More from this issue:

1. America's Jails: The Dungeons of the New Millenium, by Sam Rutherford
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath, by Roger Hummel
4. Not Part of my Sentence: The Rape of Washington Prisoners, by Silja JA Talvi
5. The Cost of Running Washington's Rape Camps, by Paul Wright
6. Male Prisoner Settles Guard Rape Suit for $6,000
7. Qualified Immunity Denied in Washington Rape of Transsexual Prisoner
8. Jury Awards $5,000 to Beaten Texas Prisoner
9. BOP Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Brutality Charges, by Robert Durkee
10. Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment, by John E Dannenberg
11. Damages in Denial of Exercise Suit Reversed
12. Use of Restraint Chair Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment
13. Chinese Company Convicted of Using Forced Prison Labor
14. The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics & Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom
15. PLN Wins Nevada Censorship Suit
16. California State Prisoner's Handbook, by John E Dannenberg
17. Sanction Excessive When It Excludes Medical Expert's Testimony
18. Administrative Exhaustion Not Jurisdictional, by John E Dannenberg
19. Federal Appellate Rule 4(a)(6) Trumps Civil Rule 60(b)
20. Diabetic Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim to Proceed to Trial
21. Denial of Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause
22. Ohio ACLU Challenges Supermax
23. The Prison Activist Resource Center: It's About Sharing Resources and Working Collectively, by Marti Hiken
24. Sixth Circuit Upholds PLRA Attorneys' Fees Cap
25. News in Brief

More from Roger Hummel:

• Book Review: From Prison to Home, Jan. 15, 2003
• Ohio Prisons Make Almost $5 Million in Improper Food and Education Payments, Dec. 15, 2002
• Boot Camp or Boot Hill? Troubled Teens Suffer From Too Much Tough Love, Sept. 15, 2002
• News in Brief, Aug. 15, 2002
• The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future, June 15, 2002
• Telemarketing and Computer Programs Crash at Utah Prison, Dec. 15, 2001
• The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath, Oct. 15, 2001
• Actual Innocence--Five Days to Execution and other Dispatches From the Wrongly Convicted, Dec. 15, 2000

More from these topics:

• BOP Denies Providing Substandard Dialysis Treatment Despite Prisoners’ Deaths, Court Filings, Understaffing and Lack of Oversight, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• $800,000 Settlement Reached in Hawai‘i Jail Suicide Case, Sept. 1, 2026. Staffing, Failure to Train/Supervise, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Atlanta Jail Begins Turning Away Misdemeanor Arrestees, Sept. 1, 2026. Escapes, Staffing, Security Systems, Consent Decrees.
• What 911 Calls Reveal About Jail Operations, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Statistics/Trends, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Staff Training.
• Court Shuts Down Arizona Attempt to Fill Medical Staff Vacancies with Under-Qualified Providers, Sept. 1, 2026. Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Injunctions, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Illinois Prisons Have Gone a Year Without Long-term Healthcare Contract, Sept. 1, 2026. Wexford Health Services, Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Private Contractors, Staffing.
• Report Highlights Shortage of Wheelchairs at Michigan Women’s Prison, Sept. 1, 2026. Disabled Prisoners, Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Staffing, Deliberate Indifference.
• “Safe Inside” Review Paid for by DOJ Found Prisons Grew Much Deadlier in Five Year-Period, Aug. 1, 2026. Work Conditions/Safety, Statistics/Trends, Cost of Prison Systems, Staffing, Assaults on Staff.
• Detainees Overpower Guards to Take Control of a North Carolina Jail, Aug. 1, 2026. Prison Rebellion, Overcrowding, Staffing, Security Systems, Assaults on Staff.
• Oklahoma County Jail Fails 12th Health Inspection, Aug. 1, 2026. Corrections Audits, Failure to Protect (General), Staffing, Sanitation, Bedding.