More from this issue:

1. Smoking, Lies and Hypocrisy, by Paul Wright
2. Education as Crime Prevention: Providing Education to Prisoners, by Dan Pens
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Judge-Made Law, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
5. TCI Breaks 'Inmate Telephone System' Stranglehold, by Dan Pens
6. Utah Governor's 'Pal' Dupes Parole Officials
7. Motion for Seized Property Subject to PLRA Fee
8. Attn: Lawyers in Prison
9. Dismissal of Paid Suit Counts as a "Strike"
10. Fifth Circuit Upholds PLRA IFP Provisions
11. Mailbox Rule Applies to Trust Fund Statement
12. Mandamus Appeal Denied as Third Strike
13. PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
14. Writs of Mandamus Not Subject to PLRA Fees
15. AL Jail Enjoined From Holding Prisoners Overnight
16. Former Warden Wins Suit Against TDCJ
17. Washington 35% Law Struck Down, in Part
18. $135,000 Award in Beating Affirmed, Municipal Liability Reversed
19. Torture Info Wanted
20. News in Brief
21. Legal Material Confiscation May Violate First Amendment
22. A Matter of Fact
23. Alabama Jail Held in Contempt for Crowding
24. Dismissal for Derelict Lawyer Reversed, by Arizona prisoner (name withheld)
25. New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest

More from these topics:

• Despite Unemployment Spike, Alabama Refuses Prisoners Work-Release Paroles, July 1, 2024. Work Release.
• $700,000 Jury Verdict for Wisconsin Prisoner Denied Due Process in Disciplinary Hearing, June 1, 2024. Work Release, Hearing Officers, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Escapes, Damages.
• Class-­Action Lawsuit Challenges Use of Presumptive Drug Tests by Washington DOC, April 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Evidence, Drug Testing, Estimates/Averages - Use of, Inmate Disciplinary Hearings, Prison Disciplinary Proceedings.
• Exceptional Punishments, April 1, 2024. Work Release, Alternative Sentencing.
• Colorado Prisoners Disciplined for Not Working Despite Ban on Prison Slavery, April 1, 2024. Prison Labor, Disciplinary Hearings.
• Seventh Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Challenge to Seized $10,000, March 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Hearing Officers, Seizure of Prisoner Funds.
• Sick Georgia Prisoners Forced to Choose Between Treatment and Early Release, March 1, 2024. Work Release, Commentary/Reviews, Medical, Hepatitis, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Seventh Circuit Upholds Disciplinary Sanction Revoking Over 15 Years of Indiana Prisoner’s Good Time, Feb. 1, 2024. Disciplinary Hearings, Disciplinary Litigation, Double jeopardy (Hearings), Liberty Interests, Good Time, Assaults on Staff.
• Seventh Circuit: Whether Right to Counsel ‘Attaches’ Is Not Dependent on Defendant’s Appearance at Probable Cause Hearing, Sept. 1, 2023. Disciplinary Hearings, Court Appearances, Probable/Proximate Cause, After Request for Counsel.
• Shielded From Public View, Misconduct by Corrections Staff in Illinois Prisons Received Scant Discipline, May 1, 2023. Guard Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings.