More from this issue:

1. Commissary and Food Service Privatization Strands Florida Prisoners in ‘Food Desert’, by David Reutter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Virginia Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Hepatitis C for $700,000, by David Reutter
4. Eleventh Circuit Refuses to Reimpose Death Sentence for Intellectually Disabled Alabama Prisoner
5. Deaths and Lawsuits Mount at “Disgusting” Atlanta Jail
6. Three L.A. Jail Gang Leaders Murdered
7. Nine Guilty So Far in Sprawling California Aryan Brotherhood Case
8. $3 Million Settlement for Illinois Pretrial Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death, by David Reutter
9. First Circuit Lets BOP Take Prisoner’s Entire $10,956.36 Trust Account Balance for Restitution, by Douglas Ankney
10. BOP Evacuates Federal Prison in Florida After Possible Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
11. $2.9 Million Paid by Maryland to Exonerated Former Prisoner
12. Censoring Women’s Health, by Kwaneta Harris
13. Second Circuit Says New York Prisons Must Answer for Denying Court-Ordered Rehab, by David Reutter
14. South Carolina Pays $200,000 to Jail Detainees Exposed to Toxic Fumes, by Douglas Ankney
15. In Suit Over Connecticut Prisoner’s Death, Attorney General Will No Longer Represent Guard Convicted of Assault
16. Ninth Circuit Revives Challenge by Federal Prisoner in Arizona to BOP’s 300-Minute Monthly Phone Cap, by David Reutter
17. No Data to Prove Whether $600-Million California Parole Effort Worked
18. Maine Prison Official Charged with Theft and Bribery in Decade-Long Kickback Scheme
19. Inmate Records Released from Closed Washington Psychiatric Lockup
20. Ohio Prisoner Wins $2,000 Settlement for Guard Abuse Claims, Loses Appeal to Uncover Identity of Prison Officials Who Negotiated It, by Matthew Clarke
21. First Prisoners Released Two Years After Illinois Passed Law to Revisit Excessive Sentences
22. Writing on the Prison Wall: How Prisons Suppress Prison Journalism
23. Resistance to Bail Reform Powered By Untruthful Scaremongering, by David Reutter
24. Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Louisiana Prison Chief for Prolonging Prisoner’s Detention with Sex Offender Misclassification, by David Reutter
25. Sixth Circuit Revives Suit by Pregnant Mentally Ill Michigan Detainee Allegedly Kicked in Her Womb by Jail Guard, Losing Baby
26. Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jail Guard Accused of Grabbing and Squeezing Detainee’s Penis, by Mark Wilson
27. Rikers Island Guard Accidentally Records Himself Planting Shiv in Prisoner’s Cell
28. Seventh Circuit Upholds Disciplinary Sanction Revoking Over 15 Years of Indiana Prisoner’s Good Time, by Douglas Ankney
29. Record Temperatures in Southern Prisons Called Cruel and Unusual Punishment
30. Fifth Circuit Says Both Texas Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit and His Lost Appeal Count as “Strikes”, by Douglas Ankney
31. Restorative Justice Program Boosts South Carolina Prison and Public Safety, by David Reutter
32. Fifth Circuit: Texas Jail Guard’s Use of Taser on Compliant Detainee Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
33. Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse
34. Tenth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Oklahoma Jail Guard Who Kneed Handcuffed Prisoner’s Face, by Matthew Clarke
35. BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois, by Douglas Ankney
36. DOJ Concludes BOP Pretrial Detainees Need Improvements in Access to Attorneys, by Matthew Clarke
37. Ohio Prisoner Has Now Collected $5,700 for Denied Public Records Requests
38. Virginia Sheriff Indicted for Selling Auxiliary Deputy Sheriff Credentials, by Matthew Clarke
39. Seventh Circuit Reinstates Claim of Illinois Prisoner Held 18 Months After Release for Refusing to Sign Incomplete Form, by Matthew Clarke
40. Oklahoma Prisoner’s Conviction Tossed After Judge’s Affair With Prosecutor Uncovered, by Douglas Ankney
41. Washington Fined Over $100 Million for Delays in Competency Evaluations and Restoration, by Douglas Ankney
42. San Diego County Jail Accused of Letting Mentally Ill Detainee Starve to Death, by Matthew Clarke
43. Seventh Circuit Finds Jail Guard May Be Liable for Delayed Response to Illinois Detainee’s Fatal Heart Attack, by Douglas Ankney
44. Misconduct Shades Sexual Assault Suit As Hawaii Settles With Prisoners for $2 Million, by Douglas Ankney
45. Subclass Certified and Settlement Proposed to Address ADA Violations at Long-Plagued San Diego County Jails, by Douglas Ankney
46. Former Oklahoma Undersheriff Gets 22 Months In Prison for Beating Handcuffed Jail Detainee, by Douglas Ankney
47. Third Circuit Revives Claim by Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania that Delayed Cancer Treatment Cost Him a Testicle, by David Reutter
48. Texas Looks to Find Prison Guards in High Schools
49. Almost $950,000 Paid by Inmate Services Corp. for Hellish Prisoner Transports, by David Reutter
50. Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency
51. Michigan Supreme Court: DOC Owes Attorney Fees in Public Records Case Even if Plaintiff Is Represented Pro Bono, by Matthew Clarke
52. News in Brief
53. Cash Bail Eliminated in Illinois, Reduced in Los Angeles County
54. How “Big Capital” Learned to Love Mass Incarceration

More from Matthew Clarke:

• DOJ Finds “Horrific and Inhumane” Conditions in Georgia Prisons, March 1, 2025
• Sixth Circuit Upholds $6.4 Million Jury Award Against Corizon Nurses For Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Alcohol Withdrawal, March 1, 2025
• En Banc Fifth Circuit Reverses Panel, Holds Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, March 1, 2025
• USDC (D. Oregon), Case No. 6:22-cv-00451, Feb. 15, 2025
• Legal Gaffe Prolongs Case of Former St. Louis Detainee Held Eight Months After Dismissal of Charges, Feb. 15, 2025
• Among World Nations, Individual U.S. States Near Top of List for Per Capita Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025
• DOJ Settles Complaints About Conditions for Disabled Detroit Jail Detainees, Feb. 15, 2025
• New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025
• Historic $7 Million Settlement in Lawsuit Over Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Beating, Feb. 15, 2025
• Suits Filed Over Dehydration Deaths at Two Texas Jails, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Montana Supreme Court Requires Sentence Credit for Time Served in Tribal Jail, Sept. 15, 2024. Jail Specific, Good Time Credits.
• AI-Generated Police Reports Must Have Guardrails for Inaccuracy, Bias, Transparency, and Review, Sept. 1, 2024. BOP Litigation Reports, False Statements, Testimony or Documents.
• Report Finds Exploitative Disciplinary Fines in One-Third of U.S. Prison Systems, Aug. 15, 2024. BOP Litigation Reports, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Fines.
• $4 Million Settlement in Class Action Challenging Unconstitutional Conditions at West Virginia Jail, July 1, 2024. Wexford Health Services, Primecare Medical, Totality of Conditions, Jail Specific, Bankruptcy.
• Eleven Years After Consent Decree Entered, New Orleans Jail Still Not Compliant, June 1, 2024. Jail Specific, Consent Decrees.
• “Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit, May 1, 2024. Jail Specific, PLRA, Settlements, Attorney Calls, Civil Settlement - Effect of, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Wiretaps/Wiretap Evidence.
• Autistic Detainee’s Death in Pittsburgh Jail Blamed on “Culture” That Left Him “Punished Instead of Treated”, May 1, 2024. Infections, Jail Specific, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Class-Action Challenge to Medical Care at Tennessee Jail Results in $3.8 Million Settlement, May 1, 2024. Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Jail Specific.
• Six Deaths in Just Over Six Months at Alabama Jail, May 1, 2024. Prison/Jail Murders, Jail Specific.
• Ninth Circuit Affirms Class Action Consent Decree at California’s Alameda County Jail, May 1, 2024. Jail Specific, Consent Decrees, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Class Actions.