More from this issue:

1. Preserving the Rule of Law in America’s Jails and Prisons: The Case for Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act, by Margo Schlanger
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Ninth Circuit Flip-Flops: Denial of Washington Sex Offender’s Community Custody Release Held Unconstitutional, Then Constitutional, by Mark Wilson
4. Texas Posthumously Exonerates Man Who Died in Prison, by Matthew Clarke
5. $226,000 Workers’ Comp Settlement for Pennsylvania Guard Scarred by MRSA
6. ADA Routinely Violated by Prisons in the case of Deaf Prisoners, by McCay Vernon, Ph.D.
7. The Illusion of Immigrant Criminality: Getting the Numbers Wrong, by David L. Wilson
8. Florida Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner
9. Supreme Court Holds Supervisory Officials Not Liable for Abuse of 9-11 Detainees, by Matthew Clarke
10. $30,000 Settlement in Milwaukee Jail Death
11. Former Oregon DOC Food Manager Abandons Wife to Federal Prosecution; Herding Sheep in Iran While on the Lam, by Mark Wilson
12. UNICOR Robs Jobs from Private Sector; Prisoners Sue Over Working Conditions, by Brandon Sample
13. Prisoner’s Right to Mail Announcement of Peaceful Demon-stration Trumps Purported Prison Security Claims, by Marvin Mentor
14. University of Arizona Releases Report on Women Immigration Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
15. $500,000 Awarded to New York Prisoner Raped by Jail Guard; Vacated on Post-Trial Motion
16. Habeas Hints: Traverse Motion Responses, by Kent A. Russell
17. Sentencing Project Releases Report on Sentencing Policy and Practice, by Matthew Clarke
18. Oregon Jail Guards Lose Access to Porn Sites, by Mark Wilson
19. New Mexico Abolishes Death Penalty; Similar Efforts Fail in Other States, by David Reutter
20. Arkansas Sends Toxic Tech Trash to UNICOR Recycling Program, by Matthew Clarke
21. FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer
22. $4.6 Million Settlements in Death of Quadriplegic D.C. Prisoner, by David Reutter
23. Strip-Searched Iowa Bush Protesters Awarded Damages at Trial, Re-Trial, by Matthew Clarke
24. Positive Correlation between Mental Illness and Prison Victimization, by Jimmy Franks
25. Santa Cruz County, Arizona Pays $3 Million in Strip Search Suit, by Jimmy Franks
26. $10,000 Verdict in Sexual Assault by Virginia Guard
27. Report Says Unfinished Prison Project Is Single Greatest Iraq Reconstruction Failure, by Matthew Clarke
28. Bureau of Justice Publishes Report on Sexual Misconduct at Juvenile Facilities
29. Ohio Limits Electronic Monitoring to Only Those Who Can Pay
30. Miami’s Sex Offender Bridge Encampment Continues to Grow, by David Reutter
31. BOP Failed to Protect Female Prisoner Informant from Rape, Sexual Abuse by Guards, by Brandon Sample
32. $3,200 Awarded to Indiana Jail Prisoner for Negligent Medical Care
33. New York Prisoner Awarded $5,000 for Assault by Cellmate
34. Postal Service Panics Over Sex Offender Participant in Christmas Program, by Matthew Clarke
35. PLN Files Suit Against Los Angeles County for Failure to Comply with Public Records Act
36. Survivor Manual, compiled and edited by Bonnie Kerness, illustrated by Todd Tarselli and other talented artists, 90 pgs., by Sundiata Acoli
37. Causal Link Established by Prison Officials’ Failure to Protect Prisoner from Specific Threats
38. $3.3 Million Settlement Fund Established in New Mexico Jail Strip Search Settlement
39. California Jury Awards Deaf Prisoner $5,000 for Failure to Provide Interpreter; $193,582 in Fees Awarded by Court
40. Former California DOC Worker Kept Confidential Prison Gang Files at Home
41. Louisiana Private Prison Warden Arrested for Malfeasance
42. Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $550,307 in Attorney Fees and Costs in Unsanitary Conditions Case
43. California: Waiver of Private Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege an Unreasonable Condition of Parole
44. Oregon Teenage Girls Stage Brazen Escape Attempt
45. $75,000 Settlement for Shutting Off Water in Seattle Jail Prisoner’s Cell
46. $445,000 Settlement in Ohio Jail Prisoner’s Medical Death
47. Pennsylvania County Sex Offender Residency Ordinance Voided
48. State, Not County, Required to Pay Attorney Fees in Georgia Death Penalty Cases
49. $9,000 Award for Hawaiian Prisoners Bitten By Dogs at Oklahoma CCA Prison
50. Florida and Oregon Prison Employees Face Sex Charges
51. Fifth Circuit Rules Texas Parole Law Not Ex Post Facto
52. No Qualified Immunity for Pepper Spraying Alabama Prisoner; Case Settles After Remand, by David Reutter
53. News in Brief:
54. $1,800,000 Settlement in Michigan Jail Prisoner Suicide Case

More from these topics:

• New York Governor Signs Law Sealing Millions of Criminal Records From Public View, April 15, 2024. Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Criminal History.
• Eighth Circuit Affirms $800,000 Award After Arkansas Jail Detainee’s Fatal Appendix Rupture, March 1, 2024. Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Damages, Deliberate Indifference.
• See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare, Jan. 1, 2024. MHM Inc., Corizon, Centurion, Misconduct/Corruption, Contractor Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Retaliation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Private Contractors, Frivolous Litigation, Disclosure of Records, Declaratory Judgment, Public Records, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, Public Records Act, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), HRDC Litigation.
• $7.75 Million Paid by San Diego County After Jail Detainee Severely Injured in Fall from Top Bunk, Jan. 1, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Medication, Seizures, Failure to Treat, Bedding, Jail Specific, Disclosure of Records, Public Records.
• Ohio Supreme Court Grants Prisoner’s Mother Names of Fellow Prisoners Who Attacked Him, Dec. 1, 2023. Disclosure of Records, Unpublished/Withdrawn/Redacted Decisions.
• Utah Prisoner Blows Whistle on Abuse of Federal Grants, Leading to $1.55 Million Settlement – And New Law Restricting Prisoner Records Requests, Oct. 15, 2023. Whistleblowing, Settlements, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Federal Funds.
• ‘Silos’ Can Keep Police Departments From Knowledge of Extent of Police Abuse and Consequences of That Abuse, Sept. 1, 2023. Assault by Police, Disclosure of Records, Excessive Force (Police), Class Actions.
• SCOTUS Ruling Forces Ninth Circuit U-Turn on Damages Suit by Federal Prisoner in California “Snitch Jacketed” by Guard, April 1, 2023. Informants, Damages, Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA).
• Second Circuit Takes Back $20,000 Emotional Damage Award from Former Federal Prisoner in New York, April 1, 2023. Damages, Settlements, Emotional Distress.
• Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages, Feb. 1, 2023. Damages, Settlements, Juvenile Prisons, Attorney Misconduct/Disqualification.