More from this issue:

1. The Strangest of Bedfellows, by Noel Brinkerhoff
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Class Action Medical Neglect Suit Filed Against CDC
4. Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning and Medical Suits for over $200,000
5. Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld, by Willie Wisely
6. Virginia DOC Cuts Ties with CMS, by Robert Durkee
7. Nineteen Killed in Brazilian Prison Rebellion
8. PLRA's Attorney Fee Cap Held Unconstitutional, by John E Dannenberg
9. New Jersey Prisoners' Disciplinary Convictions Reversed on Due Process Violations
10. CCA Medical Cost-Saving Contract Unconstitutional
11. Kentucky Judge Orders Hepatitis C Treatment
12. $235,000 Awarded to CCA Prisoner in Medical Suit
13. PLRA Limits Guard's Liability for Prisoner's Attorney Fees, by John E Dannenberg
14. BOP Imposter Scheme Discovered
15. Book Review: Capital Crimes, by Allen N Huxley
16. Washington Prisoners' Out-of-State Transfer Upheld
17. Defendants' Attorney Fee Award Must Be Supported by Record
18. PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applies to ADA Claims
19. Lack of "Volitional Control" Required for Civil Commitment of Kansas Sex Offenders; S.Ct. Grants Review
20. Massachusetts Disenfranchises its Prisoners
21. New Jersey Detainees Entitled to Medical Care
22. Arkansas Guards Indicted for Shocking Prisoners
23. Texas Prisoner Takes Hostages
24. Court to Determine if Louisiana Must Treat Male and Female Prisoners Equally
25. Detainee Entitled to Dental Care
26. New York Prisoner Wins $7,200 in Negligence Suit
27. $9.5 Million Awarded in Prisoner Van Fire Death
28. New York City Settles Black Panther Frame Up Suit for $890,000, by Roger Smith
29. Trial Required in Arizona Uprising Suit
30. $1.4 Million Awarded to Raped Alaska Women Prisoners
31. Kansas Conditional Release Is Mandatory
32. Florida Religious Name Change Upheld
33. Non-Physical Damage Claims Barred Until Released
34. Retaliatory Infraction Creates Heck Exception
35. New York AG Turns on Client
36. Retaliation Claim Merits Factual Resolution
37. Private Jail Settlement Not a Consent Decree under PLRA, by John E Dannenberg
38. Constant Illumination States Eighth Amendment Claim
39. Georgia Parole Law May Violate Ex Post Facto
40. Oklahoma Good Time Rule Violates Ex Post Facto
41. BOP Medical Personnel Absolutely Immune from Suit
42. Book Review: The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime, by Rick Card
43. Trial Required in Oregon Law Clerk Retaliation Suit
44. Preliminary Injunction Granted in TB Hold Case
45. $250,000 Award to Beaten Texas Prisoner Upheld
46. Summary Judgment for Private Physician Reversed
47. 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.