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:

• Ninth Circuit Affirms $3.84 Million Jury Verdict in Death of San Bernardino Jail Detainee from Acute Alcohol Withdrawal, March 1, 2026
• 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

More from these topics:

• Federal Habeas Quick Reference Guide for State Prisoners, Sept. 1, 2026. Retroactivity, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Cause and Prejudice.
• Sixth Circuit Holds Kentucky Deficient-Counsel Belated-Appeal Procedure Tolls Federal Habeas One-Year Limitations Period, Sept. 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Failure to Preserve Challenge, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Eleventh Circuit Holds § 2255 Motion Not “Second or Successive” After Intervening Amended Judgment Corrected Unlawful Sentences, Even as to Claims Concerning an Undisturbed Count, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Effect of Vacatur.
• Idaho Supreme Court Holds Indigent Parents Have Constitutional Right to Counsel at Public Expense, July 1, 2026. Court Access, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Counsel - Right to, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions.
• Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, July 1, 2026. Reading Materials, Legal Materials, Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship.
• Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
• 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 Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
• 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.
• 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.