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 David Reutter:

• Help Wanted: 31,000 Prison Guard Jobs Open Nationwide, Sept. 1, 2025
• Fifth Circuit Greenlights Federal Takeover of Mississippi Jail, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Claim Based on Guard’s 
Thwarting of Administrative Remedies, Aug. 1, 2025
• Tenth Circuit Ruling Paves Way for $2.7 Million Settlement 
for Intellectually Disabled Jail Detainee Raped by Sheriff, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit Agrees That Former Guantanamo Detainee 
Lacks Grounds to Sue for Waterboarding, Aug. 1, 2025
• Qualified Immunity Denied for Iowa Prison Doctor’s MRI Delay 
for Non-Medical Reasons, Aug. 1, 2025
• Ninth Circuit: Continuing-Violations Doctrine Applies 
for PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Purposes, Aug. 1, 2025
• First Circuit: Prosecutor’s Breach of Plea Agreement 
Requires Government’s Specific Performance of Agreement, 
Not Specific Performance by District Court, Aug. 1, 2025
• Oregon Prisoners Can Now Seek Economic Damages 
for Future Lost Income More Easily, July 15, 2025
• $22.5 Million Verdict Arrives Too Late for 
Wrongfully Convicted Illinois Prisoner, July 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Sentencing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons.
• Percentage Of Prisoners Serving Life Without Parole Is Up 
Despite Overall Decrease in Prison Population, July 15, 2025. Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Implementing the Total Sentence.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit: Procedurally Unreasonable Sentence Where District Court Failed to Address Defendant’s Non-Frivolous Downward Variance Argument Based on Sentencing Disparity 
Due to Which State’s Statute Prior Conviction Based Upon, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Failure To Consider Disparity, Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.
• SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC 
Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements 
That Are ‘Misleading’ but True, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, False Statements/Perjury.
• New York Lifts Hiring Ban on Fired Striking Prison Guards, Announces Early Prisoner Releases, May 1, 2025. Work Strikes, Staffing, Parole, Guard Unions, Bail/Pretrial Release, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Fifth Circuit Leaves Louisiana Prisoner Waiting for Reinstated Parole, Jan. 15, 2025. Parole, Overdetention, Victim's Rights to Enforce Collection.
• Arizona Supreme Court Allows Third PCR Motion Based on IAC for Erroneous Advice About Parole Eligibility Due to ‘Pervasive Confusion’ Regarding Parole Within Legal Community, Nov. 1, 2024. Parole, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
• Washington Supreme Court: Nonexceptional Consecutive Terms of ‘Community Custody’ May Not Exceed Aggregate Term of 24 Months, May 15, 2024. Parole, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences, Multiple Sentences, Aggregate Sentence.