More from this issue:

1. Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission Update, by John Perotti
2. Washington Lifers Litigation Update, by John Midgley
3. 1991 Prison Population Up 6.2%
4. Blacks Likely to Spend More Time In Jail
5. Interstate Compact Does Not Create Liberty Interest
6. High AIDS Rate Behind Bars
7. Study Finds Sentencing Bias in Washington State
8. Prison Chief Gains Right to Counter-Sue Cons for Riot Damage
9. Guards Need Not Disclose Identity Of HIV-Positive Cons
10. Supreme Court Defines "Frivolous" Lawsuits
11. Three Strikes, You're Out, by Ed Mead
12. ABA Says Use of Prisons Not Effective Way to Fight Crime
13. NCCHC Asks Congress to Improve Prison Health Care
14. Infracting Cop Cannot Hear Own Infraction
15. High Court to Decide if Convict Group is "Person" for IFP Status
16. Supreme Court To Define "Prevailing Party" for Purposes of Attorney Fees
17. Criticism of Peru Articles
18. Federal Prisoner Must Exhaust BOP Remedies Before Seeking Habeas Corpus Relief
19. Prison Costs More than Harvard, by Ralph Hakim Walker
20. Adverse Change in Board Rules is Ex Post Facto
21. Detroit's Former Chief Guilty of Embezzling
22. Washington's DOC Boss Talks That Talk. Can He Walk That Walk?
23. Virginia Sets Guidelines for Terminally-Ill Prisoners
24. Lompoc Prison Strike
25. From The Editor, by Paul Wright
26. Court Bans Double Celling
27. Censoring Mail From Courts Violates Due Process
28. DOC Must Provide Involuntarily Committed With Treatment
29. Rectal Search Upheld
30. Wisconsin Lockdown, by Adrian Lomax
31. Indiana Control Unit Prisoners File Suit and Strike, by Paul Wright
32. Transfer Violates Access Rights
33. Prisoner Entitled to Protection and Toilet Access
34. Court Rules on Service and Venue

More from these topics:

• $11 Million Paid to Estate of Mentally Ill Illinois Jail Detainee Who Lost 60 Pounds During 85-Day Incarceration, Nov. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Ninth Circuit Finds No Bivens Extension Needed for Federal Prisoner Prescribed Water and Exercise for Thyroid Storms, Nov. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Deliberate Indifference, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Body-Worn Camera Program for Guards Expands to all Maryland Prisons, Nov. 1, 2025. Videotaping, Security Systems, Guards/Staff, Staff Training, State Legislation.
• Fifth Circuit Remands Louisiana Detainee’s Medical Grievance Case, Nov. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Summary Judgment, Discovery, Pro Se Issues, Grounds for Relief, Deliberate Indifference.
• FCC Issues Proposed Rule Permitting Cellphone Jammers in Prisons and Jails, Nov. 1, 2025. Statistics/Trends, Telephone Rates, Cell Phone Access, Federal Legislation, Police State-Surveillance.
• $3.6 Million Paid by Minnesota County After Hemophiliac Jail Detainee Died from Brain Bleed, Nov. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Settlements, Americans with Disabilities Act, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• BOP Cancels Union Rights for Prison Guards, Nov. 1, 2025. Overcrowding, Staffing, Guards/Staff, Guard Unions, Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Second Circuit Revives Former New York Prisoner’s Claim for Ignored Prostate Cancer, Oct. 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Cancer, Failure to Treat, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Deliberate Indifference.
• Seventh Circuit Revives Disabled Prisoner’s Claims Related to Missing 600 Meals in a Year, Oct. 1, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Food, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Help Wanted: 31,000 Prison Guard Jobs Open Nationwide, Sept. 1, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Exercise, Lockdowns, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guards/Staff, Staff Training.