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:

• $1 Million Settlement Reached in Jail Suicide of Maryland Detainee Whose Emergency Hospitalization Order Was Ignored, June 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Suicides, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• Fourth Circuit Revives North Carolina Prisoner’s Suit Blaming Lazy Guards for Assault by Detainee, May 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
• $2.75 Million Paid by Washington County and NaphCare for Jail Detainee’s Suicide, April 1, 2026. Naphcare, Qualified Immunity, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.
• $10.3 Million Paid for Teen’s Death at Kansas Juvenile Detention Facility, April 1, 2026. Restraints, Qualified Immunity, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Eighth Circuit Revives Case Against Guards Who Failed to Intervene As Chaplain Sexually Assaulted Arkansas Prisoner, March 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Failure to Protect (General), Prison Rape Elimination Act, Qualified Immunity, Failure to Train/Supervise.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Michigan Prisoner’s Challenge to Guard Tackle That Broke His Foot, March 1, 2026. Evidentiary Ruling (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity, Wrongful Use of Force.
• Louisiana Prisoner Sustains Claim Against Prison Doctor for Allowing Assignment to “Field Duty” Despite Known Ankle Injury, March 1, 2026. Inability to Work, Skeletal Injury, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Tenth Circuit Affirmed Denial of Guards Qualified Immunity in Disabled Detainee’s Fourteenth Amendment Claim, March 1, 2026. Failure to Treat, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Michigan Claws Back $1.2 Million Paid to Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner, Feb. 1, 2026. Police Misconduct, Wrongful Imprisonment, Qualified Immunity, Forensic Sciences, Fabrication of Evidence.