More from this issue:

1. New Plantation, by Bill Dunne
2. Washington Grievance Mail Case Reversed
3. Costs of Crime, by JW Mason
4. Late Notice of Appeal Allowed
5. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
6. Eyewitness News from Missouri, by K.C.
7. New Improved Chain Gang, by F.B.
8. Circus is in Town
9. Stunning Revelations, by Adrian Lomax
10. Kansas Prisoners Lose Welfare Fund Suit
11. PLRA's IFP Provisions Violate Equal Protection
12. Third Circuit Rules that PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
13. PLRA IFP Provision Applied Retroactively
14. PLRA Doesn't Apply Retroactively to Special Masters
15. Rosenberg Fund for Children, by Carol Carvalho
16. South Carolina Consent Decree Terminated under PLRA
17. Corcoran Prison Cover-up, by Willie Wisely
18. Tennessee Jail Overcrowding is State's Fault
19. Prison Health Report Issued
20. Book Review: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
21. Women's Prison Book Project
22. World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey
23. Corrections in the Community (book)
24. New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated
25. Prison Population Growth in 1995
26. No Administrative Exhaustion Requirement in 7th Circuit
27. Informant Testimony Must Be Reliable
28. New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest
29. Private Prison Liable for Wrongful Imprisonment
30. Lawsuits Target Georgia Prison Abuse, by Robert Bensing
31. ADA Requires Phones for Deaf
32. News in Brief
33. Inadequate Public Defender Funding Unconstitutional

More from these topics:

• Fifth Circuit Announces When Initial § 2255 Petition Not Decided on Merits and Appeals Court Later Recalls Mandate Dismissing Direct Appeal and Affirms Conviction, Subsequent § 2255 Petition Not ‘Second or Successive’ Under AEDPA, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Fourth Circuit Announces Counterman v. Colorado 
Is New Rule of Constitutional Law That Applies 
Retroactively to Cases on Collateral Review and 
Grants Authorization to File Successive § 2255 Motion, July 1, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Habeas Corpus, Threats.
• Arguing Successful Federal Habeas Corpus Claims, June 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Sixth Amendment, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025. Disciplinary Hearings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• 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.
• 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.