More from this issue:

1. After Spike in Jail Deaths, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Under California Department of Justice Investigation, by Matthew Clarke
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. California Prisoner’s Generosity for Gaza Rewarded With Over $100,000
4. $7.5 Million Settlement in Suit Over California Jail Death, by Matthew Clarke
5. Arizona DOC Agrees to Pay $2,650,000 in Legal Fees and Costs in Long-Running PLN Censorship Suit
6. Unintended Consequence of Texas Prisoner Tablets: Retaliation from Fellow Prisoners
7. Virginia Takes Back One Prison from GEO Group, Closes Four More
8. Pilot Jail Diversion Program Opens for Mentally Ill Arrestees in Austin
9. Oregon Transgender Prisoner Claims Abusive Violation of Injunction, but Court Declines Sanctions, by Matthew Clarke
10. Contractor Fined $300,000 for Illegal Asbestos Dumping at Wisconsin Federal Prison
11. “Too brutal, too disgusting”: Prison Guards Flee as Working Conditions Worsen
12. Kentucky Parole Officer Gets Three Years for Sexually Assaulting Probationers, by Matthew Clarke
13. 46 New York Prisoners Accuse Guards of Beatings—Even Waterboarding, by Douglas Ankney
14. Tennessee DOC Rewards CoreCivic with Pay Increase Despite Critical Watchdog Audit
15. New York Revises 2,772 Prisoner Disciplinary Records After Inspector General Finds Defects in Another Contraband Drug Test, by Douglas Ankney
16. Illinois Parole Board Member Resigns After Violator Turns Deadly
17. Dead Rikers Island Detainees Had Missed Dozens of Mental Health Appointments
18. Inspectors Catch L.A. Jailers Watching Porn
19. Eighth Circuit: Perfect Adherence to Burdened Beliefs Not Required to Demonstrate Sincerity under RLUIPA, by Douglas Ankney
20. Warden and Deputy Out at Kentucky Prison As DOC Investigates Guard Misconduct
21. Florida Jail Chief’s Firing Upheld, Retaliation Lawsuit Headed to Trial
22. Eleventh Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Georgia Jailers Who Housed White Detainee With Black Cellmate Held for Racially Motivated Attack
23. Cheap Food Enriching Profiteers, Making Prisoners Sick
24. Riot at California GEO Group Lockup Sends Message to U.S. Marshals
25. Federal Judge Calls BOP Brooklyn Lockup Too Deplorable to House Defendant
26. Prisoner Admissions Soar at Massachusetts Psychiatric Lockup Plagued by Overcrowding and Violence
27. $275,000 Settlement for Wisconsin Jail Detainee’s Death from Untreated Heart Infection
28. BOP is Holding 12,000 Prisoners in Solitary Confinement, by David Reutter
29. 1,200 Washington Prisoners Lose Laptops After One Shows Up on eBay
30. Massachusetts Prison Closure Reflects Success of Criminal Justice Reforms
31. Fifth Savannah Jail Employee Arrested for Smuggling in Just Over a Year
32. Report Finds Exploitative Disciplinary Fines in One-Third of U.S. Prison Systems
33. Tennessee Sheriff Indicted for Massive Prisoner Work-Release Fraud
34. Fourth Circuit Revives Claim Over North Carolina Jail Suicide, by Douglas Ankney
35. Arrested for Stealing Snacks, Baltimore Diabetic Dies in Jail
36. Georgia Guard Fired, Charged With Setting Up Assault that Left Prisoner Dead
37. Arizona Agrees to $40,000 Settlement in Suit Over Mentally Ill Prisoner’s Suicide, by Douglas Ankney
38. Illinois Prisoner Succumbs to Heat Wave
39. Fourth Circuit Chides Virginia Magistrate for Assuming Prisoners Proceed IFP, by Douglas Ankney
40. New Mexico Jail Sued Again After Paying $787,500 In-Custody Death Settlement
41. First Circuit Tolls Claim for Maine Jail Death from Date of Detainee’s Injury, Rather Than When He Died, by Douglas Ankney
42. Psychiatrist Settles Virginia Jail Suicide Suit for $1.75 Million
43. Florida Court Strikes $10 Million of $16 Million Judgment Against Armor Correctional Health in Jail Death, by David Reutter
44. Criminalizing Poverty Drives Mass Incarceration in Kentucky, Washington, by Douglas Ankney
45. Settlements Total $3.85 Million for Nevada Prisoners Hit with Birdshot, by David Reutter
46. Indiana Supreme Court Says “Summary Judgment Is Not Summary Trial,” Remanding State Prisoner’s Malpractice Claim to a Jury
47. Missouri Warden, Four Guards Out After Prisoner’s Fatal Beating
48. Texas Prosecutor Gets Fine, Probated Bar Suspension After Jailing Woman for Abortion
49. Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Guards Who Left North Carolina Prisoner to Eat with Feces-Soiled Hands
50. Alaska Supreme Court Revives Prisoner’s Claim for 11-Month Solitary Confinement That DOC Admitted Was Improper, by Douglas Ankney
51. Washington Prisoner’s Sentence Vacated After Attorney Calls and Visits Were Recorded, by Douglas Ankney
52. $11 Million Settlement for Exonerated Michigan Prisoner, by David Reutter
53. 3,500 Body-Worn Cameras Recalled from Rikers Island Guards After One Catches Fire
54. No Dismissal for San Diego Jail Medical Contractor from Suit Filed Over Detainee’s Withdrawal Death
55. Ending Prison Slavery on the Ballot in California, Nevada
56. Nevada DOC Under Fire for Hiring Unlicensed Medical Director
57. Addicted to Punishment: Jails and Prisons Punish Drug Use Far More Than They Treat It, by Emily Widra
58. Intellectually Disabled Georgia Prisoner Executed After SCOTUS Denies Appeal
59. Mississippi Prison Warden Suspended After Security Chief Caught Smuggling
60. Alabama Denies Parole to Dead Prisoner
61. Maryland Pardons 175,000 Marijuana Misdemeanor Convictions
62. Condemned Alabama Prisoner Challenges Execution by Nitrogen Hypoxia, by David Reutter
63. South Carolina Supreme Court Grants Prisoner Credit for Time Served Awaiting Revocation of Supervised Release
64. Colorado Lawmakers Take a Pass on Cash Assistance for Released Prisoners, by Douglas Ankney
65. Bar Complaint Revives 10-Year-Old Question: Why No Charges Filed Against Florida Guards Who Killed Prisoner?, by David Reutter
66. News in Brief
67. Pro-Navalny Hackers Breach Russian Prison Computers, Lower Commissary Prices

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• California Court of Appeal: Petitioner Has Constitutional Right to Be Present at Hearing to Determine Facts Surrounding Felony Murder Charges for Possible Resentencing Under § 1172.6, March 15, 2024. Resentencing, De Novo Resentencing, Right to be Present.
• California Court of Appeal Reverses Denial of Full Resentencing Under SB 483, March 15, 2024. Resentencing, De Novo Resentencing.
• California Felony-Murder Reform Shaves 11,000 Years Off 600 Prisoner Sentences, March 1, 2024. Murder/Felony Murder, Resentencing.
• Ninth Circuit Announces District Courts Must Either Orally Pronounce All Discretionary ‘Standard’ Conditions of Supervised Release in the Presence of Defendant or Provide Conditions in Writing Prior to Sentencing, Feb. 15, 2024. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Applicable Guidelines Issues, Sentencing Hearing, Right to be Present, Conditions of, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
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