More from this issue:

1. Cross Gender Pat Search Policy Upheld
2. Qualified Immunity Granted in Digital Rectal Searches
3. Claims Regarding Conditions in State Prison Were Sufficient to Survive Summary Judgment
4. Prisoners' Participation in Work, Training Reduces Recidism, Improves Behavior
5. The Death of HB 2834
6. Corrections Costs to Soar, Study Warns, by Ed Penhale
7. Complaint Should Not Be Dismissed for not Complying with Local Rule
8. Mass Graves Found in Venezuelan Prison
9. Son of Sam Law Struck Down
10. PLN Reader Sends ACLU Finger
11. In Memory-Farewell Brother Riegle, by John Perotti
12. Lifers Litigation Update, by John Midgley
13. Guard Liable for Hitting Prisoner
14. Court Reporters Entitled to Absolute Immunity
15. Prisoner Entitled to Discover Identity of Attackers
16. Law Would Let Prison Mothers Keep Kids
17. Counsel Appointed in Denial of Telephone, Beating Claim
18. CBCC Publisher Only Rule Upheld on Qualified Immunity Grounds
19. Editorial, by Paul Wright
20. Informant Testimony Must be Independently Weighed
21. Feds Seek $2.2 Billion for Federal Prisons
22. Counsel Should Be Appointed in Religious Suit
23. U.S. Murder Rate Increases Again
24. NY Prisoner Has Due Process Right to Remain In Population
25. Information on Visiting Needed
26. Some Thoughts on Crime and Punishment Rates, by Ed Mead
27. Test for Appointed Counsel on 1983 Suits
28. PLN Benefit Tape

More from these topics:

• Two-Week Lockdown at BOP Women’s Prison in Minnesota After Nine Overdoses, Two Deaths, Jan. 15, 2025. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Drug Overdose, Lockdowns, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• Paternity Questions Dog Miami Jail Birth, Oct. 15, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women.
• One of Eight Prisoners Now Released is a Woman, Sept. 15, 2024. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Statistics/Trends.
• Report Details “Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline” for Young Women, Dec. 1, 2023. Gender Discrimination -- Women.
• Connecticut Lawmakers Punt on Limiting Prison Strip Searches, Nov. 15, 2023. Strip Searches, Body Cavity Searches, Pat Searches, Search and Seizure.
• Louisiana Prison Guard Helps Pregnant Prisoner and Learns That No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Oct. 15, 2023. Guard Misconduct, Gender Discrimination -- Women, OB/GYN.
• Menstruation Weaponized Against Women in Prison, Aug. 15, 2023. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Alabama County Ends Controversial Policy Using Women’s Pregnancies to Jail Them, March 1, 2023. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• California Court of Appeal Affirms Grant of Suppression Motion Where Officer’s Pat Search of Defendant Based on High Crime Area, Baggy Clothes, Criminal Record, and Suspect in Separate Case, Feb. 15, 2023. Pat Searches, Motions To Suppress, Racial/Ethnic Bias/Profiling.
• OIG Report Defers Claims That ICE Detainees in Georgia Had Forced Hysterectomies, Jan. 1, 2023. Gender Discrimination -- Women, Malpractice, Sterilization.