More from this issue:

1. Civil Commitment Roasted on ABC's Nightline, by Dan Pens
2. Which Shell is the Pea Under? Government Crime Statistics Invoke Slight of Hand
3. Mail to Public Officials and Media Protected
4. Court Upholds Collection of Blood Samples for DNA Data Bank
5. Female Guards Can Pat Search Male Prisoners
6. Medical Care
7. From The Editor, by Paul Wright
8. Prisoner Victims of Guard Assault Win Damages
9. Prisoner With AIDS Care Found Lacking
10. Mere "Institutional Security" Claim Not Enough
11. Crime and Revolution, Prisons Don't Work
12. Life Without Parole Okayed for 13-Year Old Killer
13. Still Not the Hilton
14. Reviews
15. Biden: Violence Is At a New High
16. Human Rights in the U.S. Criminal Justice System
17. New Report Cites Higher Rates of HIV Infection Among Inmates
18. Puppets on Strings of Oppression, by Christofer Kneech
19. Aftermath MANCI Control Unit & Perotti Update
20. Inhumane Living at CCI, by Angelo Crimi
21. Pro-War Hypocrisy, by Paul Wright

More from these topics:

• SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Sentencing, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Confessions and Statements of Defendant, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Sentencing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit: Procedurally Unreasonable Sentence Where District Court Failed to Address Defendant’s Non-Frivolous Downward Variance Argument Based on Sentencing Disparity 
Due to Which State’s Statute Prior Conviction Based Upon, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Failure To Consider Disparity, Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.
• SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC 
Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements 
That Are ‘Misleading’ but True, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, False Statements/Perjury.
• 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.
• Changing Perception, Changing The Law, April 15, 2020. Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
• Seventh Circuit: Trial Judge Violated 5th Amendment by Modifying Instructions to Allow Jury to Convict on Offenses Not Charged in Indictment, April 15, 2020. Sentencing.