More from this issue:

1. Supreme Court Upholds Kansas Civil Commitment Law, by Dan Pens
2. Washington Prison Official Tagged for Fire
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. No P.C. for Informants
5. Disputed Facts Require Trial in Beating Case
6. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
7. Washington Prison Food Factory Cooks Up Controversy
8. Publications Reviews, by Paul Wright
9. Habeas and 1983 Remedy for Disciplinary Hearings Discussed
10. Florida Paradox of Prisons, Politics and Profits
11. Washington Prison Legislation
12. Prisoner's Death Throws Utah DOC into Turmoil
13. Kansas Ad Seg Hearing Required
14. AA Probation Requirement Violates Establishment Clause
15. DC Circuit Creates New Immunity Rule: Supreme Court Grants Review
16. Punitive Segregation May Violate Due Process
17. District Courts Responsible for PLRA Appeal Fees
18. PLRA Filing Fees Don't Apply to Habeas
19. PLRA 'Physical Injury' Requirement Affirmed
20. Fourth Circuit Affirms PLRA IFP Provisions in Parole Suit
21. Fifth Circuit Applies Three Strikes Provision
22. PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Defined
23. Con Artist Dupes 'America's Toughest Sheriff'
24. Un-Happy Meal Provider Pulls Out of Kansas Prisons
25. North Carolina Population Limit Modification Affirmed
26. Jail Medical Fees Upheld by Fifth Circuit
27. Florida Ban on Prisoner Legal Help Struck Down
28. Administrative Exhaustion Required for Disc. Habeas
29. Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down Gain Time Loss
30. Failure to Treat Broken Hand States Claim
31. Michigan DOC Held in Contempt in Court Access Case
32. No Immunity for Denial of Exercise
33. Utah Supreme Court Vacates Damage Reduction in Prison Suit
34. Washington Cost Bill PI Vacated
35. News in Brief
36. Retaliation Verdict Reversed
37. Res Judicata No Bar to Damages in Illegal Sentence
38. Medical Malpractice Instruction Warranted in Eighth Amendment Suit
39. No Private Cause of Action Under BOP Statute
40. California Prison Focus

More from these topics:

• Study Finds Just 1% of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claims Succeed, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Texas Prison Heat Declared Unconstitutional, May 1, 2025. Eighth Amendment, Exposure to Heat, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Eighth Circuit: Arkansas Prisoner Who Had Consensual Sex With Guard Cannot Sustain Eighth Amendment Claim, April 1, 2025. Eighth Amendment.
• En Banc Fifth Circuit Reverses Panel, Holds Mississippi Felon Disenfranchisement Does Not Violate Eighth Amendment, March 1, 2025. Eighth Amendment, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• $100,000 Settlement Reached in New York Prisoner’s Solitary Confinement Suit, After Jury for First Time Finds Practice Violates Eighth Amendment, March 1, 2025. Eighth Amendment, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• Harvey Weinstein Files Notice of Claim Over Rikers Island Detention, Feb. 15, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, State Law Claims.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Announces No Duty to Retreat When Using Reasonable Force in Defense of Another and Provides Framework for Analyzing Such Claims, Feb. 1, 2025. State Law Claims, Wrongful Use of Force, Firearms.
• Fourth Circuit Revives West Virginia Prisoner’s RLUIPA Claim Over Religious Diet with Soy He Can’t Digest, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, RLUIPA, Religious Diet.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Fourth Circuit Revives Claim Over North Carolina Jail Suicide, Aug. 15, 2024. State Law Claims, Suicides, Deliberate Indifference.