More from this issue:

1. Collateral Damage: The Children of Prisoners, by Tom Lowenstein
2. Oregon Bulk Mail Ban Struck Down Again
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Prisoner Killed in California Prison, by Michael Rigby
5. $525,000 Paid in California Prisoner Beating Death
6. Habeas Hints: Post Conviction Relief, by Kent Russell
7. Book Review: The Prisons by Maggie Jaffe, by Michael McIrvin
8. Dominican Women Prisoners Strike for Conjugal Visits, by Julia Lutsky
9. U.S. Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Probationary Searches Are Valid
10. The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future, by Roger Hummel
11. $540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating
12. $540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating, by Robert Woodman
13. Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape
14. Two Federal Courts Grant Injunction for HCV Treatment
15. U.S. Supreme Court: Administrative Exhaustion Required for All Prisoner Section 1983 Suits, by John E Dannenberg
16. Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Jail Booking Fee Challenge, by Robert Woodman
17. U.S. Supreme Court: Qualified Immunity Determination Must Precede Trial on Merits, by John E Dannenberg
18. $1,500 Awarded in New York Slapping Case
19. Punch & Jurists: Criminal Law News You Can Use, by Paul Wright
20. California Jury Awards $1 Million in Jail Rape
21. Disciplinary Board Must Assess Confidential Informant's Reliability
22. Third Circuit Vacates $300,000 Beating Award, Orders New Trial
23. New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates
24. Three Arkansas Guards Sentenced in Beating
25. Washington Infraction Invalid Where No Notice of Prohibited Conduct Given
26. ADA/RA Suit for Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief, by John E Dannenberg
27. Forced AA/NA for Parolee Defeats Qualified Immunity
28. Tenth Circuit Vacates Religious Diet Awards Under PLRA Physical Injury Rule
29. TDCJ Not Immune from Suit in Medical Malpractice Death Case
30. California Jail Settles Rape Case for $95,000
31. Denial of Grievance Forms Is Denial of Remedy
32. Jail Policy to Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution, by John E Dannenberg
33. Texas Appeals Court Grants Prisoner Mandamus on Discovery
34. Complaints Must Be Concise, To the Point
35. News in Brief
36. California Guards Bust Budget, by Willie Wisely

More from John E Dannenberg:

• California’s “Realignment” Law Sends 38,000 State Prisoners to County Control, Aug. 11, 2016
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Gets $12,500 in Retaliation Suit After Remittitur, Jan. 15, 2010
• Nebraska Muslim Prisoner Wins Religious Concessions, April 15, 2009
• Illegal Strip Searches During Minor Charges Net Sacramento Jail Detainees $1,000 Each, May 15, 2007
• California: Knowing Waiver of Conduct Credits at Plea Agreement Controls Upon Later Probation Violations, May 15, 2007
• Arizona Internet Ban Permanently Enjoined, May 15, 2007
• California: "Mailbox Rule" Extended to Civil Complaints Against Public Entity, May 15, 2007
• California Attorney Richard Dangler Sanctioned for "Shameful, Frivolous" Prisoner Appeals; Resigns, May 15, 2007
• PLN Wins FOIA Suit to Gain Copies of BOP Verdicts and Settlements without Charge, Sept. 15, 2006
• Supreme Court: Banning Publications to Punish Recalcitrant Prisoners Trumps Their First Amendment Rights, Sept. 15, 2006

More from these topics:

• Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail, May 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.
• Federal Court Places Medical Care in Arizona Prisons Under Receivership, May 1, 2026. Naphcare, Systemic Medical Neglect, Injunctions, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Inadequate Health Care Facilities.
• Class Certification Granted to Suit Challenging Suspension of HALT Act in New York Prisons, April 1, 2026. Injunctions, Class Certification, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guard Unions, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Officials in Kansas Allow CoreCivic to Reopen Leavenworth Prison, April 1, 2026. Corrections Corporation of America/CoreCivic, Advocacy, Injunctions, Immigration Detention, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• SCOTUS Unanimously Announces Heck Does Not Bar §1983 Suits Seeking Purely Prospective Relief, Resolving Circuit Split Over Whether a Prior Conviction Precludes a Forward-Looking Constitutional Challenge to the Statute of Conviction, April 1, 2026. Injunctions, First Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Prohibitions Against Protests, Protected Speech.
• Constitutional Challenge to Louisiana Prison “Farm Line” Granted Class Certification, March 1, 2026. Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Injunctions (PLRA), Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Wisconsin Hasn’t Created Prison Nursery Program, One Year After Court Order, March 1, 2026. Injunctions, Mothers in Prison, Parental rights, Children of Prisoners.
• Delaware Settles Suit Over Depriving Young Prisoners of Special Education, Feb. 1, 2026. Disabled Prisoners, Education, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
• Ninth Circuit Reinstates Wheelchair-Bound Washington State Prisoner’s Suit Over Failure to Accommodate Disabilities During Transport, Feb. 1, 2026. Transportation, Excessive Force, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Deliberate Indifference.