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 Bob Williams:

• Ninth Circuit Reverses Suit Over Fees Charged Prepaid Debit Cards Given To Released Prisoners, April 1, 2020
• Safety at Any Price - Massachusetts Corrections Fiscal Failure , Sept. 22, 2015
• Tenth Circuit: Heck Not Applicable To Diversions; Notice Required Before Statute Of Limitations Dismissal, July 3, 2015
• No Rehearing For Disciplinary Actions Vacated On Substantive Grounds, July 15, 2011
• Treatment Required For Prisoners Committing Sex Offenses In Prison, July 15, 2011
• Tenth Circuit Reverses Lawsuit on Hygiene Versus Court Access for Second Time, June 15, 2011
• Shrinking Budgets Force States to Cut Corrections Spending, March 15, 2010
• Maryland: Parole Supervision Fee Likely Does More Harm than Good, Feb. 15, 2010
• One of Every 11 Prisoners Now Serving Life Sentence, Feb. 15, 2010
• Pennsylvania Contractor Prohibited from Using State and Federal Funds for Religious Purposes, April 15, 2009

More from these topics:

• Oklahoma Supreme Court: Jail Trust Cannot Withhold Requested Records under Law Enforcement Exemption of ORA, May 1, 2026. Summary Judgment, Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Public Records Act, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• 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.
• Six Years of the First Step Act: Federal Prison Data Reveal Treatment Gains, Persistent Disparities, and Unanswered Questions, April 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Systemic Medical Neglect, First Step Act, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Confinement in Segregated Housing.
• Leaked Video Footage Shows California Prison Guards Engaged in Retaliatory Assault, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Prison Rape Elimination Act.
• New Jersey Governor’s Order Allows People with Prior Felony Convictions to Serve on Jury Duty, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, State Legislation, Restrictions, discrimination, Jury Selection.
• Texas Prisoner Declared Innocent 70 Years After Execution, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Death Penalty, False Confessions, Eyewitness Identification, Prosecutorial Misconduct.
• Minnesota Study Shows Disproportionate Rate of Health and Mental Problems for Recently Incarcerated, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Medical, Statistics/Trends, Mental Health, Health care.
• Federal Court Strikes Much of Virginia’s Felony Voting Restriction, Feb. 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Restrictions, discrimination, Voting Rights, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• California Oversight Agency Hasn’t Finished a Single Review of Jail Deaths, Feb. 1, 2026. Corrections Audits, Medical Records, Disclosure of Records, State Legislation.
• The New York Prison System’s Culture of Cruelty and Impunity, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death).