More from this issue:

1. California Guards Abuse Young Prisoners, by Willie Wisely
2. Georgia Prisoner Wins $60,000 Retaliation Verdict
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Reviews: Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law, 7th ed., by Allan Parmelee
5. Reviews: Finding the Right Lawyer, by Allan Parmelee
6. Prisoners' Guerrilla Handbook to Correspondence Programs in the U.S. and Canada: High School, Vocational, Paralegal and College Courses, by Paul Wright
7. Reviews: Voices From Within the Prison Walls, by Rick Card
8. Federal Criminal Defendant's Handbook: Negotiating the Long, Lonely Road from Arrest, to Prison, to Freedom, by Paul Wright
9. Enemies of the State: A Frank Discussion of Past Political Movements, Victories and Errors and the Current Political Climate for Revolutionary Struggle Within the USA, by Paul Wright
10. A Matter of Law, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
11. Amended Arizona Statute of Limitations Not Retroactive
12. Habeas Challenging Transfer to Private Prison Dismissed
13. Abuse of Force at Virginia's Supermax, by Dan Pens
14. Tenth Circuit Clarifies Three Strikes
15. Wisconsin Release Account Used to Pay Filing Fees
16. Warden Purged of Contempt
17. Litigation Costs Not Dischargeable in Bankruptcy
18. PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments
19. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A Applies to All Prisoner Suits
20. Filing Fee Refunded in Habeas Case
21. No Filing Fee Required if IFP Denied in DC Circuit
22. Prison Guard Golf Tourney Tees off Town
23. Washington Prison Slavery Runs Competitors Out of Business, by Paul Wright
24. Water Jet Companies Challenge Washington Slave Labor Laws
25. Sylvia Baraldini Goes Home After Sixteen Years, by Julia Lutsky
26. Torture "Aberrational" in U.S.
27. Israeli Supreme Court Limits Torture
28. Michigan DOC Settles DOJ Sexual Abuse Lawsuit, by Maia Justine Storm
29. Prison Health Services Refuses to Pay
30. Judicial Screening Applies Only to IFP Suits
31. Lack of Evidence Bars Disciplinary Finding of Guilt
32. Delay in Treating Injured Shoulder States Claim
33. America's Toughest Sheriff Settles for $8.25 Million in Wrongful Death Suit
34. Prison Realty Hires PR Firm
35. "Three Strikes" Provision of PLRA Unconstitutional
36. Florida State Prison Halloween Melee
37. Constitutionality of ADA Upheld by Fourth Circuit
38. Cell Feed Status May Give Jailer Actual Notice of Need to Protect Prisoner
39. New Jersey Sex Offender Porn Ban Upheld
40. PLRA Administrative Remedy Exhaustion Requirement Not Retroactive
41. New York Parole Board Commissioner Convicted, by Julia Lutsky
42. Nine Florida Guards Injured in Scuffle
43. Whitestone Foundation
44. Oregon DOC Liable for Attacks by Parolees
45. Miscarriage is Serious Medical Condition
46. Indigence is Cause to Retax Costs
47. Notice of Summary Judgment Requirements Mandatory
48. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• 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.
• 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.