More from this issue:

1. Washington Prison Health Care Substandard, by Angela Galloway
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Habeas Hints: Procedural Update, by Kent Russell
4. The Long Silence: Federal Prisoners' Fight to Get the Word Out Reaches Unprintable Extremes, by Alan Prendergast
5. Book Review: From Prison to Home, by Roger Hummel
6. North Carolina Jail Fire Kills Eight Prisoners
7. Alabama DOC Quickly Settles Prison Working Conditions Suit, by John E Dannenberg
8. Hustler Magazine Survives Arizona Prison Obscenity Test
9. Los Angeles County Settles Overdetention Suits for $27 Million, by John E Dannenberg
10. Sexual Assault Violates Eighth Amendment
11. Wackenhut Warden and Six Guards Convicted In New Mexico Prisoner Beatings
12. California's Parole Revocation System Violates Due Process, by John E Dannenberg
13. Virginia Guards Acquitted of Assaulting Prisoner, by Michael Rigby
14. Sentence Commuted for Sexually Assaulted New Mexico Prisoner
15. Ninth Circuit Upholds BOP's Prorated Good Time Formula
16. Inartful Pro Se Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Survives Motion to Dismiss
17. Deaf Michigan Prisoner's ADA/RA Suit Survives Dismissal Challenge
18. USPC Parole Revocation Policies Violate Due Process, by David Reutter
19. Trial in Prison Violates Oregon's "Public Trial" Guarantee
20. Amendment of Complaint to Identify Unknown Defendant Denied
21. Denial of Wheelchair Claims Survive Summary Judgment
22. PLRA Does Not Apply to Juvenile Facilities; $379,000 Attorney Fees and Costs Awarded, by David Reutter
23. Excessive Force and Delaying Medical Treatment Defeats Dismissal
24. Diabetic's Amputation Suit Set for Trial
25. No Immunity for Failing to Protect Murdered Informant; Correctional Industries Employees Are State Actors
26. Colorado Ad-Seg Decisions Subject to Judicial Review
27. 7th Circuit: PLRA Exhaustion Requirements Retroactive; BOP Has Late Grievance Hardship Exception
28. $27,848.30 Award in Texas Jail Slip and Fall Upheld
29. A Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual, Fifth Ed. and 2002 Supplement, by Paul Wright
30. Less Restrictive Alternatives Must Be Considered in Washington Sex Predator Commitments
31. Brutal Jail Conditions Warrant Reduced Federal Prison Sentence
32. News in Brief
33. FLSA Inapplicable to Oklahoma Prisoners in Private Prisons
34. 7th Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity on ETS Claim
35. All Aspects of Inadequate Medical Need Not Be Exhausted

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:

• 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.
• Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.
• 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.
• Maine Was the First State to Abolish Parole. Incarcerated Mainers, Advocates Hope to Bring it Back., March 1, 2026. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, De Facto Life Sentence.
• Colorado Lawmakers Approve Prison Bed Funding, Despite DOC Understaffing, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Staffing, Parole, Overdetention, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Oregon Supreme Court Announces Bright-Line Rule Requiring Dismissal Without Prejudice When State Fails to Appoint Counsel for Eligible Criminal Defendant Within 60 Days in Misdemeanor Cases or 90 Days in Felony Cases Post-Arraignment, March 1, 2026. Appointment of Counsel, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense, Constitution, state, Counsel - Right to.
• North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles, Feb. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Study Finds Parole Hearings and Grants Continue to Fall, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• 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.
• Delaware Supreme Court Announces Trial Courts Must First Resolve Defense Counsel’s Motion to Withdraw Before Addressing Defendant’s Plea-­Withdrawal Request, Holding Failure to Do So Violates Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel, Jan. 1, 2026. Appointment of Counsel, Sixth Amendment, Counsel - Constructive denial of, Self-representation, Withdrawal.