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:

• Differing Judicial Outcomes for the New York Guards Who Killed Robert Brooks, Feb. 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death), Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Pending Appeal/Sentencing.
• 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).
• $404,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Brutalized by Trio of Guards, Kept in Solitary for Two Years, Jan. 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
• Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan Jailer Accused of Retaliatory Assault, Jan. 1, 2026. Retaliation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• U.S. District Court in Arizona Grants Summary Judgment in Favor of Prisoner Denial of Forms for Challenging 455 Days of Solitary, Jan. 1, 2026. Totality of Conditions, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Chemical Spraying of Mentally Ill Inmates, Deliberate Indifference.
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Suit by Civilly Committed Texan, Dec. 1, 2025. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Conditions of Confinement, Complaints, Grievances, Civil Commitment.
• Second Circuit Vacates Finding that Prisoner Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies; Remands Conditions of Confinement and Due Process Claims, Dec. 1, 2025. Totality of Conditions, Failure to Protect (General), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Municipal Liability, Ad-Seg Hearings.
• Eighth Circuit: Former Prisoner’s Amended Complaint Filed After Release Not Subject to PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, Dec. 1, 2025. Failure to Treat, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Complaints, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Deliberate Indifference.
• One Guard Pleads Guilty, Another Receives Light Sentence in New York Prisoner’s Killing, Dec. 1, 2025. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Obstruction of Justice, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.