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:

• 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.
• SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
• Texas State Jails Fail: Institutions Conceived as Safe Spots for Rehabilitation After Minor Drug Convictions Now Flooded With Drugs and Major Felons, March 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Staffing, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Good Time, Drug Treatment/Rehab.
• 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.
• SCOTUS Announces MVRA Restitution Constitutes Criminal Punishment Subject to Ex Post Facto Clause Protections, Feb. 1, 2026. Ex Post Facto, Restitution, Constitution, U.S., Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• 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.
• Supreme Court of Maryland Announces Division of Correction Must Immediately Apply Time-Served Credit Against Valid Sentences When Convictions Are Vacated and May Not Toll Execution Pending Reprosecution; New Sentences Arising From New Convictions Take, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Effect of Vacatur, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
• Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.