More from this issue:

1. Through the Civil Commitment Looking Glass, by Tamara Menteer
2. A Zoo Within a Prison
3. CCA Sells Self; Wackenhut Creates REIT
4. From the Editor, by Dan Pens
5. NJ Prisoners Refuse to Swallow PINs
6. Idaho Law Libraries Closed, Pillaged, by M.M.
7. STGMU-tized in New Jersey, by T.R.
8. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
9. MCI Refund to Florida Prisoner Families
10. Los Angeles Jail Death Ruled Homicide
11. The Tough-On-Crime Myth: Real Solutions to Cut Crime, by Daniel Burton-Rose
12. The Real War on Crime: The Report of the National Criminal Justice Commission (Book Review), by Daniel Burton-Rose
13. The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison: Ideology, Class and Criminal Justice, by Daniel Burton-Rose
14. Union County, NJ, Jail Guards Convicted
15. PLRA Finding Required for Injunctive Relief
16. Plaintiffs Must Be Allowed to Present Evidence in PLRA Motions to Terminate Prospective Relief
17. TDCJ PLRA Forms Okay
18. CA Tort Claim Not Required for Administrative Exhaustion
19. Consent Decree Termination Upheld
20. Dismissal for Lying About Poverty Affirmed
21. PLRA Filing fees Don't Apply to Civil Commitments
22. PLRA Fees Don't Apply to Mandamus
23. $22,500 to Seattle WA Jail Brutality Suit
24. Proof of Administrative Exhaustion Required
25. Mock Prison Riot Staged
26. Racism in the Ranks, by Willie Wisely
27. WA Prison Telemarketing Elicits Controversy - Again, by Paul Wright
28. CBCC Warden Fired in Telemarketing Hoopla
29. Bureau of Prisons Estopped from Denying Sentence Reduction
30. Sentence Runs During Wrongful Release
31. U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies § 1983 Claims, by David C Fathi
32. Jericho: Thoughts From Political Prisoners in Leavenworth, by Jaan Laaman
33. Jericho '98 March and Rally
34. Convict Mine Labor in the Information Age, by Dan Pens
35. Cheaper to Exile Prisoners?, by Dan Pens
36. Prisons Promoting Tourism, by Alex Friedmann
37. Jailers Charged in Bribery, Kickback Schemes
38. WI Predator-Law Poster Boy Gets Released
39. WI Guard Settles Discrimination Suit for $105,000
40. News in Brief
41. Mailbox Rule Applied to Habeas Petitions
42. WA DOC Investigators Can't Detain Visitors: Drugs Suppressed
43. Oregon Guard Pleads Guilty to Perjury
44. Risk of Serious Harm States Claim
45. Disciplinary Hearing Violations Enjoined
46. Probable Cause Required for Visitor Body Cavity Search

More from David C Fathi:

• Shouldn’t Innocence Matter?, Sept. 15, 2009
• Custody Vs. Treatment Debate: Addicted to Punishment, July 15, 2009
• Prison’s Littlest Victims, July 15, 2009
• An unfair prison litigation system, July 15, 2009
• Texas Increasingly out of Step on Death Penalty, May 15, 2009
• 32 Years on Death Row, March 15, 2009
• Prison Nation, March 15, 2009
• Executing the Innocent?, March 15, 2009
• Obama Administration Contends Prisoner Has No Right to DNA Testing, March 15, 2009
• Separate and Unequal Justice for Prisoners, March 15, 2009

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• 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.
• 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.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Maine State Prison Warden Replaced As Misconduct Allegations Investigated, Oct. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings.