More from this issue:

1. Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits, by Paul Wright
2. Closing Washington's Window of Parole Liability, by Paul Wright
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Private Prison Contractor Not Entitled to Immunity
5. Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits
6. Warden Fired over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison
7. Kentucky Phone Rate Ruling
8. Eight Prisoner Deaths in California Women's Prison, by Silja JA Talvi
9. Disciplinary Hearing Reversed for Failure to View Videotape
10. New York Strip Search Punitive Damage Award Vacated
11. New York Strip Search Suit Settled for $50 Million
12. Software Glitch Frees Washington Probationers
13. Two Louisiana Death Row Prisoners Freed
14. Peaceful Protest at Mount Olive Prison, by Gary Hunter
15. CCA Faulted in Texas Jail Escape
16. Corrections Corporation of America Hit with $3 Million Abuse Verdict, by Lonnie Burton
17. New York Jury Awards $900,000 for Jail's Failure to Protect
18. Three Florida Guards Charged with Beating 'Gunner'
19. Due Process Violation, Plain Error Reverse Marijuana Conviction
20. Voluntary Agreement with MINNCOR Not Enforceable Contract
21. Washington DOC Settles Sex Harassment Suit for $250,000
22. Second Circuit Cautions District Courts To Use Proper Sandin Analysis
23. $74,000 Awarded to Slashed New York Prisoner
24. Bogus Felons List Results in Suppression of Florida Votes, by Ronald Young
25. US Supreme Court Allows BOP Limit on Early Release Statute, by Roger Smith
26. Homemade Paper Spear Is Not a Deadly Weapon
27. Texas Prisoner Raped By Wackenhut Guard Entitled To Discovery Protection
28. PLRA Vacated Consent Decrees Can't Be Enforced in State Court
29. Change in AIDS Medication States Claim
30. PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Doesn't Apply After Release; Texas County Liable in Attack
31. Damages Awarded in New York Retaliation Suit
32. County Must Pay Prisoner's Medical Expenses
33. Gay New York Guard Wins $1.5 Million Harassment Award
34. Prisoner Bound by Jailhouse Lawyer's Work
35. Secular Humanism: Philosophy or Religion?
36. News in Brief
37. The Prisoner's Guide to Survival: A Comprehensive Legal Assistance Manual for PostConviction Relief and Prisoners' Civil Rights Actions, by Sam Rutherford

More from Sam Rutherford:

• Shelby County DA Oversees Retesting After Forensic Analyst’s Dismissal for ‘Unethical Conduct’, July 1, 2025
• Self-Harming Wisconsin Prisoner Settles Failure-to-Protect Suit for $7,000, April 1, 2025
• SCOTUS Clarifies It Had Already Been ‘Clearly Established Federal Law’ in 2004 for Purposes of AEDPA That Evidence at Trial Can Be So Prejudicial as to Violate Due Process, March 15, 2025
• Ninth and Tenth Circuits Find Bivens Extension Orders Not Immediately Appealable, March 1, 2025
• New Mexico Corrections Department Continues Pattern of Abuse With Contract Medical Provider Wexford Health Sources, Feb. 15, 2025
• Hawai’i Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction for Prosecutorial Misconduct Based on Prosecution’s Improper Statements During Closing Arguments, Feb. 15, 2025
• 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
• Fourth Circuit Decision on Claim of Retaliation for Exercising First And Sixth Amendment Rights Highlights Police Corruption, Feb. 15, 2025
• Washington DOC Physician Assistant Surrenders Medical License in Wake of Malpractice Allegations, Feb. 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants May Obtain Brady Evidence From Police Officers’ Personnel Files in Advance of § 1172.6 Hearing Requesting Vacatur of Conviction and Resentencing for Certain Types of Murder Convictions, Feb. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Review: “Reforming the Shadow Carceral State”, Aug. 1, 2025. Reviews, Criminal justice system reform, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Fines.
• Sixth Circuit Holds Dismissal Not Automatic When Plaintiff Simultaneously Files Same Claims in State Court, Aug. 1, 2025. Retaliation, Court Access, Grievances, Mail.
• On Remand, Eleventh Circuit Clarifies, Affirms Grant 
of Habeas Relief to Death Row Prisoner, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Death Penalty, Death Row.
• Fifth Circuit Announces When Initial § 2255 Petition Not Decided on Merits and Appeals Court Later Recalls Mandate Dismissing Direct Appeal and Affirms Conviction, Subsequent § 2255 Petition Not ‘Second or Successive’ Under AEDPA, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Ohio Sued by Non-Profit Law Firm 
for Opening Prisoner Legal Mail, July 15, 2025. Attorney Client, Legal Materials, Attorney Calls, Legal Mail.
• Fourth Circuit Announces Counterman v. Colorado 
Is New Rule of Constitutional Law That Applies 
Retroactively to Cases on Collateral Review and 
Grants Authorization to File Successive § 2255 Motion, July 1, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Habeas Corpus, Threats.
• Arkansas DOC Settles Retaliation Claim by Prisoner 
Who Also Won Back Confiscated COVID-19 Stimulus, June 1, 2025. Retaliation for Organizing, Legal Materials, Legal Mail.
• Arguing Successful Federal Habeas Corpus Claims, June 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Sixth Amendment, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
• 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.