More from this issue:

1. Juvenile Crime Pays, by Alex Friedmann
2. Bureau of Prisons Gag Rule Enacted
3. From the Editor, by Dan Pens
4. Washington "Bulk Mail" Ban of PLN Struck Down
5. Where to Now For Prison Smoking?, by Paul Wright
6. Resources for Smoking Litigation: Health Effects of Smoking; Legal Cases on Smoking
7. Actual Injury Required in Legal Mail Claim
8. KS S.Ct. Affirms Trust Account "Service Fee"
9. No Immunity for Delaying Arthritis Treatment
10. Deaf Prisoners in Washington Seek Class-Wide Relief, by David C Fathi
11. Union Denounces Prison Labor
12. Florida PRIDE Employees Denied Minimum Wages, by James Quigley
13. PRIDE Eyes Private Markets
14. No Immunity for Florida Private Jail
15. PLRA Requires Winning Prisoner to Pay 25% of Defendants' Atty Fees
16. Exposure to Cold States Claim Exhaustion Requirement of PLRA Not Retroactive
17. PLRA Attorney Fee Restrictions Not Retroactive
18. WSP Ban on Gift Subscriptions Enjoined
19. Trial Required in Oklahoma Beating Case
20. News in Brief
21. New York Prisoner Settles Excessive Force Case for $25,000
22. Legal Papers Must be Returned to Owner; Prisoner Legal Mail Banned
23. 7th Circuit Defines "Serious Medical Needs"
24. Inadequate Prison Security Violates 8th Amendment
25. Damages Suit Stayed While Habeas Pursued in Disciplinary Hearing Challenge
26. Idaho Court Access Class Action Suit Proceeds
27. Iowa Prison Nurse Liable in Birthing
28. West Virginia Prisoners Lose Computers
29. Cold Cell Violates 8th Amendment
30. Grand Jury Indicts 45 Texas Prisoners
31. Rhode Island Ban on Royalties to Felon Authors Struck Down
32. Second Circuit Rules on Appointment of Counsel

More from these topics:

• On Remand, Eleventh Circuit Clarifies, Affirms Grant 
of Habeas Relief to Death Row Prisoner, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Death Penalty, Death Row.
• 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.