Wednesday, March 4 2026:

• 2025 Conditions of Confinement Report, Connecticut Office of the Correction Ombudsman. January, 2026. "This first annual conditions of confinement report presents a clear conclusion: Connecticut's correctional system is operating in a state of sustained institutional failure."
• Subverting Compliance: The 2025 TDCJ Agency PREA Audit Assessment And Continuing Agency Deficiencies, Trans Pride Initiative. January, 2026. "The data provided documents problems with data collection by TDCJ such that it cannot be determined whether or not TDCJ complies with this [PREA] standard, and it appears highly likely there is a substantial failure to comply."
• Bacterial sexually transmitted infections in incarcerated populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Beaudry et al.. January, 2026. "The high prevalence of bacterial STIs in incarcerated populations, particularly among adolescents and females, highlights substantial public health gaps in bacterial STI prevention and treatment."
• Medications for Opioid Use Disorder in County Jails -- Outcomes after Release, Friedmann et al. September, 2025. "Receipt of MOUD in jail, as compared with no such receipt, was associated with lower postrelease risks of fatal overdose, nonfatal overdose, death from any cause, and reincarceration."
• Paying for the Right to Counsel: National Survey Findings on the Practice of Charging Public Defense Fees to Clients, Center for Justice Innovation. January, 2025. "73% of those surveyed reported that defender fees negatively impact their clients and 64% said defender fees perpetuate their clients' ongoing involvement in the legal system."
• Truth in Sentencing and Illinois Prisons, Loyola Chicago Center for Criminal Justice. March, 2025. "Reductions in court-imposed sentences for offenses subject to TIS have been minimal, resulting in dramatically longer prison stays in these cases."