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:

• SCOTUS Continues to Hack Away At First Step Act, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Compassionate Release.
• Free Phone Calls Saved Prisoners and Their Families More than $600 Million, Report Finds, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephones.
• Fifth Circuit Kills Louisiana Prison Medical and Mental Health Care Reform, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, PLRA, Immunity/Liability, Mental Health.
• Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Failure to Address/Advise Defendant.
• Eighth Circuit Rules Iowa Prisoner’s Adverse Summary Judgment Is Not a “Strike”, March 1, 2026. Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Access To Courts.
• SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
• SCOTUS Announces Federal Prisoners May Seek Certiorari Review of Authorization Denials Under § 2255(h) and Are Not Subject to § 2244(b)(1)’s Bar on Previously Presented Claims, Feb. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• California Court of Appeal: Trial Courts Have Inherent Authority to Correct Unauthorized Sentences at Any Time Without Habeas Petition, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Possession or Use of Firearms, Sentences - Authorized, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Effect of Vacatur.
• First Circuit Announces Modification of Juvenile’s Life-­Without-­Parole Sentence to Parole-­Eligible Life Term Constitutes “New Judgment” Under AEDPA, Exempting Second-­in-­Time Habeas Petition From Gatekeeping Requirements, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole, Habeas Corpus, Life without Parole (LWOP), AEDPA, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.