
• Georgia Supreme Court: Trial Courts Are Bound to Follow Precedent of Court of Appeals, April 15, 2023
• Former CoreCivic Guard Pleads Guilty to Deprivation of Tennessee Prisoner’s Rights, April 1, 2023
• Massachusetts Supreme Court: Probationer’s Due Process Right to Present a Defense Violated Where Denied Opportunity to Call Complainant Who Alleged Sexual Assault as a Witness During Probation Revocation Hearing, March 15, 2023
• Maryland Court of Appeals: ‘No Objection’ to Introduction of Evidence at Trial That Was the Subject of Denied Motion to Suppress Does Not Waive Right to Appellate Review of Denial, March 15, 2023

More from these topics:

• ACLU Threatens New Lawsuit After Indiana County’s Repeated Failures to Abide by 17-Year-Old Settlement Agreement, May 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Exercise, Sanitation, Bedding, Settlements.
• Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Indiana DOC Found in Violation of State Public Records Act for Withholding Execution Drug Cost Information, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, First Amendment, Public Records Act, Interlocutory Appeals, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Massachusetts Settles Lawsuit with Promise to Release Jail Voting Data, April 1, 2026. Voting, Advocacy, Settlements, Voting Rights, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• Eighth Circuit Revives Lawsuit Over Iowa Jail Detainee’s Suicide, April 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Virginia Jail Suicide Results in $950,000 Settlement, Claims Against Wellpath still Pending, April 1, 2026. Private Contractors, Medical Records, Settlements, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides.
• Eighth Circuit Rules Iowa Prisoner’s Adverse Summary Judgment Is Not a “Strike”, March 1, 2026. Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Access To Courts.
• $300,000 Class-Action Settlement at California Jail Includes Policy Changes; Agreements with Aramark and Wellpath Reached Confidentially, March 1, 2026. Food, Sanitation, Settlements, Class Certification, Monell Liability.
• South Dakota Sobriety Program Participants Will No Longer Be Jailed for Non-Payment of Fees, March 1, 2026. Settlements, Class Certification, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Unlawful Detention, Ability to Pay.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Prisoner’s Challenge to Guard Tackle That Broke His Foot, March 1, 2026. Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity, Wrongful Use of Force.