More from this issue:

1. Washington's Island of Deviant Doctors, by Roger Smith
2. Washington DOC Pays $24,697 in PLN Records Suit
3. Ex-Prisoner Awarded $2.7 Million on Remand in Medical Neglect Suit
4. Leg Amputation Caused by Improper Treatment Defeats Summary Judgment
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Virginia Settles Juvenile Death Suit for $1.2 Million
7. Children Strip-Searched While Touring DC Jail
8. DC Prison Guards Smuggled Cash, Pagers
9. Hawaii Prison Doctors Denied Qualified Immunity
10. South Dakota Prison Conditions Class Action Settled
11. Blind Ohio Prisoner Spends Months in Strip Cell, by Ronald Young
12. Environmental Challenge Bars Construction of California Prison, by Rose Braz
13. Mississippi Taxpayers Fund Welfare Payments to Private Prisons, by Ronald Young
14. Prisoners Riot in Dartmouth Jail, by Gary Hunter
15. Summary Judgment Denied in Oklahoma Jail Beating
16. $522,458 Rebate Ordered in California Prisoner Phone Overcharges, by John E Dannenberg
17. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary: A Matter of the Past, by Marilyn Buck
18. Colombian Rebels Attack Prisons, 140 Prisoners Flee
19. California Racial Segregation Case Reversed; Phone Claim Dismissed
20. Summary Judgment Granted for Forced Religious Substance Abuse Program
21. Cell Search, Property Seizure Suit Set for Trial
22. Jailhouse Lawyering Protected; Frivolous Claims Are Not, by John E Dannenberg
23. New Trial Ordered in Excessive Use of Force Suit
24. California Dials Wrong Number, by Willie Wisely
25. Sandin Retroactive, But Not for Qualified Immunity; BOP Ad Seg Rule Creates Liberty Interest
26. Plug Pulled in California Prison, by Willie Wisely
27. Book Review: Power, Politics, & Crime, by Rick Card
28. Junking the Jurors, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
29. Alaska Supreme Court Reverses Former Prisoner's $2.4 Million Jury Award
30. News in Brief

More from John E Dannenberg:

• California’s “Realignment” Law Sends 38,000 State Prisoners to County Control, Aug. 11, 2016
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Gets $12,500 in Retaliation Suit After Remittitur, Jan. 15, 2010
• Nebraska Muslim Prisoner Wins Religious Concessions, April 15, 2009
• Illegal Strip Searches During Minor Charges Net Sacramento Jail Detainees $1,000 Each, May 15, 2007
• California: Knowing Waiver of Conduct Credits at Plea Agreement Controls Upon Later Probation Violations, May 15, 2007
• Arizona Internet Ban Permanently Enjoined, May 15, 2007
• California: "Mailbox Rule" Extended to Civil Complaints Against Public Entity, May 15, 2007
• California Attorney Richard Dangler Sanctioned for "Shameful, Frivolous" Prisoner Appeals; Resigns, May 15, 2007
• PLN Wins FOIA Suit to Gain Copies of BOP Verdicts and Settlements without Charge, Sept. 15, 2006
• Supreme Court: Banning Publications to Punish Recalcitrant Prisoners Trumps Their First Amendment Rights, Sept. 15, 2006

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.
• Colorado Prisoners Disciplined for Not Working Despite Ban on Prison Slavery, April 1, 2024. Prison Labor, Disciplinary Hearings.
• Ninth Circuit Says Federal Prisoner in California May Have Bivens Claim for Delays in Medical Care Allegedly to Cover Up Assault by BOP Guard, April 1, 2024. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Dismissal, Medical Treatment/Expenses.
• 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.
• Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000, March 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
• 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.
• BOP Slammed for Prisoner Abuse in Now-Shuttered Segregation Unit at USP-Thomson in Illinois, Feb. 1, 2024. Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Restraints, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Ninth Circuit Revives Challenge by Federal Prisoner in Arizona to BOP’s 300-Minute Monthly Phone Cap, Feb. 1, 2024. Retaliatory Transfers, Telephone Access.
• $9,000 Settlement for Florida Prisoner’s Retaliation and Excessive Force Claims Against Guards, Jan. 1, 2024. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Legal Mail.