More from this issue:

1. Second Circuit Rejects Prison FLSA Claim, Modifies Standard
2. Washington Pork Refuses to Be Trimmed: Guard Towers Stay, by Paul Wright
3. New Prisoner Resource Guide Available
4. From the Editor, by Dan Pens
5. Law Against Love, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
6. From the Inside Looking Out, by Jon Marc Taylor
7. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
8. DiIulio's Crime Solution
9. Prison Time vs. Crime Rate Study
10. Ninth Circuit Rules on Washington ADA Suit, by Leonard Feldman
11. PLRA Fees Don't Apply to Released Prisoners
12. Seventh Circuit Defines and Applies PLRA and AEDPA
13. NY Jail Consent Decrees Vacated under PLRA
14. Beating Damages Affirmed; PLRA Not Retroactive on Vacated Attorney Fees
15. Seventh Circuit Applies PLRA to Federal Prisoners
16. Center for Advocacy of Human Rights Update
17. Virginia Hawks Parolees' Names
18. No Qualified Immunity for Private Prisons; Supreme Court Grants Review
19. Habeas Corpus Study
20. Prisoner Litigation in the US Courts
21. Publications of Interest
22. Washington Religious Name Retaliation Suit Settled
23. Call Recipient's Rights Not Violated in Phone Taping
24. County Liable for Trustee's Work; No Remedy for Illegal Detention
25. News in Brief
26. Washington Prisoner May Have Right to Attend Paternity Hearing
27. New York Sex Offender Registration Enjoined

More from these topics:

• Crime Down But Incarceration Up In Tennessee, March 1, 2025. Crime, Statistics/Trends.
• Among World Nations, Individual U.S. States Near Top of List for Per Capita Incarceration, Feb. 15, 2025. Statistics/Trends, Prisoners-International, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• 1994 Crime Bill Turns 30: A Legacy of Controversy, Jan. 15, 2025. Crime, Statistics/Trends, Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence, Effects of Mass Incarceration.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.