More from this issue:

1. God’s Own Warden: If you ever find yourself inside Louisiana’s Angola prison, Burl Cain will make sure you find Jesus – or regret ever crossing his path, by James Ridgeway
2. Angola: A Prison Passion Play, by John Dannenberg
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. No Budget Cuts for Federal Prisons, by James Ridgeway
5. Death Sentences, Executions Remain at Low Levels, by Justin Miller
6. Dallas County Passes Jail Inspections ... Finally
7. Michigan Sex Offender’s Suicide Results in Changes to Sex Offender Registry Law, by Matthew Clarke
8. California Lifers: Deaths Exceed Parole Releases, by John Dannenberg
9. Background Checks that Bar Employment of Ex-offenders May Violate Civil Rights
10. Class-Action Settlement Cures Constitutional Violations at Pennsylvania Prison
11. Hawaii ACLU Files Suit on Behalf of Women Who Want to Marry Prisoners, by Alex Friedmann
12. Wrongful Convictions Prove Costly, Especially for the Wrongly Convicted, by Matthew Clarke
13. Guard Who Identified Over 100 Prison Rioters Pleads Guilty to Contraband Charge
14. Oregon Increases Sex Offender Registration Requirements
15. Washington Prison Video Surveillance Recordings Exempt from Disclosure Under Public Records Act, by Michael Brodheim
16. Florida Closes Oldest Boy’s School, Best Known for Abusive Past
17. Federal Investigation, Prosecution Targets Indiana Sheriff’s Officers, by Derek Gilna
18. Failure to Advise Defendant of Ineligibility for Early Release Credits Renders Guilty Plea Invalid
19. CCA Anti-Prison Rape Shareholder Resolution Fails to Pass
20. Ninth Circuit Rules that Washington DOC Religious Contractor Not a “State Actor”
21. Ohio Wrongful Conviction Results in $2.59 Million Settlement
22. Ninth Circuit Holds No Due Process Right Created by California’s Parole Scheme
23. Arizona Jails Refuse to Incarcerate Some Offenders
24. The Last Gasp: The Rise and Fall of the American Gas Chamber, by Scott Christianson (University of California Press, 2011)., by Julie Etter
25. California Study Finds State Prison Overcrowding Driven by County Policy Decisions, Not Violent Crime Rates
26. Pennsylvania County Prisons Not Reporting Critical Incidents
27. Former BOP Guard Convicted, Sentenced in Murder-for-Hire Case
28. Iowa Supreme Court Holds Billing for Fraudulent Prisoner Phone Calls Not a State Law Violation
29. No “Strike” Under PLRA When Some Claims are Heard on the Merits, by Brandon Sample
30. Tenth Circuit Voids Albuquerque’s Attempt to Ban Sex Offenders from Libraries, by Derek Gilna
31. $47,500 Awarded to Massachusetts Prisoner Held in Segregation Without Hearing
32. Second BOP Guard Convicted in Connection with Prisoner’s Murder, by Brandon Sample
33. Seven Florida Prison Guards Arrested
34. Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Inspect Records Under Public Records Act, by Brandon Sample
35. Pennsylvania Prison Guard Convicted in Drug Probe, Testifies Against Coworkers
36. Judge, Not Jury, Must Resolve Questions about Administrative Exhaustion
37. $500,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner’s Medical-Related Death
38. ACLU Report Proves Smart Criminal Justice Policy Reform is Possible, by David Reutter
39. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Retraction: ‘Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners’ by Dale Chappell, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• The Death of the Savings Clause, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Washington Supreme Court: Nonexceptional Consecutive Terms of ‘Community Custody’ May Not Exceed Aggregate Term of 24 Months, May 15, 2024. Parole, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences, Multiple Sentences, Aggregate Sentence.
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Petitions for State Prisoners, April 15, 2024. Resources, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Alabama Denies Parole to Former Sheriff Convicted of Corruption, April 1, 2024. Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Parole, Release Decisions.
• Seventh Circuit Orders District Court to Hold Evidentiary Hearing Where Record Insufficient to Permit Review of State Prisoner’s Section 2254 Habeas Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, March 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Sentence and Judgement, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise.
• Third Circuit: Defense Counsel Ineffective Under Strickland Where Counsel Sat Silent After Judge Threatened to Charge Witness With Perjury Unless Testimony Changed, Feb. 15, 2024. AEDPA, False Statements/Perjury, Strickland Standard, Strickland v. Washington, Failure to Object/Late Objections.
• Fifth Circuit Affirms Habeas Relief Granted to Capital Defendant Where Counsel Failed to Impeach State’s Pivotal Wit-ness with Available Forensic Evidence, Jan. 15, 2024. AEDPA, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Effective Assistance of, Strickland Standard, Identification Documents/Evidence, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise, Trial Strategy, Strickland v. Washington.
• U.S. Supreme Court Apparently Prioritizes Ideology Over Guilt or Innocence, Jan. 15, 2024. AEDPA, Procedural Default/Error, Proving Cause, Capital Cases, Procedural Error, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Counsel - Right to, Counsel - Effective Assistance of, Strickland Standard, Per se ineffectiveness, Right to Counsel.
• 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.