More from this issue:

1. NaphCare: More Proof That Privatized Healthcare Deals Death and Misery to the Incarcerated to Enhance Profits, by David Reutter
2. Woman Denied Cardiac Care in Federal Prison in Texas—Despite Personal Assurance of BOP Medical Director
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. With Push to Empty North Carolina’s Death Row Comes Another to End Life Without Parole
5. Drunken “Karen” Jail Guard in Michigan Invades Former Home, Demands to Speak to Prosecutor When Cops Arrive
6. Alaska Prisons Report Three Deaths in Three Days
7. Months-­Long Wisconsin Prison Lockdown Prompts Lawsuits
8. Florida County Makes Free Jail Phone Calls Available
9. Colorado Prisoners Disciplined for Not Working Despite Ban on Prison Slavery
10. From Prison Cook to Praised Pizza Chef
11. Louisville Jail Records 15 Detainee Deaths, 16 Employees Fired
12. 428 Georgia Prison Employees Criminally Charged in Five Years
13. California Prisons Locked Down After Massive Riot Hospitalizes Prisoner, Eight Guards
14. One Detainee Dying Every Week in L.A. County Jails
15. Sentencing Project Finds “Important Inroads” Against Mass Incarceration, Racial Inequality Behind Bars
16. Condemned Texas Prisoner Ruled Too Mentally Ill to Execute, by Matthew Clarke
17. HRDC Awarded Over $130,000 in Legal Costs and Fees for Defendant’s “Bad Faith” in Maine Records Lawsuit, by David Reutter
18. Oregon Prisoner’s Parole Deferral Based on “Dangerous Offender” Statute Reversed
19. Maryland Compensates Exonerated Prisoner Over $340,000
20. Seventh Circuit Again Rejects Challenge to Three-Book Limit at Cook County Jail by Now-Dead Detainee, by David Reutter
21. $33 Million Awarded to Family of Oklahoma Jail Detainee Mocked By Nurse and Guards As He Died Begging for Help, by Douglas Ankney
22. $9,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Prisoner’s Heat-­Related Illness Suit, by Matthew Clarke
23. Sixth Circuit Refuses Michigan Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim Despite Guard’s Conviction for Battery, by David Reutter
24. Lights, Camera, Action! “Dead Man Walking” Comes to Sing Sing
25. Parole and Probation Accused of Driving Prison Growth, by David Reutter
26. Louisiana Supreme Court Springs Prisoner From Death Row
27. $1.75 Million Settlement Reached in Washington Jail Suicide, by David Reutter
28. Grand Jury Slams Sacramento County for Delaying Jail Improvements Mandated in Consent Decree, by Douglas Ankney
29. Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent”, by Douglas Ankney
30. California Adds Statewide Detention Monitors Overseeing Local Jails
31. Massachusetts High Court Calls Denial of Prisoner’s Medical Parole without Risk Assessment Arbitrary and Capricious, by Douglas Ankney
32. Third Circuit Revives Disabled New Jersey Prisoner’s Claim for Deprivation of Walking Cane, by Douglas Ankney
33. Nine Employees Arrested at Troubled South Carolina Jail
34. Missouri Moms Jailed After Kids Miss Too Much School
35. Two Kansas Prison Guards Fired, Six Disciplined for Mocking Injured Prisoner and Refusing Her Help
36. Exceptional Punishments, by Kate Weisburd
37. N.J. Prison Guard Sacked Over Mock George Floyd Killing
38. Third Circuit Unhappy with Federal Detainee’s Denied Marriage Request at Pennsylvania GEO Group Lockup
39. Russian Opposition Leader Dies in Prison
40. Oklahoma Jail Withholds Death Records, Fails to Report Five Since 2018, by Matthew Clarke
41. $8.5 Million Settlement After Pretrial Detainee Suffocated by Guards and Medical Staff at Virginia Psychiatric Hospital, by David Reutter
42. $11.6 Million Settlement Reached in HRDC Debit Release Card Case in Washington; California Victory Remanded
43. Georgia Sheriff Resigns After Groping TV Judge’s Breast
44. North Carolina Court of Appeals Reinstates Parolee’s Parental Rights, Says Parole Conditions Barred Him from Visiting Minor Daughter, by Matthew Clarke
45. Finding Indiana Grievance Process “Unavailable,” Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment to 22 Prisoners on Same Day
46. Alabama Denies Parole to Former Sheriff Convicted of Corruption
47. Massachusetts Prisoners Again Stage Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement
48. Eleventh Circuit Calls Georgia Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit Outside PLRA “Strike Zone”
49. $19.3 Million Awarded to Former Illinois Prisoner Repeatedly Sexually Assaulted by Prison Counselor
50. Missouri Expands Prison Mail Ban to Include Books Sent by Family, Friends
51. Federal Prisoners Released Under First Step Act Show 37% Reduction in Recidivism, by Matthew Clarke
52. Arizona Supreme Court Reverses Summary Judgment for Corizon Health in State Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Diabetes, by Matthew Clarke
53. Washington DOC Outfits Guards with Narcan
54. Class-­Action Lawsuit Challenges Use of Presumptive Drug Tests by Washington DOC
55. Fifth Circuit Finds Louisiana Prisoner’s Solitary Confinement Not Sufficiently “Atypical” to Violate the Constitution, by David Reutter
56. Connecticut DOC Held Liable for Failure to Treat Transgender Prisoner’s Gender Dysphoria, by Douglas Ankney
57. Eighth Circuit Affirms Qualified Immunity for Missouri Prison Chief in Sexual Abuse Claims Against Former Guard, by David Reutter
58. Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard
59. $2,000 Paid to Former Arkansas Jail Detainees Given Horse Dewormer for COVID-­19, by Douglas Ankney
60. At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed
61. News in Brief

More from Douglas Ankney:

• Community Supervision: America’s Hidden Wellspring to Mass Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025
• Rikers Island Continues Long Practice of Denying Education to Young Adults, Feb. 15, 2025
• Monterey County Pays $1 Million to Settle Suit Over Detainee Suicide by Toilet Tissue; Wellpath Pays Another Undisclosed Sum, Feb. 15, 2025
• Sixth Circuit Revives Challenge by Kentucky Prisoner Left Three Weeks in “Rancid” Paper Undershorts, Feb. 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal: Evidence Insufficient to Show Robbery Victim Moved ‘Substantial Distance’ to Support Simple Kidnapping Conviction and Amendments to § 186.22 Require Vacatur of Gang Enhancements, Feb. 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit Revives Claims Against Virginia Jailers by Detainee They Allegedly Manhandled While Handcuffed, Feb. 15, 2025
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim Against Guard in Stabbing, Feb. 15, 2025
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces No Duty to Retreat When Using Reasonable Force in Defense of Another and Provides Framework for Analyzing Such Claims, Feb. 1, 2025
• NIJ Partners With Doctor to Develop Better Screening Method to Detect and Identify Drugs Postmortem, Jan. 15, 2025
• Fines and Fees Destroy the Impoverished and Perpetuate Mass Incarceration, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Tennessee DOC Found in Violation of ADA With Failure to Accommodate Hearing Impaired Prisoners, Feb. 15, 2025. Deaf Prisoners, Americans with Disabilities Act, Class Actions, Policy Considerations.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Challenge by Kentucky Prisoner Left Three Weeks in “Rancid” Paper Undershorts, Feb. 15, 2025. Informants, Clothing, Sanitation, Summary Judgment, Deliberate Indifference.
• DOJ Settles Complaints About Conditions for Disabled Detroit Jail Detainees, Feb. 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Malpractice, Conditions of Confinement, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• New York Governor Orders Firing of 13 Guards, Nurse in Prisoner’s Fatal Beating, Feb. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Medical Misconduct, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Deliberate Indifference.
• Nebraska Pioneers Diversion Program to Help Arrested Veterans Avoid Jail, Jan. 15, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Rehabilitation Act, Veterans.
• Nearly $12 Million Paid to Mentally Disabled Indiana Prisoner Wrongly Convicted of Murder, Jan. 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Prison/Jail Murders, Settlements, Wrongful Conviction.
• Video of Autistic Ohio Teen’s Jail Death Undercuts Sheriff’s Report Calling It Suicide, Jan. 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Videotaping, Restraints, Wrongful Death, Suicides, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• No Charges in Alabama Prisoner’s Torture, Rape and Murder, Jan. 15, 2025. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Prison/Jail Murders, Deliberate Indifference.
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Released from Solitary After 15 Years, Jan. 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• $400,000 Jury Verdict for Medical Neglect Resulting in Amputation of Alabama Prisoner’s Toes, Jan. 15, 2025. Wexford Health Services, Systemic Medical Neglect, Amputations, Settlements, Deliberate Indifference.