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Archive: 2022

December

• Eighth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Minnesota Jailers and Medical Provider Who Misdiagnosed Prisoner’s Leukemia as Gingivitis by Harold Hempstead
• Oklahoma Prison Industries Partially Shut Down After Convicted Child Molester Uses Work Computer to Download Kiddie Porn by Jo Ellen Nott
• Five High-Level Staffers Out of Michigan Prison After State Watchdog Uncovers Anti-Gay Harassment by Kevin Bliss
• Ninth Circuit Tells Federal Prisoner in California to Wait Until Incarcerated Before Applying for Compassionate Release by Matthew Clarke
• One Idaho Detainee Kills Another in Jail Fight Over Tablet Use by Jo Ellen Nott
• Former Florida Guard Gets Four Years for Holding Naked Man Hostage Over Crypto Deal Gone Bad by Jo Ellen Nott
• Former Felons Elected to the Rhode Island House of Representatives by Jo Ellen Nott
• Two Years After Mentally Ill Detainee Strangled to Death by Guards, Florida Jail Still Refuses to Release Video by Kevin Bliss
• D.C. Circuit Grants BOP Medical Director Qualified Immunity in Suit Over Delayed Treatment of Prisoner’s Hepatitis C by Matthew Clarke
• Two California Prisoners Murdered in Two Days by David Reutter
• “No Room”: Louisiana Juvenile System No Longer Accepting Kids by Jo Ellen Nott
• Eleventh Circuit: Prisoner’s Religious Rights Not Violated by Georgia’s Shower Escort Policy by David Reutter
• NYC Jails Still Without Tablet Lifeline to the Outside Six Months After Contract Expires by Jo Ellen Nott
• Seventh Circuit Offers No Relief to Indiana Prisoner Held in Solitary Four Years by Jacob Barrett
• 3,338 Texas Prisoners Taking College Courses with Pell Grants by Jo Ellen Nott
• Death Toll Mounts at Georgia’s Fulton County Jail with Reports of Malnutrition, Medical Neglect and Vermin by Jo Ellen Nott

November

• ‘Plainly Grossly Inadequate’: Federal Court Finds Arizona Prison Healthcare Deliberately Indifferent to Prisoners’ Risk of Serious Harm by Matthew Clarke (p 1)
• Settlement Extended Again After Federal Judge Faults California Prisons for Using Snitches in Solitary and Parole Procedures by Jacob Barrett (p 12)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Oregon Supreme Court Holds Corizon Health and Other Jail Contractors Liable Under State Disability Rights Laws by Mark Wilson (p 14)
• Colorado Prisoner Targeted by Gangs Wins Injunction for Placement in Protective Custody by David Reutter (p 16)
• Eighth Circuit Strands Missouri Prisoners Sentenced to Life Without Parole as Juveniles in ‘Opaque’ Review Process by Douglas Ankney (p 18)
• Cages in the Coalfields by Judah Schept (p 20)
• Eleventh Circuit Says No PLRA ‘Strike’ for Dismissal of Case Removed From State to Federal Court by David Reutter (p 24)
• Federal Judge Says Alaska DOC Policy Rejecting Prisoner Mail Without Notice Violates Due Process by Mark Wilson (p 25)
• Eighth Circuit Says Judge Dismissing Claim of Federal Prisoner in Arkansas Was Premature in Counting It a PLRA ‘Strike’ by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• North Carolina Prisoners Languish Without Air Conditioning by Kevin Bliss (p 27)
• Ninth Circuit Tells Nevada DOC: ‘Wait and See’ Prisoner Medical Care Can’t Become ‘Deny and Delay’ by David Reutter (p 28)
• Class Certified in ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown Lawsuit by Illinois Prisoners by David Reutter (p 30)
• $2.57 Million Settlement for Hogtying Death in NC Police Custody by Eike Blohm, MD (p 30)
• Pennsylvania County Retakes Control of Jail From GEO Group by Keith Sanders (p 32)
• Fourteen Officials Indicted in New Jersey Women’s Prison Abuse Scandal, $21 Million Class-Action Settlement Reached by Ashleigh Dye (p 32)
• Prisoners Awarded Damages for Denial of Public Records by Ohio Prison Officials by David Reutter (p 34)
• Tenth Circuit Revives Suit Against Colorado Jail Guard in Death of Mentally Disabled Detainee by David Reutter (p 34)
• California Pays $3.5 Million to Settle Suit Over State Prisoner’s Murder by Ashleigh Dye (p 36)
• LGBTQ Adults and Youth Face Criminalization and Over-Incarceration by Jacob Barrett (p 38)
• Former South Carolina Deputy Gets 18 Years for Driving Transport Van With Two Detainees Into Flood, Drowning Them by Ashleigh Dye (p 39)
• Excess Prisoner-Made Hand Sanitizer Costing N.Y. Taxpayers Millions to Dispose Of by David Reutter (p 40)
• $54,000 Award for Georgia Prisoner in Failure-To-Protect Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 40)
• CDCR’s Medication Assisted Treatment Program for Substance Abusers is a Resounding Success by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• After Sixth Circuit Stops Attempted End-Run Around Rules, Former Kentucky Jail Detainee Settles Suit Against Southern Health Partners by Kevin Bliss (p 42)
• Former Deputy Warden Gets Two Years for Assaulting Mississippi Prisoner by Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• New Policy Banning Care Packages Makes Life Harder for N.Y. Prisoners by Jayson Hawkins (p 44)
• South Carolina Death Row Doctor Breaks Silence About Years of Executions by Ashleigh Dye (p 46)
• New York City Jails Admit Illegally Recording Over 2,200 Attorney-Client Phone Calls by Anthony Accurso (p 46)
• Texas Commission on Jail Standards Finds Unacceptable Conditions in Nueces County Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 47)
• Texas Prisoner Killed After Wounding Guard in Escape and Killing Family While on the Run by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Disgraced Virginia Sheriff Gets 12 Years for Bribery and Corruption by Ashleigh Dye (p 48)
• Ninth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Doctor and Nurses at California Jail Who Treated Detainee’s Ruptured Aorta With Pepto Bismol by David Reutter (p 50)
• Idaho Lowers Cloak of Darkness Over Execution Protocols by Douglas Ankney (p 50)
• ‘Good Time’ Credit Policy Wrongly Under Attack in Alabama by Jo Ellen Nott (p 52)
• ACH Settles After Federal Jury Awards $8.5 Million in Suit Over Missouri Detainee’s Death by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 52)
• Nevada Supreme Court: DOC Owes Parolee Credit for Any Days Over 60 Awaiting Revocation in Prison by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Ninth Circuit: Prisoner Filing a New Grievance That Makes New Claims Does Not Render Previous Grievance ‘Unexhausted’ by David Reutter (p 54)
• $3.7 Million in Attorney Fees Paid to Settle COVID-19 Class-Action at Orange County Jail by Jacob Barrett (p 56)
• Federal Jury Awards $30,501 to Indiana Prisoner in Retaliation Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 57)
• Federal Government Pays $300,000 for Endangering Diabetic Prisoner With ‘Dramatically’ Subpar Care by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 58)
• Arkansas Supreme Court Rules Felony Enhancements Subject to Parole Eligibility Statute in Place at Time of Crime by Jacob Barrett (p 59)
• COVID-19 Stimulus Garnished From Federal Prisoner, but Only After Eighth Circuit Says ‘Not So Fast’ by David Reutter (p 60)
• Ninth Circuit: New Suit Not Required After Curing Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies by David Reutter (p 60)
• Third Guilty Plea Entered in Massive Aryan Brotherhood Drug Conspiracy in California Prisons by Jo Ellen Nott (p 62)
• Settlement Reached in COVID-19 Class Action Against DC Jail by Jayson Hawkins, Kevin Bliss (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Guards Nabbed for Worker’s Comp Fraud in Illinois and Connecticut by Jo Ellen Nott
• ICE Ignores Inspector General’s Call for Immediate Removal of Migrant Detainees from CoreCivic New Mexico Detention Facility by Mark Wilson
• Advocates Insist Migrant Detainees “Don’t Have to Die” in Custody – So ICE Releases Them First by Jayson Hawkins
• New Cape Cod Sheriff Will “Rip Up” Agreement to Assist ICE in Immigration Enforcement by Jo Ellen Nott
• Split Seventh Circuit Declines to Rehear Appeal of Illinois Prisoner With Serious Mental Illness Left in Solitary for Three Years by David Reutter
• Virginia Prison Guard Charged With Murdering Fellow Guard Carrying His Unborn Child by Jo Ellen Nott
• Still No Charges in 2017 Homicide of Florida Prisoner Paralyzed During Guard Beat-Down by Jo Ellen Nott
• British Prison Guard Sentenced to 14 months For Sexting and Sending Photos in Her Underwear to Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott
• N.Y. Jail Sergeant Charged With Sexual Misconduct – Again by Kevin Bliss
• Florida Jail Guard Fired and Charged with Battery After Slamming Prisoner into Concrete Wall by Jo Ellen Nott
• $3,500 Settlement in Medical-Care Claim Arrives Too Late for Illinois Prisoner Felled by COVID-19 by David Reutter
• “I Fucked Up”: Retired Arizona Prison Guard and GOP Candidate Allegedly Caught Masturbating Near Preschool by Jo Ellen Nott
• Former Pennsylvania Jail Guard Sentenced for Shocking His Kids With Electric Dog Collar by Jo Ellen Nott
• Missouri Jail Guard Charged With Helping Teen Son Escape Juvenile Detention by Jo Ellen Nott
• Michigan Warden Barred from Prison After Most Recent Prisoner Homicide by Jo Ellen Nott

October

• COVID-19 Injunction Lapses in Oregon, Another Fails in Massachusetts by Mark Wilson (p 48)
• Unending ‘Crisis’ in San Diego County Jails: Hundreds Dead, Millions in Legal Payouts by Jo Ellen Nott (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• Maine Caps Price of Phone Calls in State Prisons and Jails by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 17)
• San Diego County Pays $250,000 After Detainee Suicide in County Jail by Jayson Hawkins (p 18)
• New Federal ‘Fresh Start’ Student Loan Policy May Help Prisoners in Default by Matthew Clarke (p 19)
• South Carolina Judge Halts State Executions by Electrocution and Firing Squad by Edward Lyon, David Reutter (p 20)
• Excessive-Force Claim by Now-Incarcerated Former Maryland Guard Survives by Harold Hempstead (p 20)
• Michigan Supreme Court Says Prisoner’s Possession of Cell Phone by Itself Doesn’t Show Threat to Security by David Reutter (p 22)
• Ohio County Pays $2.5 Million for Photographing Female Detainees’ Tattooed Private Areas by Kevin Bliss (p 23)
• San Diego County Pays $3.488 Million After Jail Detainee Dies in Cell Extraction by Chuck Sharman (p 24)
• San Diego County Pays $8.1 Million After Jail Guard Fatally Shot Fleeing Detainee in the Back by Chuck Sharman (p 26)
• Federal Judge Calls Out BOP’s ‘Plinko’ Tactics, Orders Surgeon Found for Trans Prisoner’s Gender-Confirming Procedure by Jacob Barrett (p 26)
• The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Tablet Advertising That Can Also Issue Discipline by Dave Mass (p 28)
• Rifles, Tasers and Jails: How Cities and States Spent Billions of COVID-19 Relief by Susie Cagle, Weihua Li, Anastasia Valeeva (p 30)
• North Dakota Prisoner’s Conviction for Assault on Guard Vacated Due To Erroneous Jury Instruction by David Reutter (p 33)
• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman by David Reutter (p 34)
• Washington DOC Fined $84,000 for Health Code Violations Found After TB Outbreak by Jacob Barrett (p 36)
• Georgia Jail Settles Suit Filed by Mentally Ill Female Detainees With Policy Changes and $1.2 Million in Attorney Fees and Costs by Matthew Clarke (p 38)
• Tenth Circuit Vacates Oklahoma Prisoners’ Witness Tampering Conviction by David Reutter (p 38)
• Gang Violence in Texas Federal Prison Results in Two Deaths, Nationwide BOP Lockdown by Keith Sanders (p 40)
• Condemned Alabama Prisoner Now Spared Twice by Chuck Sharman (p 40)
• Hawaii Governor Finally Appoints Coordinator for State DOC Oversight Commission by Douglas Ankney (p 42)
• $6,000 Sanction for Mississippi Federal Prosecutor Who Lied to Court About COVID-19 Vaccination Status by David Reutter (p 42)
• Sentencing Reports Show Longer Sentences, Few Compassionate Releases by Casey Bastian, Benjamin Tschirhart (p 44)
• Tennessee Governor Suspends Executions, Orders Investigation Into Lethal Injection Process by Harold Hempstead (p 44)
• Nebraska Supreme Court Says Revocation of Post-Release Supervision Does Not Bar Prisoner From Earning Good Time Credit by David Reutter (p 46)
• Seventh Circuit: Chicago Police Department’s 30-Day Claim-or-Forfeit Policy for Arrestee Property Is Constitutionally Adequate by Casey Bastian (p 46)
• Over $386,000 Awarded to Mississippi Prisoner, Plus Hip Surgery He Was Denied by David Reutter (p 48)
• Wisconsin Pays $8,000 To State Prisoner After Seventh Circuit Revives Retaliation Claim Against Guard Over Destroyed Legal Documents by David Reutter (p 50)
• Eighth Circuit Rules Federal Prisoner Need Only Know Item Is Prohibited To Support Conviction for Possession of Contraband by David Reutter (p 50)
• Fifth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Texas Jailers Who Refused Medical Care to Detainee Dying of Drug Overdose by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• $215,000 Awarded to New Jersey Detainee Assaulted by Jail Guards by Keith Sanders (p 52)
• Parole Board Members Miss Work, Leaving Nebraska Prisoners Locked Up by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 53)
• More Victims Added to Sex Abuse Indictment of Former Federal Prison Warden in California; Former Chaplain Sentenced for Role in ‘Rape Club’ by Jo Ellen Nott (p 54)
• Georgia Sheriff Agrees To Provide Muslim Prisoners With Halal Meals for Ramadan by Jacob Barrett (p 54)
• Wisconsin High Court Admits Into Evidence Secret Tape of Prisoner Made by Fellow Prisoner by David Reutter (p 56)
• Mississippi Attempts to Offload Prisoner Healthcare Costs Onto Medicaid by Anthony Accurso (p 56)
• Alabama Prisoner Who Escaped With Jail Guard Lover Charged in Her Death on the Run by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• $2.1 Million Settlement for Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide in Scandal-Plagued Ohio Jail by David Reutter (p 58)
• Experimenting on Prisoners: New California Lawsuits Reveal Old Abuses by Eike Blohm, MD (p 60)
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Nearly $13.5 Million Restitution Order Against Federal Prisoner by Anthony Accurso (p 60)
• Maine Settles Suit Over COVID-19 Jobless Benefits Seized From Prisoners by Jayson Hawkins (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 65)
• Federal Court Affords Immigrant Children More Due Process Rights in California Class-Action by Kevin Bliss
• South Florida Prison Guard Arrested for Flashing DOC Badge and Making Traffic Stop at Gunpoint by Jo Ellen Nott
• 11th Circuit Tells Sexually Assaulted Transgender Georgia Prisoner: PREA Violations Aren’t Per Se Eighth Amendment Violations by Jacob Barrett
• “She Needs to Be Buried”: New Jersey Jail Supervisor Accused of Retaliation by Guard Who Rebuffed Him by Jo Ellen Nott
• Wife Loses Suit Over Homeless Texan’s Jail Death Ruled ‘Natural,’ Newspaper Alleges Cover-up by Jo Ellen Nott
• After Massachusetts Prisoner Beats Guard, GOP Lawmakers Push to Eliminate Prison Workout Equipment by Jo Ellen Nott
• “Ridiculous and Unacceptable”: Guards Sacked from Ohio Jail for Wrestling Matches with Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott
• From His Georgia Cell, Prisoner Cons Billionaire of $11 Million by Jo Ellen Nott
• Fourth Circuit: Prison Officials Not Liable for Poor Conditions Unless Prisoner Also Alleges They Knew About Them And Did Nothing by Mark Wilson
• Deaf Detainee Found Murdered in Baltimore Jail by Chuck Sharman

September

• Looking Deep Inside America’s Legalized Torture Chambers by Mark Wilson (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 18)
• Federal Prisoners Finally Receiving Benefits 42 Months After First Step Act Became Law by Casey Bastian (p 19)
• SCOTUS Sides With Condemned Georgia Prisoner Who Wants To Be Executed by Firing Squad by David Reutter (p 20)
• New York Prisoner’s Suit Over Thirteen-Year Solitary Stint Survives by David Reutter (p 20)
• Alabama Prisoners Continue to Die at Alarming Rate, More Than One Every Week in 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott (p 22)
• Death and Inhumane Living Conditions Persist in Nation’s Worst Jail by Kevin Bliss (p 24)
• Third Circuit Holds Consent of All Parties to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction Required Before Judgment Against Pennsylvania Prisoners by Mark Wilson (p 26)
• New Florida Law Shrouds Executions in Secrecy by Kevin Bliss (p 28)
• SCOTUS Lets “State Secrets” Privilege Bar CIA Contractor Testimony About Torture Already Publicly Known by Mark Wilson (p 28)
• ACLU Pries Loose Employment Record of New Hampshire Trooper Who Detained Woman on Falsified Evidence, Leading to $237,500 Settlement by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• SCOTUS Kills Condemned Ohio Prisoner’s Effort to Secure Evidence of Mental Impairment to Bolster Habeas Petition by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 30)
• Prison Profiteer Is Using Sandra Bland’s Death to Sell Surveillance Technology by Brian Dolinar (p 32)
• $3.75 Million Settlement for Estate of Washington Prisoner Who Died From Untreated Breast Cancer by David Reutter (p 34)
• Idaho Provides Nation’s Second Gender Confirmation Surgery for Transgender Prisoner by Mark Wilson (p 36)
• $2.45 Million Paid by Wellpath and Macomb County, Michigan, After Detainee’s Withdrawal Death in Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 38)
• After $90,000 Settlement for Sexual Abuse of Oregon Juvenile Detainee, Second Suit Filed Against Now-Imprisoned Former Youth Counselor by Chuck Sharman (p 38)
• Dark, Smoky Cells: As Wildfires Threaten More Prisons, the Incarcerated Ask Who Will Save Their Lives by Alleen Brown (p 40)
• Nebraska Crime Commission Says Dodge County Jail Noncompliant With Reporting Requirements by Harold Hempstead (p 42)
• SCOTUS Kneecaps Condemned Prisoners Claiming Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 44)
• New York Closes Moriah ‘Shock Camp’ by Kevin Bliss (p 45)
• After Summary Judgment Denied, California Jail Officials Pay $55,000 for Breaking Detainee’s Arm by Mark Wilson (p 46)
• Two Attorneys, Three Employees Sentenced in Bribery Scandal at MTC Texas Prisons by Keith Sanders (p 48)
• Third Illinois Guard Found Guilty In Fatal Beating of Handcuffed State Prisoner, but Attorney General Refuses To Settle With Family by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Guts State’s Fair Employment Act Protection for Returning Prisoners With Domestic Violence Convictions by Jacob Barrett (p 50)
• Class Certification Maintained in New York Prisoners’ Suit for Damages Due to Illegally Imposed Post-Release Supervision by David Reutter (p 50)
• Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Ohio Prison Doctor After Prisoner Blinded by Stroke by David Reutter (p 52)
• California Appeals Court Lets CDCR Define Term Adopted From Legislation by Kevin Bliss (p 52)
• Ninth Circuit Terminates Idaho Prison Conditions Lawsuit After 40 Years of Litigation by David Reutter (p 54)
• New Jersey Supreme Court Forces County to Cough up Settlement Documents With Prisoner Raped By Jail Guard Who Snitched on Fellow Guards by David Reutter (p 54)
• Idaho Joins Missouri in Banning Incarceration for Inability To Pay Court Fines, Fees by Jayson Hawkins (p 56)
• $1,050,000 Settlement Reached in Disabled Illinois Prisoner’s ADA Lawsuit by David Reutter (p 56)
• Ninth Circuit Sends PLN’s Arizona Censorship Lawsuit Back to District Court by David Reutter (p 58)
• Census Bureau Report Finds Risk of Death Nearly Triples for Prisoners After Release by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• $7 Million Paid to California Detainee Left Quadriplegic Due to Jail Guards’ Alleged Negligence by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Ohio County Pays $4 Million To Settle Claim Over Death of Jail Detainee by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Ninth Circuit Vacates California’s COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate for Prison Employees by Mark Wilson (p 61)
• $2.5 Million in Confiscated COVID-19 Relief Funds Returned to Arkansas Prisoners After Court Issues Injunction by David Reutter (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 64)
• Mom Sues After She Was Forced to Give Birth to Doomed Baby in “Georgia’s Toughest Para-Military Jail” by Chuck Sharman
• Five Hospitalized After Prisoner Take-Over Put Down at Short-Staffed New Orleans Jail by Jo Ellen Nott
• Alabama Reporter Barred from Execution For Too-Short Skirt by Jo Ellen Nott
• $15,150 Paid by Illinois for Neglect and Harassment of Three State Prisoners by David Reutter
• TDCJ Driven Batty Over Demolition Plans by Jo Ellen Nott
• Tenth Circuit Refuses to Hold Colorado Guards Liable for Detainee’s Suicide Despite Her Previous Attempts at Same Jail by David Reutter
• Sixth Circuit Says Detroit Jail Guard Suspended for Failing To Check on Detainee Not Liable for His Death From Drugs Hidden in His Rectum by David Reutter
• Oops! Accidental Dismissal of Case Over Alabama Jail Detainee’s Death Not Forgiven by Eleventh Circuit by Jenifer Lockwood
• Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits by Jo Ellen Nott
• Former Australian Prisoner Partners With Former Guard to Become Porn Stars by Jo Ellen Nott
• $6,500 Paid by Illinois DOC to Settle Three Prisoner’s Mistreatment Claims by David Reutter
• Guard Held Over His Shift at Short-Staffed Montana Prison Files Kidnapping Charges by Jo Ellen Nott
• Oregon DOC Auctions Land Possibly Containing Native American Burial Mounds by Jacob Barrett
• Meth “Kiss of Death” Kills Tennessee Prisoner; Girlfriend Charged with Murder by Jo Ellen Nott
• Seventh Circuit Lets Wexford Skate from “Appalling” Treatment of Illinois Prisoner With Painful Anal Abscess and Fistula by Kevin Bliss
• Four Prisoners Murdered at Three California Prisons Within Eight Days by Matthew Clarke
• “Unconscionable and Unacceptable” Conditions in Georgia DOC With 57 Prisoners Murdered in Two Years by Casey Bastian (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• Settlement Delivers Huge Gains for Montana Prisoners with Mental Illnesses by Kevin Bliss (p 16)
• Federal Court Puts Troubled Mississippi Jail in Receivership by Keith Sanders, David Reutter (p 18)
• Sixth Circuit Again Extends Kingsley Protections for Pretrial Detainees in Deliberate Indifference Claim Against Kentucky Jail by David Reutter (p 20)
• CoreCivic Workers Unionize and Go On Strike at Arizona Prison by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 22)
• Federal Court Says Illinois Statute Barring More Than One Sex Offender per Address Is Unconstitutional by Matthew Clarke (p 22)
• 17 States and DC Have Stopped Reporting Active COVID Cases Behind Bars by Victoria Law (p 24)
• The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Voice Recognition and Surveillance by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton (p 27)
• Arizona Closing Prison, Moving Prisoners to CoreCivic Lockup by Edward Lyon (p 29)
• Tenth Circuit Revives Suit Against Oklahoma Jail for Medical Neglect Leading To Detainee’s Death by David Reutter (p 30)
• California Court Sides With Securus in Challenge to CDCR Contract, Dealing Only Temporary Setback to GTL by David Reutter (p 32)
• All Ohio Prison Guards to Wear Body Cams by Keith Sanders (p 33)
• Monkeypox: A Global Health Emergency by Michael D. Cohen, MD (p 34)
• SCOTUS Reinstates Boston Marathon Bomber’s Death Sentence by Mark Wilson (p 38)
• Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss (p 40)
• $1.1 Million Settlement Paid by Michigan County to Estate of Detainee Who Committed Suicide at Jail by David Reutter (p 40)
• U.S. Supreme Court Grants Texas Prisoner Religious Touch and Audible Prayer During Execution by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Texas Prisoners’ Challenge to Pandemic Prison Conditions for Failure to Exhaust by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• California Appeals Court Says Prop. 57 Doesn’t Require In-Person Parole Hearings by Kevin Bliss (p 46)
• Oregon Appeals Court Okays Legal Change of Transgender Prisoner’s Name and Sex by Jacob Barrett (p 46)
• Florida Now Digitizing Incoming Mail for State Prisoners by Kevin Bliss (p 48)
• Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols” by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• $7,500 Settlement Reached for Assault in California Jail by David Reutter (p 50)
• Impact of Felons’ Voting Minimal, MIT Researchers Find by Keith Sanders (p 50)
• $1.375 Million Award in Hawaii Prisoner’s Suicide by David Reutter (p 52)
• Third Circuit: Federal Prisoner Exposed to Risk of Assault Cannot Collect Damages if One Didn’t Occur by Casey Bastian (p 52)
• Seventh Circuit Allows Wisconsin Prisoner to Amend Inartfully Pleaded Pro Se Complaint by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Florida Supreme Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Appeal That Was Dismissed for Lack of Prison Date Stamp by David Reutter (p 54)
• Indiana Caps Phone Rates in State Prisons and Jails by Ashleigh Dye (p 55)
• New York Lifts Blanket Internet Ban on Sex Offenders by Jayson Hawkins (p 56)
• Senators Spank BOP Director on Last Day Before Replacement by Former Oregon DOC Director by Jacob Barrett (p 56)
• Even as U.S. Jail Population Declines, Average Length of Stay Rises by Ashleigh Dye (p 57)
• Rhode Island Supreme Court Finds Lifer “Civil Death” Law Unconstitutional by David Reutter (p 58)
• Embattled Los Angeles County Sheriff, Brawling Over Closing Decrepit Jail, Accused of Ignoring Deputy “Gangs” by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• $90,000 Paid to Settle Lawsuit Over Recorded Attorney-Client Calls at Wisconsin Jail by Casey Bastian (p 60)
• California Sheriff’s Pay-to-Play Scandal Reflects Nationwide Corruption Potential Documented in Watchdog Report by Jayson Hawkins (p 60)
• “Jailhouse Lawyer 360” Shut Down by California Bar by Jayson Hawkins (p 61)
• California Jail Enters Settlement Agreement Resolving DOJ Investigation into ADA Violations by David Reutter (p 62)
• Pennsylvania County Pays $147,500 to Jail Detainees Held in Solitary for Refusing To Cut off Dreadlocks by Matthew Clarke (p 63)
• News in Brief (p 64)

August

• Arizona DOC Director Admits State Economy Would “Collapse” Without Cheap Prisoner Labor by Jo Ellen Nott
• Two Top Oregon Prison Administrators Ousted by Jacob Barrett
• Fourth Circuit Dooms Suit Filed After North Carolina Guard Murdered by State Prisoner by Harold Hempstead
• Fifth Circuit Absolves Texas Jailers in Death of Mentally Ill Detainee Who Refused Medical Treatment by Keith Sanders
• Teen with Toy Water Gun Fatally Shot by Off-Duty NYC Prison Guard by Jo Ellen Nott
• Two Juvenile Behavioral Treatment Centers in Detroit Ordered to Close by Jo Ellen Nott
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Wellpath in Kentucky Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Denial of Medical Care, Due to Lack of Expert Testimony by Harold Hempstead
• Guard Sentenced for Montana Women’s Prison Rape by Jo Ellen Nott
• California Court Tells State Prisoner His $12 Monthly Pay Is Enough to Pay Court-Ordered Fines and Fees by Jacob Barrett
• Three Former Hawaii Jail Guards Convicted in Assault on Prisoner and Cover-Up by Jo Ellen Nott
• California Prison Optometry Labs Under Pressure to Do Better by Jo Ellen Nott
• Monkeypox Discovered in Chicago Jail by Benjamin Tschirhart
• Seventh Circuit Says No Evidence Illinois Prisoner Lied About Endangerment to Circumvent PLRA’s Three-Strikes Rule by Matthew Clarke (p 38)
• Louisiana Moves Juvenile Offenders to Troubled State Penitentiary at Angola by Jo Ellen Nott
• Sixth Circuit Says Kentucky DOC Chief Too “High Up the Chain of Command” to Be Liable for Prisoner’s Negligent Death by David Reutter
• More BOP Guards at FCI-Dublin “Rape Club” Accused of Sex Abuse by Female Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott
• Despite $200 Million Bond Sale Shortfall, Alabama Moves Forward with New Prison Construction by Jo Ellen Nott
• The Filth & the Fury: Philly Jails Descend into Murderous Chaos by J.D. Schmidt (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• $1,425,000 Paid to Epileptic Illinois Detainee Denied Medication Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Upper Bunk in Jail by Jayson Hawkins (p 15)
• Federal Judge Allows Retroactive Benefit Reduction for Incarcerated Veteran by David Reutter (p 16)
• Three Killed in Gang Activity at Mississippi Private Prisons Plus High-Profile Escape, But Only One MTC Guard Arrested by Kevin Bliss (p 16)
• The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services by Beryl Lipton, Cooper Quintin (p 18)
• California Appellate Court Reverses $2.7 Million Award for Wrongful Death of Woman Murdered by Grandson on Parole by Jacob Barrett (p 20)
• Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed by Mark Wilson (p 22)
• Nakamoto Group Accused of Rubber-Stamping ICE Facility Inspections by Alan Gaynor (p 24)
• The Prisoner-Run Radio Station That’s Reaching Men on Death Row by Keri Blakinger (p 26)
• ACLU Wins FOIA Case at Michigan Supreme Court, Which Says Records May Be Exempted Only by Statute, Not Regulation by David Reutter (p 28)
• Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail by Jenifer Lockwood, Panagioti Tsolkas (p 30)
• Tenth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Claim Against BOP Over Denial of Muslim Group Prayer Five Times a Day by Matthew Clarke (p 32)
• Reinstating Suit by Louisiana Detainee’s Mother Over His Jail Suicide, Fifth Circuit Schools Lower Court in Meaning of “Standing” by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Vermont Supreme Court Keeps State Prisoner’s Challenge Alive to DOC’s Use of Expunged Convictions in Classification Decision by Matthew Clarke (p 35)
• $825,000 Paid to Estate of New Mexico Jail Detainee Who Died from Heroin Withdrawal by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• Oregon Prison Superintendent Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving and Interfering With Arrest by Panagioti Tsolkas (p 38)
• Eleventh Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Jail Guards Who “Did Nothing” in Face of Florida Detainee’s Suicide Threats by David Reutter (p 40)
• New York OIG Report Reveals 1,600 State Prisoners Punished Over Faulty Drug Tests by Anthony Accurso (p 42)
• $1.4 Million Paid by King County, Washington to Settle Juvenile Solitary Confinement Class Action by Mark Wilson (p 42)
• A First Glance in Rear-View Mirror at Pandemic by Keith Sanders, Ashleigh Dye, Matthew Clarke, Kevin Bliss (p 44)
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Use Of “Some Evidence” Standard in Reviewing Federal Prisoner’s Disciplinary Violations by Anthony Accurso (p 46)
• After $10 Million Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Mugshot Class-Action, Fewer-Than-Expected Claims Leave Windfall for Expungement Program by David Reutter (p 46)
• $177,500 in Settlements Reached with Detainees Assaulted by Guards at Pennsylvania Jail by Ashleigh Dye (p 48)
• Kentucky Judge Gives Ex-Jail Guard Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Prisoner Chance to Re-Enlist in Army to Avoid Jail Time by Keith Sanders (p 48)
• HRDC Sues Centurion for Records Related to Vermont Prisoner Care by David Reutter (p 49)
• $350,000 Paid to Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff’s Deputy by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 50)
• Florida and California Experiments Use Direct Cash Assistance to Newly Released Prisoners to Combat Recidivism by Mark Wilson (p 50)
• $35,000 Settlement Paid by California County After Jail Death of Elderly, Mentally Ill Detainee by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 52)
• Oregon Court Rules Prisoner’s Admissions in Disciplinary Hearing Violate Miranda, But Harmlessly by Jacob Barrett (p 52)
• Celebrity Prisoners Profit from NFT Sales of Their Work While Incarcerated by Edward Lyon (p 54)
• Idaho Supreme Court Finds Ladderless Bunks a “Sound Discretionary Decision,” But Says Resulting Injury Could Give Rise to Negligence Claim by Jacob Barrett (p 54)
• $40,000 Settlement Reached in HRDC Challenge to Nebraska Prison Censorship Policy by David Reutter (p 55)
• Arizona Supreme Court Clarifies Rules for Asserting Attorney-Client Privilege for Communications from Jail, Including Texts Using Tablets by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• HRDC Sues Indiana Sheriff Over Censorship at County Jail by Chuck Sharman (p 56)
• Final Settlement Agreement Approved in COVID-19 Class Action at California Immigration Detention Center by Matthew Clarke (p 57)
• Settlement Improves ADA Accessibility Features, Health Care and Training in Florida Prisons by Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• Ohio Supreme Court Partially Reinstates Prisoner’s Pro Se Public Records Request, Sets Damages for Denial at $1,000 by Matthew Clarke (p 61)
• Life Sentences Commuted for Two Massachusetts Prisoners Convicted of First-Degree Murder by Keith Sanders (p 62)
• Mentally and Physically Disabled Texas Woman Hospitalized After Mistreatment at Jail by Ashleigh Dye (p 63)
• News in Brief (p 63)

July

• Colorado Inaugurates Prisoner-Run Radio Station by Edward Lyon
• Ninth Circuit Won’t Spring Oregon Sex Offender Trapped in Self-Incrimination Box by Mark Wilson
• Prisoner’s TikTok Videos Expose Problems in Her Florida Prison by Ashleigh Dye
• L.A. Juvenile Detention Center Remains “Unsuitable for the Confinement of Minors” by Keith Sanders
• Medical Staff Shakeup But No Charges After Teen Dies in Ohio Juvenile Facility by Jayson Hawkins
• Mentally Ill Maine State Prisoner Finally Leaves Solitary, But Can’t Push State Lawmakers to Pass Bill Limiting Its Use by Edward Lyon
• Even a Kardashian Can’t Get BOP to Let Imprisoned Dad in KY Attend Funeral of Daughter Slain in Ulvade Massacre by Kaden Gicker
• Fourth Circuit Refuses to Hold North Carolina Liable After State Prisoner Murders Guard by Harold Hempstead
• Maine State Prison Guard Awarded $400,000 in Sex Discrimination Settlement by Ashleigh Dye
• Ohio Supreme Court: Only Statute, Not Agency Policy, Creates Legal Duty Enforceable in Mandamus by Jacob Barrett
• GED Cheating Scheme Uncovered at Montana CoreCivic Prison by Kaden Gicker
• Elderly Georgia Jail Guard Charged with Committing Rape While On Duty and In Uniform by Jo Ellen Nott
• $350,000 Paid To Victim Beaten in Jail by California Sheriff's Deputy by Benjamin Tschirhart
• Suit Over California Detainee’s Suicide Survives Corporate Shell Game by Wellpath and HIG Capital by Jacob Barrett (p 30)
• Seventh Circuit Reiterates That Threats and Withholding Grievance Forms Render Administrative Remedies Unavailable to Prisoner by Mark Wilson (p 32)
• Federal Courts Order Seizure of Canteen Funds for Restitution Owed by High-Profile Prisoners by David M. Reutter (p 34)
• Federal Court Upholds and Monitors Requirement for Tennessee Jail to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination for Detainees by David M. Reutter (p 34)
• “The Worst Kind of Work” Thai Prisoners Forced into Labor, Often Without Pay by Edward Lyon (p 36)
• Washington DOC Ends Use of Solitary Confinement (Sort of) by Jacob Barrett (p 36)
• Supreme Court Passes on Case of New York Sex Offender Imprisoned Past Release Date for Lack of Compliant Housing by Jory Smith, Chuck Sharman (p 38)
• The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Monitoring Online Purchases of Inmates’ Family and Friends by Beryl Lipton, Cooper Quintin (p 38)
• Class of Juvenile Prisoners Certified in Suit Against Florida DOC by Kevin Bliss (p 40)
• Eighth Circuit Reinstates Arkansas Prisoner’s Claim Over DOC’s Failure to Maintain Hearing Aids by Matthew Clarke (p 40)
• Sixth Circuit Reinstates Suit of Kentucky Jail Detainee Impregnated by Guard, Finds Genuine Factual Dispute Over Consent by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• Former Arizona Corrections Chief Indicted After Drunken Armed Standoff with Tempe Police by Jo Ellen Nott (p 43)
• The Impact of Criminalizing Abortion on Prisoners and Mass Incarceration by Paul Wright (p 44)
• California Court Rules Bail Bond Companies Must Give Cosigners Financial Impact Notice by David M. Reutter (p 46)
• Virginia DOC’s Interference Hamstrings Local and Regional Jail Board by Kevin Bliss (p 48)
• Oregon Nurse Federally Charged With Raping Prisoners After State Prosecutors Declined to Prosecute by Mark Wilson (p 49)
• “One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution by Jacob Barrett (p 50)
• $1 Million Paid After Indiana Jailers Fatally Beat and Taser Detainee, But Prosecutor Finds No Crime by Benjamin Tschirhart, Keith Sanders (p 50)
• Illinois Counties Fail in Challenge to State Statutory Ban on ICE Detention Contracts by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Federal Judge Allows Wiretapping Case to Proceed Against CoreCivic for Recording Attorney-Client Conversations at Nevada Prison by Kevin W. Bliss (p 53)
• Eighth Circuit Pulls BOP’s Hand Out of Prisoner’s Pocket Accumulated Prison Wages Not “Substantial Resources” Under Mandatory Victim Restitution Act by Casey Bastian (p 54)
• BOP Guard Terminated for Making Prisoner Do His Work, Union Blames Staff Shortages by Casey Bastian (p 54)
• Seventh Circuit Clarifies Calculation of Presumptive Parole Date for Federal Prisoner Sentenced Under Pre-1987 Law by Anthony W. Accurso (p 56)
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Continues Trend of Easing Prison COVID-19 Protocols by Edward Lyon (p 56)
• After Lengthy HRDC Litigation, GEO Group Gives Up Documents Revealing $10 Million Settlement for Death of Texas Prisoner by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• COVID-19’s Impact on Prisoners Far Worse Than It Needed to Be by Edward Lyon, Kevin Bliss (p 58)
• $150,000 Class-Action Settlement Reached Over Massive Scabies Outbreak at CoreCivic Tennessee Jail by Jacob Barrett (p 60)
• Supreme Court of Kansas: Lower Court Did Not Have Authority to Revoke Probation Without a Warrant by David M. Reutter (p 61)
• Oregon Judge Invalidates Governor’s Clemency Grant to Dozens Sentenced to Life as Juveniles, Halting Parole Hearings by Mark Wilson (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 63)
• Nebraska Prison Staffing Crisis Sees Supervisors Take Demotions to Get Hourly Overtime Pay by Kevin Bliss (p 63)
• Boiling Behind Bars In Sweltering Texas, Prisons Without Air Conditioning Are About to Get a Lot Hotter by Alleen Brown (p 14)
• $1 Million Settlement Reached in Suicide of Mentally Ill Detainee at San Diego Jail by Keith Sanders (p 17)
• Lawsuits Filed Over Withheld Pain Medications That Left Ailing New York Prisoners in Agony by Edward Lyon (p 18)
• $3.8 Million Paid for Michigan Detainee’s Death from Alcohol Withdrawal After Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Summary Judgment to Jailers for Deliberate Indifference by Mark Wilson (p 20)
• “Join Me in Holding Your Nose” Federal Judge Reluctantly Okays $750,000 Settlement in Ohio Pre-Trial Detainee’s Excessive Force Suit by Keith Sanders (p 22)
• Class Certified in Discrimination Suit by Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Georgia Prisoners by Mark Wilson (p 22)
• Guards Saluting Fascism on the Job—Literally by Edward Lyon (p 24)
• Court Bars Electroshock Therapy for Incompetent California Prisoner Without Considering Whether He Would Consent If Competent by Jacob Barrett (p 24)
• $805,000 Paid by Washington to Former Detainees at Juvenile Camp, But Sex Abuse Charges Dropped against Counselor (p 26)
• Russia Drops Charges Against Prison Torture Whistleblower by Edward Lyon (p 26)
• California Supreme Court Rules Proposition 57 Early Parole Review May be Denied for Any Violent Felony Conviction, Even If Not “Primary Offense” by Douglas Ankney (p 28)
• Eleventh Circuit Reinstates Florida Detainee’s Excessive-Force Claim Against Cop Who Sucker-Punched Him in Cell by Kevin Bliss (p 28)
• Mission Creep: Prison Telecoms Scramble to Extend Their Reach by Alan Prendergast (p 1)
• U.S. Marshals Service Inspectors Find D.C. Central Jail Not Meeting Federal Detention Standards by Casey Bastian (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• $405,000 Paid to Prisoner Disabled and Left Untreated at LaSalle-Managed Louisiana Jails by Anthony W. Accurso (p 12)
• Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions by Ashleigh Dye (p 13)
• Whistleblowers at New York State Prisons Include Former Guard Shilling Tell-All Book and Former Prisoner Calling Him Out by Kaden Gicker
• Seventh Circuit Refuses to Hold Wexford Liable for Prisoner’s Pain from Medical Transports in “Black Box” Restraint by David Reutter
• Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Compassionate Release Where One Factor Isn’t Satisfied Even After Assuming Other Factors Were by Douglas Ankney
• Video Released of Guards Killing Kansas Teen at Juvenile Facility; DA Says “Stand-Your-Ground” Law Prevents Him from Filing Charges by Keith Sanders

June

• Floridians Face Prison for Voting from Jail
• Virginia Prisoner Awarded $5,000 in Suit Alleging Retaliation for Reporting Abuse by Guard, But So Far Unable to Collect by Douglas Ankney
• Cause of Prisoner’s Death in Tennessee CoreCivic Jail Finally Revealed as Homicide by Jo Ellen Nott
• Woman Masterminds $2 Million Unemployment Fraud from California Prison Cell by Jo Ellen Nott
• Pennsylvania Jail Guards Accused of Smuggling, Assaulting Mentally Ill Prisoners by Jo Ellen Nott
• Seventh Circuit Vacates $8 Million Award to Illinois Prisoner Whose Cancer Metastasized Awaiting Wexford Doctors’ “Collegial Review” by David Reutter
• The Impact of Criminalizing Abortion on Prisoners and Mass Incarceration by Paul Wright
• California Grandfather with Dementia Dies After Being Jailed for Suspected Intoxication That Was Really Diabetic Shock by Jo Ellen Nott
• Seventh Circuit Holds Jail Guard Not Deliberately Indifferent to Illinois Prisoner’s Withdrawal from Smuggled Pills by David Reutter
• Private Prison Space in Louisiana Contracted But Unused by ICE Costing Taxpayers $8 Million a Month by Jo Ellen Nott
• Vermont Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Habeas Petition from State Prisoner Given Run-Around by DOC by Douglas Ankney
• Book Review: The PLRA Handbook by David Reutter
• Connecticut Supreme Court Requires Special Credibility Instruction for Jailhouse Informant Even If Defendant Allegedly Confessed Elsewhere by Douglas Ankney
• Imprisoned Former Alabama House Speaker Caught Admitting to Phony “Apology” Can Keep His Radio Stations Running by Harold Hempstead
• Alabama Prisons Still Lethal, Record Another Seven Deaths in May 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott
• Four Suspected Drug Overdoses in D.C. Jail in One Week of May 2022 by Jo Ellen Nott
• New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims by Jo Ellen Nott
• Michigan Guard Arrested for Killing the Service Dog He Adopted at His Prison by Jo Ellen Nott
• Locked Up and Left to Die by Sophie Novack,, Michael Barajas (p 1)
• After 49 Years in Prison for a Murder in Which He Didn’t Pull the Trigger, Former Black Liberation Army Member Sundiata Acoli Wins Parole by Chuck Sharman (p 11)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim Despite Prison Disciplinary Conviction Issued for the Same Incident by Matthew Clarke (p 12)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Louisiana Prisoner’s Suit Dismissed on Heck Grounds, Holds Related Disciplinary Convictions Don’t Absolutely Bar Excessive Force Claims by Matthew Clarke (p 14)
• Securus Rolls Out “Free” E-tablets to Texas Prisoners by Edward Lyon (p 15)
• Oregon Federal Court Issues Groundbreaking, Model COVID-19 Damage Class & Wrongful Death Class Certification by Mark Wilson (p 16)
• Eleventh Circuit Says Florida Prisoner Alleging Sexual Assault by Guard Need Not Also Prove Excessive Force and Malicious Intent by David Reutter (p 18)
• Washington Pays $3.25 Million for Negligent Medical Care Causing Preventable Prisoner Death by Mark Wilson (p 20)
• Healthcare Audit in Utah Prisons Reveals “Inadequate Service” and “Systemic Deficiencies” After 18 Prisoner Deaths During Pandemic by Benjamin Tschirhart (p 22)
• DOJ Secures Settlement With South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice at Detention Center Where Staff Hogtied and Bit Kids by Brooke Kaufman (p 22)
• Ninth Circuit Holds California Prison Officials Entitled to Legislative Immunity When Promulgating Rules by David Reutter (p 24)
• After Paying $500,000 to Consultant Outed for Corruption Ties, Iowa DOC Accused of Allowing “Corporate Dodge” by Jacob Barrett (p 24)
• $12.5 Million Settlement Over Invasive Strip and Body Cavity Searches of NYC Jail Visitors by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting Uncovers Almost 1,000 Privileged Calls Recorded in Four County Jails, Sues York County for Denying Public Records Request by Keith Sanders (p 26)
• BOP Prisoners on Extended Home Confinement Not Headed Back to Prison When COVID-19 Emergency Ends by Casey Bastian (p 28)
• $500,001 Settlement Against Guard Who Groped Delaware Prisoner With Long History of Lost Cases by Keith Sanders (p 30)
• Kansas Appeals Court Vacates Prison Dentist’s Conviction for Sexually Abusing Prisoner, Says Touching Wasn’t “Lewd” by Mark Wilson (p 32)
• The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Mobile Correctional Facility Robots by Beryl Lipton, Cooper Quintin (p 32)
• $275,000 Settlement Reached After Detainee’s Attempted Suicide at Illinois Jail by David Reutter (p 34)
• Washington Pays $3 Million to Murdered Prisoner’s Family After Overriding Single-Cell Recommendation for Violent Cellmate by Mark Wilson (p 34)
• Settlement Finally Reached in Prisoners’ Hep-C Class-Action Against Connecticut DOC by Edward Lyon (p 36)
• Prison Phone Giant GTL Cuts Prices in Miami-Dade Jails, But Only After County Taps COVID-19 Relief Funds to Replace Forfeited Kickbacks by Ashleigh Dye (p 38)
• Kentucky Supreme Court Rules ‘Incarceration Fees’ May Not Be Collected After Charges Are Dismissed by Casey Bastian (p 38)
• $250,000 Paid to Woman Forced to Give Birth in California Jail Cell by Guards and CFMG Nurses by Ashleigh Dye (p 40)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Suit of Epileptic Illinois Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell From Top Bunk by Edward Lyon (p 40)
• Sacramento Shooting Stokes Debate Over CDCR Rule Changes on Good Conduct Credit by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• U.S. Prison and Jail Populations Flat or Rising Again After 2020 Decline Spurred by Pandemic by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• Third Circuit Joins Fifth, Tenth and D.C. Circuits in Holding Heck Favorable-Termination Dismissals Are PLRA Strikes by Mark Wilson (p 44)
• Sixth Circuit: Michigan DOC’s Years-Long Delay in Access to Religious Services and Items Constitutes Constructive Denial of Religious Exercise by Jacob Barrett (p 46)
• Illinois Department of Corrections Cancels Contract with Canteen Provider Keefe by Kevin Bliss (p 46)
• Georgia Sheriff Victor Hill Facing Criminal Trial for Using Restraint Chair to Punish Jail Detainees by David Reutter (p 48)
• $7,000 Default Judgment Awarded in Failure to Protect Suit Against Former Arkansas Jail Guard by Harold Hempstead (p 49)
• Ineffective Mississippi Prison Industries on the Chopping Block After Scathing Report by Ashleigh Dye (p 50)
• Eighth Circuit Holds Pornography Policy Unconstitutional as Applied to South Dakota Prisoner, but Denies Relief by David Reutter (p 50)
• Overdoses Skyrocket in Tennessee Prisons During Pandemic Despite Visitation Restrictions by Edward Lyon (p 52)
• Federal Suit Challenging Iowa DOC Ban on Nude Images Moves Forward, Defendants Denied Summary Judgement on Due Process Claim by David Reutter (p 52)
• Third Circuit Reinstates Suit Filed by Transgender Prisoner Assaulted at New Jersey Federal Prison by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• $17.5 Million Paid to Ohio Prisoner Left Quadriplegic After Brutal Attack by Guards by Harold Hempstead (p 55)
• New Jersey Sex Offenders Excluded From Programming, Chances for Early Release by Mario Palomo (p 56)
• “On-Going Distress and Harm” Persist at FCI Sheridan Months After Court-Ordered Inspection by Brooke Kaufman (p 56)
• Sixth Circuit Revives Tennessee Detainee’s Suit, Holds Lower Court Not Required to Retain Jurisdiction of State Law Claims After Dismissing Federal Claims by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• $45,000 Paid by Idaho Jail to Settle Censorship Suit Filed by HRDC by Jacob Barrett (p 59)
• Fifth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Texas Sheriff Who Rehired Abusive Jailer Who in Turn Again Abused a Detainee by Matthew Clarke (p 60)
• Illinois Inspector General Finds Prisoner Labor Used to Benefit DOC Employees by Casey Bastian (p 60)
• $6,500 Settlement After Eleventh Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Florida Jail Officials Who Repeatedly Opened Detainee’s Legal Mail by David Reutter (p 61)
• News in Brief (p 62)

May

• Mentally Ill Detainee Paralyzed in Brutal New Jersey Jail Beating Files Suit by Edward Lyon
• Overdoses Climb in Colorado Prisons and Jails With Drugs Smuggled by Mail, Uber Eats by Harold Hempstead
• COVID-19 “Wonderful” to Oklahoma County Jail by Kevin Bliss
• BOP Raises Hackles With Ad Using Prisoners’ Mental Illness As Selling Point to Recruit Psychologists by Jo Ellen Nott
• “Jailhouse Politician” Withdraws from Indiana Race, But Another Wins in DC by Jo Ellen Nott
• Four Florida Guards Charged in Fatal Beating of Elderly, Mentally Ill State Prisoner by Jo Ellen Nott
• California Jail Guard Criminally Charged for Assaulting Detainee with Scalding Water by Edward Lyon
• “Master Jo,” Florida Prison Employee, Arrested for Trafficking in Contraband and Soliciting a Hit from Undercover Detective by Jo Ellen Nott
• South Carolina DOC Coughs Up $920,000 for Prison’s Water and Sewer Bill by Ashleigh Dye
• Four BOP Employees, Eight Prisoners Indicted in Widening NYC Federal Jail Smuggling Scandal by Casey Bastian
• Spring COVID-19 Outbreak Sickens Hundreds at Washington State Prisons by Brooke Kaufman
• Be “Good Bitches”: New Mexico Prisoners Sue Over Sexually Degrading Abuse by Brooke Kaufman
• Antiviral Pills to Fight COVID-19 Sitting Unused in Pharmacies, But Prisoners Go Wanting by Chuck Sharman
• Immigrants in California CoreCivic Detention Center File Complaints Over Staff Mistreatment, Sexual Misconduct by Chuck Sharman
• Three Whistleblower Claims Filed Over Leaked Video of LA Deputy Kneeling on Detainee’s Head, Sheriff Forced to Walk Back Threats Against Reporter by Chuck Sharman
• Guard Accused of Organizing Prisoner “Sex Shows” at Tennessee Jail by Chuck Sharman
• PrimeCare: Less Medical Care for Prisoners, Higher Expenses for Taxpayers, More Profits for Corporate Owner by Matthew Clarke (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Vermont Supreme Court: Removing Prisoner From Programming Is Reviewable When Catalyst Was Punitive (p 14)
• $11 Million Settlement Reached in Tennessee Suit Alleging False Arrest and False Imprisonment of Minors by Edward Lyon (p 16)
• $5.5 Million Settlement to California Prisoner Left Incapacitated After Suicide Attempt at Santa Cruz County Jail by Edward Lyon (p 18)
• Nine Deaths in Three Years at CoreCivic Jail in Florida, None From COVID-19 (p 18)
• Pittsburgh Jail Records 13 Deaths in Two Years, Only One From COVID-19 by Jo Ellen Nott (p 20)
• California Federal Court Approves Consent Decree Upgrading Mental Health Care at Alameda County Jail by David Reutter (p 22)
• Trapped in The Floods: With Floodwaters Rising, Prisoners Wait for Help in Floating Feces by Alleen Brown (p 24)
• Fifth BOP Staffer Arrested in “Rape Club” at California Federal Prison by Jo Ellen Nott (p 28)
• Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members (p 29)
• $8.5 Million Paid by Pennsylvania DOC for Death of Asthmatic Prisoner Improperly Pepper-Sprayed by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• Tenth Circuit Says Parolee May Not be Forced to Participate in Religious Program Under Threat of Jail by David Reutter (p 30)
• Investigation Finds Hundreds of Unreported Deaths in Tennessee Prisons and Jails by Harold Hempstead (p 32)
• $260,000 in Attorney Fees Awarded by California Federal Court after Finding Governing State Law Not Impacted by PLRA by David Reutter (p 32)
• Multiple Florida DOC Guards Convicted of Assault, Smuggling and Child Sex Abuse by Jo Ellen Nott (p 34)
• Hawaii Supreme Court Orders New Parole Hearing for Prisoner Held Since 1979 by Douglas Ankney (p 36)
• $2.2 Million Settlement Over Transgender Georgia Prisoner’s Suicide Is Largest in State DOC History by Matthew Clarke (p 38)
• Eleventh Circuit Says Georgia Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Remedies by Filing Late Grievance to Ask for Investigation that Was Already Underway by David Reutter (p 38)
• Nevada Federal Court Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by Rapid Financial Solutions in Debit Card Suit by David Reutter (p 40)
• Ecuador’s Prison System in Catastrophic Crisis by Edward Lyon (p 42)
• $6,500 Paid by Nevada DOC After Ninth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Withholding Evidence From Prisoner Accused of Smuggling Meth in Mail by David Reutter (p 42)
• What to Know about Using Pell Grants to Take College Classes in Prison by Richard Hahn (p 44)
• $316,673 Settlement in New Mexico Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Stabbing at GEO-Operated Private Prison by Matthew Clarke (p 46)
• $725,000 Settlement Reached in North Carolina Prisoner’s Suicide at Troubled Jail by Keith Sanders (p 46)
• Guard Arrested for Running “Fight Club” in New Jersey Prison Kitchen by Jayson Hawkins, Ashleigh Dye (p 48)
• Tenth Circuit Says Disabled Colorado Prisoner Offered Diapers Rather Than Bathroom Pass May Deserve Damages Under ADA by David Reutter (p 50)
• Sweetheart Deal Nets GEO Group $15 Million Payout from ICE for Haitian Deportation Flights by Ashleigh Dye (p 50)
• Ninth Circuit Says Nevada DOC Not Micromanaged by Requirement to Treat Prisoner’s Severe Mental Illness; Upholds Preliminary Injunction by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Con Who Conned Cons is Sentenced to Federal Prison (p 53)
• Absenteeism Skyrockets for New York City Jail Guards, Up 215% Over the Last Two Years by Jo Ellen Nott (p 54)
• DOJ Reaches Settlement Over Disability Access With Vermont Prison System by Jacob Barrett (p 54)
• Ninth Circuit: Error to Instruct Jury to Defer to Medical Staff’s Asserted Security Justification for Terminating California Prisoner’s Morphine Prescription Without Tapering by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• Preliminary Injunction Granted to Illinois Prisoner to Receive Non-Allergenic Kosher Meals by David Reutter (p 57)
• Connecticut Supreme Court Rules That Prisoner Was Denied Due Process with Sex Offender Classification by Harold Hempstead (p 58)
• Lifting Six-Year Moratorium, Oklahoma Treats Witnesses to Convulsing and Vomiting Prisoner During Execution by Keith Sanders (p 60)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• Washington State Supreme Court Holds that Denying Wheelchair-Bound Prisoner Access to Water and Toilet Facilities Violates State Constitution by Douglas Ankney (p 62)
• Warden Accused of Sexual Misconduct and Forced to Take Leave from Job at Violence-Plagued Alabama Prison by Jo Ellen Nott
• Massachusetts DOC Will Close Long-Time Maximum-Security Prison by Jo Ellen Nott
• Chief of Training for Hawaii Prison and Jail Guards Charged with Falsifying Educational Credentials, Out on Paid Leave by Jo Ellen Nott
• Indian Prison Superintendent Sentenced to Seven Days for Denying Parole During Pandemic by Jo Ellen Nott
• Oklahoma Prison Guard and Gilbert Postelle’s Brother Among 125 Convicted in Drug Ring by Jo Ellen Nott
• NYC DOC Internal Affairs Investigator Claims She Was Fired for Not Siding with Guards Union by Jo Ellen Nott

April

• At Least 35 Florida DOC Employees and Contractors Arrested in Just Over a Year by Jo Ellen Nott
• ICE Continues to Abuse and Traumatize Under Biden. Immigrants Are Fighting Back. by Rebecca Talbot, Panagioti Tsolkas
• HRDC Sues New Hampshire Jail over Publications Banned under No-Hard-Copy Mail Policy by Sam Rutherford (p 48)
• HRDC Sues Nebraska Department of Correctional Services for Banning its Books by Sam Rutherford (p 34)
• Deaths and Violence Mount at Overcrowded Alabama Prisons While Parole Rate Hits New Low by Jo Ellen Nott, Kevin Bliss (p 1)
• Alabama Plan to Relieve Prison Overcrowding: Tap COVID-19 Funds to Build “Mega-Prisons” by Jo Ellen Nott (p 9)
• Fourth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Suit by NC Jail Detainee Alleging Denial of Access to Grievance System and Timely Medical Care Prisoner Didn’t Ask the Court to Extend Kingsley Protections by Keith Sanders (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Death by Incarceration: Study Reveals High Death Rates Inside NY’s State Prisons by Keith Sanders (p 12)
• Centurion Health Supplants Corizon in Missouri After Court Ruling by Keith Sanders (p 14)
• John Boston, The PLRA Handbook: Law and Practice Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act by Michael Mushlin (p 14)
• Extreme Sentences for Women in the U.S.: An Overview by Ashleigh Dye (p 16)
• Frozen in Place: How Winter Storms Push Texas Jails and Prisons to the Brink by Tyler Hicks (p 18)
• Texas Rangers Often Lackadaisical in Prisoner Death Investigations by Matthew Clarke (p 22)
• Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola by Derek Gilna (p 26)
• ICE Settles Florida Detention Facility COVID-19 Class Action, All Detainees Offered Vaccination by Mark Wilson (p 28)
• Massachusetts Appellate Court Reinstates Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Food Substitution by Matthew Clarke (p 29)
• $14.3 Million in Costs, Attorney Fees and Interest Awarded Against GEO Group in Suits for Not Paying Minimum Wage to Immigrant Detainee Workers in Washington by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• Prison Telecom Giant GTL Agrees to $67 Million Settlement in Class-Action Over Inactive Account Seizure Policy by Anthony Accurso (p 32)
• After Two Detainee Deaths, CoreCivic Hit With $2,500 Daily Fine for Chronically Short-Staffed Florida Jail (p 34)
• Eighth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Private Companies Providing Missouri Prisoner’s Health Care by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• $1.65 Million Settlement Reached in Connecticut Prisoner’s Death from Untreated Lupus by David Reutter (p 36)
• CFPB Report: ‘Criminal Justice Financial Ecosystem Exploits Families at Every Stage’: Finds ‘Products and Services Rife with Burdensome Fees and Lack of Choice’ by Chuck Sharman (p 38)
• $325,000 to Detainee Assaulted at East Texas Jail, 90 Days to Former Deputy Who Beat Him While Restrained in Wheelchair by Jo Ellen Nott (p 40)
• $1.1 Million Colorado Initiative Set to Assist Prisoners With More Employment Opportunities Upon Release by Keith Sanders (p 42)
• No Charges So Far Against Former Arizona Corrections Director After Boozy Standoff with Police by Jo Ellen Nott (p 42)
• With $2.95 Million Settlement, San Diego County Jail Racks Up Over $15 Million in Wrongful Death Payments by Jacob Barrett (p 44)
• $1.5 Million Awarded for Failure to Protect Rikers Jail Prisoner Who Was Attacked Repeatedly by Kevin Bliss (p 46)
• California Supreme Court Reclassifies Clemency Records, No Longer Confidential by Keith Sanders (p 47)
• Private Prison Firm Revenues Soar on “Tailwind” of Immigrant Detainees by Chuck Sharman (p 48)
• Vermont Hep-C Settlement Agreement Provides Direct-Acting Antivirals to Infected Prisoners by David Reutter (p 48)
• Ninth Circuit Overturns California Law Banning Private Prisons by Kevin Bliss (p 50)
• $170,000 Damages and Fees As New Jersey Prisons Settle Transgender Lawsuit With New Policy by Jayson Hawkins (p 50)
• Medical Paroles Revoked in California and Massachusetts by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• $170,000 in Attorney’s Fees, Solitary Confinement Reforms Achieved in Settlement of Maine Prisoner’s Lawsuits by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• $325,000 Paid by Colorado County to Jail Detainee Brutalized by Guards Equipped with Controversial Training by Chuck Sharman (p 53)
• Federal Court Sanctions Wexford for Discovery Abuse in Illinois Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Third Circuit Says Mixed Dismissal of Civil Rights Action Not a Strike Under PLRA by David Reutter (p 54)
• Tenth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to Colorado Prison Officials Who Shut Down Native American Religious Activities by Jayson Hawkins (p 55)
• Advocating for Objective Standards in a Post-Kingsley World by Megha Ram (p 56)
• $199,000 Awarded to California Detainee Assaulted by Santa Clara County Jail Guard by Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• Ninth Circuit: California Jail Prisoners Have No Constitutional Right Per Se to Outdoor Recreation and Direct Sunlight by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• $781 Settlement Paid to Oregon Prisoner Over Censorship of ‘Sexually Explicit’ Text Message (p 58)
• $100,000 Paid by Pennsylvania DOC to Family of Pro Se Prisoner Litigant Who Committed Suicide by Kevin Bliss (p 60)
• Settlement Relieves Death Row Isolation in Louisiana: Four Hours Daily Out of Cell, Five Hours Per Week in New Yard by Jayson Hawkins (p 60)
• $1 Million Settlement in Inadequate Nutrition Class-Action Against New York Jail by David Reutter (p 62)
• News In Brief (p 62)

March

• Fifth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Louisiana Federal Prisoner’s Suit Challenging Disciplinary Sanction for Breaking CPAP Machine by Jacob Barrett
• Seventh Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Premised on Nearly Deaf Guard Not Responding to Prisoner’s Cries for Help by Sam Rutherford
• Colorado Prisoners Sue DOC and Governor for Violation of State Constitutional Prohibition Against Slavery by Jo Ellen Nott
• Teen Who Murdered Out of Jealousy Killed in Exercise Yard of Northern California Prison by Jo Ellen Nott
• Wellpath Founder and CEO Pleads Guilty to Federal Bribery Charges by David Reutter (p 1)
• JPay Founder Ryan Shapiro Indicted for Securities Fraud by Kevin Bliss (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Guards Not Vaxxing Across the U.S. by Jo Ellen Nott (p 12)
• Virginia DOC Terminates Contract with Armor Correctional Healthcare by Ashleigh Dye (p 14)
• “The Worst Prison in New York State” by Victoria Law (p 16)
• $500,000 Default Judgment for Tennessee Woman Sexually Assaulted by Probation Officer by David Reutter (p 19)
• HRDC Wins Appeal in Florida Public Records Request Case Against Armor Correctional Health Services (p 20)
• Settlement Reached to Protect Hawaii Prisoners from COVID-19 by David Reutter (p 20)
• Show Me the Money: Tracking the Companies that Have a Lock on Sending Funds to Incarcerated People by Tiana Herring, Stephen Raher (p 22)
• BOP Greenlights Sex Reassignment Surgery for Federal Prisoner in Texas by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• Department of Justice Reports on Two Decades of Prisoner Suicides by Matthew Clarke (p 32)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Guard’s Lawsuit Claiming Other Guards Raped Her in Texas Prison (p 33)
• Michigan DOC Agrees to Expand Recognition of Religious Groups After DOJ Investigation (p 34)
• Michigan Prisons Ordered to Provide Jewish Prisoners Meat and Dairy on Sabbath and Holidays; Sixth Circuit Affirms by David Reutter (p 34)
• Former Florida Prison Guard Sentenced for Conspiracy to Assault Youthful Offenders (p 35)
• Federal Court Hears that Mental Healthcare in Louisiana Prison is “Almost Non-existent” by Matthew Clarke (p 36)
• Federal Judge Finds Alabama DOC Mental Health Care Horrendous, Orders: Start Hiring by Jo Ellen Nott (p 38)
• Tenth Circuit: Mentally Ill Prisoners Have No Clearly Established Right to Be Kept Out of Solitary Confinement by Jacob Barrett (p 42)
• $40,251 Default Judgment for Detainee in Malicious Prosecution by Georgia Police Officer (p 43)
• Settlement Reached in Lawsuit Alleging Inadequate COVID-19 Response at Maryland Jail by David Reutter (p 44)
• California Court of Appeal Holds Prisoner May Challenge Administrative Disciplinary Violation Already Served by Matthew Clarke (p 44)
• “Abject Cruelty”: California Jail Guards Sentenced for Coordinating Prisoner Excrement Fights (p 45)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates Illinois Prisoner’s Suit Over ‘Orange Crush’ Shakedown by David Reutter (p 46)
• Dallas County Prisoner Trust Fund Bilked of $700,000 With Faked Debit Release Cards by Jail Employee (p 46)
• Oregon Prisoners Face Off in Guards’ Legal Fight Over COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate (p 48)
• All Writs Act Provides Authority for Medical-Imaging Transport Order for Condemned Ohio Prisoner Challenging His Conviction; Certiorari Granted by David Reutter (p 48)
• Oregon Federal Court Sides with HRDC, Denies Motion to Compel Arbitration by “NUMI” Stored Value Cards by Jacob Barrett (p 50)
• Justice Department Releases Ten-Year Recidivism Study by Matthew Clarke (p 50)
• Sixth Circuit Holds Subjective Prong of Deliberate Indifference Test Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainee’s Claims; Reinstates Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• After Sixth Death in Six Years, Virginia Jail Cuts Ties with Corizon Health by Keith Sanders, Jayson Hawkins (p 52)
• $638,250 Judgment Against Georgia Jail Guard Who Orchestrated Prisoner’s Beating by Harold Hempstead (p 54)
• Federal Judge Sanctions Former Arizona DOC Director’s Foot-Dragging Attorneys in Pro Se Prisoner’s Suit by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Third Circuit: Retroactive Application of Amended New Jersey Parole Guidelines May Violate Ex Post Facto Clause by Douglas Ankney (p 56)
• $21,525 Awarded by Federal Court to Indiana Prisoner Subjected to Battery by Guard by David Reutter (p 56)
• Corrections Special Applications Unit Builds a Lucrative National Track Record of Abuse and Torture by J.D. Schmidt (p 58)
• Massachusetts DOC Fires COVID-19 Mitigation Ombudsman Over Previous Allegations of Document Falsification (p 61)
• Second Circuit Holds N.Y. Prisoner’s Short-Term Injury May Qualify As Disability under ADA by Jo Ellen Nott (p 62)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• Rhode Island Joins the Movement to End Prison Gerrymandering by Jo Ellen Nott

February

• The California Reporting Project: Journalists and Berkeley Students Key to Game Changing Database of Police Misconduct by Jo Ellen Nott
• Armored Car Company Victim of Multiple ‘Highway Robberies’ by Cops Files Federal Lawsuit for Recovery of Seized Cash by Jo Ellen Nott
• Cops, Leave Those Kids Alone: New York Will Not Criminalize Children Under 12 by Jo Ellen Nott
• LEWIS Registry: First Crowd-Sourced Public Database for Police Misconduct by Jo Ellen Nott
• California State Senator Introduces Bill to Increase Gate Money Substantially by Jo Ellen Nott
• Colorado Bailing Out Private Prison Company on Taxpayers’ Dime by Jo Ellen Nott
• HRDC Sues for Records Denied by Sheriff and Jail in Will County, Illinois by Jo Ellen Nott
• Federal Jury Awards $1.5 Million to Black, Transgender Woman Falsely Arrested for Trafficking Cocaine
• $1 Million Paid by Santa Clara County to Estate of Alzheimer’s Patient Killed When He Wandered onto Interstate Highway after Release from County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $25,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Prisoner Suffering Mental Health Episode Beaten by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $20,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Settle Claims of Medical Neglect and Failure to Protect Disabled Prisoner Beaten by Gang Members in County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $15,000 Settlement by Santa Clara County for Jail Prisoner Brutalized by Guards by Chuck Sharman
• $12,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Prisoner Who Suffered Seizure and Fell from Top Bunk, Permanently Injuring His Wrist by Chuck Sharman
• $1,250,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Family of Man Who Died after Being Denied Oxygen at County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $11,333.33 Paid by Santa Clara County to Teenage Girl Allegedly Beaten by Guards at County Juvenile Hall by Chuck Sharman
• $65,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Disabled Man Medically Ignored and Roughed Up by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $42,500 Paid by Santa Clara County to Guard Harassed by Fellow Guard at County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $50,000 Paid by Santa Clara County, California, to Prisoner Brutalized by Guards at County Jail by Chuck Sharman
• $35,000 Paid by Santa Clara County to Amputee Prisoner Who Slipped Off Crutches in Jail Shower Not Outfitted for the Disabled by Chuck Sharman
• Living and Dying on Rikers Island: The Latest Installment by Kevin Bliss (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• Omicron Has Arrived. Many Prisons and Jails Are Not Ready. by Keri Blakinger, Beth Schwartzapfel (p 16)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Omicron Winter by Jo Ellen Nott (p 18)
• Suit by HRDC Alleging GTL and Securus Violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act Survives Motion to Dismiss by Douglas Ankney (p 21)
• Long-Time PLN Contributor Released from Solitary Stint in Oregon for ‘Contraband’ Toy Phone by Jacob Barrett (p 22)
• Inmate Magazine Service Settlement Prohibits Further Sale of Magazine Subscriptions, Orders Payment of $2.2 Million for ‘Consumer Redress’ (p 24)
• $90,000 Paid by Illinois County to Prisoner Tasered by Two Guards He Wasn’t Resisting by David Reutter (p 24)
• HRDC Appeals Denial of Public Records Request for Documentation of Secret Settlement in Maine Jail Prisoner’s Excessive Force Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Sixth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity for Failure to Protect Michigan Prisoner from Unsafe Working Conditions by David Reutter (p 26)
• Prison Employee Union Fighting to Stop Closure of San Diego Federal Detention Center by Keith Sanders (p 28)
• $10,000 Awarded by Nevada Federal Court to Prisoner Assaulted by Former State Prison Guard by Matthew Clarke (p 28)
• Lawsuit Over Winter Power Outage at Brooklyn’s Troubled Federal Detention Center Granted Class Certification by Kevin Bliss (p 30)
• Another Death by Taser in Sangamon County, Illinois Jail by Jayson Hawkins (p 30)
• North Carolina Renames Prisons Whose Names Honored Enslavers by Matthew Clarke (p 32)
• Activists Play Whack-a-Mole Closing ICE Detention Centers by David Reutter (p 32)
• Investigations Into the Deaths of Several Prisoners and Two Guards Reveal Rampant Corruption, Cover-ups in California Prison by Keith Sanders (p 34)
• $900,000 Settlement in Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securus Recorded California Prisoner-Attorney Calls by David Reutter (p 36)
• Settlement for New Jersey Special Needs Prisoner Students Includes Damages, Fees and Education by Edward Lyon (p 38)
• $7,500 Settlement for Pennsylvania Prisoner Assaulted by Guards And Denied Medical Care (p 39)
• White Supremacist Groups Continue to Infest Florida DOC (p 40)
• $1 Million Default Judgement for Michigan Jail Prisoner Against Health Care Provider in Sexual Assault by Mark Wilson (p 41)
• Transgender Women in Illinois DOC Secure Injunction with Special Monitor by Casey Bastian (p 42)
• Seven Prisoners Died in 2021, One by Homicide, at Virginia’s Only Private Prison (p 44)
• ‘They Know No Bounds’: Suffolk County New York Prosecutors Sent to Prison by Edward Lyon (p 44)
• Eighth Circuit Rules Guard’s History of Excessive Force too Prejudicial or a Jury to Hear in Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Case by Matthew Clarke, Jacob Barrett (p 46)
• Tennessee CoreCivic Prison Guard Indicted for Beating Unresisting Prisoner, Attempting Cover-up by Harold Hempstead (p 46)
• Fifth Circuit Holds Private Immigration Detention Facilities Are Subject to Trafficking Victims Protection Act’s Prohibition Against Coerced Labor by Matthew Clarke (p 48)
• New York Jail Required to Provide Methadone to Detainee for Addiction Treatment (p 48)
• Seventh Circuit: No Case for Loss of Eye from Medical Neglect Because of Lack of Expert Testimony by Jacob Barrett (p 50)
• Fifth Circuit Says Federal Habeas Action May Not Be Used to Challenge Conditions of Confinement Related to COVID-19 by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Ninth Circuit Continues Trend of Reversing Injunctive Relief Protecting Prisoners From COVID-19 by Douglas Ankney (p 52)
• After Second Circuit Rules in His Favor, Connecticut Prisoner Required to Exercise in Full Restraints for Six Months Takes $100,000 Settlement by Matthew Clarke (p 54)
• Judge Sentences Boss of ‘Horrific’ Cuyahoga Ohio Jail to Prison by Edward Lyon (p 54)
• Qualified Immunity Granted in Suit Challenging Policy of “Checking-In” on Nevada Prisoner’s Legal Calls by David Reutter (p 56)
• Seventh Circuit Grudgingly Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois’ Prisoner’s Suicide Lawsuit by Dale Chappell (p 56)
• Fourth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Prison Official Who Gave Prisoner No Notice Before Hearing That Resulted in Transfer to Security Detention by David Reutter (p 58)
• California Appeals Court Reverses Dismissal of Charges Against Prisoners Charged in Pelican Bay Riot by David Reutter (p 58)
• ‘Disconnect’ Between Illinois Prisoner’s Grievance and Complaint Results In Failure to Exhaust by Jacob Barrett (p 60)
• Fifth Circuit Reinstates Federal Prisoner’s Tort Claim Against BOP Officials by Keith Sanders (p 61)
• News in Brief (p 62)
• $4,000 Federal Bench Verdict to Kentucky Prisoner Assaulted by Guard While Restrained (p 62)

January

• Criminal Sheriffs by Anthony Accurso (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 18)
• $150,000 Paid to Family of California Pretrial Detainee Who Died from Valley Fever by David Reutter (p 19)
• St. Louis Jail Guard Charged with Allowing Brutal Beating of Prisoner by Jayson Hawkins (p 20)
• $650,000 Jury Verdict Upheld in NY Prisoner’s Excessive-Force Claim; Motion for Fees Denied Due to Contingency Agreement by David Reutter (p 20)
• How Corrupt is Too Corrupt for Atlanta Federal Prison? by Casey Bastian (p 22)
• Do County Jails Treat Black Women Worse Than Other Prisoners? by Kevin Bliss (p 24)
• Washington Federal Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Halting Release of Transgender Prisoners’ Personal Information; Class Certified by Jayson Hawkins (p 26)
• Former AZ Assistant AG Disciplined for Misconduct in Muslim Prisoner’s Lawsuit by Douglas Ankney (p 26)
• USDA Gives $1,000,000 Grant to Corizon to Treat More Sick Prisoners Remotely by Chuck Sharman (p 28)
• Covid-19 Pandemic Bumps Still Anemic Clemency Numbers by Edward Lyon (p 29)
• California Federal Prison Warden Charged with Sexually Abusing Prisoner (p 30)
• Montana Renews CoreCivic Contract; Major Water and Sewage Problems Persist by Jayson Hawkins (p 30)
• California Town Fighting to Keep Prison Open by Keith Sanders (p 32)
• Should Sentencing Juries Consider Imprisonment Costs? by Edward Lyon (p 32)
• Prosecutors Move to Close Case Against BOP Guards in Jeffrey Epstein Suicide by Edward Lyon (p 34)
• HRDC Advances in Suit Against Centurion to Obtain New Mexico Prisoner Medical Litigation Records by David Reutter (p 34)
• $281,000 Awarded to Colorado Prisoner Retaliated Against for Grievances by David Reutter (p 36)
• Indiana Supreme Court Denies Relief to Prisoner Whose Commissary Account Was Garnished by Casey Bastian (p 36)
• Colorado Using SWIFT but Cheap Wildlands Firefighters by Edward Lyon (p 38)
• Michigan Supreme Court Holds Convicted Prisoner Entitled to Pre-Trial Jail Time Credit (p 40)
• Feds Declare Long COVID a Disability Under ADA, RA and ACA by Edward Lyon (p 40)
• Second Circuit Reverses Dismissal of NY Prisoner’s Due Process Claim on Grounds It Was Abandoned on Appeal by David Reutter (p 41)
• Corporations Using Prisoners to Fight Phantom Labor Shortage by Matthew Clarke (p 42)
• $500 Default Judgement in Female Michigan Prisoner’s Pro Se Excessive-Force Claim (p 43)
• Federal Judge Springs Former PLN Editor from “Iron Man” Pretrial Detention Cell by Casey Bastian (p 44)
• Four Female Prisoners Seek Damages Over Abuses at Oregon Prison Called A “Cesspool” of Staff Sexual Abuse, Latest in Abuse Saga by Mark Wilson (p 46)
• Second Circuit: Supervisor Must Have Subjective Knowledge of Sexual Abuse by Guards to Be Liable (p 49)
• Colorado Supreme Court Holds Governor Is Appropriate Defendant in Cases Involving State Constitutional Responsibility (p 50)
• California Supreme Court: CDCR Cannot Exclude Nonviolent Sex Offenders From Proposition 57 Parole Consideration (p 50)
• Fifth Circuit Dismisses Appeal by Mississippi Prisoner It Calls “Vexatious Litigant” (p 51)
• Fifth Circuit Refuses to Issue Injunction After Mississippi Psychiatric Prison Improves Conditions by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• Texas Agrees to Settlement Providing Prisoners Hep C Treatment, Will Pay $950,000 in Attorney Fees by Matthew Clarke (p 52)
• $2 Million Paid by North Carolina Jail for Prisoner’s Wrongful Death; Undisclosed Amount Paid by Southeastern Medical Services by Jacob Barrett (p 54)
• New Illinois Law Allows Early Release for a Few Eligible Offenders by Casey Bastian (p 54)
• $175,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner’s 686 Days Unconstitutional Post Release Supervision by David Reutter (p 56)
• Third Circuit Revives Pennsylvania Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Censorship of Incoming Mail Containing Key Evidence by Dale Chappell, Matthew Clarke (p 56)
• NJ Supreme Court: Excess Time in Prison Must Be Used to Reduce Parole Period by Matthew Clarke (p 58)
• Washington Can’t Cheat Prisoner of Time Held Out of State on Washington Charges by Jacob Barrett (p 58)
• She Tried to Report Sexual Harassment in Jail. After Her Suicide, the Guard Was Convicted of Assaulting Four Other Women by C.J. Ciaramella (p 60)
• Seventh Circuit Holds Dismissal of Lawsuit Removed to Federal Court Cannot Count as PLRA “Strike” (p 61)
• News in Brief (p 62)