More from this issue:

1. Federal Crime Bill Passes, by Paul Wright
2. Altered Disciplinary Evidence Violates Due Process
3. Prisoners Lose Pell Grants, by Dan Pens
4. No Help for Disciplinary Hearings
5. BOP Can't Punish Detainees
6. MI DOC Creates Liberty Interest in Seg Release
7. Attorney Fee Awards Analyzed
8. Pro Se Litigants Subject to Rule 11 Sanctions
9. Obtaining Prisoner Witnesses
10. Court Orders Return of Disks
11. Women Prisoners Entitled to Equal Education
12. Women Prisoners Lose Equal Protection Suit
13. S.Ct. Grants Review in Prison Disciplinary Case
14. VA Repressive Sentencing Law Results in Uprisings, by Dan Pens
15. Fast Food Style Death Penalty Defense
16. Houston - Death Penalty Capital of USA, by Dan Pens
17. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
18. Death Penalty Deterrents?
19. One and Two Strike Laws Passed, by Paul Wright
20. PI Issued for Prisoner Transfer
21. News in Brief
22. Russian Jails in Crisis
23. Kurdish Prisoners Resist
24. Ex-Prison Boss Assassinated in Turkey

More from these topics:

• New California Laws Peel Back Secrecy Surrounding Police Discipline Amid Pushback, Feb. 14, 2019. Excessive Force, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Police.
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Denial of a Certificate of Innocence Needed as a Prerequisite for Damages for an Unjust Conviction and Imprisonment, Feb. 14, 2019. Damages, Wrongful Conviction.
• Federal Judge Orders Prison Doctor to Face Deliberate Indifference Claims, Feb. 5, 2019. Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment.
• Seventh Circuit Denies Wisconsin Prisoner’s Claims Against Medical Staff, Feb. 5, 2019. Medical Misconduct, Medical, Systemic Medical Neglect.
• Eighth Circuit: Severe Pain Caused by Actual Injury Satisfies PLRA Physical Injury Requirement, Feb. 4, 2019. Medical Misconduct, Criminal justice system reform, Medical, Pain, Surgery, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), PLRA, Physical Injury Rule, Excessive Force.
• Ohio Prisoner Recovers $2,025 for Leg Injury Caused by Guard’s Pepper Ball, Feb. 4, 2019. Injury -- Misc., Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Shootings.
• Former Guard Who Scalded Florida Prisoner 
to Death Hired, Fired by Police Department, Jan. 8, 2019. Misconduct/Corruption, Excessive Force, Burning, Police.
• Illinois Federal Jury Awards Prisoner $252,100 
for Beating and Denial of Medical Care, Jan. 8, 2019. Misconduct/Corruption, Retaliatory Segregation, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
• Florida Prisoner’s Suit Proceeds Against Guards for Use of Force, Retaliation, Jan. 8, 2019. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, First Amendment, rights, Fourth Amendment, rights.
• Colorado County Pays $800,000 for Latest Excessive Force Settlement, Jan. 8, 2019. Medical, Excessive Force, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.