More from this issue:

1. The Crime of Being Poor, by Paul Wright
2. Texas Medical Provider Investigated for Mixing, Selling Bodies
3. Wichita Kansas Pays $6.2 Million to Settle Detainees' Lawsuit
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. No Termination of Special Parole Upon Deportation
6. The Shame of Prison Health, by Sasha Abramsky
7. Proof of Actual Rights Violation Required for Attorney Fee Award
8. Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
9. Ohio Federal District Court Finds RLUIPA Constitutional
10. YSI: Another Death, Another Settlement
11. New Mexico Supreme court Affirms Dismissal of Phone Rate Suit
12. Texas Tries to Hire Incompetent Doctors to Review Medical Care
13. Retaliatory Prisoner Transfer for Exercising First Amendment Rights is "Adverse Determination" Under the Privacy Act, by Bob Williams
14. Evidence Suppressed in California Ex-Parolee's Warrantless Search, by John E Dannenberg
15. PLRA Not Applied to Attorney Fees, $407,635 for Puerto Rican Prisoners
16. Texas Prisoners Have Limited Right to Appear at Expungement Hearing
17. Washington DOC Settles ADA Suit for $8,000, by Roger Smith
18. Seventh Circuit Vacates $1.8 Million Award in BOP Suicide
19. Injunction Allows Legal Mail Between Iowa Prisoners
20. "Atypical And Significant" Hardship Segregation Claim Cannot Be Dismissed Under §1915(e)(2)
21. $345,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Rape Suit
22. $14 Million Settlement in U.S. Corrections Corporation Pension Plan Suit, by Michael Rigby
23. Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit Dismissed
24. Alaska Prisoners' Benefits Extended to Arizona
25. Washington Women's Medical Care Consent Decree Ended
26. Ex-Employee Wins $500,000 Religious Discrimination Award Against TDCJ
27. $174,175 Awarded in D.C. Conditions and Medical Suit
28. $250,000 Award for Texas Jail Paraplegic Upheld
29. Hawaii Adopts "Mailbox Rule" in Prisoner Civil Actions
30. New Jersey's Five Percenters an STG and a Religion, by David Reutter
31. Mailbox Rule Tolls Statute of Limitations in BOP Medical Suit
32. Incarcerated Father Retains Child Visitation Rights
33. PLRA Physical Injury Requirement Not Applicable to First Amendment Compensatory Damages
34. Third Circuit Holds PLRA Exhaustion Requirement an Affirmative Defense, by Bob Williams
35. Deposition Testimony Not Hearsay; Expert Must Satisfy Daubert in BOP Van Accident
36. News in Brief
37. Beaten Philadelphia Prisoner Gets $125,000, Two Guards and Warden Get Time

More from David Reutter:

• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, April 15, 2025
• Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, April 15, 2025
• Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, April 1, 2025
• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
• ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025
• First Circuit: Two-Level Enhancement Under § 3B1.1(c) for Leadership or Managerial Role Vacated Because Government Failed to Prove Defendant’s Order Was Actually ‘Obeyed’ by Fellow Criminal Participant, Feb. 15, 2025
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Witness Wearing Surgical Mask During Pandemic Is Denial of Sixth Amendment Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation and No General Exception to This Right for Pandemic or ‘Other Global Events’ Such as Wars and Natural, Feb. 15, 2025
• The Murky Waters of Parole, Feb. 1, 2025
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• Muslim Prisoners Face Price-Gouging, April 1, 2025. Religious Discrimination, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Religious Practices, Religious Property.
• Lawsuits by Michigan Prisoner Yield $57,750 in Settlements, Plus Policy Changes, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Ninth Circuit Shuts Down Settlement Agreement in Long-Running California Prisoners’ Gang Affiliation Suit, March 1, 2024. Gang Policies, Prison Gangs, Informants (Disciplinary Hearings), Informants, Consent Decrees, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Consent Decrees - Termination of.
• 153 Killed in Custody in Salvadorian Gang Crackdown, Jan. 1, 2024. Gang Policies, Commentary/Reviews, Prison/Jail Murders, Statistics/Trends, Databases, International Law, Prisoners-International, Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).
• Fourth Circuit Revives Virginia Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting His Religious Headwear, Aug. 15, 2023. Religious Grooming, Religious Practices.
• Third Circuit Reinstates Claim by Federal Prisoner in Pennsylvania that Guards Prevented Daily Muslim Prayers, Aug. 15, 2023. State Law Claims, Religious Practices.
• Former Supervisor of D.C. Metro PD Intelligence Indicted for Tipping off Leader of Proud Boys About Impending Arrest, June 23, 2023. Gang Policies, Police/Govt Misconduct, Gang Membership.
• L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Who Sued Over Presence of ‘The Executioners’ Deputy Gang Is Member of Another Deputy Gang Called ‘The Gladiators’, June 21, 2023. Gang Policies, Excessive Force (Police), Gang Membership.
• Dozens of LA Sheriff’s Deputies Suspected of Gang Membership Ordered to Show Gang Tattoos and Snitch on Fellow Cops, May 22, 2023. Gang Policies, Police, Gang Membership, Tattoo Evidence.