More from this issue:

1. The Mental Torture of American Prisoners: Cheaper Than Lab Rats, Part 2, by Hans Sherrer
2. Medical Care Unconstitutional in Puerto Rico Prisons
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. PLN Sues Michigan DOC over Censorship of The Celling of America
5. Michigan Department of Corrections Fined $300,000 in Contempt Case
6. Former Jail Prisoner Awarded $8,000 for Abuse; PLRA Attorney Fee Limit Inapplicable to Juveniles
7. Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars by James McGrath (Book Review), by Paul Wright
8. Losing the Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States (Book Review), by Alex Friedmann
9. PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Not Retroactive
10. PLRA Fee Provisions Apply to All Pending Cases in the Fifth Circuit
11. Eighth Circuit Upholds, Defines IFP Provisions
12. IFP Application Not Required When Suit Filed
13. Physical Injury Requirement Not Retroactive
14. No Leave to Amend Complaint for IFP Litigants
15. PLRA Doesn't Ban Class Actions
16. Trouble in Mind: ADX – The Fourth Year, by Ray Luc Levasseur
17. Daring Death Row Escape Shakes up Texas
18. Oregon "Predatory Sex Offender" Label Requires Notice and Hearing
19. De Facto Ban on Live Testimony Unconstitutional
20. South Carolina Parole Elimination Violates Ex Post Facto
21. Illegal Detention Violates Substantive Due Process
22. Jury Awards $8,000 in California Prison Assault
23. New York Prisoners Have Right to Staff Assistance and Witness Testimony
24. Seventh Circuit Defines Court Access Claims Involving Property
25. Failure to Give Summary Judgement Notice is Reversible Error
26. Indiana May Not Deny Pay and Educational Programs to Protective Custody Prisoners
27. No Appeal Allowed in Louisiana Consent Decree Dissolution
28. U.S. District Courts Have No Authority To Grant Or Deny Credit Toward Sentence
29. Denial of Good Time Because of Jury Sentencing Choice Violates Equal Protection
30. $45,000 Award in BOP Tort Claim Medical Neglect Suit
31. Released Sex Offender Not "In Custody" for Habeas
32. New York Jail Brutality Suit Settled for $3,500
33. Timothy "Little Rock" Reed Released on Parole
34. $1,500 in Disabled Prisoner Work Suit
35. $355,000 Verdict in New York Asthma Death
36. Mauro Vacated for Rehearing
37. Parole Change May Violate Ex Post Facto; Change Can Be Challenged Via § 1983
38. BOP Violent Offender Notification Policy Overinclusive
39. Twenty-Four Hour Notice of Disciplinary Charges Required
40. Seizure of Trust Account Interest Violates Takings Clause
41. Denial of Handicapped Jail Facilities Set for Trial
42. News in Brief
43. Cane Seizure Can Violate Eighth Amendment
44. $250,000 FTCA Beating Judgment Reversed

More from these topics:

• North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles, Feb. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Study Finds Parole Hearings and Grants Continue to Fall, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• 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.
• Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Third Circuit Rules Awarding BOP Prisoners 54 Days of Good Time Per Year Is Pro-­Rated, Jan. 1, 2026. Good Time, First Step Act, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Credits.
• First Circuit Clarifies Mitigating Role Analysis – Sentencing Courts Must Consider All Identifiable Participants in Drug Shipment, Not Just Crew Members, and Use § 3B1.2 Factors to Assess Relative Culpability, Not Guilt, Dec. 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Mitigating Role/Circumstances/Evidence, Miscalculation of the Guidelines Sentencing Range.
• CDCR May No Longer Use Sentence Credits to Advance Parole Eligibility of Some California Prisoners Serving Indeterminate Sentences, Dec. 1, 2025. Good Time, Constitution, state, Sentence, Credits, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Sentencing, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Confessions and Statements of Defendant, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Third Circuit Announces “Commencement of the Instant Offense” in Guidelines § 4A1.2(e) Unambiguously Refers Only to Specific Offense of Conviction, Not Relevant Conduct, Nov. 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration, Adequacy of Criminal History Category, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• SCOTUS Overturns Oklahoma Prisoner’s Death Sentence After More than 25 Years on Death Row, Nov. 1, 2025. Ex Post Facto, Good Time, Wrongful Conviction, Habeas Corpus, Wrongful Imprisonment, Pardons/Clemency, First Step Act, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA), Specific Offenses, Controlled Substances, Weapons, Accuracy of Information, Depraved Indifference Murder, Evidence - Circumstantial, Theft, Failure to Disclose, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose, New Trial - Motions for, Pleas Linked to Cooperation, Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of, Selective Prosecution/Enforcement, Improper Comments, Official Report, Withholding of Exculpatory Evidence, Exculpatory Evidence - Disclosure Obligations.