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Archive: 2020

December

• Transgender Georgia Prisoner Files Second Lawsuit Over Lack of Treatment, Sexual Assaults, After Winning $250,000 Settlement for Same Issues
• The State of Covid-19 in Prison as of 12-15-2020
• Ohio Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Prisoner’s Mandamus Petition Seeking to Compel Production of Coroner’s Photographs of Murder Victim
• USCIS Not required to Travel to Prison to Administer Citizenship and Immigration Services
• 6th Circuit: Prisoner’s Seizure Condition Not Attributable to Drug Withdrawal; SHP Nurses Not Deliberately Indifferent
• $40,000 Settlement for Corizon’s Breach of Contract
• HRDC's GivingTuesday Request by Paul Wright
• Debit Card Issuers Still Prey on People Released from Prisons and Jails: HRDC Lawsuits Challenge Companies in Court by Andrew Stewart (p 1)
• Arkansas Governor Hutchinson Grants Commutation for Blind Mother by Kevin Bliss (p 9)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• $6 Million Payout in Montana Wrongful Conviction Case by Derek Gilna (p 11)
• University of Florida Still Using Prison Labor, But End in Sight by Kevin Bliss (p 12)
• NBA Owner Capitalizes on Mass Incarceration; Players Silent by Matthew Clarke (p 12)
• Texas Disguising Deaths in Custody by Diana Claitor (p 14)
• Administrator of “Whitey” Bulger’s Estate Sues BOP Over His Murder by Derek Gilna (p 16)
• North Carolina Case Involving Death of Black Prisoner: “I Can’t Breathe,” Revisited by Edward Lyon (p 18)
• New Jersey Releases 2,258 Prisoners to Combat COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter (p 20)
• Cost of Communicating with Prisoners Breaking Family Budgets During Pandemic by David Reutter (p 20)
• Innovative Vermont Prison Superintendent’s Demotion for Sexist Language Proves Controversial by Jayson Hawkins (p 22)
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Off Death Row After 33 Years by David Reutter (p 22)
• Another Prisoner’s Needless Death, Another Lawsuit at LaSalle-Run Texarkana Jail by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• Federal Judge Approves $25 Million Class Action Settlement Against Global Tel*Link by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• The Latest on COVID-19: Will Vaccines be Available Soon? by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 26)
• Fifth Circuit Order Denies Texas Prisoners Hand Sanitizer and Cleaning Supplies by Derek Gilna (p 28)
• Former Prisoners Testify on Abuse at Notorious New Jersey Women’s Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 28)
• California Passes Bill Allowing ICE Detainees to Sue Private Contractors by Kevin Bliss (p 30)
• The Role of Prosecutors in Mass Incarceration by Jayson Hawkins (p 30)
• Missouri Executes Prisoner During COVID-19 Crisis by Edward Lyon (p 32)
• COVID-19 Deaths in Jails, Prisons Exceed Number of Deaths by Execution From 1990 to Present by Derek Gilna (p 32)
• For Some Faiths in Los Angeles County Jails, Volunteer Chaplains Are in Short Supply by Douglas Ankney (p 34)
• $5.9 Million Settlement in Death of Transgender Prisoner at New York’s Rikers Island by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Connecticut Prisoner Commits Suicide With COVID-19 Protective Mask by Kevin Bliss (p 36)
• Prisoners Exonerated in Michigan After Police Misconduct Revealed by Edward Lyon (p 36)
• Woman Sues Mississippi Parole Board for Discrimination and Retaliation by Anthony Accurso (p 38)
• Maine Jail Gets a Pass for Using Pepper Spray on Mentally Ill Prisoners by Daniel A. Rosen, Kevin Bliss (p 38)
• $177,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Five Louisiana Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed While Handcuffed by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Privatized Food Service Problems at Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Jail by Jayson Hawkins (p 40)
• California Appellate Court Orders 50% Reduction in San Quentin Population Over Fears of COVID-19 Spread by David Reutter (p 42)
• COVID-19 Lockdowns in Prisons Affecting Post-Secondary Education by Kevin Bliss (p 43)
• Indiana Prisoner Has First Amendment Retaliation Claims Rejected by Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals by Casey Bastian (p 44)
• Nine Months Later, DOJ Still Hasn’t Provided Senator Rubio With Answers About Rampant Sexual Abuse at Women’s Prisons by Douglas Ankney (p 44)
• Members of Congress Probe Pentagon on Accreditation of Military Prisons by Douglas Ankney (p 45)
• COVID-19 in the Country’s Largest Female Prison by Edward Lyon (p 46)
• $11 Million Settlement in Illinois for Three Men Freed From Prison in Wrongful Convictions by Anthony Accurso (p 46)
• Activists Call to Shut Down Illinois Prison by David Reutter (p 47)
• California Jail Prisoner Loses Limbs, but Faces Setback in Lawsuit Alleging Medical Neglect by Edward Lyon (p 48)
• Suicides in New York SHUs Surge to Epidemic Levels by Keith Sanders (p 48)
• Teen Spends 17 Months in Mississippi Jail Without Indictment by Daniel A. Rosen (p 50)
• COVID-19 Strikes Alaskan Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 50)
• Julian Assange’s Potential Fate in U.S. Prisons by Jayson Hawkins (p 52)
• California First State to Eliminate Post-Prison Fees by Jayson Hawkins (p 52)
• Families Must Pay for Cremation Bill of Loved Ones Who Die in Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 53)
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Alleging Dental Care Negligence by David Reutter (p 54)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Jail Suicide Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Former Transgender Prisoner Fights for LGBTQ Rights in Massachusetts Prisons by Kevin Bliss (p 55)
• Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Iowa Prisoner’s ADA Claim by David Reutter (p 56)
• Third Circuit Reinstates Claims by Immigration Detainee in GEO-Operated Prison Seeking to Marry U.S. Citizen by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• DC Circuit Court: “Three Strike” Prisoners Must Show Imminent Danger to File Lawsuits by David Reutter (p 58)
• Nebraska Supreme Court Rules Execution Drug Documents Subject to Disclosure by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• New Documentary Released on Forced Sterilizations of Female Prisoners by Edward Lyon (p 60)
• Whistleblower Claims Female Detainees at Privately Run Georgia ICE Facility Had Forced Hysterectomies by Dale Chappell (p 60)
• Maine Superspreader: Few Masks at Wedding Lead to Big Problems at Prison by Jayson Hawkins (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• Researchers, Prison Officials to Study Effects of Prison Violence Comprehensively by Matthew Clarke

November

• Milestone: Thirty Years of Prison Legal News and the Human Rights Defense Center by Paul Wright (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke (p 14)
• Denied Medical Care During Pandemic, New Jersey Prisoner Treats Infected Wound With Bleach by Dale Chappell (p 16)
• Ninth Circuit: No Summary Judgment for Prison Officials Who Allegedly Allowed Attack on Nevada Prisoner by David Reutter (p 17)
• Lives at Stake as Pennsylvania County De-privatizes Prison by David Reutter (p 18)
• Coronavirus: A Second Wave of Infection by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 20)
• Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Another Arizona Republican Primary by Matthew Clarke (p 22)
• Eleventh Circuit Vacates COVID-19 Injunction Against Miami Jail by David Reutter (p 22)
• Nebraska Declares Overcrowding Emergency in State Prisons by Kevin Bliss (p 23)
• Federal Judge Rules Prisoners Eligible for $1,200 Stimulus Checks; Application Deadline Extended to Nov. 21 for Online Filing by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• Fourth Circuit: Opening of Detainee’s Legal Mail Outside His Presence Violates Right to Free Speech by David Reutter (p 24)
• Texas: Prison Air Conditioning Needs Revisiting by Edward Lyon (p 26)
• California Prison Guards Keep Jobs After Aiding Attacks on Sex Offenders by Jayson Hawkins (p 26)
• Efforts to Keep COVID-19 Out of Montana Prisons Fuels Outbreaks in County Jails by Alex Sakariassen (p 28)
• Denial of Recruitment of Counsel for Wisconsin Prisoner Affirmed by Seventh Circuit by David Reutter (p 30)
• DOJ Finds Frequent Use of Excessive Force in Alabama Prisons by David Reutter (p 30)
• Two-Thirds of Nevada Prisoners Confined in Arizona Private Prison Test Positive for COVID-19 by Mark Wilson (p 32)
• Third Circuit: District Court Erred in Ruling Against Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Civil Rights Complaint by David Reutter (p 32)
• New Jersey Guard Acquitted in Sex Scandal by David Reutter (p 34)
• Washington Prisoner’s State Public Records Act Lawsuit Results in His Freedom and $111,194 Award by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• North Carolina Temporarily Closes Three Prisons for Lack of Guards; Final One Reopens During COVID-19 Pandemic by Edward Lyon (p 35)
• Second Circuit Reverses Summary Dismissal of Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• $225,000 Windfall in Lehigh County, Pa. But Officials Don’t Cut Jail Phone Costs by David Reutter (p 36)
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Loses Part of Leg, Wins Appeal in Precedential Grievance Process Case by David Reutter (p 38)
• Private Prison Industry Ramped Up Campaign Contributions, Favoring Republicans by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Investment Firm Buys Corizon by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Florida Spent $1.7 Million, and Counting, to Impede Felon Voting Rights by David Reutter (p 40)
• $1.25 Million Settlement Against Tennessee County Over Sheriff’s Violations of Labor Law by Douglas Ankney (p 41)
• Ankle Monitor Shortage at Chicago Jail Put Prisoner Releases During COVID in Limbo by David Reutter (p 42)
• Violence at New York City’s Rikers Island Jail Increasing Even as Population Falls by Edward Lyon (p 42)
• Failed Michigan Jail Site to Host Innovation Center by David Reutter (p 43)
• Second Circuit: Denial of Exercise Over Four Months Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter (p 44)
• Report: Screening Failures Cited in COVID-19 Outbreak in California Prisons by Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• Rikers Island Death Case Against City of New York Settles for $5.5 Million by Derek Gilna (p 45)
• Families of 4 Alabama Prisoners Who Committed Suicide File Federal Lawsuit Against Prison Officials by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• ICE Detainees Pepper-Sprayed Over Hunger Strike by Daniel A. Rosen (p 46)
• Eleventh Circuit: Florida’s Treatment Plan for Hepatitis C-Positive Prisoners Constitutional by David Reutter (p 48)
• Connecticut: Summary Judgment Denied in Deliberate Indifference Case Where Facial Lesion Turned Out To Be Skin Cancer by Chad Marks (p 48)
• Sixth Circuit Reverses and Allows Ohio Prisoner’s Civil Rights Lawsuit to Proceed by David Reutter (p 49)
• Fourth Circuit Orders Sealing of North Carolina Court’s Order to “Protect Defendant from Harm” by David Reutter (p 50)
• Mental Health Crisis in California’s Lock-Ups Worsens With COVID-19 by Edward Lyon (p 50)
• Temporary Halt of Federal Prison Labor at National Parks, but New Policy Proposed To Resume It by Jayson Hawkins (p 52)
• Native Americans Protest Theft of Alcatraz Island by Edward Lyon (p 52)
• $70,000 Settlement in Private Firm’s Failure to Treat Arizona Prisoner’s Broken Wrist by David Reutter (p 53)
• Guard Violates Eighth Amendment by Brandishing Knife and Threatening Prisoner’s Life by David Reutter (p 54)
• Seventh Circuit Dismisses Summary Judgment for Defendants in Illinois Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Beating, Choking by David Reutter (p 54)
• HRDC Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Colorado Sheriff for Censorship of Prisoner Publications by Derek Gilna (p 55)
• New York City BOP Prisoner Dies After Being Pepper-Sprayed by Kevin Bliss (p 56)
• Captain Accused of Abusing Mentally Ill Prisoners Cleared in Internal Investigation by Kevin Bliss (p 56)
• Former Pennsylvania Prison All Solitary with Silence Mandatory by Edward Lyon (p 57)
• Alabama Executes Non-Shooter in Police Killings by David Reutter (p 58)
• Former Angola Warden Burl Cain Appointed Head of Mississippi Prison System by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Massachusetts Jail Phone Cost Reductions Under Attack by Edward Lyon (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 62)

October

• $75,000 Settlement in Florida Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide Death
• $21,000 Settlement in Suit Alleging Violations of Family Medical Leave Act and Pregnancy Discrimination Act
• $23,000 Settlement in Wrongful Termination Suit Against Corizon
• Federal Judge Rules Prisoners Eligible for $1,200 Stimulus Checks; Must Apply by October 30 by Derek Gilna
• Idaho Arrestees Act Voluntarily When Declining Opportunity to Surrender Contraband Before Entering Jail by Mark Wilson
• Seventh Circuit: Wisconsin Jail Officials’ Response to Detainee’s Suicide Risk Objectively Reasonable by Mark Wilson
• $60,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Alleging Corizon Failed to Provide Prisoner Surgeries
• Dismissal Not Authorized for Oregon Victim’s Refusal to Comply With Subpoena by Mark Wilson
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Summary Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Challenge to Deduction of Medical Co-Pay From Account Receiving VA Payments
• $50,000 Settlement for Failure to Treat Hernias
• Seventh Circuit Rejects Retaliation Claim Based on Suspicious Timing Alone by Mark Wilson
• PrimeCare, Berks County Prisoner Who Loses Leg Agree to $850,000 Settlement
• $2,500 Settlement for Failure to Treat Broken Arm and Shoulder Injury
• 192,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Seeking Pay for Uncompensated Work from Corizon
• $2,500 Settlement in Failure to Protect Prisoners During Jail Fire in Indiana
• $37,500 Settlement in Discrimination Suit Against Corizon Health
• $350,000 Settlement in Florida Detainee’s Suicide
• $47,000 Settlement in Detainee’s Overdose Death Claim
• $50,000 Settlement with Corizon in Failure to Treat Suit in Florida
• The Toughest Love by Julia Lurie (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• $400,000 Settlement in Lawsuit over Kentucky Prisoner’s Starvation Death by Matthew Clarke (p 15)
• Why Did 77 Ohio Prisoners Die of COVID-19, but Just 10 in Pennsylvania? by Brie Zeltner, Cid Standifer (p 16)
• New York Jail Accused of Discrimination by Female Prisoners by Kevin Bliss (p 20)
• BOP Inspector General Rips State for Failure to Control COVID-19 at Lompoc in California by Derek Gilna (p 20)
• Dark Web Creator Petitions President Trump for Clemency by Edward Lyon (p 21)
• Prison Postcard: Life in the Time of COVID, Correctional Center, Virginia by Daniel A. Rosen (p 22)
• Growing Need to Protect Attorney-Client Emails by Jayson Hawkins (p 22)
• GEO Group and CoreCivic Lose Critical Financial Support by Keith Sanders (p 24)
• New York Governor Cuomo Creates Prison Nursing Home During Pandemic by Anthony Accurso (p 24)
• Danish Funds Invest In American Private Prisons by David Reutter (p 26)
• $12.5 Million Settlement for Oklahoma Prisoner’s In-Custody Death Riled Sheriff’s Race by Kevin Bliss (p 26)
• Philadelphia Jails to Release Prisoners Earlier in the Day by Bill Barton (p 27)
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Reverses “Dangerousness” Finding in Involuntary Commitment of Schizophrenic Man by David Reutter (p 28)
• Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million by David Reutter (p 28)
• Missouri Downsizing Prisons to Save Cash by Bill Barton (p 30)
• Report: New Jersey Women’s Prison Promoted Culture of Abuse by Kevin Bliss (p 30)
• Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice by Charles Sloan-Hillier, Christopher Zoukis (p 32)
• Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim by Dale Chappell (p 36)
• $300,000 a Year Not Enough to Convince Psychiatrists to Work in California Prisons by Dale Chappell (p 38)
• DC Federal Court Enters Partial Preliminary Injunction Against District Jails For COVID-19 Deficiencies by Derek Gilna (p 38)
• Damage to South Carolina Prisons Shifts Prisoners to Lewisburg, Pennsylvania by Derek Gilna (p 40)
• Poetry for the Prisoners’ Soul by Edward Lyon (p 40)
• Offensive Facebook Posts Cost Wisconsin Warden His Job by Kevin Bliss (p 41)
• Mother of Decapitated Prisoner Sues California Prison Officials for Housing Her Son with Prisoner Who Tried to Murder Previous Cellmate by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• More Than Half of Chicago’s COVID-19 Cases Linked to Cook County Jail by Dale Chappell (p 42)
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Unconstitutional Statute Authorizing Forcible Medication of Involuntarily Committed Prisoner by Matthew Clarke (p 43)
• Wildfires Threaten Prisoners in West, While New California Law Helps Prisoner-Firefighters to Continue Work After Release by Dale Chappell (p 44)
• Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Pay-To-Vote for Florida Felons Who Completed Sentences by David Reutter (p 46)
• National Guard Called in to Help Run Indiana State Prisons by Dale Chappell (p 46)
• Ford Foundation President’s Support to Replace Rikers With Other Jails Criticized by Chad Marks (p 48)
• The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994: 25 Years Later, Where Do We Stand? by Dale Chappell (p 48)
• California Judge Reconsiders Six Months’ Jail for Cookie Theft at Rehab Program by Anthony Accurso (p 49)
• How Kamala Harris’ Orange County, California “Snitch” Scandal Investigation Imploded by Derek Gilna (p 50)
• Conditions at South Carolina Juvenile Facility Unconstitutional by David Reutter (p 50)
• $420,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Opioid Withdrawal Death in Georgia Jail by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• First Wrongful Death Claim Against San Quentin Prison Filed Over COVID-19 Death by Dale Chappell (p 52)
• Lawsuit Over Hellish 9-Day Prisoner Transport Reinstated by David Reutter (p 54)
• Theft, Lies and Bribes Force California Warden’s Early Retirement, $11,500 Monthly Pension by Mark Wilson (p 54)
• Seventh Circuit Protects Guards Who Allegedly Failed to Protect Wisconsin Prisoner by David Reutter (p 55)
• Mental Health and Prison Systems in Major Need of Reform by Kevin Bliss (p 56)
• Bloomberg Allies Make $20 Million Push to Help Enfranchise 30,000 Florida Ex-Felons by Derek Gilna (p 56)
• NYC Floating Jail May Finally be Closed by Jayson Hawkins (p 57)
• New Study Shows “Tough on Crime” Generation Spent More Time in Prison Despite Falling Crime Rate by Dale Chappell (p 58)
• Fourth Circuit Holds South Carolina DOC Lawyers Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David Reutter (p 58)
• Beltway Sniper Marries in Prison by Jayson Hawkins (p 59)
• Prisoners Evacuated but ICE Detainees in Louisiana Suffer During Hurricane Laura by Edward Lyon (p 60)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Texas Jail Prisoner’s Death by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Jail Suicide Lawsuit, Holds Discrimination Not Proven by Matthew Clarke (p 62)

September

• Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Prisoner's Lawsuit Over Guard's Failure to Protect Him From Another Prisoner's Attack by Matthew Clarke
• What’s Justice Got to Do with It? by Doran Larson (p 1)
• Can the Pandemic Undermine Mass Incarceration? by Jayson Hawkins (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Animal Shelters Provide Cooler Temperatures Than Florida Prisons in Summer by David Reutter (p 12)
• North Carolina Criticized for Prisoner Transfers During Pandemic by Edward Lyon (p 13)
• Report: Arkansas Let Asymptomatic Prison Employees Infected with Coronavirus Continue to Work by David Reutter (p 14)
• $550,000 Settlement in Georgia Prisoner’s Starvation Death by David Reutter (p 15)
• COVID-19 in Hawaii’s Lockups: Still a Success Story but Cracks Starting to Show by Edward Lyon (p 16)
• Disabled Detainee at Cook County Jail Wins Class Certification in Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 17)
• The Latest News on How to Protect Yourself From Infection by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 18)
• Prisons Banning Black Culture and History Books by Edward Lyon (p 19)
• ICE Deportations Fueling Spread of COVID-19 to Latin American Countries by Dale Chappell (p 20)
• Jails and Prisons Have Reduced Their Populations in the Face of the Pandemic, but Not Enough To Save Lives by Peter Wagner, Emily Widra (p 22)
• The Prison Was Built to Hold 1,500 Inmates. It Had Over 2,000 Coronavirus Cases by Dara Lind (p 23)
• How Long Can You Hide a Dead Body in a Prison Cell? by Keri Blakinger (p 28)
• Interview: Jodie Sinclair on Her New Book, “Love Behind Bars” by Ken Silverstein (p 30)
• Interview: Corene Kendrick on How the Prison Litigation Reform Act Strips Prisoners of Legal Rights by Ken Silverstein (p 32)
• Pay Up or Lockup: Housing Shortage Kept Cash-Poor Parolees Behind Bars by Ike Swetlitz (p 34)
• Ohio Jails Under Investigation by Jayson Hawkins (p 36)
• Colorado Explores Ending Private Prisons by Jayson Hawkins (p 36)
• San Francisco Eliminates Fees on Jail Phone Calls by Mark Wilson (p 38)
• Maine DOC, Medical Provider, Pay $250,000 Settlement Due to Excessive Force on 11-Year-Old by Mark Wilson (p 38)
• Consultants Advising Rich on Prison Life by Kevin Bliss (p 40)
• Wisconsin: Court Dismisses Prisoners’ Suit Over Asbestos, Mold on Procedural Grounds by Chad Marks (p 40)
• Does Increased Guard Violence Mean Texas Prisoners Are at Greater Risk? by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Transgender Woman Who Says She Was Raped, Beaten, Sues Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center (p 43)
• BOP Official Reportedly Had Sexual Relationship With Former Police Union Head by Bill Barton (p 43)
• Doctor at Florida Detention Center Spread COVID-19 to Prisoners by David Reutter (p 44)
• Can Kentucky Keep Charging Prisoners for Their Jail Stay if They Are Found Not Guilty? by Dale Chappell (p 44)
• D.C. Appeals Court Mixed on Request for Records and Video by David Reutter (p 45)
• Prison Art is Rehabilitation by Kevin Bliss (p 45)
• From Super Villain to Super Man, Tennessee Prisoner Still Executed by Edward Lyon (p 46)
• Rhode Island Takes Uncommon Steps to Address a Common Problem: Drug Addiction in Prison by Dale Chappell (p 46)
• Record Number of Laws Passed Reducing Barriers for People With Criminal Records by Douglas Ankney (p 47)
• New York Prisoner Prevails in Lawsuit, Freed from 23 Years in Solitary Confinement by Douglas Ankney (p 48)
• Tioga County, New York Police Informant Paid $50,000 to Settle False Arrest Claims by Mark Wilson (p 48)
• Second Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment on Connecticut Prisoner’s Failure to Protect Claim by Mark Wilson (p 50)
• Lifers Now Exceed Entire Prison Population of 1970 by Dale Chappell (p 50)
• Many of Aging Kansas State Prison Population Could Be Released by Edward Lyon (p 51)
• Study Shows Solitary Confinement Poses Mortality Risk After Release by Jayson Hawkins (p 52)
• $2.8 Million Settlement in New York Pretrial Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter (p 52)
• Dallas County, Texas Jails Finally Enter the 21st Century on Phone Rates by Edward Lyon (p 53)
• Federal Judge: BOP Exercising “Reasonable Efforts” Against Coronavirus at NC Prison by David Reutter (p 54)
• Beyond Harsh: 86 Mississippi Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole for Nonviolent Offenses by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• United Nations Official Says Connecticut’s Use of Solitary May Amount to Torture by David Reutter (p 55)
• Court Approves $1,250,000 Settlement in Suit Against Tennessee County for Fair Labor Violations by Douglas Ankney (p 56)
• New Jersey: Commission Recommends State Take 100 Steps to Improve Re-Entry for Ex-Prisoners by Chad Marks (p 56)
• Williams & Connolly, HRDC Win Censorship Case Against Virginia Regional Jail, $210,000 in Attorney Fees by Derek Gilna (p 57)
• Kansas Leads Country in Female Incarceration Rates by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Court Orders South Carolina Prisons to Move Forward with Hepatitis C Treatment by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• New Law in Maryland Reveals Pathetic Prison Wages by Jayson Hawkins (p 59)
• DC Council Approves Voting in Prison Ahead of November Election by Nicole D. Porter (p 60)
• BOP Guard Pleads Guilty to Sexually Molesting Prisoners at MCC Manhattan by Dale Chappell (p 60)
• Supreme Court Affirms Lower-Court Dismissal of Colorado Prisoner In Forma Pauperis Actions by Derek Gilna (p 61)
• Seventh Circuit: Indiana District Court Erred in Denying Counsel to Prisoner by David Reutter (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 62)

August

• Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality by Christopher Zoukis (p 1)
• Survey of 8,000 Prisoners’ Political Views Finds Surprising Results by David Reutter (p 12)
• “Collateral Consequences” of Convictions Hinder Chances of Post-Prison Success by Dale Chappell (p 14)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• How to Fail at Running a Prison During a Pandemic by Anthony Accurso (p 16)
• Medical Director of California Prison System Removed After Dubious Transfers Spike COVID-19 Counts by Derek Gilna (p 18)
• New Initiatives from Philadelphia, Koch Industries, Work to Get Ex-Offenders Jobs by Anthony Accurso (p 18)
• Judge Awards $273,246 Payment to New York Prisoner Beaten by Guard by David Reutter (p 19)
• Prison Postcards: “I feel as though I was either in a car accident or beaten by a baseball bat.” by Ken Silverstein (p 20)
• Utah State Auditor Finds Grave Deficiencies in Prisoner Placement Program by Michael Fortino, Ph.D (p 22)
• Justice Department and GEO Group Challenge California’s Ban on Private Prison and Detention Facilities by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• Nevada Court Rules Prison Officials Withheld Evidence from Prisoner by David Reutter (p 25)
• Injunction Orders Protection for Prisoner Witnesses in California Disability Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 26)
• U.S. District Court Says Rhode Island Department of Corrections Violated “Morris Rules” by Douglas Ankney (p 26)
• Lockdowns Follow “Coordinated” Gang Fights at Oklahoma Prisons by David Reutter (p 27)
• Texas Execs Sentenced for Providing Bad Food to BOP by Edward Lyon (p 28)
• California Scrambled to Staff Wildfire Crews After Firefighting Prisoners Locked Down Due to COVID-19 by Dale Chappell (p 28)
• Colorado Parole Board Cannot Confine Parolee Beyond Statutory Max by Anthony Accurso (p 29)
• Coronavirus Will Not Be Controlled in Country Until It Is Controlled in Prisons and Jails by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 30)
• Prisoner Law Consultant in Michigan Pleads Guilty to Defrauding BOP by David Reutter (p 32)
• Interview: Jessica Sandoval of Unlock the Box on Solitary Confinement by Ken Silverstein (p 32)
• $5,400 Payout by Montana DOC Over Ex-Prisoner’s Claim of Religious, Gender Discrimination by David Reutter (p 33)
• Captain at Jail Where Epstein Died Offered New Position of Authority; Warden Remains on Desk Duty by Kevin Bliss (p 34)
• Seventh Circuit: Transfer of Indiana Prisoner Based on Substance of Grievances Not Retaliatory by David Reutter (p 34)
• $110,000 Settlement Reached in Ohio Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit by David Reutter (p 35)
• Alabama DOC Report: Staff Beat, Hog-Tied, and Denied Medical Care to Fatally Injured Prisoner Seeking Help; Then Covered It Up by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• New Study Documents Startling Spread of COVID-19 in American Prisons and Jails by Sharon Dolovich, Brendan Saloner (p 38)
• Commitment to New Jersey’s “Special Treatment Unit” a Potential Death Sentence by Kevin Bliss (p 38)
• Families Accuse Arkansas Prison of Poor Communication on COVID-19 Prisoners by Kevin Bliss (p 40)
• Coronavirus Shuts Down Ramen Soup Plant; Prisoners in Michigan Limited on Purchase Amounts by Dale Chappell (p 40)
• Sixth Circuit: Courts Must Construe Pro Se Notice of Appeal as Motion for Extension of Time to Appeal by Dale Chappell (p 41)
• Michigan Prisoner’s Malicious Prosecution Claim Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter (p 42)
• Kansas Prison Dental Instructor Sentenced to 32 Months for Molesting Female Prisoner by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Oregon Court Holds Prison Litigation Reform Act Exhaustion Tolls Statute of Limitations by Mark Wilson (p 43)
• Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Prosecutorial Misconduct Is an Invaluable Resource for Challenging Prosecutorial Misconduct by Dale Chappell (p 44)
• Bad Behavior: Key to Getting Promoted for Alabama Prison Officials by Dale Chappell (p 46)
• San Quentin Had Zero COVID-19 Cases Until California Officials Sent Infected Prisoners, Triggered Wildfire by Douglas Ankney (p 47)
• Darren Rainey Died in Scalding Prison Shower Eight Years Ago Today, Still No Charges Filed by Jessica Lipscomb (p 48)
• Due to Steps Taken by New Mexico Officials, Only Sex Offenders Present When Prison Overwhelmed by COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign Files Suit Seeking to Sever University’s Financial Ties With Prison Industrial Complex by Douglas Ankney (p 50)
• $135,000 Settles Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit by Former Michigan Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke (p 50)
• Alabama Says It Will Reform Prisons, the Nation’s Deadliest by Bill Barton (p 52)
• Eleventh Circuit Holds Trafficking Victims Protection Act Applies to CoreCivic “Voluntary Work Program” by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• New York: Prisoner Kills Himself After Brutal Beating by Guards by Chad Marks (p 53)
• COVID-19 Causes Public Defenders to Change How They Handle Cases by Dale Chappell (p 54)
• $12.5 Million to Settle Class Action Suit Over Strip Searches of NYC Jail Visitors by Anthony Accurso (p 54)
• Jury Award $700,000 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards by Chad Marks (p 56)
• $140,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Beating, Retaliation Case by David Reutter (p 56)
• IRS Blocks Prisoners from CARES Stimulus Checks by Derek Gilna (p 57)
• Seventh Circuit: Totality of the Circumstances Must be Considered to Show “Policy or Custom” by Government Agency Caused Injury for Monell Claim by Dale Chappell (p 58)
• Former Prisoners Are Running for Office In 2020 by Daniel A. Rosen (p 58)
• Jewish Michigan Prisoners Win Injunction for Religious Sabbath and Holiday Meals by David Reutter (p 60)
• $122,000 Payout as Utah Settles Suits Claiming Daggett County Jail Torture by Dale Chappell (p 60)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• Texas Prison System Bans Greetings Cards, Postcards, Colored Paper in Mail by Matthew Clarke (p 62)

July

• Quarantine Fatigue vs. Escalating Prison Lockdowns (During COVID-19 & Black Lives Matter Protests) by Ava Martoma
• Vt. Supreme Court Holds Complainant Has No Right to Psychologist’s Response to Disciplinary Complaint Unless Disciplinary Charges Are Filed
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Summary Dismissal of Fired Wisconsin Guard’s Sex-Discrimination Claims
• Mississippi Prisons in Crisis by David Reutter (p 1)
• Rappers Jay-Z and Yo Gatti Help Prisoners in Mississippi Sue State Over “Inhumane and Unconstitutional Conditions” by Bill Barton (p 8)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Florida’s Refusal to Release Prisoners During COVID-19 Resulting in Death Sentences by David Reutter (p 11)
• Prison Postcards: A Plea from Kentucky and Dispatches from Texas and Massachusetts by Ken Silverstein (p 12)
• Unlike U.S., Many Governments Releasing Large Numbers of Prisoners to Reduce Threat of COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke (p 16)
• Status of the Pandemic Heading into Summer by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 18)
• COVID-19 Pandemic Leads to Unrest in Prisons Around the Globe by Matthew Clarke (p 20)
• $1 Million Payout to Family of Man Who Died After Seizures in Montana Jail by Kevin Bliss (p 21)
• COVID-19 and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice by Edward Lyon (p 22)
• Florida Guards and Prisoners Fear COVID-19 Infection by David Reutter (p 22)
• The Popularity of YouTube Prison Lifestyle Videos by Anthony Accurso (p 24)
• Sixth Circuit Vacates Preliminary Injunction Regarding Elkton Prisoner Class Action by Derek Gilna (p 24)
• Man Sentenced to One Year For Shoplifting Dies In Prison During Pandemic by Anthony Accurso (p 25)
• L.A. County Sheriff Says Prisoners Intentionally Tried to Catch Coronavirus to Get Released by Dale Chappell (p 26)
• Secret BOP Document Raises Risk Factors, Security Levels of Prisoners (p 26)
• New York District Court Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Against MCC Brooklyn by Derek Gilna (p 27)
• Who’s in SHU? A Survey of Solitary Confinement by Terry A Kupers (p 28)
• Reports: COVID-19 More Prevalent Than Reported in Nation’s Prisons and Jails by Kevin Bliss (p 30)
• Warden Reassigned From COVID-19 Inundated Louisiana Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke (p 31)
• Sale of Clandestine Surveillance Equipment Available to the Government and “Select Clients” by Kevin Bliss (p 32)
• ACLU Files Lawsuit Against CoreCivic Prison in Arizona over COVID-19 Failures by Dale Chappell (p 32)
• Michigan Prisoner’s Whistleblowing on GED Test Cheating Survives Summary Judgment by David Reutter (p 34)
• U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas Federal Judge’s Order Granting COVID-19 Relief to Elderly Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Alabama Should Release Elder Prisoners at Risk for COVID-19 by Edward Lyon (p 36)
• $1.15 Million Settlement After South Carolina Prisoner’s Baby Born, Dies in Toilet by Edward Lyon (p 36)
• With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand by Christopher Zoukis (p 38)
• 11th Circuit Rules Florida Prisoner Claiming Sexual Assault by Guard Can Proceed With Cruel and Unusual Punishment Claim by David Reutter (p 39)
• Lawsuit Over Conditions at BOP’s New York City Prison Continues as COVID-19 Spreads by David Reutter (p 40)
• Oklahoma Jail Sued for Mocking Prisoner as He Died by Dale Chappell (p 40)
• Orleans Parish Sheriff, Wellpath, Sued Over Louisiana Jail Prisoner’s Fatal Overdose by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Interview: Alec Karakatsanis of the Civil Rights Corps on Money Bail and Debtors’ Prisons by Ken Silverstein (p 42)
• Policy Change Leads to Gang Riot at Utah Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• Indiana Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Illegal Solitary Confinement Settled for $425,000 by Douglas Ankney (p 44)
• Maine Court Rules Prisoner’s Rights Violated by 22 Months in Segregation Without Meaningful Review but Awards No Damages by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• Pennsylvania Judge Verdict: A Potential Death Sentence for Shoplifting Conviction by Edward Lyon (p 46)
• New Jersey Jail Detainee Dies While Reportedly Begging for Water by Douglas Ankney (p 47)
• NaphCare, Oregon Jail’s Private Healthcare Provider, Required to Disclose Records in Detox Death Suit by Mark Wilson (p 48)
• Report: JailCore Left Prisoners’ Data Unprotected Online by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Ninth Circuit Announces New Rule on Eighth Amendment Violation Due to Sexual Assault by Montana Prison Staffer by Dale Chappell (p 50)
• Federal Court Allows Lawsuit Over Sexual Assault of Female Connecticut Prisoner to Proceed by Matthew Clarke (p 50)
• California Court of Appeal Upholds Dismissal of Challenge to Excessive Jail Phone Rates as Unconstitutional Tax by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in California Sexual Harassment Case by David Reutter (p 52)
• Ex Post Facto Oregon Parole Postponement Claim Not Cognizable in §2254 Proceeding by Mark Wilson (p 53)
• High School Journalists Garner National Attention by Exposing School’s Use of Prisoner Labor by Douglas Ankney (p 54)
• Florida’s “Pay-to-Vote” System Struck Down by David Reutter (p 54)
• Sexual Assault of Colorado Prisoner Deemed Constitutional Violation; Her Case Can Proceed by David Reutter (p 55)
• Delaware Changes Prison Health Care Provider Due to Lawsuits Against Prior Contract Holder by Jayson Hawkins (p 55)
• Texas Attorney General Finds GEO Documents Are Public Information by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• Oregon Federal Court: 8th and 14th Amendments Mandate Miller Hearing by Mark Wilson (p 56)
• Rhode Island Pays $380,419 to Settle Prison Guard Hiring Discrimination Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 57)
• Former Prisoners Shut Out of Coronavirus Loans by Jayson Hawkins (p 58)
• HRDC Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Kentucky Prison System, Wins $104,711 by David Reutter (p 58)
• Connecticut City Settles Suit Over Prisoner’s Suicide for $1,393,000 by Matthew Clarke (p 59)
• Former CoreCivic Nurse in Colorado Claims Sex Discrimination, Retaliation After Filing Complaint About Poor Medical Care by Dale Chappell (p 60)
• COVID-19 Changes the Face of Education in the Nation’s Prison Systems by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• Florida Prisoners Win 3.9 Million in Media Credits in MP3 Player Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 61)
• Prisoners Replace New Orleans Sanitation Workers Striking for Coronavirus Hazard Pay by Kevin Bliss (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 62)

June

• These Sheriffs Release Sick Inmates to Avoid Paying Their Hospital Bills by Connor Sheets, AL.com, with ProPublica (p 1)
• North Carolina Prisoner Escapes to Flee Coronavirus Death Sentence by David Reutter (p 9)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Company Hawking Prison Phone Monitoring Technology as Way to Discover Coronavirus Infections by Matthew Clarke (p 11)
• Thinking in a Pandemic: Let the People Go by Joseph Margulies (p 12)
• BOP Loses Fight Against Orders to Release Ohio Prisoners Threatened By Coronavirus (p 15)
• Staying Alive: A Doctor’s Guide for Prisoners on Staying Safe During COVID-19 Pandemic by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 16)
• ‘Prisons Are No Place for a Pandemic:’ Advocates Fight to Free Their Loved Ones by Victoria Law (p 18)
• Former Missouri Jail Prisoner Ordered to Repay $1.3 Million Settlement for Faking Injuries But Whereabouts Unknown by Jayson Hawkins (p 20)
• GEO Jail in New York City Sees Rapid Spread of Coronavirus (p 20)
• Coronavirus Kills Michigan Prisoner Days Before His Release After Serving 44 Years by Chad Marks (p 21)
• Prison Postcards: Official Accounts Differ from Prisoner Accounts as the Pandemic Spreads by Ken Silverstein (p 22)
• Interview: David Fathi of ACLU’s National Prison Project on Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of Coronavirus by Ken Silverstein (p 26)
• Eleventh Circuit Says COVID-19-Wracked Miami Jail Can’t Be Forced to Give Prisoners Soap, Masks by David M. Reutter (p 28)
• Coronavirus Pandemic Could Vastly Reduce Prison Voting by David Reutter (p 28)
• Ohio Prisoner with Coronavirus Released Without Use of Preventative Measures; Cases Inside Soaring by Kevin Bliss (p 29)
• Large Scale Releases and Public Safety by Peter Wagner (p 30)
• Alabama Reopens Ancient Prison to Quarantine COVID-19 Prisoners by Edward Lyon (p 31)
• CoreCivic Detention Center Demanded Detainees Sign Liability Release to Receive Masks by Kevin Bliss, David Reutter (p 32)
• COVID-19 Cases Soar at Federal Prisons in California; Half at Lompoc Have the Coronavirus by Derek Gilna (p 32)
• Unsealed Documents Expose Treatment Failures at San Diego Jail by Anthony Accurso (p 34)
• Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release by Christopher Zoukis (p 34)
• Prison Officials Limit Prisoner Communications During COVID-19 Crisis by Derek Gilna (p 36)
• Rhode Island Corrections’ Union President Fined for Excessive Political Donations by Bill Barton (p 36)
• Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis (p 38)
• Hawaii Institutes Non-Contact Visits at Another Prison to Control Contraband by Kevin Bliss (p 41)
• Number of California Prisoners Falling; Lifer Population Declines Slightly as Well by Edward Lyon (p 42)
• New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk by Christopher Zoukis (p 42)
• Kansas County Jails People for Unpaid Medical Bills by Douglas Ankney (p 43)
• $200,000 Awarded to Missouri Prison Guard Over Sexual Harassment, Retaliation by Matthew Clarke (p 43)
• New ACLU Study Says COVID-19 Deaths in Prison Will Soar Without More Releases, Fewer Arrests by Derek Gilna (p 44)
• Deplorable Conditions at South Carolina Prisons Prompt Call for UN Intervention by Edward Lyon (p 44)
• Louisiana Governor’s Inaction Prevents Release of Grandmother Hospitalized with COVID-19 by Kevin Bliss (p 45)
• First Prisoners and Staff, Including a Warden, Dead from COVID-19 in Louisiana; Hundreds Infected by David Reutter (p 46)
• Report: Oaks of Justice Pitch to Help Prisoners Return Home Appears Shady by Bill Barton (p 46)
• Florida Continues to Use Slave Labor During Coronavirus Outbreak by Kevin Bliss (p 47)
• Interview: Don Specter of the Prison Law Office on California Prisons, COVID-19 and Governor Newsom by Ken Silverstein (p 48)
• Report: Tennessee Prison Population Climbs, Bucks Nationwide Trend by David Reutter (p 49)
• Mississippi Jail to Stay Open Despite Massive “Financial Trouble” by Chad Marks (p 50)
• Audit: Massachusetts Department of Corrections Failed to Provide Timely Health Care or Reentry Services by Douglas Ankney (p 50)
• Nebraska Prison Employee Labor Agreement Contains Unusual Provision by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Sandoval County, New Mexico Settles Public Records Lawsuit with Human Rights Defense Center by Derek Gilna (p 52)
• Coronavirus Crisis: Wisconsin Releases Around 1,600 Prisoners, an ‘Inconsequential’ Number (p 53)
• New York Federal Guard Sentenced to 25 Years for Sexually Abusing Prisoners by David Reutter (p 53)
• California Prison Reform Results in Housing Challenges for Former Prisoners by Anthony Accurso (p 54)
• Sign the Papers! Alabama Prisoners Get Masks for COVID-19 but With Strings Attached by Edward Lyon (p 54)
• HRDC Settles California Jail Censorship Suit for $143,500, Consent Decree by Derek Gilna (p 55)
• Innocence Project Working to Prove Arkansas Executed Innocent Man by Edward Lyon (p 56)
• More Than 200 Convicted of Corruption at Baltimore Department of Corrections; More Charges Announced by Kevin Bliss (p 56)
• $500,000 Settlement for Colorado Prisoner Beaten During Seizure by David Reutter (p 57)
• $500,000 Settlement From Psychiatrist for Failing to Treat New Mexico Prisoner Who Committed Suicide by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Prisoner’s Claim that Requires BOP to Release Him from Imprisonment for Marijuana Possession by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Florida Prison Officials Ordered to Not Retaliate Against Prisoner by David Reutter (p 59)
• Nevada Supreme Court Holds Firefighting Prisoner Cannot Challenge Worker’s Compensation Based on Prison Pay by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• $2,800 Verdict As Jury Finds Pennsylvania Jail Discriminated Against Women Prisoners in Reentry Center by David Reutter (p 60)
• Tornado Rips Through South Carolina, Displacing Federal Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 61)
• Federal Judge Keeps Heat on Florida to Implement Amendment 4 Voter Restoration for Ex-Felons by David Reutter (p 62)
• Gallup Poll Shows Growing Opposition to Death Penalty by Douglas Ankney (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)

May

• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Use-of-Force Claim
• Ohio Supreme Court Denies Mandamus to Pro Se Prisoner Seeking Prison Policy-Mandated Public Records That Prison Claims Do Not Exist
• Sixth Circuit Upholds Summary Judgment Against 14-Year-Old Mentally Ill Pretrial Detainee, Raped by Guard in Solitary by Mark Wilson
• Riverside, California Jails Become Coronavirus Incubator by Matthew Clarke
• Third Circuit Upholds Federal False Liens Conviction and 48-Month Sentence by Mark Wilson
• Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow by Christopher Zoukis (p 1)
• Early Prison Release for Gangsta Rapper Sped Up by Coronavirus by Edward Lyon (p 25)
• Prioritizing Jails Over Hospitals Has Made Rural US More Vulnerable to COVID-19 by Jack Norton, Jasmine Heiss (p 26)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 26)
• May Update: Protect Yourself and Your Facility from COVID-19 by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 28)
• Recent Exonerees Give the Public Advice on Being Locked Down: You Have No Idea by Dale Chappell (p 30)
• Lawsuit: Release Prisoners in Virus Tinderbox to Home Confinement by David Reutter (p 31)
• Prison Postcards: Prisoners Write About Fears, Incompetence, at Their Facilities by Ken Silverstein (p 32)
• Rikers Island Prisoners Helped with Preparations to Bury the Coronavirus Dead (p 34)
• Federal Judge “Troubled” by Arizona Prison Director’s Response to Coronavirus; State Rep Calls it “Reckless” by Dale Chappell (p 35)
• California Publishes Use of Force in Prisons Report by Anthony Accurso (p 36)
• Connecticut Prisoners Win Lawsuit After Hepatitis Exposure by Edward Lyon (p 36)
• California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic by Christopher Zoukis (p 38)
• Nevada Prisoner Prevails in Good Time Deprivation Appeal by Edward Lyon (p 38)
• Arkansas Supreme Court Denies Prisoner Preliminary Injunction on Religious Issues by Anthony Accurso (p 40)
• Federal Court Grants Default Summary Judgment in Favor of Indiana Prisoner as Sanction for State’s Lies by Dale Chappell (p 40)
• How Prepared Are State Prison Systems for a Viral Pandemic? by Peter Wagner, Emily Widra (p 42)
• Suit: Mississippi Man Sentenced to Two Days Hangs Himself After Jail Kept Him 52 Days Longer by Douglas Ankney (p 42)
• Emergency Cancellation of Attorney Visits Subject to Court Oversight by David Reutter (p 44)
• Undisclosed Settlement in Kentucky Case a Textbook Case of Negligent Privatized Prison Medical Care by David Reutter (p 44)
• Illinois Supreme Court: Settlements with Private Companies When Contracted for Government Service Are Public Record by Kevin Bliss (p 45)
• Mass Incarceration, Meet COVID-19 Opportunity to release prisoners with little public safety risk is clear by Sharon Dolovich (p 46)
• Coalition Fights to Ensure Jailed Voters in Arizona Can Vote by Scott Grammer (p 46)
• Multiple Indictments, Prison Sentences, for Guards and Officials at Violence-Plagued Cleveland Jail by Edward Lyon (p 48)
• Another Prisoner Dies at Tennessee Prison Run By CoreCivic by Matthew Clarke (p 49)
• DOJ to Treat Immigrants Like Criminals by Collecting DNA Samples by Kevin Bliss (p 50)
• Texas Prison Health Care Costs at Record High Despite Population Reduction by Matthew Clarke (p 50)
• Minnesota Prison Bans “No Touch” Rule by Edward Lyon (p 51)
• ICE Diverts Needed Face Masks from Medical Professionals by Kevin Bliss (p 52)
• Alabama Grandma Sentenced to Life on Drug Charge Finally Paroled by David Reutter (p 52)
• Michigan Permits Prisoners to Seek Financial Assistance for College by Bill Barton (p 53)
• Paroled New Yorker Wrongfully Confined; Awarded $3,250 by Kevin Bliss (p 53)
• New Yorker Held Three Years at Rikers Island Before Acquittal by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Arizona DOC Raids Prisoner-Generated Funds to Pay for Lock Repairs; Whistleblower Says Records Being Falsified by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Kentucky Governor’s Executive Order Restores Voting Rights for Felons by David Reutter (p 55)
• Women Advocate for the Release of COVID-19 At-Risk Prisoners in Indiana by Kevin Bliss (p 55)
• Arizona Court Denies Emergency COVID-19 Motion by David Reutter (p 56)
• D.C. Juvenile Offender Finally Released After 26 Years Behind Bars by Bill Barton (p 56)
• Ohio Prisoner’s Facebook Live a Plea for Help During COVID-19 Pandemic (p 57)
• Santa Rita Jail Accused of Slave Labor in California Class Action by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Open Prison: Lessons from the Past by Michael Fortino, Ph.D (p 58)
• $25 Million Jury Award to Baltimore City Prisoner For Guards Setting Up Retaliatory Gang Attack by Dale Chappell (p 59)
• Chatham County Jail Reverses On Book Ban But Limits Number of Publications by David Reutter (p 59)
• Leaving Prison for a Real Home in California by Edward Lyon (p 60)
• Third Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Pennsylvania Prisoners’ Dry Cell Suit by David Reutter (p 60)
• Health Care Services Killing Women at Virginia Prison by David Reutter (p 61)
• $120,000 Settlement for Minnesota Woman Forced to Remove Hijab for Booking by David Reutter (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 62)

April

• $2,500 Settlement by Indiana County Over Prisoner's Delayed Medical Care
• Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Texas Prisoner’s Complaint Over Consequences of Prisoner Unrest as Frivolous
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Qualified Immunity for Guard Pepper-Spraying Prisoner Without Provocation
• Protect Yourself and Your Facility from COVID-19 by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 1)
• $41,850 Settlement in Heart Attack Death at California Jail by Kevin Bliss (p 6)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• $33,000 Settlement For Pro Se Arizona Prisoner Assaulted by Guard by Matthew Clarke (p 9)
• New York City Paid McKinsey & Company Millions for Failed Program to Reduce Jail Violence by Douglas Ankney (p 10)
• Illinois Prison Guilty of Censoring Free Speech Over Facebook Posts by Kevin Bliss (p 11)
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Orders DOC to Free Terminally Ill Prisoners After DOJ Investigates Mistreatment by Bill Barton (p 12)
• NY State Prisons Finally Stop Using Faulty Drug Testing Equipment; Class Action Lawsuit Filed by Victims by Anthony Accurso (p 12)
• All 50 States Report Prison Understaffing by Brian Sonenstein (p 14)
• Continuing Problems at Texas Jail Roil County’s Relationship with GEO Group by Matthew Clarke (p 16)
• Tenth Circuit Holds BOP’s Change in Policy and Delivery of Censored Issues at ADX Super Max Prison Moots PLN’s Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 16)
• More States Restore Felony Voting Rights by David M. Reutter (p 18)
• Former Captain at Louisiana Private Prison Sentenced for Conspiracy to Violate Ban on Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Bill Barton (p 18)
• Fund to Pay Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners in Michigan Is Broke Once Again by David Reutter (p 20)
• Prison Plays Go on the Road, Teach Prisoners Life Skills by Dale Chappell (p 21)
• Audit: Privatizing Florida’s Prison Health Care Was Costly and Deadly Mistake by David Reutter (p 22)
• Former Prisoners Find Career Success and Help Others to Achieve the Same by Kevin Bliss (p 22)
• California Prison Officials Put Hold on Policy That Led to “Gladiator Fights” by Michael Fortino, Ph.D (p 24)
• $1 Million Paid by Snohomish County Jail to Settle Detainee’s Opioid Withdrawal Death Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney (p 25)
• Massachusetts Prison Retaliates Against Prisoners for Assault on Guards; Court Grants Preliminary Injunction in Class Action by Kevin Bliss (p 26)
• Kim Kardashian West Declares War on Mass Incarceration by Edward Lyon (p 27)
• Florida Lowers Minimum Age for Prison Guards But Fails to End Staff Shortages by David Reutter (p 28)
• $1 Million Settlement in Atlanta Detainee’s Death From Untreated Diabetes by David Reutter (p 28)
• Suicide Rate of BOP Guards Keeps Increasing, Sets New Record by Dale Chappell (p 30)
• Artificial Intelligence for Surveillance Spreading to Prisons Around the Globe by Jayson Hawkins (p 30)
• What’s It Like Inside? Early Snapshots from Prisons During the Coronavirus Pandemic by Ken Silverstein (p 32)
• Prisons and Jails Are Vulnerable to COVID-19 Outbreaks by Nicole Wetsman (p 34)
• Prosecutors Sue Firm for Selling Bureau of Prisons Adulterated Food, Spices by David Reutter (p 34)
• 1.25 Million Corizon Settlement in Mentally Ill Michigan Prisoner’s Dehydration Death by David Reutter (p 36)
• Another Settlement in Sexual Assault Case at Pennsylvania Lackawanna County Prison by David Reutter (p 36)
• As Coronavirus Spreads, New York Governor Exploits Prison Labor to Produce Hand Sanitizer by Michael Fortino, Ph.D (p 38)
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Suit Over Fees Charged Prepaid Debit Cards Given To Released Prisoners by Bob Williams (p 38)
• Funding and Leadership Failures Result in Less Criminal Justice Data by Anthony Accurso (p 39)
• Virginia Governor Suspends Policy After Eight-Year-Old Strip Searched During Prison Visit by Bill Barton (p 40)
• The Ongoing Push to End Outrageous Prison Phone Charges by Anthony Accurso (p 40)
• Washington State Pays $500,000 to Family of Man Who Died by Suicide by Chad Marks (p 42)
• Former Prisoners Succeeding in Hospitality Industry by Edward Lyon (p 42)
• California’s New “Progressive” Governor Seeks to Halt Parole for Some Murderers and “Serious” Offenders by Bill Barton (p 44)
• Major Outbreak of Legionnaires’ at Coleman Women’s Work Camp by Kevin Bliss (p 46)
• California Exonerees Not Quite Innocent Under the Law by Anthony Accurso (p 46)
• Sixth Circuit Holds Ohio Rule Requiring Merit Affidavit Inapplicable in BOP Prisoner’s Tort Action by Matthew Clarke (p 47)
• Illinois Prisoner Locked Up Decades Without a Conviction or Sentence by Bill Barton (p 48)
• They Went to Jail. Then They Say They Were Strapped to a Chair for Days. by Maurice Chammah (p 50)
• $110,000 Settlement for Outed Wisconsin Prisoner Informant by Edward Lyon (p 52)
• Muslim Georgia Prisoner Wins RLUIPA Reversal in 11th Circuit Over Vegetarian Meals by David Reutter (p 52)
• $70,000 Settlement For Oregon DOC Prisoner Dying from Flu by Edward Lyon (p 53)
• $1.5 Million Settlement in Georgia Youth’s Rape at Juvenile Detention Center by David Reutter (p 54)
• Opioid Epidemic Keeps Climbing at California Prisons, and Claiming Lives of Released Prisoners as Well by Jayson Hawkins (p 54)
• $1.25 Million Jury Award to Rikers Prisoner Over Jail Beating by Edward Lyon (p 56)
• Are Prison Law Libraries Adequate? by Dale Chappell (p 56)
• PrimeCare Medical Pays Bulk of $252,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Detainee’s Suicide by David Reutter (p 57)
• Seventh Circuit Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Against Wisconsin Prisoner’s Medical Negligence Claim by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Arizona Prison Water Woes Ease Up by Jayson Hawkins (p 58)
• Precedential Settlement Eliminates Solitary Confinement on Pennsylvania’s Death Row by David Reutter (p 59)
• GEO Group, Largest Private Prison Contractor, Cranks Up Political Contributions During Trump Years by Michael Fortino, Ph.D (p 60)
• Pennsylvania Board Revokes Psychologist’s License Over Prisoner Suicides by David Reutter (p 60)
• $596,475 in Fees and Damages Awarded Against NY DOCCS For Contempt in Denying Pain Medication to Blind Prisoner by Chad Marks (p 61)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• $425,000 Settlement in Arkansas Detainee’s Death from Asthma Attack by David Reutter (p 62)

March

• Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Prisoner's Non-Prison Lawsuit Under PLRA's 3-Strikes Rule, Even Though Unrelated to Prison Conditions by Dale Chappell
• News in Brief (p 62)
• Public Relations Firm Terminates Contract With GEO Group by Scott Grammer (p 62)
• PLN Awarded Injunction in Arizona Prison Censorship Suit by David M. Reutter (p 61)
• $10 Million Post-Appeal Settlement in Oklahoma Jail Prisoner Death Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• $850,000 Settlement in Florida DOC Prisoner’s Gassing Murder by David M. Reutter (p 60)
• Get Celebrity Endorsement and Get Pardoned by Douglas Ankney (p 58)
• 18-Month Prison Sentence for Former Alabama Sheriff in Food Bank Scam by David M. Reutter (p 58)
• Court Holds Federal Tort Claim Against BOP Can Proceed in MCC Beating Death by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Sacramento County Jail Settles Solitary Confinement Class Action Suit by Scott Grammer (p 57)
• Santa Rita Sheriff’s Office Says Prisoners Not Being Maltreated; Prisoners’ Protest Says Otherwise by Kevin Bliss (p 56)
• Most States Saw Criminal Justice Reforms in 2019, But Incarceration Rates Remain High by Victoria Law (p 54)
• $250,000 Settlement in Assault Upon Luzerne County Detainee by David M. Reutter (p 53)
• $550,000 Settlement in Nationwide Class-Action Lawsuit Over High-Fee Debit Cards by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• $300,000 Settlement in Lincoln County Missouri Jail Attempted Suicide Suit by Chad Marks (p 52)
• Report Decries Ongoing Inadequate Medical Care for Pregnant Arizona Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 50)
• Veteran Dies After Beating by Guards at North Carolina Jail by David M. Reutter (p 50)
• Senator Warren Has Plan To Ban Private Prison Contracts by Scott Grammer (p 48)
• Fulton County Ordered to Clean Up Repulsive Jail Conditions for Mentally Ill Women by David M. Reutter (p 48)
• Florida Prison Isolation Suit Survives Dismissal Stage by David M. Reutter (p 47)
• Alabama Jail Guards Face Liability for Inaction to Methadone Withdrawal Symptoms by David M. Reutter (p 46)
• Riots At South Carolina Prison Spark Wave of Lawsuits by David M. Reutter (p 46)
• $12.6 Million Jury Award for Man Denied Medical Care Before Jailed by David M. Reutter (p 45)
• “Free” E-Tablets Are Anything But by Edward Lyon (p 44)
• Federal Prisoner to Receive Opioid Addiction Medication While Incarcerated by Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• Cook County Jail’s Three Book Possession Policy Constitutional by David M. Reutter (p 43)
• $150,000 Settlement for Opioid Withdrawal Death in Indiana County Jail by Anthony W. Accurso (p 42)
• Michigan Finding Success With More Humane Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners by David M. Reutter (p 42)
• Court Confirms Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Sentence in Tobacco Contraband Case by David M. Reutter (p 41)
• Suicide or Murder? Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Still Drawing Attention to Bureau Inadequacies by Anthony Accurso (p 40)
• Long-running Maricopa County, Arizona Jail Lawsuit Ends by Edward Lyon (p 39)
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Prison Guard’s Rape Convictions, But County Not Liable by Scott Grammer (p 38)
• Report Published on Louisiana’s Extensive Use Of Solitary Confinement by Scott Grammer (p 38)
• Guard Who Failed to Prevent Escape Entitled to Qualified Immunity by David M. Reutter (p 36)
• States Rush to End Prison Gerrymandering Before Districts Are Set For Another 10 years by Aleks Kajstura (p 36)
• Court Grants Bail to Ex-Peruvian President Challenging Extradition Due to Solitary Confinement by Dale Chappell (p 35)
• California: Qualified Attorney Work-Product Protection Applies to Discovery During Habeas Proceedings by Douglas Ankney (p 34)
• Oklahoma Commutations Largest Mass Release in U.S. History by Kevin Bliss (p 34)
• States Move for True Second Chance Opportunities by Kevin Bliss (p 32)
• Death Highlights Need for Change in Texas GEO-Run Prison by Kevin Bliss (p 32)
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Denial of Wisconsin Prisoner’s Request to Marry Psychologist by Edward Lyon (p 31)
• Federal Court Orders Videophone Access for Deaf Prisoners in Colorado by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• Hawaii Prisoners Rebel Over Prison Conditions, Fined For Damages by Kevin Bliss (p 30)
• $200,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Louisiana Jail Guard Sexually Abusing Juvenile by David M. Reutter (p 29)
• Pennsylvania GEO-Run Jail Boss Resigns After Media Reveals Complaints of Racism, Abuse at Private Prison by David M. Reutter (p 28)
• Louisiana Sheriff Re-Elected Despite Prisoner Death Toll by Jayson Hawkins (p 28)
• Major Prison Health Care Companies Funnel Campaign Contributions to Sheriffs, Get Rewards by David M. Reutter (p 26)
• $2.5 Million Settlement Over Prisoner’s Restraint Death in Houston, Texas Jail by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Neither Fines Nor Lawsuits Deter Corizon From Delivering Substandard Health Care by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• $1.15 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Asthma Death by David M. Reutter (p 24)
• It’s Time For the Feds To Fund College Education For Prisoners, Again by Anthony W. Accurso (p 22)
• Oregon Lawmakers Prohibit Prison and Jail Telephone Kickbacks by Mark Wilson (p 20)
• Biden’s Current Prison Reform Stance Counter to His Abysmal Record by David M. Reutter (p 18)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 18)
• Lethal Prison Electric Fences May Violate International Law by Matthew Clarke (p 16)
• Inside the US Marshals’ Secretive, Deadly Detention Empire by Seth Freed Wessler (p 1)

February

• News in Brief (p 63)
• Oklahoma County Settles Jail Death Lawsuit for $3.2 Million by Dale Chappell (p 61)
• Taft Correctional Institution Scheduled to Close in 2020 ... Maybe by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• Federal Class-Action Lawsuit Seeks Hepatitis C Treatment for Texas Prisoners by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Terminal Texas Prisoner’s Morphine Withdrawn After He Filed Sexual Harassment Complaint by Matthew Clarke (p 59)
• New York City Department of Correction Attempts to Humanize Prisoners by Kevin Bliss (p 59)
• State of New York 50 Percent Liable for Prisoner’s Injury Sustained from Table Saw by Douglas Ankney (p 58)
• Orange County Pays $299K to Settle Claim that Deputy Forbade Nurse to Treat Prisoner by Douglas Ankney (p 58)
• Exonerated Kentucky Man’s High Bail Prevented His Release for Six Years by David M. Reutter (p 57)
• $102,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Alaska DOC’s Discrimination Against Muslims by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• Washington State Prisoner’s Suicide Leads to $350,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon (p 56)
• Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded in HRDC Suit Against Juvenile Solitary Confinement by David M. Reutter (p 55)
• Oregon Prison Guard, Guilty of Pocketing $10,811 in Falsified Overtime, Sues for Racism by Mark Wilson (p 54)
• California County Settles Failure to Protect Lawsuit for $90,000 by Dale Chappell (p 54)
• $45,000 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Subjected to Excessive Force by David M. Reutter (p 53)
• Maryland to Pay $1.4 Million Settlement and Provide Assistance to Blind Prisoners by Douglas Ankney (p 52)
• New Mexico Prison Guards Win $700,000 Age Discrimination Settlement by Edward Lyon (p 52)
• Jury Awards Former Virginia Prisoner Over $1 Million After Finding of Medical Malpractice against Prison Doctor by Douglas Ankney (p 51)
• 20 Years Sees No Improvement in California Prison’s Mental Health Care; Suicide Results in $1.5 Million Settlement by Kevin Bliss (p 50)
• Illinois Jail Detainee Dies, Lawsuit Settles for $2.2 Million by Edward Lyon (p 50)
• Indiana Prisoner Granted Leave to Proceed in First Amendment Retaliation Suit by Edward Lyon (p 49)
• Prison Mailbox Rule Applies to Civil Detainees by David M. Reutter (p 49)
• Utah Supreme Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Man Held 17 Days Without Hearing or Formal Charges by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Update: Montgomery County, Ohio Pays $10 Million to Settle Jail Lawsuits by Edward Lyon (p 48)
• Video Documentary Reports on Florida Prisons – From the Inside by David M. Reutter (p 46)
• Washington State Pays Prisoners Slave Wages While Suing Others for Doing the Same by Edward Lyon (p 46)
• Third Circuit: Failure to Make PLRA Findings Moots Appeal by David M. Reutter (p 45)
• To Decrease Prison Population, Texas Must Increase Parole Rate (p 44)
• Ministry Worker Banned from Mississippi Prisons After Asking About Plumbing Problems by Scott Grammer (p 44)
• Growing Concerns Over Medical Debt Leading to Jail Time by Kevin Bliss (p 43)
• Texas Attorney General Secretly Sabotages Compensation Payments to Man Exonerated of Killing Police Officer by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Ohio Prisoner Killed by Cellmate Who Mistakenly Thought He Was a Child Molester by Scott Grammer (p 41)
• BOP to Implement Paperless Mail System in Attempt to Stop Drugs by Dale Chappell (p 40)
• California Department of Corrections Tries End-Run Around Federal Court by Kevin Bliss (p 40)
• Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes by The Human Rights Coalition (p 38)
• Missouri Requires County Jails to House State Prisoners, Then Doesn’t Pay for Them by David M. Reutter (p 38)
• Alaska: Juvenile Justice Official Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography by Kevin Bliss (p 36)
• $750,000 Settlement in Suit Over Prisoner Beaten and Raped for Three Days by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• Prisoner Suicide Rates Highest in California by Edward Lyon (p 34)
• New York City Prisoner Shackled While Giving Birth; $610,000 Settlement by Edward Lyon (p 34)
• Georgia: Doctors and Nurses Warn Prison Medical Care is in Jeopardy by David M. Reutter (p 32)
• Arizona Prisoners Required to Pay Medical Expenses for Overdoses by Douglas Ankney (p 32)
• Prisoners Suffer and Die as Kentucky Overcrowds County Jails by David M. Reutter (p 30)
• Graphic Violence, Deaths in Alabama Prison Shown in Leaked Photos by David M. Reutter (p 28)
• CoreCivic Booted from LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Hometown by David M. Reutter (p 28)
• Members of Congress Investigate Private Equity Firms that Own Companies Providing Prison Services by Matthew Clarke (p 27)
• California Begins Weaning Itself from Private Prisons – More or Less by Edward Lyon (p 26)
• Getting Out of Jail After Dark Can Be Dangerous – and Sometimes Deadly by Madison Pauly (p 24)
• A Place for Released Prisoners to Go Home by Edward Lyon (p 22)
• Weaker Job Screening Could Make North Carolina Prisons More Dangerous by David M. Reutter (p 22)
• South Carolina: Former Prison Employees Charged, Plead Guilty in Contraband Investigation by David M. Reutter (p 20)
• New Jersey County Not Entitled to Defense or Indemnification by the State in Suit Alleging Exposure of Jail Detainees by Douglas Ankney (p 20)
• L.A.’s Court-Ordered Community Supervision Enslaves and Impoverishes by Matthew Clarke (p 18)
• Prosecutors Get Real Look at Life After Prison by Dale Chappell (p 16)
• Former Nevada Prison Guard Who Fatally Shot Handcuffed Prisoner Enters Alford Plea by Matthew Clarke (p 16)
• Deaths and Abuse During Private Prisoner Transport Trips by Matthew Clarke (p 14)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Corizon Settles EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit for $950,000 by Scott Grammer (p 13)
• New York County to Pay $440,000 Settlement in Wrongful Jail Death Suit by Kevin Bliss (p 12)
• The Private Option by Marsha McLeod (p 1)

January

• Jail prisoners in West Virginia build flag boxes for families of veterans
• $1.5 million for Michigan man wrongfully convicted, then exonerated
• Civilly Dead Prisoner Unable to Sue in Rhode Island by Edward Lyon
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Ohio Supreme Court Orders Prison Official to Produce Public Records by Matthew Clarke (p 61)
• Preliminary Injunction Sought Over Contaminated Drinking Water at Connecticut Prison by Edward Lyon (p 61)
• Former Seventh Circuit Judge Posner Founds Short-Lived Project to Help Pro Se Litigants by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• Undiagnosed MRSA Forced Arizona Prisoner to Have Heart Surgery by Chad Marks (p 60)
• California Family Mourns Son Who Committed Suicide in Jail, Receives $1.65 Million Settlement by Edward Lyon (p 59)
• Wisconsin Pays Another $5 Million for Abuse at Controversial Juvenile Facility by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Oklahoma Breaks Pattern of Protracted, Expensive Prison Conditions Litigation by Edward Lyon (p 58)
• Jury Awards Oregon Prisoner $350,000 After Guard Announces He Was a “PC” Case by Dale Chappell (p 57)
• Deaf Oregon Prisoner Awarded $125,000 for Jail’s Failure to Accommodate Disability by Mark Wilson (p 56)
• Denver Settles Female Deputies’ Sexual Harassment Lawsuit for $1.55 Million by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• First-Class Mail Insufficient for Mailing Date to be Filing Date in Oregon by Mark Wilson (p 55)
• New Georgia Law Provides Protections for Pregnant Prisoners by David M. Reutter (p 54)
• Prisoner Co-payments for Health Care Services Eliminated in California by Chad Marks (p 54)
• Deaths at Georgia Jail Spur Investigations, Lawsuit by Edward Lyon (p 52)
• Oklahomans Pay for Release of Woman Whose Case Helped Start Marijuana Reform Movement by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Criminal Justice Reformers Apologize for Not Vetting Conference Speaker by David M. Reutter (p 50)
• Missouri County Votes to Eliminate Jail Fees, Wiping Out $3.4 Million in Debt for Former Prisoners by Douglas Ankney (p 50)
• California Jail Prisoner’s Broken Leg Nets $550,000 Settlement by Matthew Clarke (p 49)
• First Major Loss in Recent Challenges to Hep C Treatment for Prisoners by David M. Reutter (p 48)
• Securus Technologies Rebrands as Aventiv by Kevin Bliss (p 48)
• Rikers Prisoner Smuggles DNA Evidence of Rape Out of Jail; $500,000 Settlement by Dale Chappell (p 46)
• New York Court of Claims Orders DOCCS to Turn Over OSI Report, Guards’ Personnel Files by Dale Chappell (p 46)
• Rhode Island’s Civil Death Law Bars Prisoners from Filing Lawsuits in State Court by Dale Chappell (p 44)
• New York Closes Two More Prisons, Scaring Corrections Workers by Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• Government Wants Federal Prisoner’s $250,000 Settlement to Pay Restitution by Dale Chappell (p 43)
• Billionaire and Co-Defendant Agree to Donate $1 Million to Stay Out of Jail by Kevin Bliss (p 42)
• Missing Property and Overtime Abuse in Illinois Prisons Cost Taxpayers Millions by Dale Chappell (p 42)
• Oregon Prisoner’s Preventable Death Reveals Culture of Systemic Indifference by Mark Wilson (p 40)
• Lawsuit Filed by Prisoner with Food Allergy is Dismissed by David M. Reutter (p 39)
• San Diego County Jails Still No. 1 in Prisoner Deaths by Douglas Ankney (p 38)
• Felony Murder Charges Should Not be Used on Juveniles by Kevin Bliss (p 36)
• Genesco CEO Denied Term on CoreCivic’s Board of Directors, but Board Refuses His Resignation by Scott Grammer (p 35)
• Prisoners, Guards, Students Protest Aramark by Douglas Ankney (p 34)
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Given Belt, Then Punished for Having It by David M. Reutter (p 33)
• Fifth Circuit Reverses Denial of Qualified Immunity to Prison Officials by Edward Lyon (p 32)
• New Mexico: Third-Party Settlement Agreements Resulting from Medical Care Provided by Corizon are Public Documents Subject to Disclosure by Douglas Ankney (p 32)
• California AB Prison Gang Members, Others Indicted by Feds (p 31)
• HRDC Obtains Settlement, $16,000 in Fees and Costs, Against BOP in FOIA Case by Scott Grammer (p 30)
• How a 13th Amendment Loophole Created America’s Carceral State by Flores A. Forbes (p 28)
• Texas Convict-Leasing Burial Ground Uncovered by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Tennessee Prisoner Captured After Killing Prison Employee, Escaping by David M. Reutter (p 26)
• Florida Women’s Prison Under Scrutiny After Rape by Guard by David M. Reutter (p 25)
• California’s Firefighting Prisoners in Short Supply by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• Arizona Court Equates Prison Gang Dropouts with Confidential Informants to Require Redaction of STG Files by Dale Chappell (p 22)
• Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively by Mark Wilson (p 20)
• South Carolina Prison Industries Employee Fired for Writing Tell-All Book by Scott Grammer (p 19)
• Are Re-Enfranchised Florida Felons More Likely to Vote Republican? by David M. Reutter (p 18)
• Virginia Circuit Court Awards $197.55 to Prisoner in Property Tort Claim by Douglas Ankney (p 18)
• Lawsuit Alleging Denial of Warmth and Sufficient Sleep States Eighth Amendment Claim by David M. Reutter (p 17)
• New York District Court Erred in Applying “Three Strike” Rule to Dismissals by Kevin Bliss (p 16)
• PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit Against Virginia Jail by David M. Reutter (p 16)
• Death Penalty Prosecution in Colorado Costs State Over $1.6 Million, Ends in Life Sentence by Matthew Clarke (p 15)
• Private Prison in Pennsylvania Takes Heat; Prison Board Replaced, Superintendent Retires by David M. Reutter (p 14)
• In Oklahoma, Lawsuit Options Limited When Prisoners Claim Constitutional Rights Violations by Quinton Chandler (p 12)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• $525,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Excessive Force Incident by Jayson Hawkins (p 11)
• California Prison Rehabilitation Programs Costly and Ineffective by Kevin Bliss (p 10)
• The Other Family Separation: Prisoners Fight to Keep Their Children by Victoria Law (p 1)