More from this issue:

1. Statutes Affecting Disabled Prisoners, by Daniel E. Manville
2. Florida Jury Awards $390,000 Over Defective Prison-Produced Chair
3. Florida PLN Writer Settles Retaliation Suit for $3,000, by David Reutter
4. Prison Labor Losing Popularity in Oregon, by Gary Hunter
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by John Midgley
7. PLN Settles Oregon Censorship Suit for $55,414.31
8. Interest on Washington Restitution Cannot Be Suspended
9. Texas Grants Prisoners Right to Forensic DNA Testing
10. Sole Washington Woman Civil Commitment Taxes System, by Lonnie Burton
11. Wyoming Jail Must Disclose Suicide Prevention Critique
12. Rehabilitation Act, Title II of ADA, Held Unconstitutional
13. Delay in MAP Implementation Violates Washington Law
14. PI Issued in Arizona Internet Communications Ban, by John E Dannenberg
15. California Approves Forced DNA Extractions
16. Forced DNA Sampling of California Prisoners Upheld
17. Murder, Mayhem, Corruption and Snitches: BOP Florence Exposed, by Bob Williams
18. Arizona Guards Continue to Rape Prisoners, by Michael Rigby
19. New Jersey Jail Guards Awarded $1.2 Million Following Retaliation for Protesting Jail Conditions
20. California Guards Convicted of Arranging Prison Beatings, New Conspiracy Accusations Leveled
21. Georgia Parole Board's "90% Policy" Ruled Ex Post Facto
22. $400,000 Jury Award in Illinois Ruptured Appendix Suit
23. PLRA Requires More Than De Minimus Physical Injury
24. Property Use Versus Non-Use Texas Tort Claim Standard Explained in Medical Death Claim
25. Idaho Free Speech Claim Reinstated, Voluntary Dismissal Clarified
26. State Tolling Statute Applied in § 1983 Action, by John E Dannenberg
27. Warden, Security Director Liable for Iowa Guard's Sexual Assault of Prisoner, $45K Verdict Upheld
28. Vermont DOC Must Comply with APA for Rule Changes in Furlough Program
29. Book Review: Law and the Rise of Capitalism, by Peter Wagner
30. $4.47 Million in Washington Negligent Supervision Settlements and Verdicts
31. Failure to Allege Imminent Threat Precludes Justification Defenses in BOP Weapons Prosecution
32. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• The FBI’s Rapidly Expanding DNA Database, April 15, 2024. DNA Testing/Samples, Databases, Police State-Surveillance.
• Condemned Texas Prisoner Ruled Too Mentally Ill to Execute, April 1, 2024. Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Death Row, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Mental Health Experts, Post Ake v. Oklahoma, Judgment - Modification of.
• With Push to Empty North Carolina’s Death Row Comes Another to End Life Without Parole, April 1, 2024. Life without Parole (LWOP), Death Penalty/Death Row.
• New York Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction Because Testifying Criminalist Not Shown to Have Requisite Involvement in DNA Testing Process and Provides Guidance to Avoid Future Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Violations, March 15, 2024. DNA Testing/Samples, Eyewitness Testimony, Crime Lab Reports.
• Alabama Conducts First Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution, March 1, 2024. Death Penalty, Death Row, Method of Execution.
• Steady Improvement in Techniques for the Analysis of Degraded DNA, Feb. 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, DNA Testing/Samples.
• Human DNA Retrieved From Dogs Might Provide Evidence, Jan. 15, 2024. Commentary/Reviews, DNA Testing/Samples, junk science, DNA Evidence.
• Use of Forensic Genetic Genealogy Searches to Identify Suspects Needs Regulation and Can Be Challenged, Dec. 15, 2023. Commentary/Reviews, DNA Testing/Samples, Warrants - General Search.
• New York Court Rules Police Allowed to Use Familial DNA Searches, Dec. 15, 2023. DNA Testing/Samples, DNA Evidence.
• Report Details “Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline” for Young Women, Dec. 1, 2023. Gender Discrimination -- Women.