More from this issue:

1. Beaten Philadelphia Prisoner Gets $125,000, Two Guards and Warden Get Time
2. Compensating the Wrongly Convicted, or Not, by Matthew Clarke
3. Veterans' Disability Check Unlawfully Seized to Pay State Restitution Fine, by John E Dannenberg
4. Dallas Police Convicted of Framing Drug Defendants, DA Refuses to Help Innocent Prisoners
5. California Prison Guards' Attorneys Convicted in Dog Mauling, by Marvin Mentor
6. Kansas Tobacco Smuggling Conviction Upheld
7. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
8. Mississippi Pays $6 Million for Empty Prison Bunks
9. Over 100 Prisoners Exonerated Through DNA, Government Cuts Funding, by Rex Bagley
10. $35,000 Settlement in New York Jail Cell Door Injury
11. Arkansas Prison Must Pay for Kosher Meals
12. HIV Infections, AIDS Deaths Down in U.S. Prisons
13. No Right to Renounce Citizenship - U.S. Not "at War"
14. Injunctive Relief Ordered to Fix ADA Violations in California Parole Hearings, by John E Dannenberg
15. Eighth Circuit: BOP Prisoners Have No Liberty Interest in Visits
16. Compelled Oral Sex Satisfies PLRA's "Physical Injury" Requirement
17. $240,000 Settlement in Florida Juvenile Boot Camp Suicide, by Lonnie Burton
18. Secretly Recorded California Jail Phone Conversations May Be Used to Convict, by John E Dannenberg
19. California Ad Seg Requires Opportunity to Present Views, Gang Debriefing Upheld
20. Appointment of Counsel in New Jersey Medical Suit
21. Texas Guard Stabbing Prisoner Not State Action Under § 1983
22. Washington Supreme Court Reverses Parole Revocation for Failure to Record Hearing
23. Joinder of Georgia Annual Parole Hearing Injunction is Rejected
24. Trial Required in Death of Mentally Ilil Nevada Detainee, 9th Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment
25. Joinder of Georgia Annual Parole Hearing Injunction Is Rejected, by Paul Wright
26. Expert Testimony Required to Prove Causation
27. $22,500 Award Upheld in Texas Gang Assault Set-up by Guards, by John E Dannenberg
28. Guard's Prior Misconduct Wrongly Excluded from Rape Trial
29. Arizona Governor Must Personally Decide Prisoner Clemency Denials
30. BOP Ban on R-Rated Movies Challenged, by James Quigley
31. Favorable Termination Rule Inapplicable to Conditions Claims
32. Gov. Ryan's Song, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
33. Illinois Governor Commutes All Death Sentences, by Michael Rigby
34. Gay Bashing Illinois Guards to Pay $65,000 for Savage Beating
35. Houston Crime Lab Closed, Prisoner Freed, by Michael Rigby
36. Washington Guards Shoot Now, Ask Questions Later, by Roger Smith
37. Prompt Mental Health Services Ordered for Arkansas Pretrial Detainees, by John E Dannenberg
38. Alabama DOC Settles Mental Health Class Action, by James Quigley
39. California Governor Has Carte Blanche in Denying Lifer Paroles, by Marvin Mentor
40. No Qualified Immunity When Denying Pain Medication
41. U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Sex Offender Registration Laws
42. Habeas Granted in BOP Good Time Case
43. News in Brief
44. No Administrative Exhaustion in Idaho Child Support Modification
45. Consultants Do Not Insulate Officials from Kosher Diet Liability
46. $13 Million Approved for Study of Prisoner Rape

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:

• CDCR Held in Contempt, Fined $112 Million 
in Longstanding Litigation Over Mental Health Care, Aug. 1, 2025. Staffing, Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Multiple Prisoner Suits Accuse Guards of Violence 
at Virginia BOP Lockup, Aug. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Discrimination (Transgender).
• $550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail, July 15, 2025. Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides, Failure to Protect (Juveniles).
• Washington’s Continuing Competency Crisis Strains Jails, June 1, 2025. Medication, Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Retired California Prison Guard Killed in Colorado Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• $500,000 for Colorado Detainee Dropped 
On His Face by Jailers, June 1, 2025. Jail Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Ninth Circuit Revives Complaint Over Sloppy Cell Checks 
Before Psychotic Detainee’s Death at L.A. Jail, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• Kansas Pays $150,000 for Prisoner Killed by Cellmate, 
Centurion Settlement Confidential, June 1, 2025. Classification, Failure to Protect (General), Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Rural Virginia Jury Refuses to Hold Guards Liable 
for State Prisoner’s Death, June 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness).
• Policing the Vulnerable: The Criminalization of Disability, May 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Mental Health.