More from this issue:

1. Status of Reformatory Crowding Litigation, by Ed Mead
2. Grievance Standards Changed
3. Overcrowding and Violence in Washington State, by Ed Mead
4. Parolees Have a Right to Bodily Privacy
5. Transferred Con Has Right to Books of Sending State
6. Prisoners Have Right to Privacy in Their Mail
7. Medication Must Be Delivered in Timely Manner
8. Contempt Order Appropriate for Consent Decree Violation
9. Expungement of Infraction Reversed
10. Federal Prisoners Must Exhaust Habeas Before Filing Suit
11. State Judges Can Be Sued for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court
12. Parole Officers Can Be Sued
13. BOP Prisoners Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies
14. Washington Smoking Suit Dismissed
15. Muslims Entitled to Prayer Oils
16. Gay Prisoner Entitled to Participate in Religious Services
17. Resistance at Lexington, by Laura Whitehorn
18. Editorial, by Ed Mead
19. Committee Formed to Defend Abimael Guzman
20. Walla Walla News
21. Perotti Needs Help, by John Perotti

More from these topics:

• Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies Parole Board May Delegate Final Revocation Hearings to Administrative Law Judges but Holds Due Process Requires Parolees Be Permitted to File Exceptions to ALJ Findings Before Board Renders a Final Revocation Decision, April 1, 2026. Administrative Exhaustion, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Revocation Proceedings, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Montana Supreme Court: Due Process Prohibits Courts From Relying on Unproven Charging Allegations When Imposing Sex Offender Registration Duty, Announces First-Impression Rule Limiting Review to Elements of Conviction, March 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Administrative Exhaustion, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Qualifying Offenses, Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts.
• Second Circuit Revives N.Y. Prisoner’s Suit Over Sing Sing Fire, 11 Other Prisoners Split $220,000 Settlement, Jan. 1, 2024. Failure to Protect (General), Fire Hazards, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Evidentiary Ruling, Administrative Exhaustion.
• Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion, RLUIPA, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Right to Grow a Beard.
• Fourth Circuit: Federal Prisoner in North Carolina Making Rehabilitation Act Claim Must Exhaust Both BOP Grievance Process and Justice Department’s EEO Complaint Process, Aug. 15, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Rehabilitation Act.
• Seventh Circuit Allows Illinois Prisoner to Prove Administrative Remedy Was “Unavailable” in Double-Celling Complaint, June 15, 2023. Overcrowding, Administrative Exhaustion, Administrative Procedures Act (State).
• Ninth Circuit: Grievance Policy May Excuse Oregon Prisoner’s Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, May 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Exhaustion of Remedies.
• New Mexico Supreme Court Rules Both Prisoners and Nonprofit Plaintiffs Subject to Requirement to Exhaust Administrative Remedies, April 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion.
• Sixth Circuit Says Ohio Prisoner’s Lack of Tablet Access May Have Prevented Grievance Exhaustion, April 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances, Electronically Stored Information, Access Devices.
• Second Circuit: N.Y. Detainee Didn’t Fail to Exhaust Administrative Remedies When Jail Grievance Procedure Excluded Matter Forming Basis of Claim, Jan. 1, 2023. Administrative Exhaustion, Grievances.