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Archive: 2017

December

• Bureau of Prisons Selects New Health Care Accrediting Body by Christopher Zoukis
• $150,000 in Damages Ordered Paid to Injured Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis
• $15.000 Settles Multiple Civil Rights Complaints by Christopher Zoukis
• BOP Fails and Prevails in Prison Guard Discrimination Complaint by Christopher Zoukis
• $330,000 Settles Guard-on-Prisoner Sexual Assault Claims by Christopher Zoukis
• $99,000 to Settle Claim Over Use of Four-Point Restraints by Christopher Zoukis
• $11,000 for Prisoner's Constitutional Rights Violation Claim by Christopher Zoukis
• $2,600 Settles Prisoner's Civil Rights Claim by Christopher Zoukis
• $675,000 in Wrongful Death of Federal Prisoner by Christopher Zoukis
• Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Union's Challenge to Prison Privatization by Matthew Clarke
• Political Contributions Drove Juvenile Prison Privatization by David Reutter
• Connecticut Supreme Court: Death Penalty Abolition is Retroactive by Matthew Clarke
• Florida Legislator Tackles Abuse of Juvenile Prisoners by David Reutter
• BOP Agrees to Pay Attorney's Fees in Failed Attempt to Stop Construction of Private Prison in Pennsylvania by Christopher Zoukis
• Nebraska Seeking $26,700 Refund for Illegal Execution Drugs it Never Received
• $70,000 Settlement to Female Prison Visitor Who Was Strip-Searched by Christopher Zoukis
• Kansas Supreme Court: Fees for Habeas Action Filed by Committed Sex Offenders to be Paid by County by Christopher Zoukis
• Reversed by Supreme Court, Eighth Circuit Remands Prisoner Grooming Case Back to District Court by Christopher Zoukis
• Fifth Circuit Gives Pass to Texas Jail in Suit Over Prisoner Death by Christopher Zoukis
• Sixth Circuit: Jail Guard's Criticism of Sheriff was Protected Speech by Christopher Zoukis
• Eleventh Circuit Defers to Alabama DOC on Short Hair Requirement by Christopher Zoukis
• Eighth Circuit: Prior Convictions Not Relevant to Escape by Christopher Zoukis
• Third Circuit Denies Prisoner's Due Process Claim, Upholds Retaliation Claim by Christopher Zoukis
• $34,000 Settles Nevada Prisoner's Suit by Lonnie Burton
• Indiana DOC Must Offer Passover Diet by Lonnie Burton
• $10,000 Settlement to Citizen Detained by ICE by Lonnie Burton
• Maine DOC's Dirty Trick in Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging Food and Phone by Christopher Zoukis
• Eighth Circuit Upholds Immigration Detention of American Citizen by Matthew Clarke
• MA Supreme Court: Registration Not Mandatory for Juvenile Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke
• $15,000 to Wisconsin Jail Prisoner for Medical Neglect by Matthew Clarke
• Vermont Supreme Court: Home Detention Doesn't Count as Time Served
• Arkansas Court Must Make Findings of Fact to Order Incarceration Costs
• Kosher Diet Denial Reasonable, Religious Headwear Confiscation Not
• Claim of Right to Counsel Infringement Survives in Detainees’ Claim of Recorded Attorney Calls
• SCOTUS: IDEA Exhaustion Applies Only if Suit is Educational
• A NY Supreme Court Certifies for Persons Held on ICE Detainers Past Scheduled Release.
• Superintendent with Shady History of Supervision Hired by Another Jail
• Supreme Court of Oklahoma Rules Compulsory Debt to Be Paid by Appropriation
• Willful Violation of Tennessee FOIA Occurs by Requiring Unauthorized Fees
• $315,00 to Louisiana Man Imprisoned, Deported by Lonnie Burton
• Alabama DOC Agrees to Implement Suicide Prevention Measures by David Reutter
• Tennessee’s Death Penalty on Hold by David Reutter
• Ninth Circuit: Sheriff's Pervasive, Unwanted Hugs May Create Hostile Work Environment by Mark Wilson
• Denial of Illinois Medical Grievance is Personal Involvement by Mark Wilson
• $420 to Assaulted Former Oklahoma Jail Prisoner for Injuries by Matthew Clarke
• $1,500,000 Verdict for Medical Neglect of Arizona Prisoner by Matthew Clarke
• $9,000 to Florida Jail Inmate for Burned Foot by Matthew Clarke
• $75,000 Awarded in NY for Police Excessive Force During Pat Down by Matthew Clarke
• $19,719 to People in Prison for ADA Violations by Matthew Clarke
• $20,500 Award in Suit Over New York Prisoner Falling From Roof by Matthew Clarke
• $1 Award in Montana Prisoner's Suit Over Deprivation of Exercise at Jail by Matthew Clarke
• $42,200 Federal Jury Award in Suit Over California Jail Prisoner's Death by Matthew Clarke
• Did Ohio’s Prison Farm Sale Net Pennies on the Dollar? by Matthew Clarke
• Former Ohio Politician’s Negligence Case Against CCA Goes Forward by Christopher Zoukis
• $145,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke
• Male Vermont Prison Employees Paid $10,000; No Gender Discrimination Found by Mark Wilson
• Fifth Circuit Remands Jail Suicide Dismissal for Reconsideration by Mark Wilson
• Eighth Circuit: Restraint Board Order Entitled to Qualified Immunity by Mark Wilson
• Threats by Arkansas Prison Administration Warrants Transfer by David Reutter
• Violation of State Regulation Not a Constitutional Violation by David Reutter
• Report: Rikers Island "Enhanced Supervision Housing for Young Adults" Problematic by Derek Gilna
• Prisoner's Wrongful Death FTCA Claim Dismissed For Lack of Jurisdiction by Christopher Zoukis
• $95,000 in Tasing Excessive Force Settlement--in Tazewell County, Illinois! by Christopher Zoukis
• $90,000 Settlement in Erie County, N.Y. Jail Wrongful Death Case by Christopher Zoukis
• $2,500 Settles New York Man's Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis
• California Prisoner Settles Claim of Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Christopher Zoukis
• Former Texas Deputy Settles Claim that Boss Defamed, Wrongfully Prosecuted Him by Christopher Zoukis
• $283,549 to Jail Guard in Retaliation Suit by Christopher Zoukis
• $841,000 to Settle Negligent Medical Care Case by Christopher Zoukis
• Report Finds Texas Prison Staff Often Ignore Reports of Prison Rape by Matthew Clarke
• Ohio Supreme Court Holds That Longer Second Continuance on Parole Eligibility Is Not Proof of Punitive Action by David Reutter
• $5001 Jury Award to Illinois Prisoner in Harassment and Conspiracy Suit by David Reutter
• Testimony of Expert Witness Excluded by David Reutter
• District Court Held IFP Not Available on Appeal of Third Strike by David Reutter
• $320,000 Settlement in Wrongful Imprisonment Case by Christopher Zoukis
• Virginia Mentally-Ill Man’s Death by Deterioration in Jail Cell Exhibits Policy Failures by David Reutter
• Deference to Prison Officials Jury Instruction Improper in Medical Care Case
• D.C. Circuit Holds Bivens Not Available for Extraterritorial Incidents
• Changes to California’s Parole Scheme Not Unconstitutional
• Texas Court of Appeals Upholds Dismissal of Suit Against Parole Board by Matthew Clarke
• Texas Court of Appeals Dismisses Prisoner's Petition for a Writ of Injunction by Matthew Clarke
• Oregon Habeas Cognizable to Challenge Florida Confinement Under ICC by Mark Wilson
• Ninth Circuit: Merits Decision Excuses Procedurally Flawed Exhaustion by Mark Wilson
• California Court of Appeals Vacates Parole Denial for Claiming Innocence by Matthew Clarke
• Florida Prisoner Awarded $70,000 in Excessive Force Claim
• California Court of Appeals Holds Consecutive Sentence Begins When Prisoner Found Suitable for Parole
• Prisoner's Punishment for Attempting to Mail Out Threat-Laden "Poems" Upheld by Minnesota Court of Appeals by Lonnie Burton
• Wyoming Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner Lawsuit Challenging New Mandatory Deductions and Good Time Laws by Lonnie Burton
• Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Summary Judgment to Prison Officials in Michigan Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• Settlement Reached in Nevada "Postcard-Only" Lawsuit
• Prisoner Settles Conditions of Confinement, Excessive Force Lawsuit with Nevada County Jail
• Thirty-Nine Year Stay in Solitary Requires Procedural Safeguards; 5th Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity
• Washington Supreme Court: Jail Not Responsible for Crimes Committed by Ex-Prisoner
• Third Circuit Okays Blanket Strip-Search Policy for Juvenile Detainees
• Seventh Circuit Questions the Denial of Gloves and Earmuffs to Prisoners
• WA: Indigent Defendant May Not Challenge DNA Collection Fees Until State Seeks to Enforce Payment
• Use of Force Authorized to Extract DNA Sample from Prisoner; Conviction for Refusal to Comply Upheld: CT Supreme Court
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissal in Lawsuit Filed by Man Wrongfully Convicted of Arson, Murder
• WA: Court Affirms Dismissal of DOC Worker's Malpractice Suit Against Attorney for Allowing Statute of Limitations to Expire
• WA: Jail Phone Conversations Not Private, May Be Used By Prosecutors
• Despite Opposition, California Governor Moves to Reduce Prison Terms by Matthew Clarke
• Fourth Circuit Allows Abu Ghraib Torture Suit to Move Forward by Christopher Zoukis
• New York Top Court Invalidates Local Laws Restricting Sex Offender Residency by Christopher Zoukis
• Injunction Requiring Kosher Diet in Florida Prisons Vacated by Eleventh Circuit by Christopher Zoukis
• Seventh Circuit: Falsely Accused Man, Conviction Expunged, Cannot Sue Anonymously by Christopher Zoukis
• New Food Vendor, Same Old Problems in Michigan Prisons by David Reutter
• Vermont Supreme Court: Miranda Warning Not Necessary When Probation Officer Questions Probationer about Criminal Activity by Christopher Zoukis
• Health Care Crisis Declared at Florida Women’s Reception Center; Voids Contract by David Reutter
• Efforts to End “Scourge of Money Bail” Meeting with Success by David Reutter
• Man Wrongly Imprisoned on Death Row for 28 Years May Sue Ohio
• Congress Exempts from Taxation Awards to Wrongfully Convicted by Derek Gilna
• Private Prison Profits Drive Increase in Immigrant Detentions by Derek Gilna
• Fifth Circuit Allows Intervention by Sierra Club in Reverse FOIA Suit by Christopher Zoukis
• Florida Supreme Court Speaks Out of Both Sides of Mouth in Prisoner Sanction Case by Christopher Zoukis
• BOP Prison Guard's 30 Day Suspension for Biting Inmate Reversed in Arbitration by Christopher Zoukis
• State, County Prisoners in Pennsylvania Collect Unemployment Benefits
• $5,000 to Transgender Prisoner in Maryland Sexual Harassment Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• South Carolina’s Treatment of Mentally Ill Unconstitutional by David Reutter
• Texas Prison Guards' Union Chief Decries Indoor Use of Gas Gun by Matthew Clarke
• $1.9 Million to Settle with Students Hit by Car Fleeing Police by Christopher Zoukis
• Indiana Woman Settles Claim that Clay County Police Officer Grabbed Her Breasts During Traffic Stop by Christopher Zoukis
• $25,000 to Landlord in False Arrest Case by Christopher Zoukis
• Illinois Prisoner Granted Transfer in Injunctive Relief in Rare Ruling by David Reutter
• Negligent Handling of Property Not Barred by Sovereign Immunity by David Reutter
• South Dakota Res Judicata Ban of State Constitutional Due Process Claim Upheld by David Reutter
• Minnesota Supreme Court Declares "Exoneration-Compensation Statute" Unconstitutional by David Reutter
• Alabama Prisoner Convicted of Kidnapping Minor Can be Labeled Sex Offender by David Reutter
• $5,000 to Conn. Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• $77,980 in Attorney's Fees, $57,000 Verdict in Police Excessive Force by Lonnie Burton
• Eighth Circuit Refuses to Halt Arkansas Execution of Prisoner Who Claimed Lethal Injection Will Cause Him Extreme Pain by Lonnie Burton
• Eighth Circuit Denies Stay of Execution to Arkansas Prisoner Who Claimed His Obesity Created Risk of Severe Pain by Lonnie Burton
• California Prisoner's Claim of Untreated Tooth Pain Survives Summary Judgment by Lonnie Burton
• $750 to Washington State Prisoner in Mailroom/Public Records Suit by Lonnie Burton
• Rhode Island Settles Prison Hiring Civil Rights Suit with United States by Lonnie Burton
• Kansas Uniform Trust Code Established Exclusive Venue For Prison Trust Fund Proceedings by David Reutter
• Class Action Member May File Independent Suit to Protect Individual Need by David Reutter
• Self-Serving Affidavits Admissible in Discrimination Suit
• $61,500 Settlement in Death of a Federal Prisoner
• $82,500 Damages to Detained American, Federal Judge Blasts ICE by Christopher Zoukis
• Sexual Assault Claim Against Suffolk County, New York Jail Moves Forward by Christopher Zoukis
• California Prisons Struggle with Environmental Threats from Sewage Spills, Contaminated Water, Airborne Disease by Rick Anderson (p 1)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Volunteers, Mayor Take Action to Clothe Freezing Prisoners in New York City by Christopher Zoukis (p 51)
• $10.25 Million Jury Award in Suit over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Study Tracks Decline in Use of Solitary Confinement as Reform Bill Stalls in U.S. Senate by Lonnie Burton (p 57)
• New Study Indicates Annual Cost of Incarceration Exceeds $1 Trillion by Audry Spade (p 57)
• Prison Tattoos Tell a Story by David Reutter (p 56)
• Federal Judge Orders Cook County to Correct Courthouse ADA Violations by Derek Gilna (p 56)
• Most Black “Neighborhoods” in Wisconsin are Actually Jails, Prisons by Christopher Zoukis (p 55)
• Second Circuit Upholds $36 Million Jury Award, $5 Million in Fees in Wrongful Conviction Case by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Pressure from Advocacy Group Leads University of California to Partially Divest from Wells Fargo by Christopher Zoukis (p 54)
• Missouri DOC Director Replaced after String of Harassment and Retaliation Lawsuits (p 53)
• Tenth Circuit Reinstates Suit over Failure to Provide Medical Treatment to Oklahoma Arrestee/Prisoner by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoners’ Suit over Repeated Overnight Deprivation of Clothing (p 52)
• Louisiana Death Sentence Reversed, Charges Dismissed, Lawsuit Filed by David Reutter (p 50)
• Tennessee: High Cost of Drugs Cited as Reason to Deny Prisoners Hep C Treatment by David Reutter (p 48)
• Innocence Project Emerging in Israel by Christopher Zoukis (p 48)
• State Sanctioned Murder: By the Numbers by Christopher Zoukis (p 47)
• Private Prison Company’s Announcement to Reduce Recidivism Criticized as PR Ploy (p 46)
• Montana County Settles Suit over Prisoner’s Rape for $125,000 (p 46)
• Missouri Town Pays $1.2 Million to Settle Lawsuit over Jail Suicide by Lonnie Burton (p 43)
• Prisoners and Disabilities: The Legal Landscape by Christopher Zoukis (p 42)
• Prisoner’s Escape from Understaffed Private Prison Results in Staff Discipline by Christopher Zoukis (p 44)
• Study: Prison Spending Grew at Three Times the Rate of Education Spending over Last Three Decades by Lonnie Burton (p 45)
• Visitors to USP Leavenworth Turned Away Due to Disabilities (p 41)
• Seventh Circuit: District Court Erred in Dismissing Prisoner’s § 1983 Suit for Failure to Exhaust by Lonnie Burton (p 40)
• $1.275 Million Settlement for Los Angeles County Jail Whistleblower by Lonnie Burton (p 40)
• New York Jail Agrees to End Solitary Confinement of Juveniles by Matthew Clarke, Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Rights of Jailhouse Lawyers by Christopher Zoukis (p 38)
• D.C. Man Subjected to 77 Days Overdetention; Marshals Service Denies Responsibility by Monte McCoin (p 35)
• Chicago Man Exonerated of Murder Awarded $13 Million after 22 Years in Prison by Lonnie Burton (p 34)
• Third Circuit: No Death Row Confinement after Death Sentences Vacated by Christopher Zoukis (p 34)
• Hawaii: OCCC Mental Health Care Fails, Prison Staff Fired by Monte McCoin (p 33)
• State Governors Grant Over 500 Pardons, Commutations by Christopher Zoukis (p 32)
• Pennsylvania: Philly D.A. Sentenced to Five Years for Corruption, Disbarred by Monte McCoin (p 31)
• Massachusetts: Reform Legislation Introduced after Study on Solitary Confinement Published by Lonnie Burton (p 30)
• Tennessee Judge Denies Summary Judgment Motion in Jail Suicide Suit; Case Settles by Derek Gilna (p 28)
• New Zealand Court Decision: Voting Ban Violates Human Rights of Prisoners by Monte McCoin (p 27)
• Seventh Circuit: Corizon May be Liable for Failure to Coordinate Medical Care by Matthew Clarke (p 28)
• Ninth Circuit Denies Immunity to Police Officers, Jailers for Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• HRDC Sues Kitsap County, Washington over Debit Release Cards by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• Prisoners in Solitary Confinement Benefit from Nature Videos, Study Shows by Monte McCoin (p 25)
• Judge Orders Florida DOC to Immediately Start Treating Prisoners with HCV by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• First Circuit Reverses Convictions of Massachusetts Probation Officials by Christopher Zoukis (p 21)
• Study Indicates Racial Bias Skews Criminality Risk Assessment Tool (p 20)
• Arizona: Mixed Rulings in Challenges to State’s Lethal Injection Protocol by Lonnie Burton (p 22)
• Georgia Prison Doctor Rewarded for Cutting Costs as Prisoners Died Under His Care by David Reutter (p 18)
• USP Atlanta Escapes Result in Convictions by Monte McCoin (p 17)
• In Midst of Opioid Crisis, an Addiction Medication Program for Federal Prisons Fizzles by Mike Ludwig (p 14)
• Federal Judge Expresses Frustration in New Orleans Jail Reform Litigation (p 12)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• $1.75 Million Settlement in Michigan Prisoner's Wrongful Death by Christopher Zoukis
• $816,000 Cut to $100,000 for Prisoner Injured by Circular Saw by Christopher Zoukis
• $45,000 Jury Award For Injuries Caused By Georgia Prison CERT Team by Christopher Zoukis
• $175,000 Jury Award For Deliberate Indifference Leading to Detainee's Death by Christopher Zoukis
• Montana Refuses to Pay Judge’s $744,371 Sexual Harassment Settlement by Mark Wilson
• California Attorney Invoices Not Categorically Exempt from PRA Disclosure by Mark Wilson

November

• Michigan Juveniles Entitled Miller Montgomery Resentencing by Mark Wilson
• Failing to Report on Hawaii Furlough Is Not Escape by Mark Wilson
• Nevada: Woman Freed After 35 Years Sues for Wrongful Murder Conviction by Lonnie Burton
• Michigan Court Forced to End “Pay or Stay” Policy by David Reutter
• Court: Treatment of South Carolina’s Mentally Ill Prisoners Unconstitutional by David Reutter
• Third Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Grievance Threat Retaliation Claim by Mark Wilson
• Ninth Circuit: Incarceration Costs Subject to Bankruptcy Discharge by Mark Wilson
• Arkansas Supreme Court: Accident Report Information Not Exempt from FOIA Disclosure by Mark Wilson
• Missouri’s Release of Pot Dealer Doing LWOP Gives Hope to Nonviolent Drug Offenders Incarcerated Nationwide by Joe Watson
• Top Florida Prison Brass Forced to Reapply for Their Jobs
• Report Finds Medical Professionals Facilitated Torture of Alleged Terrorists by Derek Gilna
• State Bar of Texas Pursuing Disciplinary Action against Prosecutor Who Lied about Deals with Jailhouse Informants in Capital Case by Richard Resch
• Five Years after Implementation, PREA Standards Remain Inadequate by Derek Gilna (p 1)
• Cook County Jail Locked Down on Mother’s Day; Over 200 Workers Absent by Monte McCoin (p 61)
• Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case on Jail Booking Fees by Christopher Zoukis (p 60)
• Prisoners in Flint, Michigan Lied to About Water Crisis; Lawsuit Settles by David Reutter (p 60)
• Michigan Court Forced to End “Pay or Stay” Policy by David Reutter (p 56)
• Seventh Circuit Allows Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claim to Proceed by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Former Utah Jail Commander Pleads Guilty to Misuse of Public Money by Monte McCoin (p 55)
• The Fight to Restore Ex-felons’ Voting Rights in Virginia by David Reutter
• Concern over Use of Prisoners to Clear Homeless Camps in Washington, Oregon by Lonnie Burton (p 58)
• Eighth Circuit Reverses Finding of Due Process Violations in Minnesota Civil Commitment Program by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Georgia Prison Contraband Investigation Nets 130 Arrests, Guilty Pleas by David Reutter (p 52)
• Missouri Has Difficulty Retaining Provider for Execution Drugs by David Reutter (p 50)
• $6.5 Million to Family of Wash. Diabetic Prisoner Who Died (p 51)
• Wife of President Trump’s Ethics Attorney Caught Having Sex with Prisoner by Monte McCoin (p 49)
• Lawsuit Over 22 Years of Continuous Segregation Reinstated by Second Circuit by Lonnie Burton (p 48)
• $100,000 Damages Award in Jail Slip-and-Fall Upheld by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• $250,000 Paid By Virginia Jail to Settle Deaf Prisoner Suit (p 47)
• Obama Publishes Commentary on Criminal Justice Reform in Harvard Law Review by Christopher Zoukis (p 46)
• Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Deaf Prisoner’s Civil Rights Claim by Derek Gilna (p 45)
• Oregon Prison Guard Freed on Sex Charge, Victim Detained as Material Witness (p 44)
• $1.2 Million to Settle with Rikers Island Rape Victims by Derek Gilna (p 43)
• Former Sheriff Arpaio Guilty of Criminal Contempt, Receives Presidential Pardon by Joe Watson (p 42)
• Nevada Supreme Court Holds Habeas Petition Not Mooted by End of Sentence (p 41)
• Westboro Baptist Church Members Continue to Work in Corrections by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Colorado Narrowly Rejects Ballot Measure to End Slavery as Punishment for Crime by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Community Funds, Federal Legislation Challenging Bail System from Different Angles by Christopher Zoukis (p 38)
• Lawsuit Alleges Four Oregon Prisons Served Food “Not for Human Consumption” by Monte McCoin (p 35)
• DOJ Applauds Pennsylvania’s Commitment to Treatment for Mentally Ill Prisoners by David Reutter (p 34)
• The Elusive Dream: Closing Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke, David Reutter (p 32)
• Washington Supreme Court Reverses Prisoner’s Parental Termination Order by Lonnie Burton (p 31)
• Wiccan Prisoner Wins Injunction to Wear Medallion; Case Settles on Remand by David Reutter (p 30)
• Michigan Sheriff Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $295,000 by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• Alabama DOC: Partial Settlement on ADA, Mental Health Claims; $1 Million in Attorney Fees Awarded by David Reutter (p 28)
• Florida Prisoners Denied Hernia Surgery Reach $2.1 Million Settlement by David Reutter (p 28)
• Arrested Texas Jail Nurse Refused to Test Blood Sugar of Prisoner Who Died by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Tenth Circuit Holds Jail Guard May be Liable for Prisoner-on-Prisoner Assault (p 25)
• President of New York City Guards’ Union Faces Corruption Charges by David Reutter (p 24)
• Federal Halfway House Closures Threaten to Extend Prison Time, Delay Reentry by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• Reform of Florida’s Criminal Justice Laws Urged by David Reutter (p 22)
• Climate Refugees in Toxic Immigrant Jails Are Victims of Environmental Racism by Candice Bernd (p 18)
• Fatal Tasering at North Carolina Jail Results in $350,000 Settlement, Investigation (p 17)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• $285,000 Settlement in Wrongful Death Suit Against Ohio Jail (p 15)
• Global Tel*Link Fails to Derail Prison Phone Suit but Dodges Class Certification by Derek Gilna (p 14)
• News in Brief (p 63)

October

• Eighth Circuit: Restraint Board Order Entitled to Qualified Immunity
• $5,485,394 Award in New York Wrongful Conviction Case by Christopher Zoukis
• Ohio Supreme Court Declares Poor Relative Not Suitable to Adopt Her Nephew by Christopher Zoukis
• ICE Detainee Sent to Solitary Confinement for Encouraging Protest of “Voluntary” Low-Wage Labor by Spencer Woodman
• No-show Cops and Dysfunctional Courts Keep Cook County Jail Prisoners Waiting Years for a Trial by Spencer Woodman (p 1)
• Eighth Circuit Vacates Supervised Release Order Barring Wife from Contact with Husband by Derek Gilna (p 61)
• Victim-centered Sexual Abuse Investigations Abandon Concept of Neutrality by David Reutter (p 60)
• Study Shows “Ban-the-Box” Policies May Result in Racial Bias by Employers by David Reutter (p 60)
• Eleventh Circuit: Florida Prisoners Must be Provided Kosher Meals by David Reutter (p 59)
• Prisoner Labor Focus of Controversy in Texas, Alabama by David Reutter (p 58)
• Louisiana Parish Jails Lack HIV Treatment and Services (p 57)
• Second Circuit: Ross Abrogates “Special Circumstances” Exhaustion Exception (p 56)
• Seventh Circuit Dissent: “A Dog Would Have Deserved Better Treatment” by Derek Gilna (p 56)
• Prisoner Showed Good Cause for Extension of Time (p 54)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit, Rejects District Court’s IFP Concerns by Derek Gilna (p 54)
• Eleventh Circuit: Procedural Dismissals do Not Count as Strikes Under the PLRA by David Reutter (p 55)
• Two Federal Courts Find Prison Gerrymandering Unconstitutional by David Reutter (p 52)
• South Carolina Prisoners’ Wage Grievances Not Subject to 15-day Deadline (p 52)
• IRS Audit Prompts New Mexico County to Convert Bonds Used for ICE Facility by Joe Watson (p 50)
• Georgia Teen’s Suicide from Neglect Results in $1.7 Million Settlement (p 51)
• Profiting Off Mass Incarceration: Detroit Pistons Owner Buys Private Prison Phone Company by Brian Dolinar (p 48)
• Private Probation Company Agrees to End Drug Testing Absent Court Order by David Reutter (p 46)
• Corizon Loses Indiana DOC Medical Contract Amid Lawsuits by David Reutter (p 44)
• Family Files Wrongful Death Suit Against County Jail in New York by Derek Gilna (p 41)
• Seattle Council Approves Protections for Renters with Criminal Records by Nathalie Graham (p 40)
• Louisiana Corrections Secretary: More Private Prisons Won’t Save Money (p 40)
• Court Decision Favoring BOP Whistleblower Critical of BOP and OIG by Derek Gilna (p 42)
• State Closes Kentucky Jail for Failure to Properly Maintain Facility by Derek Gilna (p 39)
• Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by Christopher Zoukis (p 42)
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Jury Award for Illinois Prisoner Beaten by Guards by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Eighth Circuit Greenlights Jail Detainee’s Excessive Force Claim, but Loss at Trial Affirmed on Appeal by Christopher Zoukis (p 38)
• $60,000 Settlement in GEO Group Employee’s Sexual Harassment Case (p 36)
• $200,000 Settlement for Restraint of Pregnant Prisoner after Ninth Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment (p 36)
• Virginia Governor Grants Full Pardons to the “Norfolk Four” by Christopher Zoukis (p 47)
• Prisons, Jails Combat Smuggling by Shredding Mail, Requiring Fresh Underwear by Christopher Zoukis (p 35)
• Waging War on the Poor: Unpaid Fines Lead to Jail by Christopher Zoukis (p 34)
• TV Production Company has Friends in Low Places by Christopher Zoukis (p 33)
• Parole Remains Elusive for Virginia Prisoners by David Reutter (p 32)
• Compensation for Wrongful Convictions in Massachusetts Not Easily Obtained by Christopher Zoukis (p 30)
• HRDC Lawsuit: Kentucky DOC Guilty of Censorship, Violations of Due Process and Equal Protection (p 30)
• DOJ Audit Rips Privately-operated Federal Facility; Trump Administration Presses Forward by Derek Gilna (p 28)
• Environmental Protection Agency Finally Recognizes Prisons in Screening Tool by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 28)
• Seventh Circuit: Rodent Infestation Claims Survive Summary Judgment (p 27)
• Vermont Supreme Court Invalidates Sex Offender Probation Conditions (p 26)
• Correctional Health Report Suppressed by Bush Administration Finally Released (p 26)
• Electronic Monitoring Becomes More Widespread, but Problems Persist by Derek Gilna (p 23)
• Florida Lawmaker Visits Prisons, Audits Private Prison Contracts by David Reutter (p 22)
• Kansas Supreme Court: Four Years of Pretrial Detention too Long (p 15)
• Misdemeanor Trespassing Arrest Leads to Permanent Impairment by Christopher Zoukis (p 21)
• Tattoo Recognition: Law Enforcement’s Newest Identification Tool by David Reutter (p 20)
• Former Mississippi DOC Commissioner, Co-defendants Sentenced in Massive Bribery Scheme (p 16)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• More Prisons Banning In-Person Visits, Adding To Securus Tech's Pile Of Cash by Tim Cushing

September

• US Parole Activists Aim to Overhaul a Failing System by Jean Trounstine (p 12)
• Illegal 24-Day ICE Detention Nets Lawful Permanent Resident $99,000 Settlement by Lonnie Burton
• $10,000 Settlement for California Man Unlawfully Detained by ICE by Lonnie Burton
• Lawful Sudanese Immigrant Receives $60,000 Settlement for Five Days Unlawful ICE Detention by Lonnie Burton
• Naturalized U.S. Citizen Receives $400,000 after Being Illegally Held by ICE for 71 Months by Lonnie Burton
• Dismissal of Ill. Prisoner's Dental Care Lawsuit Affirmed By Seventh Circuit by Lonnie Burton
• Washington Court of Appeals Holds No Duty of Protection Owed By DOC to Felon Under Community Supervision by Lonnie Burton
• $1.3 Million+ Award of Attorney's Fees and Costs Approved in New York Unlawful Confinement Case that Netted Only $1 in Damages by Lonnie Burton
• Arizona's No-Bail Constitutional Provision for Certain Sex Crimes Violates Federal Constitution, State Supreme Court Says by Lonnie Burton
• "No Toilet, No Ventilation": Prisoners Describe Horrific Conditions in Harvey's Flood Zone by Candice Bernd
• Arizona Changes Lethal Drug Mix for Executions by Edward Lyon
• Utah Supreme Court: Prisoner had First Amendment Defense for Questionable Jail Correspondence to Minor Daughter
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Part of Louisiana Prisoner's Failure-to-Protect, Medical Indifference Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• California Court Refuses to Reduce Juvenile's 32 Years-to-Life Under Miller v. Alabama by Lonnie Burton
• First Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Police Officer for Arrest Without Probable Cause by Lonnie Burton
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Minnesota Prison Workplace Injury Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• Seventh Circuit Denounces "Sovereign Citizen" Claims in Otherwise Routine Denial of Frivolous Suit by Lonnie Burton
• Maine Judge Rules Prisoner's Nearly Two-Year Stay in Segregation Without Explanation Defies Due Process, Orders Hearing on Damages by Lonnie Burton
• Red-Light Camera Company to Pay $20 Million Settlement to City of Chicago to Settle Fraud and Bribery Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• Judicial Watch Not Entitled to Internal Department of Defense Memo In Bowe Bergdahl Case, D.C. Circuit Court Rules by Lonnie Burton
• Random Drug Tests Do Not Violate Kansas Guard's Fourth, Fourteenth Amendment Rights, Tenth Circuit Holds by Lonnie Burton
• Colorado Supreme Court Affirms Double Enhancement for Assault of Prison Guard by Christopher Zoukis
• Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Proper Standard for Reviewing Search of a Probationer's Home by Christopher Zoukis
• Eleventh Circuit Slams Douglas County, Georgia Sheriff's Office for Retaliation Against Whistle-Blower by Christopher Zoukis
• California Appeals Court Reverses Termination of Parental Rights for Indian Child Welfare Act Notice Violation by Christopher Zoukis
• Seventh Circuit Passes on Opportunity to Weigh in on Police Use of Cell-Site Simulators by Christopher Zoukis
• Prison Cannot Restrict Legal Visits by a Prisoner's Family Member/Attorney by Christopher Zoukis
• City of New York Settles Police Beating Case for $614,500 by Christopher Zoukis
• Maryland Court of Special Appeals Upholds $200,000 Award for Police Shooting of Dog by Christopher Zoukis
• Second Circuit Rules Against American Civil Liberties Union on Drone Strike FOIA Request by Christopher Zoukis
• Media Companies Denied Damages and Fees in Public Records Litigation by Christopher Zoukis
• First Circuit Orders Clarification of Conditions of Release for Sex Offender by Christopher Zoukis
• Eighth Circuit: Pepper Spraying Prisoner's Genitals Not Excessive Force by Christopher Zoukis
• Idaho Sheriff Guilty of Misuse of Public Funds by Christopher Zoukis
• Federal Judge: Chicago Guilty of 'Bad Faith' for Refusing to Provide Documents in Police Shooting Case, Cites Ongoing Pattern of Conduct by City by Lonnie Burton
• New York Courts Affirms Prison's Right to Force Feed Prisoner by Lonnie Burton
• Minnesota Court Refuses to Order Specific Performance in Murder Plea by Lonnie Burton

August

• Texas Court of Appeals: Decriminalization of Civil Commitment Conditions Violation Applies to Cases Pending on Appeal by Matthew Clarke
• Florida Sheriff Not Immune from Suit in Hiring Decisions Allegedly Motivated By Politics, Eleventh Circuit Rules by Lonnie Burton
• Illinois Court Allows Medical Indifference Case to Proceed to Trial, Denies Summary Judgment to Prison Officials for Prisoner's Tooth Pain by Lonnie Burton
• Idaho Court Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner's Civil Rights Lawsuit Which Sought Relief for Denial of a Dental Pick by Lonnie Burton
• Supreme Court Holds Demonstrators May Be Arrested for Trespassing Jail Grounds by Matthew Clarke
• Indiana: Incarcerated Mother's Parental Rights Termination Overturned by Lonnie Burton
• Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Eighth Amendment Lawsuit Over Botched Oklahoma Execution by Lonnie Burton
• California Prison Guard's Dismissal Upheld By Appellate Court by Lonnie Burton
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Indiana Prison Counselor's Retaliation, Sex and Age Discrimination Lawsuit by Lonnie Burton
• Arkansas: Failure to Include Interested Party is Fatal to Action for Declaratory Relief by Dale Chappell
• Denial of Parole No Basis for Writ of Mandamus in Arkansas by Dale Chappell
• Constitutional Claim Required to Trigger Judicial Review Under Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act by Dale Chappell
• Opening the Door by Jean Casella and Aviva Stahl (p 1)
• American University Removes Statue of Imprisoned Native American Activist by Derek Gilna (p 59)
• Mississippi Closes Troubled Former Youth Prison (p 58)
• Denver Man, Accused of Rape Due to Mishandled DNA, Has Lawsuit Dismissed by Derek Gilna (p 58)
• Prisoner Rights Event Prompts Florida Prison System Lockdown by Derek Gilna (p 61)
• California Prison Officials Shift Responsibility for Work Injuries to Prisoners by Derek Gilna (p 60)
• Oregon Parole Board Must Define Applicable Statutory Terms (p 60)
• Oregon Prisoner’s Conversion Claim Against Guard Reinstated (p 55)
• Florida, South Carolina, New Jersey Latest States to Pass Mugshot Extortion Laws (p 54)
• Third Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on SHU Strip Search Claims (p 54)
• Prison Mailbox Rule Applies to Alabama Sentence Reconsideration Motions (p 57)
• Oregon Prosecutors and Cops Bully Parole Board into Improperly Rescinding Parole; Court Orders Release (p 56)
• Extensive Contraband Found During Shakedowns at Mississippi Prisons (p 53)
• Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke’s Jail Under Fire for Deaths, Civil Rights Abuses by Christopher Zoukis (p 52)
• HOPE and SCF Probation Programs Criticized in Study by Derek Gilna (p 50)
• Utah Supreme Court Reverses Termination of Prisoner’s Parental Rights (p 51)
• Plastic Spoon Not a “Dangerous Weapon” Under Oregon Law (p 50)
• BJS Studies Show Number of Prisoners, Probationers Continues to Drop Slightly by Derek Gilna (p 49)
• DOJ Publishes Ten-step Program for Halfway House Reforms (p 48)
• Missouri Prisoner’s IRA May be Seized for Incarceration Costs (p 45)
• Oregon Prison Officials Must Provide Post-release Disability Care (p 44)
• Abuses at Louisiana Jail Investigated, Ten Deputies Plead Guilty by David Reutter (p 46)
• HRDC/PLN Obtain Landmark Nationwide Censorship Settlement with Private Prison Company by Derek Gilna (p 44)
• Fifth Circuit Vacates Dismissal of Texas Grooming Policy RLUIPA Claim (p 43)
• Ninth Circuit Reinstates Wiccan Prisoner’s Consent Decree (p 42)
• Seventh Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment in Retaliatory Discipline Case (p 40)
• $6.5 Million Jury Award in Oklahoma Jail Rape Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Almost 270 Die in Pre-trial Detention in Canadian Jails in Last Five Years by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• TN Prison Counselor Suspended for Posting Insults on Facebook by Joe Watson (p 38)
• Ninth Circuit: Courtroom Deputy Entitled to Qualified, Not Absolute, Immunity (p 39)
• Numerous Lawsuits Filed Against Corizon Nationwide; Company Loses Contracts by Matthew Clarke (p 32)
• Federal Court Approves Landmark BOP ADX Mental Health Settlement by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• Exonerated Man Receives $6 Million in Malicious Prosecution Settlement by Christopher Zoukis (p 30)
• FCC Chairman Called Out on Conflict of Interest Concerning Prison Phone Company by Carrie Wilkinson (p 36)
• No Private Prisons in King County, Washington (p 29)
• Private Prison Companies’ Plan to License “Baby Jails” Fails in Texas Legislature by Bob Libal (p 28)
• Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Automatic Disenfranchisement for all Felony Convictions by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Stolen Credit Cards Laundered Through Global Tel*Link in Ohio Prisons by Christopher Zoukis (p 27)
• Indiana Court Cannot Reduce 45-Day Filing Fee Time Limit (p 25)
• With General Inch in Charge, We Can Expect Further Militarization of the Prison System by Brian Dolinar (p 24)
• Ohio State Criminal Convictions Threatened by Evidence Technician’s Misconduct by Derek Gilna (p 22)
• Deaths at North Carolina Jail Due to Lack of Medical, Mental Health Care (p 20)
• Federal Judge Claims Three-year-olds Can Understand Immigration Law by Christopher Zoukis (p 18)
• Leader of Fraudulent Scheme Targeting Prisoners Convicted, Sent to Prison by Christopher Zoukis (p 18)
• Pretrial Diversion: Pay Not to Stay (in Jail) by Christopher Zoukis (p 20)
• Brennan Center Asks: “How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated?” by Derek Gilna (p 16)
• Surgeon General’s Report: Substance Abuse Continues to Grow in America by Derek Gilna (p 16)
• California Damage Suit Improperly Treated as Habeas Petition (p 15)
• New York Parole Board Repeatedly Held in Contempt; One Case Reversed on Appeal (p 14)
• Los Angeles County Jail Faces Lawsuit Over Censorship of PLN (p 14)
• Re-entry Program for Federal Prisoners on Supervised Release Has Low Participation (p 13)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Female Prisoner Raped By Florida Sheriff's Deputy Settles Lawsuit for $91,666 by Lonnie Burton
• Nearly $57,000 Attorney Fee Award in Tennessee Public Records Case by David Reutter
• Notice of Sex Offense Admission Requirement Not Required to Find Florida Probationer Violated Treatment by David Reutter
• Vermont Prisoner’s Ex Post Facto Challenge to Program Change Fails by David Reutter
• $200,000 Settlement in City Counsel’s Refusal to Film Meetings by David Reutter
• Federal Prisoner Sexually Assaulted By Guard Receives $150,000 Settlement by David Reutter
• Michigan Prisoner Receives $4,000 for Injuries Sustained After Staff Ignore Bottom Bunk Directive by Lonnie Burton
• Fourth Circuit Reverses Verdict for Police Officers in Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Allows Indigent Criminal Defendants to Sue Over Inadequate Public Defender's Office by Christopher Zoukis
• $5,000 Settlement to California Prisoner Denied Hepatitis C Treatment by Lonnie Burton
• Oregon Victim Must Allow In Camera Inspection of Computer by Mark Wilson
• Oregon Probation Improperly Revoked for "Action Plan" Violations by Mark Wilson
• Oregon ACLU & Transgender Prisoner Sue for Hormone Therapy by Mark Wilson
• Notre Dame Police Department Not a 'Public Agency' and Indiana Supreme Court Dismisses ESPN Lawsuit Under Public Records Act by Lonnie Burton
• North Dakota Sex Offender Commitment Reversed Due to Insufficient Trial Court Findings by Lonnie Burton
• No Violation of Law for Sex Offender Volunteering for Church Youth Group; New Jersey Indictment Dismissed by Lonnie Burton
• No Right to Private Attorney Call for Iowa DUI Arrestee Prior to Consent to Breathalyzer Test by Lonnie Burton
• Ninth Circuit Upholds Convictions of Seven L.A. Sheriff's Deputies for Obstructing FBI Agents, Grand Jury
• Ninth Circuit Reinstates Arizona Prison Guards' Sexual Harassment Lawsuit against Private Prison Operator by Lonnie Burton
• New York Federal Court Allows Attorney's Fees for Time Spent Preparing Application for Attorney's Fees by Lonnie Burton
• New York Court Rules Mother Not Required to Bring Child to Prison to Visit Incarcerated Father by Lonnie Burton
• New York Appellate Court Orders Sex Offender Released from Civil Confinement, Holds Man was Unlawfully Committed by Lonnie Burton
• New York Appeals Court Finds Prisoner Improperly Denied Witnesses at Disciplinary Hearing, Yet Denies Relief by Lonnie Burton
• New Hampshire Supreme Court Okays Use of Gang Affiliation Evidence in Upholding Prisoner's Murder Conviction by Lonnie Burton
• Nevada Federal Court Dismisses Suit over Attorney-Client Phone Call Monitoring by Lonnie Burton
• Montana Supreme Court Upholds Termination of Incarcerated Father's Parental Rights, But Vacates Incarceration As a Basis for Doing So by Lonnie Burton
• Mississippi Supreme Court Allows Challenge of Lethal Injection Protocol to Continue; Reverses Lower Court by Lonnie Burton
• Mass. Supreme Court: Prison Guard Not Entitled to Assault Pay After Employment Ends by Lonnie Burton
• Louisiana Supreme Court Invalidates Juvenile's 99-Year Sentence under Graham v. Florida and Orders Parole Eligibility by Lonnie Burton
• Dead Bodies and Billions in Tax Dollars by David Gambacorta
• Lawsuit by Former Prison Guards to Win Right to Carry Firearms Reinstated After D.C. Federal Court Reverses Summary Judgment by Lonnie Burton
• Lakewood (WA) Police Department Found in Violation of State Public Records Act by Lonnie Burton
• Juvenile Sex Offender from Michigan Required to Register in Kentucky; Court Holds Adjudication Counts as Conviction for Registration Purposes by Lonnie Burton
• Jails Market E-Cigarettes to Detainees to Generate Revenue by Mark Wilson
• "Intellectual Disabilities" End Decade on Oregon's Death Row; State's "Expert" Sharply Criticized by Mark Wilson
• Autopsy of Darren Rainey
• Wiccan Prisoner Settles with NV DOC Over Denial of Hardbound Religious Books by Joe Watson
• Settlement for IN Man Deprived of Critical Meds While Incarcerated in County Jail by Joe Watson
• NV Prisoner with Hand Injury Settles for Used TV, Medical Evaluation and $40.70 in Copying Fees by Joe Watson
• IN Woman Settles Wrongful Arrest Lawsuit by Joe Watson
• $7,500,000 Class-Action Settlement for Illegal Strip-Searches in Camden, NJ by Joe Watson
• $750,000 Settlement for MI Man Wrongfully Jailed for Murder of Girlfriend's Infant Son by Joe Watson
• $500,000 Settlement for Shackled IL Man Thrown from County Jail Transport Van by Joe Watson
• $255,000 Jury Award for Man Beaten by IL Jail Guards After Judge Grants Remittitur by Joe Watson
• $187,000 Settlement for TX County Jail Administrator Turned Whistleblower by Joe Watson
• $175,000 Settlement for NY BOP Employee Allegedly Threatened, Sexually Harassed by Coworker by Joe Watson
• $65,000 Awarded to PA Prisoner Neglected by Private Medical Provider by Joe Watson
• $20,000 Settlement for NJ Jail Guard Harassed for Years After Pregnancy by Joe Watson
• $3,000 Settlement for NY Prisoner Assaulted, Harassed by Guards by Joe Watson
• $2,500 Settlement for Chicago Man Injured by Tight Shackles by Joe Watson
• $1,514 Verdict in Favor of NV Prisoner in Jail Retaliation Case by Joe Watson
• $500 Settlement for MA BOP Prisoner Over Lost Mail by Joe Watson
• $153,955 Jury Award for TN Jail Guard Fired Over Support for Sheriff’s Election Foe by Joe Watson
• Disgusting Effects of Prison Overcrowding: Sewage Backflow in My Cell by Kenneth E. Hartman
• Going to Prison in Texas in 2015 by William T. Habern

July

• $10,000 Awarded to SC Man Kicked in the Mouth By Sheriff’s Deputy by Joe Watson
• Banks Profit from Loans to Private Prison Industry by Derek Gilna (p 48)
• Florida: Trio of Con Artists Sentenced in Rule 35 Sentence Reduction Scam (p 61)
• Study Finds Extreme Lack of Gender, Racial/Ethnic Diversity in State Courts by Derek Gilna (p 60)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Indiana Prisoner’s Lawsuit, Holds Prison Officials Prevented Him from Pursuing Grievances by Lonnie Burton (p 60)
• Denial of FOIA Request for Complaints Against Immigration Judges Reversed by Christopher Zoukis (p 62)
• Fourth Circuit Rules Lawsuit over Inadequate Prison Food Not Barred by Res Judicata by Lonnie Burton (p 62)
• Ethics Rule Requiring Post-conviction Disclosure of Exculpatory Evidence Adopted in North Carolina (p 58)
• Use of Electronic Monitoring Skyrockets by Christopher Zoukis (p 58)
• Nebraska Supreme Court Holds Reporter Can’t See Executed Prisoner’s Drawings by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Seventh Circuit: Two-month Delay in Ordering Biopsy Not Deliberate Indifference by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Tennessee Sheriff Settles Lawsuit over Religious Proselytization (p 53)
• Unlikely Criminal Justice Reform: How New York City Reduced Arrests and Slashed Prisoner Populations by Lonnie Burton (p 52)
• United Kingdom: 80% of Prisoners Aspire to be Entrepreneurs, Opportunity Fund Helps (p 51)
• Man Smuggles Poison into Jail, Commits Suicide Following Arrest for Failure to Pay Ambulance Bill (p 50)
• Fourth Circuit Clarifies Rights of Pretrial Detainees; $35,000 Settlement on Remand by Christopher Zoukis (p 50)
• Consensual Use of Another Prisoner’s Telephone PIN is Not Oregon ID Theft (p 54)
• Seventh Circuit: Medical Deliberate Indifference Case Remanded, Loses at Trial by Christopher Zoukis (p 54)
• Dismissal of Personal Injury Claim for Damages from Malfunctioning Jail Gate Upheld (p 49)
• Private Prison Firms Spend Billions of Taxpayer Dollars Acquiring Other Companies by Christopher Zoukis (p 48)
• Ohio Prisoners Build Computers from Spare Parts, Conceal them in Ceiling (p 47)
• Illinois: Prison Guards Sued for Fatally Beating, Suffocating Prisoner by Lonnie Burton (p 46)
• Fourth Circuit Reverses Judgment in Favor of BOP in Deliberate Indifference Case by Christopher Zoukis (p 46)
• Tennessee Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Sexual Misconduct, Excessive Force Charges (p 45)
• Alaska Prisoner Deaths Criticized in Report, Author Becomes New DOC Commissioner (p 44)
• Report: “Culture of Racism,” Frequent Use of Force at Northern California Prison by Lonnie Burton (p 42)
• New York: Police Department Ordered to Produce Police Manual in Parolee Shooting Case by Christopher Zoukis (p 41)
• California Court Vacates Prison Infraction Charging Prisoner for Refusing Meals by Lonnie Burton (p 42)
• Disability Rights Group Slams Mental Health Program at New York State Prison by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Nevada DOC Moves to End Discrimination against HIV-positive and Disabled Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• California Lifers with Possibility of Parole Entitled to SOL Tolling (p 38)
• Policing for Profit: Law Enforcement Agencies Abuse Civil Asset Forfeiture by Matthew Clarke (p 1)
• South Carolina Appellate Court Upholds Prisoner’s Wage Suit by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Widespread Abuses at Santa Clara County Jail; Three Guards Convicted of Murder by Lonnie Burton (p 34)
• Illinois Prisoner Fatally Shot after Standoff; Hostages File Lawsuit (p 36)
• $6,500 Settlement after Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Retaliatory Ad-seg Case by Lonnie Burton (p 36)
• Incarceration Numbers Falling, Especially for Blacks by Christopher Zoukis (p 32)
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Revocation of Supervised Release Over Blog Post by Christopher Zoukis (p 32)
• Ninth Circuit: Warden Who Failed to Protect Female Prisoners from Sexual Assault Not Immune from Suit by Christopher Zoukis (p 31)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Infraction for Failure to Allow Prisoner to Present Evidence by Lonnie Burton (p 30)
• California Appellate Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Mandamus Action Against CDCR by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• First Circuit Allows City to Include Prisoners in Census Counts by Derek Gilna (p 29)
• Eighth Circuit Rejects Qualified Immunity on Inadequate Nutrition Claim (p 28)
• PLN Obtains $50,000 Settlement in Tennessee Jail Censorship Suit (p 28)
• Texas Prisoner was Emaciated and Sick when Killed by Cellmate (p 27)
• Supreme Court Lets Prosecutors Off the Hook for Withholding Evidence by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• Arkansas Prisoner’s Illegal Sentence Remanded Despite Filing Wrong Challenge (p 26)
• Suicide at Texas Jail Results in Firings, Lawsuit, Investigation and Legislation by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• Tenth Circuit Remands Two-year Sentence for Federal Probation Violation by Christopher Zoukis (p 24)
• Washington State Mental Health Agency Held in Contempt; $14 Million in Fines Levied by Derek Gilna (p 22)
• One of Tennessee’s Most Pristine Rivers Contaminated with Prison Sewage by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 22)
• Forced to Endure Extreme Heat, Prisoners are Casualties of Texas’ Climate Denial, Documents Show by Candice Bernd (p 18)
• Ohio Closes Prison Farms, Auctions Equipment, Plans to Sell Farmland by Matthew Clarke (p 16)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• Breaking News: U.S. Attorney General Reinstates Federal Asset Forfeiture Sharing, with Conditions by Derek Gilna (p 15)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Sentences that End with Food by Joe Watson
• Alaska Prisoners Riot Over Excessive Phone Rates by Christopher Zoukis
• Federal Jailhouse Snitch Testifies Against Former Prison Doctor at Bond Hearing by David Reutter
• Local Entities Tax-Exempt Bonds for Facilities to House Federal Prisoners under IRS Review by David Reutter
• States Use Medicaid Expansion under Obamacare to Lower Prison Healthcare Costs, Reduce Recidivism by Joe Watson
• Report Cites Epidemic of Law Enforcement Injustices to LGBT Community by Derek Gilna
• Report Decries Human and Financial Cost of Flawed California Prosecutions by Derek Gilna
• When Laws Are Unjust: A Primer on Jury Nullification by Joe Watson
• Guilty Plea Does Not Foreclose Oregon DNA Testing Request; No Credibility Findings at Appointment of Counsel Stage by Mark Wilson
• Alabama’s Culture of Prisoner Abuse Reaches to the Top by David Reutter
• Grand Juries: Gatekeepers to the Criminal Justice System by Christopher Zoukis
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Prisoner's Disciplinary Conviction by Christopher Zoukis
• Schwarzenegger Secretly Commutes Sentence of Friend's Son; Victim Notification Not Required in California Clemency Decisions by Mark Wilson
• 2013 Deportations of Undocumented Reach Record High by Derek Gilna
• Scandals Rock Denver Sheriff's Department by Christopher Zoukis
• Tennessee Private Probation Firm Probed for Alleged Abuses by Derek Gilna
• Trans People in Prison Fight Barriers to Changing Their Legal Names and Gender Markers by Victoria Law
• Rats, bugs and ‘natural’ deaths at nation’s largest women’s prison by Julie K. Brown
• At Lowell, sex, death and a probe riddled with questions by Julie K. Brown
• Bartered sex, corruption and cover-ups behind bars in nation’s largest women’s prison by Julie K. Brown

June

• Hep C: The Deadliest Killer in Colorado’s Prisons is a Curable Virus by Alan Prendergast (p 1)
• Embattled Private Probation Company Ceases Operations by Derek Gilna (p 61)
• Eleventh Circuit Rejects Condemned Prisoner’s Challenge to Lethal Injection Drug by Christopher Zoukis (p 60)
• Lawsuit against Oklahoma Jail for Providing False Information Partially Reinstated on Appeal (p 60)
• Wrongfully Arrested for Murder, Prisoner Dies in California Jail; Corizon Loses Contract by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• California: Sex Offender’s Civil Commitment Overturned for Lack of Evidence (p 58)
• Washington: Sentence for Escape Conviction Can Only be Enhanced by Other Escapes (p 57)
• Epidemic of Suicides in California Women’s Prison by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Third Circuit Reverses Denial of Class Certification by Christopher Zoukis (p 55)
• BOP Education Program Revamp in Doubt as Chief is Sacked by Christopher Zoukis (p 54)
• New York Prison Cannot Hold Sex Offender Beyond Expiration of Sentence (p 54)
• Illinois Pays $450,000 to Prisoner Who was Raped, Punished for Reporting It by Lonnie Burton (p 49)
• Two Non-profit Foundations Provide Funding, Leadership for Criminal Justice Reform by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Illinois Prisoner Wins Federal Civil Rights Suit over Mail Censorship by Derek Gilna (p 51)
• Report Finds Federal Informants at Risk of Retaliation; Court Penalizes Informant for Trial Outcome by Derek Gilna (p 50)
• Louisiana Fires Eight Prison Guards; Federal Investigation is Pending (p 47)
• Third Circuit Finds that Prisoners’ Verbal Grievances are Constitutionally Protected by Christopher Zoukis (p 46)
• Prison Phone Update: Appellate Court Deals Major Blow to Prisoners and Their Families by Carrie Wilkinson (p 52)
• Supreme Court Voids North Carolina Law Barring Sex Offenders from Facebook by Derek Gilna (p 52)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Religious Rights Suit by Lonnie Burton (p 46)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Civil Rights Suit against Cook County Jail by Derek Gilna (p 45)
• Texas Judges Jail Defendants too Poor to Pay Fines, Debts by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• Local Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Challenged in Texas by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Former Michigan Prisoner Claims Sewage Spill Linked to Hepatitis C by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 42)
• “Beat Up Squad” at New York Prison Accused of Killing Mentally Ill Prisoner by Joe Watson (p 62)
• Summary Judgment in Favor of Alabama Prison Officials Reversed; Writ of Mandamus Denied by Christopher Zoukis (p 40)
• New York: Disciplinary Segregation Settlement Finalized; $1.6 Million in Attorney Fees Awarded by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Pennsylvania: Philadelphia Ethics Board Fines Former Prisons Commissioner (p 39)
• Dismissal of Mississippi Prisoner’s Suit Over Grievance Retaliation Upheld (p 38)
• Illinois High Court Upholds Sex Offender Requirements Struck Down in Other States by Lonnie Burton (p 38)
• Iowa: Lawsuit Against Halfway House Over Attack by Resident Dismissed by Christopher Zoukis (p 35)
• Eighth Circuit Declines to Block Subpoena Requiring Missouri to Disclose Identities of Execution Drug Suppliers by Lonnie Burton (p 34)
• New York State Attorney General Settles Suit Against Jail’s Medical Provider by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• Seventh Circuit: Prison Doctor Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Deliberate Indifference Claim by Lonnie Burton (p 30)
• Continued Failure in Privatized Medical Care at Kentucky Jails by David Reutter (p 16)
• George Soros’ Quiet Overhaul of the U.S. Justice System by Scott Bland (p 32)
• Illinois Supreme Court: No Appointed State Expert in SDPA Recovery Proceeding (p 15)
• GEO Group Acquires CEC in $360 Million Deal (p 29)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Over Denial of Ramadan Meals; $3,600 Settlement by Matthew Clarke (p 28)
• Michigan Jail Sanctioned for Denying Access to Paralegals by Derek Gilna (p 28)
• Landmark Settlement in Lawsuit Challenging Solitary Confinement in Delaware by Christopher Zoukis (p 26)
• San Diego County Settles Prisoner Overdose Death for $2.3 Million by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• Texas Forensic Science Commission Addresses Problem with DNA Testing Protocols by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment to Defendants in Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Case by Lonnie Burton (p 25)
• Is Risk Prediction Real Criminal Justice Reform or Junk Science? by Joe Watson (p 22)
• Washington State Leads the Nation in Jailing Juvenile Status Offenders (p 20)
• “Deal with the Devil” Turning on Mississippi Counties by David Reutter (p 14)
• Texas Fraud Prosecutions Privately Funded by Insurance Company by Matthew Clarke (p 18)
• New York DOCCS Has Paid $10 Million to Prisoners Beaten by Guards Over Five-year Period by Joe Watson (p 12)
• Report Finds Substandard Medical Care in ICE Facilities by Derek Gilna (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Eighth Circuit: No Speedy Trial Rights for Prisoner Placed in Administrative Segregation by Christopher Zoukis (p 9)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Hearing Required Before Assessment of Appointed Attorney Fees in Texas
• Florida Supreme Court Reinstates $3.3 Million Verdict against Bank for Falsely Accusing Customer of Being Bank Robber
• Five Guard Suicides Within One Year at Ohio Prison
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Houston Police Officer's Retaliation Jury Award
• Fifth Circuit Denies Stay in Challenge to Texas Execution Drug
• Fifth Circuit Denied Claim of Immunity by Sheriff's Deputy, Rejects His Appeal in Fourth Amendment False Arrest Lawsuit
• Federal Court Rules Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors Entitled to Bond Hearings, Enforcing Nineteen-Year-Old Consent Decree by Lonnie Burton
• Federal Court Orders Missouri Police to Answer Questions, Produce Documents in False Arrest Lawsuit
• Federal Court Orders California to Allow SHU Prisoner Contact Attorney Visits
• Federal Court Denies Summary Judgment to Both Sides in Louisiana Prisoner's Medical Indifference Lawsuit
• Affluenza Epidemic Rampant in Our Nation’s Criminal Justice System by Gary Hunter (p 1)
• Utah Attorney Plans Wrongful Death Suit Against County Jail (p 61)
• Double Blind: Preventing Eyewitness Error by Christopher Moraff (p 60)
• Arkansas Attorney Sues to Gain Access to Incarcerated Client (p 59)
• Major Measles Outbreak at Detention Center in Arizona by Christopher Zoukis (p 58)
• New Mexico State Court Orders Disclosure of Corizon’s Litigation Records by Derek Gilna (p 58)
• University of Texas Researcher Makes Data on In-custody Deaths Comprehensible by Matthew Clarke (p 57)
• Chief Federal Judge in D.C. Resigns after Lawsuit Accuses Him of Rape by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Michigan Prisoner’s Suicide Under Investigation; Lawsuit Filed by David Reutter (p 62)
• Private Prisons in Oklahoma Prove Costly (p 54)
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Award of $1.00 in Excessive Force Case by Christopher Zoukis (p 54)
• Texas Leads the Nation in Exonerations, Costing More than $93 Million by Christopher Zoukis (p 52)
• ICE Settles Suit Filed by Immigration Detainees, Pays $405,000 in Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna (p 53)
• Three Murders in Alabama Prisons in Ten Days; State Senate Passes Reform Bill (p 51)
• Perfect Storm of Overcrowding, Violence and Staff Shortages in Tennessee Prisons by David Reutter (p 48)
• Three State Supreme Courts Rule on Post-release Issues for Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• Seventh Circuit: Request to Revise Supervised Release Conditions was Premature by Christopher Zoukis (p 43)
• Washington Supreme Court Strikes Down Legal Financial Obligations Imposed on Indigent or Disabled Defendants Unable to Pay by Lonnie Burton (p 42)
• Former LA County Sheriff to Serve Three Years in Prison by Derek Gilna (p 42)
• Indiana Court Rules that Correct Conviction Must be Used when Revoking Parole by Christopher Zoukis (p 45)
• Probation Revocation for Refusal to Participate in Polygraph Tests Upheld by Christopher Zoukis (p 47)
• States Wrestle with Prison Privatization by Christopher Zoukis (p 44)
• WA: Prisoners May Not Have Their Incarceration Used Against Them at Child Dependency Proceedings (p 41)
• $103,000 Settlement Between Colorado Town and ACLU Over “Pay or Serve” Jail Policy by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Global Tel*Link Agrees to Pay $8.8 Million in Class-action Settlement by Derek Gilna (p 40)
• Heroin Overdose Antidote Becoming More Widely Available, Including Behind Bars by Joe Watson (p 38)
• DC Circuit Court Reverses Dismissal of Suit Challenging CMU Placement by Derek Gilna (p 35)
• DC Circuit Agrees that U.S. Attorney’s Discovery Handbook is Exempt from FOIA by Derek Gilna (p 35)
• Kentucky: Disciplinary Proceeding Reversed for Failure to Review Video Footage by Lonnie Burton (p 34)
• Two Prisoners Killed in Second Nebraska Prison Riot in Two Years (p 33)
• Marion County, Indiana Jail Plagued by Prisoner Deaths, Ensuing Lawsuits by Lonnie Burton (p 32)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Grant of Summary Judgment to Illinois Prison Doctors by Lonnie Burton (p 36)
• Increasing Number of Cities and States Enact Bail Reform – but is it Enough? by Joe Watson (p 30)
• Harvard Law School Report Highlights Ill Effects of Criminal Justice Fees by Derek Gilna (p 34)
• New York: Prison College Program Reduces Recidivism, Receives More Funding (p 29)
• Texas Lawyer Quits with 0-34 Record of Losses in Death Penalty Cases by Matthew Clarke (p 28)
• ACLU Report Details Damaging Effects of Solitary Confinement on Disabled Prisoners by Derek Gilna (p 28)
• Maine State Prison Rescinds Bra-removal Policy for Female Visitors (p 27)
• AVID Prison Project Report Details Challenges Faced by Disabled Prisoners by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• PLN Settles Censorship Challenge at Oklahoma Jail for $125,000 by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• New Report Examines “Treatment Industrial Complex” by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• Federal Circuit Reverses Prisoner’s Compensation Award by Court of Federal Claims by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• New York Prisoner Attempts to Retire from His Prison Job (p 23)
• Exploring the Connection Between Brain Injuries and Criminal Behavior by Christopher Zoukis (p 22)
• Three-day Denial of Pain Medication Sufficient to Overcome Claim of Qualified Immunity, Eighth Circuit Rules by Lonnie Burton (p 21)
• Corporate Cash Helps Fill Indiana Politicians’ Coffers by Leah Carter, James Benedict, Madison Hogan and Paige Ferguson (p 18)
• Virginia: Three Face Federal Charges for Fake Legal Services Scheme (p 17)
• Michigan Prison Plagued by Sewage Problems Despite Repeated Complaints by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 16)
• Feds Impound Illegally Imported Execution Drugs in Arizona, Other States by Joe Watson (p 14)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• New Reporting System for Prisoner Deaths May Allow for Increased Intervention Opportunities by Lonnie Burton (p 13)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Gangs, Privatization Create “Chaotic” Conditions in Mississippi Prisons by David Reutter
• ‘Pimping Out’ Drug Addicts for Cash by Alfred Lubrano
• FBI to Overhaul Crime Tracking Program and Encourage Local Agency Cooperation by Lonnie Burton

May

• America's Private-Prison Industry Has Always Been All Right by Rick Paulas
• Opposition to Prison Is an Environmental Fight in Appalachia by Sara Imperiale
• She was Desperate. She Tried to End Her Own Pregnancy. She was Thrown in Jail by Nina Liss-Schultz
• How Our User-Pay Justice System Drives Mass Incarceration by Jon Wool
• Solitary Confinement Is Used to Break People -- I Know Because I Endured It by Monica Cosby
• Registration, Tracking of Sex Offenders Drives Mass Incarceration Numbers and Costs by Rick Anderson (p 1)
• Congress Passes Legislation Allowing BOP Guards to Carry Pepper Spray by Derek Gilna (p 62)
• Federal Court Awards Virginia Prisoner $500 for Excessive Force Claim by Lonnie Burton (p 62)
• Las Vegas Judge Ousted after Ordering Public Defender Handcuffed (p 61)
• $25,000 Federal Jury Award in Suit over Teenager Raped in Oklahoma Jail by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• The Sentencing Project Explores Impact of Race and Ethnicity on U.S. Prison System by Derek Gilna (p 60)
• Four Prisoners Murdered at South Carolina Facility (p 59)
• Fifth Circuit Upholds $2.85 Million Award in Suit over Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Oregon Prison System’s Medical Rule and Policy Invalidated (p 58)
• The Case of the Disappearing Criminal Jury Trial by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Bonds Used to Finance Private Prisons, Jails Turn into Junk by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Iowa Prisoner Awarded $1,000 for Jail Beating (p 55)
• White House Justice Initiative Seeks Economic Boost from Policy Change by Derek Gilna (p 54)
• Delaware Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Penalty, Following Hurst Decision by Derek Gilna (p 54)
• Malnutrition, Disease Result in Deaths in Overcrowded Haitian Prisons (p 53)
• PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Illinois County for $75,000, Policy Changes by Lonnie Burton (p 52)
• Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Lawsuit over Improper Solitary Confinement Affirmed by Christopher Zoukis (p 52)
• Reform Advocates Applaud Expiration of CoreCivic Contract in D.C. (p 51)
• Divided En Banc Sixth Circuit Blocks Release of Federal Mug Shots by Derek Gilna (p 50)
• Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World, by Baz Dreisinger by Matthew Clarke (p 50)
• Flooding Forces Evacuation of Over 4,000 Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Kansas: Self-Defense Must be Disproved in Prison Disciplinary Proceeding by Lonnie Burton (p 49)
• Seventh Circuit Remands Untimely Appeal for Rule 4(a) Extension (p 48)
• Stipulated Order Desegregates Arizona Prisons; $195,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• Missouri Prisoners Vexed by Bills for Incarceration Costs by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• Delaware Supreme Court Declares Death Penalty Retroactively Unconstitutional (p 45)
• California: Condemned Prisoners Smuggle Drugs to Commit Suicide by Christopher Zoukis (p 44)
• UNICOR’s Manufacture of Defective Military Helmets Criticized by Derek Gilna (p 44)
• Indiana County is Leader in Sending People to Prison by Lonnie Burton (p 42)
• Seventh Circuit: Warden’s Termination of Medical Diets was Deliberately Indifferent (p 42)
• Eighth Circuit: Exhaustion is Not a Pleading Requirement in FOIA Cases (p 41)
• Denial of Summary Judgment Upheld in Prisoner’s Retaliation, Excessive Force Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Petition Challenging Disciplinary Hearing Not Mooted After Prison Rescinds Sanction by Lonnie Burton (p 40)
• Vicarious Liability Not Available in Medical Malpractice Claim by NY Prisoner (p 39)
• Failure to Accommodate Deaf Prisoner Costs Oregon DOC $400,000 (p 38)
• Private Probation Company Agrees to Multiple Settlements in Georgia by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Former Texas Police Officer’s Sexual Assault Case Reversed After 21 Years by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Ninth Circuit: Warrantless Probationary Cell Phone Search Unconstitutional (p 33)
• Medical Provider Blamed for Deaths at New York Jail Replaced by Another Contractor ... Then Another by Joe Watson (p 32)
• Federal Judge Grants Ex-offender “Certificate of Rehabilitation” by Derek Gilna (p 32)
• New Hampshire Jail Doctor Suspended Pending Misconduct Hearing (p 34)
• Vigilantes Assault, Rob and Murder Registered Sex Offenders by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• $49,500 Settlement in New Jersey Jail Beating Suit (p 29)
• Prosecutor’s Investigation Results in Release of Illinois Prisoner Convicted in 1957 Cold Case by Christopher Zoukis (p 28)
• CCA Prison Caught Recording Attorney-Client Meetings, Sharing Videos with Prosecutors (p 36)
• Quickest Path to Reducing Pretrial Incarceration? Eliminate Money Bail by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• $200,000 Settlement Over Oklahoma Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Texas Prison System Bans Social Media for Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• Report Says Private Prison Companies Increase Recidivism by Derek Gilna (p 23)
• After Fourteen Years, BOP Settles Prison Legal News FOIA Suit for $420,000 by Derek Gilna (p 22)
• NCCHC Adopts New Solitary Confinement Standards by Derek Gilna (p 20)
• U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Colorado’s Attempt to Keep Funds from Exonerated Prisoners by Derek Gilna (p 20)
• Out of Prison, Uncovered by Beth Schwartzapfel (p 16)
• Fourth Circuit: IFRP Challenges Cognizable Under § 2241 (p 15)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Healthcare and Handcuffs: BOP Assigns Medical Staff to Security Positions by Christopher Zoukis (p 12)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Behind bars, beyond means: the crushing expense of loving someone in prison by Lisa Riordan Seville

April

• BOP Settles Prisoner Retaliation Claim for $7,350 by Christopher Zoukis
• BOP Pays $31,491 for Biased EEOC Investigation
• $6,750 Settlement in BOP Racial, Age Discrimination Complaint
• EEOC Judge Holds BOP Retaliated Against Employee for Prior EEO Activities
• Department of Justice Opposes Finding of Racial Discrimination against BOP
• Wrongfully Terminated BOP Employee Entitled to Attorney Fees and Damages
• Florida’s Prison System Agrees to Upgrade Care of Mentally Ill by David Reutter
• Florida Prisoner Deaths Spike with Privatized Prisoner Health Care by David Reutter
• Will Hopes Raised by Clemency Initiative Pronouncements be Realized? by Derek Gilna
• California Sheriff’s Largest Campaign Donors include Corizon and Aramark by Greg Dober
• Illinois Governor Threatens Prison Closure, Gets New Budget by Joe Watson
• Crowd Control Techniques Subject of West Virginia Jail Abuse Suits
• A Prison Closes in Upstate New York, but Employees Continue to Show Up and Get Paid by Joe Watson
• Immigration Detention Company Splurges on Lobbying Under Trump by Erin Rosa
• Sentenced to Shut Up: To Protect Free Expression, Curb Prison Censorship by David M. Shapiro
• Texas Grand Jury No-Bills Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Handcuffed Prisoner by Matthew Clarke
• Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Denies Use of Solitary Confinement in Testimony before Congress by Christopher Zoukis
• Report Finds Alabama Prisons Are Deliberately Indifferent to Prisoner’s Medical Needs by David Reutter
• Connecticut Supreme Court Abolishes Death Penalty as Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Derek Gilna
• Videos Show the Dark Side of Shadow Mountain Youth Psych Facility by Rosalind Adams
• Alabama Guard Shortage Results in Huge Overtime Pay by David Reutter
• New Study Links American Psychological Association to CIA Torture of Terror Detainees by Derek Gilna
• Political Contributions Push Privatization in Florida’s Prison System by David Reutter
• Prison Rape Elimination Act Finally Extended to ICE Detention Facilities, But Not to Private or County Jails by Derek Gilna
• States Adopt Limited Collateral Consequence Reforms; More Needed for Meaningful Impact by Mark Wilson
• South Carolina Woman Arrested, Jailed for Overdue Jennifer Lopez Movie Rental by Joe Watson
• Guard’s Lethal Scalding of Prisoner Unresolved after Two Years by David Reutter
• Dramatic Changes to Boost Number of Clemency Petitions and Pardons by Derek Gilna
• California District Court Certifies Immigration Detainee Phone Access Class Action by Derek Gilna
• Study: Public Misperceptions About Sex Offenders Skew Policy-Making by Lonnie Burton
• Mother Jones Reporter Discovered Working in CCA Prison by David Reutter
• Jail Time for Overdue Library Books Trending Nationwide by Joe Watson
• National Jail Experts Decry Conditions at Monterey County, California Jail by Derek Gilna
• Self-Inflicted Prisoner Deaths Continue to Rise in Great Britain by Derek Gilna
• Mentally Ill, Disabled CDCR Prisoner Dies Following Use of Force Incident by Christopher Zoukis
• American Institute of Architects Rejects Petition to Protect Human Rights by Christopher Zoukis
• California Corrections Spending At an All Time High Despite Dramatic Decrease in Prison Population by Joe Watson
• Agency of U.S. Department of Justice Curbs Its Use of "Felon" and "Offender" by Derek Gilna
• New York Charges “Sober Houses” Operators with Criminal Enterprising by Dave Maass
• New Law Addresses Imported Fish Caught by Slaves, Ignores U.S. Prisoner Labor by Derek Gilna
• Denver Sheriff’s Deputy Accused of Ignoring and Instigating Prisoner Attacks by Gary Hunter
• DOJ Announces Dramatic Changes to Expedite Clemency Petitions by Derek Gilna
• Pennsylvania Sees Rash of Corrupt Guards by David Reutter
• Cost Overruns Halt Construction of Massive Michigan Jail by David Reutter
• Federal Office of Special Counsel Aids BOP Whistleblower by Derek Gilna
• PLN Interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou (p 1)
• Washington Sex Offender Records Not Exempt from PRA Disclosure (p 44)
• Vermont Supreme Court Adopts Prison “Mailbox Rule” (p 31)
• PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Cook County, Illinois (p 33)
• Ninth Circuit: “Debatable” Constitutionality Requires Qualified Immunity (p 43)
• Fourth Circuit Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Coerced Penis Surgery by Lonnie Burton (p 53)
• Despite Past Problems, Prison Privatization in Ohio May Expand by Lonnie Burton (p 44)
• BOP Potentially Liable for Valley Fever Outbreak at Privately-run California Prison by Lonnie Burton (p 32)
• Lawsuit Claims Ohio Jail Guards Raped, Tortured Female Prisoner (p 61)
• GM Hides Defect that Killed 124 People, but No One Goes to Prison by Joe Watson (p 36)
• Fee Award in Arizona Prison Healthcare Suit Helps Fund Legal Services for Immigrant Detainees, ACLU by Joe Watson (p 48)
• California Pays for Transgender Prisoner’s Sex Reassignment Surgery by Joe Watson (p 13)
• ACLU Exposes Debtors’ Prisons Across New Hampshire by Joe Watson (p 48)
• Federal Dismissals Not In Forma Pauperis Strikes in Arkansas (p 58)
• Michigan County Jail Loses Appeal on Legal Mail, Settles with ACLU by Derek Gilna (p 54)
• Innocence Project Blasts Lack of Consequences from Prosecutorial Misconduct by Derek Gilna (p 52)
• Connecticut DOC Settles Five Percenters Religious Rights Suit by Derek Gilna (p 60)
• $175,000 Settlement for BOP’s Deliberate Indifference to Mentally Ill Prisoner by Derek Gilna (p 58)
• Denial of Sex Offender Treatment Nets Disabled Utah Prisoner $60,000 (p 52)
• Ignorance, Bureaucracy and Red Tape: U.S. Citizens Mistakenly Deported by Christopher Zoukis (p 50)
• COA Not Required for Innocence Protection Act Appeals (p 51)
• Texas City Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Death for $1.25 Million by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Settlement in Baltimore Prison Conditions Class-Action Suit (p 28)
• NY State Prisoner Settles Case Over DOC’s Denial of Hepatitis C Treatment by Derek Gilna (p 34)
• New York: $67,000 Jury Award in Rikers Island Prisoner’s Suit (p 40)
• Exonerated Illinois Prisoner Wins $22 Million Verdict Against City of Chicago by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• $155,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over California Jail’s Censorship of PLN by Matthew Clarke (p 32)
• $50,000 Jury Award in South Carolina Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Suit (p 15)
• $16,650,000 Settlement in D.C. Wrongful Conviction Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 29)
• Oregon: Muslim Prison Visitor Receives $40,000 for Discrimination, Retaliation (p 60)
• Two Alabama State Court Judges Disciplined by David Reutter (p 57)
• Pennsylvania: Compassionate Release Reforms Fail to Achieve Aim by David Reutter (p 56)
• Site of Gruesome Prison Riot Becomes New Mexico Tourist Attraction by Joe Watson (p 56)
• Report Presents Bleak Analysis of BOP Medical Bureaucracy by Derek Gilna (p 59)
• Stock Prices for Private Prison Firms Surge After Trump Elected President by Derek Gilna (p 55)
• State Sentencing Reforms Doing Little to Reduce Nation’s Prison Population by Lonnie Burton (p 54)
• Work Release Programs Reduce Recidivism in Louisiana – At a Cost (p 27)
• Arizona DOC Invites Attorneys to Provide Execution Drugs for Their Clients (p 47)
• California Prisoners Provide Cheap Labor to Fight Dangerous Wildfires by Joe Watson (p 46)
• New Treatment Regimen for Latent TB Shows Promise (p 62)
• Your Kid Goes to Jail, You Get the Bill by Eli Hager (p 24)
• 28 Days in Chains by Christie Thompson and Joseph Shapiro (p 16)
• Detroit's Hidden Crack Casualties by Aaron Miguel Cantú
• News in Brief (p 63)
• New York: Contraband Convictions Vacated After Guard Admits Planting Weapon (p 39)
• HRDC Supports Lawsuit Against Jailing of Immigrant Children (p 42)
• HRDC Condemns CoreCivic’s Rejection of Resolution for More Oversight (p 30)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)

March

• Another Florida Prisoner Death, Another Cover Up? by David Reutter (p 38)
• Yale Law School Report Examines Variations in Death Row Housing Units by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Supreme Court Reverses Criminal Conviction for Racial Bias by Juror by Derek Gilna (p 14)
• “PrisonCloud” Provides Limited Internet Access to Belgian Prisoners by Derek Gilna (p 28)
• Video Calling Services vs. In-person Visitation by Christopher Zoukis (p 22)
• Report: How Private Prison Companies Exercise Influence Over Public Officials by Christopher Zoukis (p 40)
• Privately-run Montana Jail Remains Mostly Empty Since 2007 by Christopher Zoukis (p 20)
• Arkansas Judge Charged with Trading Leniency for Sexual Favors (p 34)
• What If MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Had Been a Facebook Post? by Dave Maass
• Thousands of American prisoners spend 23 hours a day in solitary confinement by Greg Rienzi
• The Pen by Rebecca Onion
• The Other Conspirator: Secret Origins of the CIA's Torture Program by Barbara Myers
• The Dangerous Notion of a Nationwide Crime Wave by Joseph Margulies
• Stop Kidding Yourself: The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People by Sam Mitrani
• Prison Reform, Proposition 47 and the California Shell Game by Nancy Heitzeg and Kay Whitlock
• Poverty, Incarceration, and Criminal Justice Debt by Lauren-Brooke Eisen and Jessica Eaglin
• Pipeline to Prison: Special Education Too Often Leads to Jail for Thousands of American Children by Jackie Mader and Sarah Butrymowicz
• Paying for Your Time: How Charging Inmates Fees Behind Bars May Violate the Excessive Fines Clause by Lauren-Brooke Eisen
• One Survivor's Crusade Reveals a Plague of Errors in Nation's Sex Offender Registries by Steve Friess
• California Health Care Facility Found Deficient and Unconstitutional by Gary Hunter
• Oklahoma DOC Chief Gets Bullet-Resistant SUV After Botched Execution, Threats by Joe Watson
• Prison Legal News Interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou - Full Interview
• Locked Up for Being Poor by Jessica Pishko
• Just Another Week in the War on Terror by Joseph Margulies
• Jon Burge, Torturer of Over 100 Black Men, Is Out of Prison After Less Than Four Years by Flint Taylor
• In Tijuana, Mexicans Deported by U.S. Struggle to Find ‘Home’ by Sam Quinones
• Housing the Unwanted by Jie Jenny Zou and Roger Miller
• Female Inmates and Sexual Assault by Christina Piecora
• Brutal Crimes Don't Justify Bad Laws by Jean Trounstine
• A Boy Among Men by Maurice Chammah
• Paying the Piper by David J. Krajicek
• America's Guilt Mill by David J. Krajicek
• The Response to ‘George Jackson in the Sun of Palestine’
• The Politics of Prisons: Location Affects Legislators’ Voting on Criminal Reform by Tim Marema
• Police Misconduct Lawsuits Cost Taxpayers, Not Cops, Millions
• The Class Action Cure by Mike Mosedale
• America’s Fortress of Blood: The Death of George Jackson and the Birth of the Prison-Industrial Complex by Dan Berger
• The Slow Death of the Death Penalty by Maurice Chammah
• What Are Correction Officers So Afraid Of? by Dana Goldstein
• Spokane County Settles Class-Action Suit Over Jailing; Those Unable to Pay Fines by Matthew Clarke
• New York Court of Claims Awards $90,000 for Overextended Incarceration/Parole
• Exposing the Audacious Project to Make Christian Converts in America's Prisons by Tanya Erzen
• Prop 47 Makes Thousands of Drug, Property Offenders Eligible for Release by Joe Watson
• Eighth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Minnesota Prisoner Medical Deliberate Indifference Lawsuit
• Eighth Circuit: Improperly Filed Habeas Petitions Should Be Converted to Bivens Action
• Eighth Circuit Affirms Denial of Immunity to Prison Guard Sued for Calling Prisoner a "Snitch"
• Early Dismissal of Probationer's Lawsuit on Qualified Immunity Grounds Reversed By Ninth Circuit
• Divorce Granted to Wife of Incarcerated Man Vacated By Georgia Supreme Court after Multiple Appeals
• Decision to Terminate Parental Rights of Incarcerated Father Vacated After His Conviction Overturned on Appeal
• Death Benefits for Widow of California Prison Guard to be Recalculated
• Cosby Appeal of Unsealing of Documents Dismissed as Moot After the Associated Press Intervenes
• Corrections Corporation of America Held in Contempt of Court for Falsifying Records at Idaho Prison by Lonnie Burton
• Convicted Oregon Teachers Collect $10.8 Million Annual Pensions at Taxpayer Expense
• Contempt Case Against Indiana Sheriff Reinstated in Discrimination Suit
• Connecticut Supreme Court: Insanity Acquittee May Be Held in Prison on Bond
• California Supreme Court Refuses to Rule on Constitutionality of Miller Fix, Giving Juveniles Sentenced to Life Parole after 25 Years
• California Court Orders Refund of Funds Charged in Public Records Act Request Seeking Police Body Cam Videos
• California Juvenile's Record May Be Sealed and Still Prohibit Gun Ownership Until 30
• Another Oregon Guard Arrested for Sex with Prisoner
• Ohio Pays More Than $9.6 Million to Three Men Wrongfully Convicted in 1975 Murder by Lonnie Burton (p 60)
• Federal Transgender Prisoner Allowed to Wear Feminine Clothing at Video Trial (p 61)
• New Jersey: Jail Time for Unpaid Littering Fine Results in Civil Suit (p 59)
• Fifth Circuit Holds Court May Compel Attorney to Represent Indigent Prisoner by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Texas Court of Appeals Upholds Termination of Prisoners’ Parental Rights (p 58)
• Colorado: Demonstrators Clash with Police over Seizure of Jury Nullification Pamphlets by Joe Watson (p 58)
• Prisoner Suicides and Attempts Increasing in Texas by Matthew Clarke (p 57)
• Attorneys with Disciplinary Records Part of Flaw in Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty System by David Reutter (p 56)
• Louisiana’s High Incarceration Rate Economically Motivated by David Reutter (p 54)
• Fifth Circuit: Staff Misleading Prisoner about Grievance Process Excuses Failure to Exhaust by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• New Jersey Appellate Court Modifies Use of Polygraphs for Paroled Sex Offenders (p 62)
• Local Police Department Disbanded in Wake of Speed Trap Embezzlement Scheme by Christopher Zoukis (p 62)
• The Financial Firm that Cornered the Market on Jails by Arun Gupta (p 1)
• Ohio: Garnishment from Exempt Funds in Prison Account States Mandamus Claim (p 51)
• Despite Lack of State License, ICE Family Detention Center Continues Operating (p 50)
• Settlement in Baltimore Prison Conditions Class-action Suit (p 50)
• Defense Attorneys Seek Access to DNA-Matching Software’s Source Code by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Texas District Attorney and Prosecutor Accused, Cleared of Misconduct by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Prisoner’s Escape from Illinois Jail Aided by Former Guard, Incompetence by Christopher Zoukis (p 48)
• Jailers in California, Georgia Acquitted of Abusing Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• Philadelphia Prison Guards Face Prison Time for Contraband Smuggling (p 46)
• Rikers Island Guard Trainers Lose Lawsuit for Failure to Repay Loan (p 47)
• Arkansas Judge Resigns after Sexual Favors Allegations (p 45)
• Peanut Company Executives Appeal Prison Sentences in Rare Corporate Prosecution by Christopher Zoukis (p 44)
• Michigan Jail Prisoner’s Family Sues over Death after Beating by Guards (p 44)
• Tenth Circuit Reverses Qualified Immunity for Prisoner’s Rape, Affirms for One Jailer (p 42)
• Prisoners Say They Paid a Bloody Price for a Guard’s Injury by Tom Robbins (p 40)
• Australia, New Zealand and UK Have Higher Proportion of Prisoners in Private Prisons (p 39)
• Overcrowding in Arkansas Prisons, Jails Spurs Call for Reforms by David Reutter (p 36)
• Georgia: Dozens of Indictments for Prison Contraband Smuggling by David Reutter (p 38)
• Youths Still Dying in Florida Juvenile Detention Centers from Abuse, Neglect by David Reutter (p 34)
• Georgia Prisoner Caught Sneaking into Prison Charged with Escape (p 33)
• Michigan Prison Officials Held in Contempt for Violating Ramadan Order by David Reutter (p 32)
• Study Examines Professional License Restrictions for Ex-offenders by Derek Gilna (p 32)
• Federal Strikes Do Not Count as Strikes for Georgia PLRA (p 31)
• Delaware Prisoners Demand Education, Rehabilitation by Monte McCoin (p 30)
• $60,000 for Nevada Prisoner Forced to Remove His Own Teeth by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• Chicago Pays $4.95 Million to Family of Prisoner Who Died After Police Beating by Lonnie Burton (p 28)
• Red Light Traffic Camera CEO Sentenced for Corruption in Ohio and Illinois (p 28)
• Ban the Box Movement Spreads to More States, Municipalities (p 26)
• New York Prisoner’s $150,001 Judgment Reversed Due to Hearsay Evidence (p 26)
• Judge Orders Missouri DOC to Disclose Names of Pharmacies that Supply Execution Drugs; Appellate Court Reverses by Lonnie Burton (p 24)
• Medicare Penalties Await Released Prisoners Who Apply After Age 65 by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• $1.5M Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Beating by Lonnie Burton (p 23)
• PCI Announces 2016 Awards for Private Prison Activism, Advocacy and News Reporting (p 22)
• Tragic Justice: Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners Die Shortly After Exoneration by Matthew Clarke (p 18)
• The Violent American Epidemic You Won’t Hear About: Why Prison Abuse Goes Unreported and Unpunished by Daniel Denvir (p 16)
• When an Old Law Makes it Hard to Fix a Troubled Jail by Alysia Santo (p 14)
• Obama Sets Record for Commutations Granted, and for Those Denied by Derek Gilna (p 12)
• Federal Court Certifies Class in Texas Prison Excessive Heat Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Escape is Latest Problem at Troubled Privately-run Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke (p 9)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• 2017 Has Already Seen Several Prison Rebellions by Brian Sonenstein

February

• An Inmate Died Of Thirst In A Jail Run By A Loudly Pro-Trump Sheriff
• Sandra Bland’s Family Got A Settlement, But The Fight Isn’t Over
• Our Bail System Is Leaving Innocent People To Die In Jail Because They’re Poor
• ‘We Felt We Weren’t Qualified To Be Making These Decisions’
• ‘In My Heart, I Know My Brother Did Not Kill Himself’
• ‘He Wasn’t A Criminal. He Needed Help.’
• ‘People Who Work In The System Become Desensitized To How Brutal It Is To Cage Someone’
• ‘She Was Afraid To Go Back To Jail’
• Sandra Bland Died One Year Ago
• We Wanted To Find Troubled Jails, So We Counted The Bodies
• The Man Arrested for Praising Jesus by Andrew Cohen
• Texas’ Largest Jail Hasn’t Learned Much From Sandra Bland’s Death
• At Virginia's Supermax Prisons, Isolation and Abuse Persist Despite Reforms
• No place to be sick: When jail cell becomes a death chamber
• Why Mother Jones Sent a Reporter Undercover as a Prison Guard
• BOP Pays 7,500 Settlement at Retaliation Claim
• BOP Pays $31,491 for Biased EEOC Investigation
• BOP Pays $22,500 Settlement in Retaliation Claim
• BOP Agrees to Settlement After Its Demotion Action Found Without Cause
• Arkansas Prisoner’s Parental Rights Terminated
• Alaska Prisoner Deaths Criticized in Report
• $340,000 Awarded to Man Chicago Detective Falsely Claimed had Confessed to Murder
• $130,000 Settlement for BOP Prisoner Injured in Cell
• $94,000 Settlement over New York Jail Discriminating Against Pregnant Guard
• $13 Million Ohio Wrongful Conviction Verdict Upheld by Sixth Circuit
• Crying Rape
• Face-to-Face Family Visits Return to Some Jails
• Beyond the Bars of Hopelessness: How We Can Revive Parole
• “A Living Nightmare”
• The Private Prison Primer: Stolen shoes and the Kingman riots
• Americans Are Still Being Imprisoned For Being HIV Positive
• Colorado Town to Pay $775,000 for Relying on Bogus Snitch by Derek Gilna (p 40)
• Trapped by Sam Levin (p 1)
• Pennsylvania DOC Ordered to Evaluate Mumia Abu-Jamal for Hep C Treatment by Derek Gilna (p 21)
• Florida’s Civil Commitment Center a “Living Death Sentence” by David Reutter (p 22)
• Still No Answers (p 24)
• Federal Halfway House Contractor Files Unsuccessful Suit Against Bureau of Prisons by Christopher Zoukis (p 26)
• $7,500 Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s “Nuisance Suit” (p 61)
• Riot at Private Prison in Arizona Prompts Review, Reforms and Change in Contractor by Derek Gilna (p 60)
• New York Counties, Corizon Reach $1.85 Million Settlement in Detainee’s Death (p 60)
• Some Lawsuits Resolved Against New Mexico Prison Doctor, Others Still Pending by Christopher Zoukis (p 56)
• Fifth Circuit Holds Supervised Release Condition Restricting Dating Improper (p 56)
• ICE Bans Crayons in Family Detention Center Visiting Area (p 59)
• Orange Crush: The Rise of Tactical Teams in Prison by Brian Dolinar (p 58)
• Massachusetts Sheriff Offers Prisoner Labor to Build Trump’s Border Wall (p 62)
• Louisiana City Declines to Open Jail Funded by Offender Fees (p 62)
• South Carolina Court Finds DOC Erred in Treating Cases as No-Parole Offenses (p 55)
• Studies on Financing of Judicial Campaigns Indicate Need for Reform by Derek Gilna (p 54)
• Summary Judgment Reversed in Puerto Rican Arrestee’s Wrongful Death Suit (p 57)
• Prisoners Not Required to Take Unspecified Steps to Exhaust Administrative Remedies (p 53)
• California Governor Grants 112 Pardons, One Commutation (p 51)
• Third Circuit Holds Prisons Not Required to Treat Impotence or Infertility (p 51)
• PLN Exclusive! Wisconsin DOC Audit Reveals Contract Violations by Community Corrections Provider by Derek Gilna (p 50)
• Three Reports Provide Data on Prisoners Held in “Restrictive Housing” by Derek Gilna (p 52)
• Michigan DOC Audit Reveals $3.4 Million in Overcharges by Aramark; Problems Persist Under New Contractor by Derek Gilna (p 48)
• $175,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees Against Sentinel Offender Services (p 48)
• Maine DA Sued for Malicious Prosecution (p 47)
• New York State Closes 14 Prisons Amid Decline in Crime Rates by Christopher Zoukis (p 46)
• Study: 95 Percent of Elected Prosecutors are White by Joe Watson (p 44)
• Kentucky Prisoners Entitled to Review of Audio Recordings at Disciplinary Hearing (p 45)
• Arizona: Police Lieutenant Gets Special Treatment During DUI Jail Sentence (p 43)
• One Oregon Prisoner + Sex with Two Jailers = 86 Months in Prison by Mark Wilson (p 42)
• Death Penalty Opponents File Suit to Thwart California’s Prop. 66 (p 41)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Jail Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Suit (p 40)
• Washington: Teen’s Death in Tribal Jail Sparks Lawsuit, Contract Scrutiny (p 39)
• Florida County Votes against New Jail on Former EPA Superfund Site, Opts to Stay in Flood Zone by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 38)
• A Story of Racial Bias, the Absence of Mercy, and a Death in Prison (p 32)
• Justice Department Inspectors Find Problems with BOP Reentry Programs by Derek Gilna (p 32)
• Hawaii: Prison Subcontractor under Scrutiny (p 36)
• Negative Report Foreshadows End of G4S Juvenile Operations in UK by Derek Gilna (p 36)
• Texas: “San Antonio Four” Exonerated after Two Decades (p 35)
• Five Wrongfully Convicted North Carolina Men Receive Almost $8 Million by David Reutter (p 34)
• Legacy of Mass Incarceration: Parental Incarceration Impacts One in Fourteen Children by Christopher Zoukis (p 28)
• Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of FTCA Failure-to-Protect Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 28)
• Australia Uses Recidivism-Based Performance Contract at Private Prison (p 31)
• Prisoner Deaths, Labor Conflicts Precipitate Loss of CA County Corizon Contract by Derek Gilna (p 30)
• Michigan: Class-action Suit Alleges Systematic Deficiencies in Prison Dental Care (p 30)
• Pennsylvania: $99,000 Settlement for 22 Years in Solitary Confinement by David Reutter (p 26)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 22)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• $5,000 Settlement for Prison Interfering with California Prisoner's Mail

January

• Seeking Information on Companies or Organizations that use Prison Labor!
• Analysis: Sen. Jeff Sessions’s Record on Criminal Justice
• How Union Contracts Shield Police Departments from DOJ Reforms by Adeshina Emmanuel
• This cruel new policy makes it near impossible for kids to see their incarcerated parents
• After Prisons: A Supervisory State? by James Kilgore
• Chain Gang 2.0: If You Can’t Afford This GPS Ankle Bracelet, You Get Thrown In Jail by Eric Markowitz
• Advanced Correctional Healthcare’s Brutal Brand of Jailhouse Medicine
• A push to make cops carry liability insurance in Minneapolis
• Culture of Abuse and Corruption Plagues Jail in Denver, Colorado by Lonnie Burton (p 1)
• Texas: Complaint Filed Over Contaminated Water, Conditions at Eastham Unit by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 10)
• Michigan: Contract for Prisoner Legal Writer Program Results in Controversy (p 11)
• Rundown on California Propositions 57 and 64 by Kent A. Russell (p 12)
• Illinois: DNA Evidence Exonerates One Man, Implicates Another (p 15)
• Imprisoned Author Denied Access to His Own Published Writing (p 61)
• Seventh Circuit Tells Wisconsin Probationer with Gender Dysphoria how to Proceed by Matthew Clarke (p 57)
• Georgia Prison Guards Face Sexual Assault Charges (p 56)
• Judge Rips DOJ Lawyers for “Series of Misrepresentations,” Orders Ethics Training by Derek Gilna (p 56)
• Krome Detention Center has Long History of Detainee Abuse by David Reutter (p 60)
• $28.1 Million Jury Award after Eighth Circuit Allows Conspiracy Claims in Nebraska Wrongful Conviction Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• New York: Nearly $10 Million in Settlements Over Denial of Medical Care at Rikers Island (p 54)
• Michigan’s Wayne County Jails Plagued with Inhumane Conditions (p 52)
• Michigan: Corizon Audit Finds Deficiencies, State Extends and Expands Contract Anyway (p 52)
• Model Mental Health Care Diversion System Started by Miami Judge by David Reutter (p 50)
• Nebraska: Portions of Lawsuit over Guard’s Sexual Assault Allowed to Proceed (p 50)
• BOP Prisoner’s FTCA Wage Suit States Cause of Action (p 49)
• Three California Jail Guards Charged with Murdering One Prisoner, Assaulting Another by Christopher Zoukis (p 48)
• Constitutional Amendment Ensures Executions will Continue in Oklahoma by Christopher Zoukis (p 46)
• Two Fulton County Jail Employees Subject to Liability in Detainee’s Suicide (p 46)
• FCI Danbury Prisoners Finally Transferred to New Women’s Facility (p 59)
• Increased Access to Higher Education Programs for California Prisoners by Christopher Zoukis (p 58)
• Deaths Due to Neglect in U.S. Jails Reflect Nation’s Values by David Reutter (p 44)
• Mississippi: Hinds County Jails in Crisis, Face Mandated Reforms by David Reutter (p 40)
• New York DA Supervisor Engages in Kinky Fetishes, Wife Claims by Derek Gilna (p 43)
• Report Finds Charging Criminal Justice Fees Perpetuates Mass Incarceration by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Hawaii Warden Subjected Female Prisoners to “Shame Therapy” (p 40)
• Correctional Medical Care Pays $425,000 Settlement in Prisoner’s Opiate Withdrawal Death (p 39)
• Securus Phone Rates Spark Uprising at Alaska Prison by Joe Watson (p 38)
• Georgia’s Supreme Court Rules on Private Probation Services (p 38)
• State University of New York “Bans the Box” on Student Applications (p 35)
• Dear Librarian: Filling the Information Gap for Prisoners with No Internet Access by Christopher Zoukis (p 34)
• Jail Official Convicted of Illegally Recording Phone Conversations Loses Appeal by Christopher Zoukis (p 34)
• Shackled South African Prisoner Beaten by GEO Guards Wins Lawsuit by Derek Gilna (p 33)
• Recurring Injury Subsequent to Lawsuit Settlement No Bar to New Claim (p 32)
• Ninth Circuit Vacates Generalized Order to Shackle Pretrial Defendants, En Banc Review Granted (p 32)
• $325,002 Award to Michigan Prisoner Denied Medical Care for Joint Pain (p 36)
• Second Circuit Expands Protections from Sexual Abuse by Prison Staff by Derek Gilna (p 36)
• Orleans Parish Jail Settles Prisoner Suicide Suit for $1.75 Million by Derek Gilna (p 31)
• Merits Ruling on Procedurally Flawed Grievance Satisfies PLRA (p 30)
• Child Support Relief Coming for Incarcerated Parents (p 30)
• Tennessee Sheriff Indicted, Suspended and Jailed Over E-cig Business (p 28)
• Michigan Jail Subject of Wrongful Death Lawsuit and PLN Censorship Suit (p 28)
• New York Prison Scrutinized, Employees Charged Following High-profile Escape by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• ICE Deportations Peaked in FY 2012, Declined from 2013 to 2015 by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• Continued Need for Prison and Criminal Justice Reforms (p 22)
• CCA’s Rebranding May Violate Trademark Rights (p 21)
• NTSB Faults Texas Prison Guard, Road Crews in Transport Bus Deaths by Derek Gilna (p 20)
• California County Settles Class-action Lawsuit Over Jail Medical and Mental Health Care by Matthew Clarke (p 20)
• PLN Goes Undercover to Bust CCA Employees’ Misuse of Prisoner Labor (p 18)
• Too Little, Too Late: Prosecutor Remorseful for Sending Innocent Man to Death Row by David Reutter (p 16)
• “Natural Causes Killed Victor: A Death in Solitary,” a folk opera by George Swanson (DVD, 55 minutes) by Lance Tapley (p 16)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Seventh Circuit Holds Special Parole May Not be Reimposed Following Revocation
• Kansas Supreme Court Modifies “Exoneration Rule” by Matthew Clarke
• Improper Analysis of Sovereign Immunity Defense Requires Remand in Georgia Negligence Claim
• Exonerated Ohio Prisoner’s Claim for Improperly Released Medical Record to Proceed
• D.C. Circuit Orders Accidental Requirement for Sex Offender Registration Deleted from Sentence
• Vera Institute for Justice Reports Tracks Prisoner Increase from 1970 to 2014 by Derek Gilna
• Massachusetts DOC Fails to Spend Nearly $2 Million Surplus in Prisoner Benefit Funds by Christopher Zoukis