More from this issue:

1. Virginia Prisons 'Wide Open to Business', by Dan Pens
2. State Audit Exposes VCE Mismanagement
3. Texas May Not Retroactively Stop Mandatory Release
4. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
5. Restorative Justice Booklet Available, by Dan Pens
6. Youngstown Break-Out Leads to Political, Financial Fall-Out, by Alex Friedmann
7. Fired SCI Greene Guards Regain Jobs
8. News in Brief
9. No Refund of PLRA Fees
10. PLRA Termination Provision Constitutional in Eleventh Circuit
11. MT Prisoners Win Damages and Fees in Riot Suit
12. No Exhaustion Required in Guard Attack
13. Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies Not Jurisdictional
14. State Auditor Blasts Texas Correctional Industries
15. DC Circuit Resurrects Hewitt v. Helms
16. Abuses Continue at Private INS Facility, by Alex Friedmann
17. NY Seg Case Dismissed on Remand
18. With Advocates Lke These: Capitulation, Collaboration and CURE-Ohio, by Paul Wright
19. Texas Prisoners Bake to Death, by Alex Friedmann
20. No Immunity in Failure to Protect Informant Suit
21. Hawaii Prisoners Challenge 'Sex Offender' Label
22. NC AG Opinions Reversed in Consecutive Sentence Servitude, by Roger Grubb
23. Washington Good Time Loss Implicates Due Process
24. Medical Restraint Requires Doctor's Supervision
25. Successive Texas Habeas Corpus Defined
26. ADA/RA Apply to Jails and Give Deaf Right to TDD
27. No Qualified Immunity for Private Health Care Provider
28. Liberty Interest Created By Fine
29. Holding Pretrial Detainee in Prison May Violate Due Process
30. Colorado Supreme Court Holds Utility Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Prison Phone Gouging
31. BOP Sentence Reduction Granted to Non-Violent Offender
32. Trial Required in Kosher Diet Claim
33. D.C. Smoking Injunction Reversed
34. Segregation Requires Less Due Process
35. $28,719 Assessed Against Pro Se Litigant

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit Reinstates North Carolina Prisoner’s Failure-to-Protect Claim Against Guard in Stabbing, Feb. 15, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Failure to Protect (General), Protective Custody, Official Investigation.
• 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.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.