More from this issue:

1. Japanese Justice: The Police Detention and Prison Systems, by Gary P Leupp
2. From the Editor, by Dan Pens
3. Report on Japanese Prisons Released
4. A Matter of Fact
5. Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by John Midgley
6. No Due Process in Seg Placement
7. Maryland Lifers Denied Parole, by Rocky Hines
8. No Stay in DC Women Prisoners' Suit
9. Mississippi Unable to Pay the Piper
10. Ninth Circuit Expands Mailbox Rule
11. Okay for Guards to View Naked Prisoners
12. Florida Prisoners Type Political Donor Lists
13. No Free Lunch
14. Indiana Prisoners Not Entitled to Disciplinary Due Process
15. State Seizes County Jail
16. Washington Supreme Court Upholds Discriminatory Earned Time Policy
17. America's Most Wanted Hypocrite, by Paul Wright
18. Military Prison Locked Down
19. Illinois DOC Violates Court Access Rights
20. Phone Graft in Florida
21. $176,000 Awarded in Attorney Fees
22. Washington Prisoners Protest Money Seizure Law
23. California EFV Ban Enjoined
24. Ninth Circuit Revisits Attorney Fees
25. Supervisor Liable in Retaliation Suit
26. Nevada Utilities Commission Caps Prison Phone Rates
27. $5 Million Awarded in New York Prison Stabbing
28. Washington Prison Doctor Has License Suspended, Again
29. Chemical Toilets May Violate Eighth Amendment in Massachusetts Class Action
30. Michigan Visiting TRO Denied
31. Indian Journalist/Ex-Prisoner Denied Travel
32. IFP Status Not Available for Trivial Suits
33. Washington Prisoners Have No Right to Earned Time
34. Tenth Anniversary of Peru Prison Massacres
35. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Illinois Jail Reprimanded for Denying Detainees Mail Based on Media Content, P.O. Box Return Address, Settles Detainees’ Suit with $111,825 Payment of Legal Fees, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• ICE Jails Denied Muslim Detainees’ Right to Celebrate Ramadan, April 1, 2026. Religious Diet, Religious Practices, Religious Property, Immigration Detention, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• $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.
• $667,000 Awarded to Muslim Missouri Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed for Praying, April 1, 2026. Religious Discrimination, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Religious Practices, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• First Circuit Revives Federal Prisoner’s Claim Against Rhode Island Lockup, April 1, 2026. Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Immunity - Sovereign/Municipal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• $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.
• Like Prisoners, Most Jail Detainees Now Banned from Receiving Physical Mail, March 1, 2026. Jail Specific, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Censorship, Digital Devices, Private Phone Contractors.
• Leaked Video Footage Shows California Prison Guards Engaged in Retaliatory Assault, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Prison Rape Elimination Act.