More from this issue:

1. The Fundamental Right of Self-Defense in Prison, by Robert F Nelson
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. The Pelican Bay Factor, by Abdul Olugbala Shakur
4. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
5. Prison Tragedy Results in Settlement
6. Overview, by National Prison Project
7. Filing Fee Requirement Not Retroactive
8. Louisiana Prison System Back Under Court Supervision
9. PLRA Applied Retroactively to Filing Fees
10. 2nd Circuit Applies PLRA to IFP Litigants
11. Prior Frivolous Suits Count for PLRA
12. PLRA Application to Mandamus Discussed
13. PLRA Filing Fees Don't Apply to Habeas Petitions
14. Three Strikes Applied
15. A Matter of Fact
16. Criminal Injustice: Confronting the Prison Crisis, by Daniel Burton-Rose
17. State Moves to Lift Federal Court Order at Washington State Penitentiary, by David C Fathi
18. Eight Corcoran Guards Fired, Five Reinstated
19. Ohio "Eases" Prison Overcrowding
20. Prison Labor and Private Profit, by Adrian Lomax
21. WSR Smoking Suit Settled
22. In Harms' Way: Texas Prisoner Shot
23. Texas Taxes Spent on DCJ Luxuries
24. Criminal Prosecutors Get Their Day In Court
25. Publisher Entitled to Notice of Magazine Censorship
26. Gas Chamber Found Unconstitutional
27. Disciplinary Records Inadmissible Evidence
28. No Right to Unmonitored Prison Calls
29. Macing and Restraints State Eighth Amendment Claim
30. Satanist Claim Goes to Trial
31. Nevada Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Disciplinary Hearings
32. News in Brief
33. Guard Caught Holding the Knife

More from Robert F Nelson:

• The Fundamental Right of Self-Defense in Prison, Nov. 15, 1996

More from these topics:

• New York Ordered to Pay Prisoner $25,000 for Failing to Protect Him from Attack, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Defenses, Damages - Compensatory, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment, Deliberate Indifference.
• Oklahoma County Jail Fails 12th Health Inspection, Aug. 1, 2026. Corrections Audits, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Sanitation, Bedding.
• Report Shows Pattern of Sexual Assaults in Santa Clara County Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Corrections Audits, Failure to Protect (General).
• $30,000 Settlement Reached in Virginia Jail Death That Put Richmond Lockup Under State Oversight, Aug. 1, 2026. Jail Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Monell Liability.
• Seventh Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to Detectives Who Revealed Prisoner Was Informant, Denies Him Anonymity, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Physical Injury Rule, Qualified Immunity, Informants (Failure to Protect), 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• The Exceptionally High Murder Rate Inside Maryland’s Prisons, Aug. 1, 2026. Prison/Jail Murders, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Security Systems, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• Eleventh Circuit Holds § 2255 Motion Not “Second or Successive” After Intervening Amended Judgment Corrected Unlawful Sentences, Even as to Claims Concerning an Undisturbed Count, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Effect of Vacatur.
• California Appeals Court Holds Defendant Cannot Be Penalized for Failing to Appear at Sentencing When He Was Being Held in Another County’s Jail on Preexisting Charges, July 1, 2026. Disciplinary Hearings, Due Process, Procedural Default/Error, Evidence - Admissibility, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Multiple Detainees Escape from Dilapidated North Carolina Jail, July 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Overcrowding, Staffing, Jail Specific, Security Systems, Criminal Justice, Prison Conditions.
• Video Shows Guards Watched as Oklahoma Detainee Died in Cell, July 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Contractor Misconduct, Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).