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:

• Federal Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Enforcement of Executive Order to Transfer Trans Women Prisoners to Men’s Prisons, Aug. 1, 2026. Transfers, Injunctions, Discrimination (Transgender), Failure to Protect (Transgender).
• BOP Orders Prison Closures Amid Infrastructure Decay and Staff Shortages, Aug. 1, 2026. Transfers, Toxic Fumes/Chemicals, Staffing, Guard Unions.
• Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, July 1, 2026. Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• North Carolina Prison Closing Due to Short Staffing, June 1, 2026. Transfers, Staffing, Guards/Staff.
• Number of Prisoners Awaiting Transfer from Jail Surging in Indiana, June 1, 2026. Transfers, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Overcrowding, Jail Specific.
• Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Receiving Preferential Treatment at Texas Prison Camp, June 1, 2026. Transfers, DOC/BOP misconduct, Whistleblowing, Protected Speech, Prison Classification.
• “Large Fight” Broke Out at Alaska Prison After Downsizing Effort, April 1, 2026. Transfers, Cost of Prison Systems, Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding.
• D.C. Judge Blocks Transfer of Biden-Commuted Federal Death Row Prisoners to “Supermax,” Citing Lack of Meaningful Due Process, April 1, 2026. Transfers, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Fifth Amendment, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Prison Classification.
• Montana Switches to Sending Prisoners to a Private Prison in Mississippi, April 1, 2026. Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding.
• Idaho DOC Transfers Prisoners to Arizona Facility Run by CoreCivic, April 1, 2026. Out of State Transfers, Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Overcrowding.