More from this issue:

1. New York Guards Watch as Prisoner Kills Cellmate
2. From the Editor
3. Executive Director Note
4. $1.1 Million Awarded in Texas Restraint Chair Settlement, by Ronald Young
5. Michigan DOC Sex Abuse Suit Nets Nearly $4 Million, by Roger Smith
6. Michigan Prison Visitor Forced to Wet Pants Wins $40,000 in Damages and Fees
7. Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain, by Willie Wisely
8. Private Prison Corporation Can Be Sued in Bivens Action: Supreme Court Grants Review, by John E Dannenberg
9. INS Force-Feeds Long-Term Detainee, by Mark Dow
10. BOP Changes Organ Transplant Policy, by Robert Durkee
11. Pelican Bay Policy Banning Internet-Generated Mail Upheld
12. 305 Days in New York SHU Is Atypical
13. Trial Required in Pennsylvania Failure to Protect Suit
14. Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: Whose Security?, by Marilyn Buck
15. New York Nazi Guard Charged with Sodomy
16. Unjust Rape Conviction Nets New York Man $530,000
17. Habeas Hints: Apprendi, by Kent Russell
18. Turkish Prisoners Struggle Against Transfers, by Julia Lutsky
19. Two Escape from Oklahoma Control Unit
20. U.S. Supreme Court Requires Futile Administrative Exhaustion
21. Washington Civil Commitment Injunction Upheld
22. Arizona Supreme Court Rules on 1993 Earned Release Statute
23. $80,000 Settlement in CDC Transsexual Suit
24. Court Awards $146,000 in Arizona Medical Indifference Case, by Lonnie Burton
25. Kansas Disciplinary Restitution Orders Authorized
26. Pre-Sentence Detention Earns Good Time Credits in Montana Prison
27. PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Analyzed
28. Dismissal of Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Charge Upheld
29. Retaliation Complaint Not Frivolous if Not Irrational or Wholly Incredible
30. Kansas 2-Year Visiting Restriction Unauthorized
31. Arizona Judgment Seizure Statute Upheld; Fees Protected
32. Retaliation Claim Not Foreclosed by Sandin
33. New York District Court Reversed for Failure to State Legal Reasoning
34. Washington ISRB May Rescind Parole after Final Discharge
35. No Due Process for Washington Sex Offender Registration
36. News in Brief
37. Washington Sex Offenders Settle Suit for $150,000
38. DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case, by David C Fathi

More from these topics:

• Class-­Action Lawsuit Challenges Use of Presumptive Drug Tests by Washington DOC, April 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Drug Testing, Estimates/Averages - Use of, Inmate Disciplinary Hearings, Prison Disciplinary Proceedings.
• At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed, April 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Searches, Retaliatory Segregation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Special Masters, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Special Master.
• Wellpath Held in Contempt in Suit at California Jail, March 1, 2024. California Forensic Medical Group, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Dental Care, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Mental Health.
• Eighth Circuit Issues Primer on Informal Due Process Procedures to Missouri Prisoner, March 1, 2024. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Qualified Immunity, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Inmate Disciplinary Hearings, Prison Disciplinary Proceedings.
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Disciplinary Sanction Revoking Over 15 Years of Indiana Prisoner’s Good Time, Feb. 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Double jeopardy (Hearings), Liberty Interests, Good Time, Assaults on Staff.
• Lawsuit Claims Kentucky Prison Officials Ignored Chaplain’s Sexual Abuse, Feb. 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Whistleblowing.
• Indiana Supreme Court Suppresses All Evidence Related to Polygraph Exam for Examiner’s Failure to Disclose Unilater-ally Changing Exam Results From ‘Admissible’ to ‘Inadmissible’ Due to Defendant’s Mental State, Jan. 15, 2024. Mental Health, Polygraph Evidence/Testing, Results of Polygraph Test, Delay in Disclosure.
• Fourth Circuit: Evidentiary Hearing Required Where Prisoner’s Allegation of Mental Illness, if True, Is Sufficient to Demonstrate ‘Extraordinary Circumstances’ Warranting Both Rule 60(b)(6) Relief and Tolling of Habeas SOL, Jan. 15, 2024. New Trial Motions, AEDPA, Mental Health, Statutes of Limitation and Laches, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Alabama DOC Proves Truly “Heartless”, Jan. 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Threats by Staff, Parole Board Misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliation for Organizing, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Segregation, Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Wrongful Death, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• Dangerous Encounters: Interactions Between Autistic Individuals and Law Enforcement, Dec. 15, 2023. Disabled Prisoners, Mental Health, Excessive Force (Police).