More from this issue:

1. Fourth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Bail Bondsmen; $100,000 Damages Award Upheld
2. Slowly Closing the Gates: A State-by-State Assessment of Recent Prison Closures, by Christopher Petrella
3. Solidarity and Solitary: When Unions Clash with Prison Reform, by James Ridgeway
4. TN Court of Appeals Rules Against CCA for Second Time in PLN Public Records Case
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. New York Commission of Correction Says Jails Don't Need Law Libraries
7. How the Prison - Industrial Complex Destroys Lives, by Mark Karlin
8. Charting a New Justice Reinvestment, by Nicole D. Porter
9. Oregon Juvenile Department Employee Gets Jail Time for Sexualizing Booking Photos
10. Florida Proceeds with Privatization of Prison Medical Care
11. New Law Gives Parents Behind Bars in Washington State a Way to Hold onto Their Children, by Victoria Law
12. U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates BOP Prisoner's FTCA Suit, by J.R. Bloom
13. Reprieved Oregon Prisoner Wages Legal Fight to be Executed
14. Eighth Circuit: Heck Bars False Imprisonment Claim
15. Research Study Finding Benefits from Prison Privatization Funded by Private Prison Companies
16. CCA Pays $100,000 after Exiting Contract to Operate Florida Jail
17. TransCor May Face Punitive Damages for Prisoner's Death, by Christopher Zoukis
18. New York DOCCS Settles Statewide PLN Censorship Suit for $155,000, by Alex Friedmann
19. Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Sexual Orientation Discrimination Suit
20. Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, by John Dannenberg
21. New Hampshire Cancels Private Prison Bids, but Bill Prohibiting Prison Privatization Fails to Pass
22. Oregon Rape Victim's Rights Clash with Rights of Accused Rapist
23. PLN Prevails in Challenge to Postcard-only Policy at Oregon Jail
24. Oklahoma: Hospital Sues Sheriff over Unpaid Medical Bills, for Third Time, by Christopher Zoukis
25. Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Held Liable for Targeting Gay Student
26. Maryland Repeals Death Penalty, by Christopher Zoukis
27. Millions Owed in Unpaid Restitution in Oregon
28. Canadian Prisoners Escape via Helicopter, by John Dannenberg
29. Supermax: Controlling Risk Through Solitary Confinement, by Sharon Shalev (Willan Publishing, September 2009). 346 pages, $39.95, by Julie Etter
30. Prison Legal News Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Texas
31. Oregon Pays Record $5.85 Million for Abuse of Foster Child and Abuser's Death in Prison
32. Florida Legislator Resigns in Wake of Texting Scandal
33. Pennsylvania Prison Guards, Sergeants Out-earn Supervisors, by David Reutter
34. Survey Finds Disturbing Trends in Childhood Violence, Racial Dynamics for Juvenile Lifers
35. Oregon State Police Handwriting Analysis Unit Closed, under Investigation
36. Former Halfway House Director Sentenced to 18 Months
37. Oklahoma Escapee Surrenders to Police after 14 Years on the Run, by Christopher Zoukis
38. CDCR to Open New Mental Health Facility
39. Tennessee Supreme Court: No Separate Parole Dates for Consecutive Sentences, by Matthew T. Clarke
40. News in Brief

More from Matthew T. Clarke:

• New York Governor Pataki Institutes Lawless Civil Commitment , Aug. 23, 2016
• Indiana Court of Appeals: Standard of Medical Care Same In and Out of Prison, March 7, 2016
• Texas Group Finds Correlation between Incarceration Rate and Academic Achievement, June 12, 2015
• Fifth Circuit: Texas May Not Enforce Rule Prohibiting Religious Beards, June 12, 2015
• Tennessee Supreme Court: No Separate Parole Dates for Consecutive Sentences, June 15, 2013
• Oklahoma Legislators Not Considering Closing State Prisons, Unless They Are, Nov. 15, 2009
• Phoenix New Times Executives Arrested for Reporting About Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Aug. 15, 2008
• Riots at CCA Prisons Reveal Weaknesses in Out-of-State Imprisonment Policies, May 15, 2008
• Iowa Sued Over Proselytizing Fundamentalist Christian Prison Program, May 15, 2007
• Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues, Oct. 15, 2006

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Alabama Denies Parole to Former Sheriff Convicted of Corruption, April 1, 2024. Misconduct/Corruption, Jail Misconduct, Parole, Release Decisions.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing, Jan. 1, 2024. Sentencing, Good Time, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits.
• New Mexico Ends Juvenile Life Without Parole, Retroactively Applies Rule to Previously Convicted Minors, Dec. 15, 2023. Parole, Three Strikes, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of.
• Oregon Will Hold Release Hearings for 73 Prisoners Sentenced to LWOP as Juveniles, Sept. 15, 2023. Parole, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Parole Conditions, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Nebraska Parole Board Members Showing Up to Work More Often, July 15, 2023. Parole Board Misconduct, Parole.
• Seventh Circuit Clarifies Calculation of Presumptive Parole Date for Federal Prisoner Sentenced Under Pre-1987 Law, July 15, 2022. Parole, Parole Conditions.
• Maryland Strips Governor’s Power to Overturn Parole Decisions, July 13, 2022. Parole, Parole Conditions.
• Ninth Circuit Holds California Prison Officials Entitled to Legislative Immunity When Promulgating Rules, June 1, 2022. Parole, Qualified Immunity.
• Massachusetts Medical Parole Cases and COVID-19 Prisoner Deaths, June 1, 2021. COVID-19, Parole, Compassionate Release.