More from this issue:

1. Federal Legal Standards for Prison Medical Care, by Daniel E. Manville
2. When Prison Officials Don't Respond Administrative Remedies Are Exhausted
3. Texas Parole Officer Hires Parolee for Murder, by Gary Hunter
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. CCA Pays $54 Million to IRS and Settles Gender Discrimination Complaint
6. The Parents' Project: Parent-Child Prison Visitation Issues Raised by Bazzetta, et. al. v. McGinnis, et. al., by Denise Johnston
7. Erroneously Released Texas Prisoner Has Right to Street Calendar Time
8. No Escape: Male Rape in U.S. Prisons: A Human Rights Watch Report by Joanne Mariner, by Alex Coolman
9. Writing to Win, by John E Dannenberg
10. Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoner's Hepatitis C Treatment Claim
11. Texas Prison Guard Charged with Raping Male Prisoner; Prisoner Files §1983 Complaint
12. Ohio Supreme Court Orders Changes in Parole Board Procedures, by Robert Woodman
13. California Pays $1.1 Million in Prison Sexual Harassment Suits
14. No Qualified Immunity Defense for Florida Beatings, by David Reutter
15. Washington Prisoner L & I Statutes Struck Down
16. Twenty Years for Flinging Feces on Texas Guards
17. Injury Report Satisfies Texas Tort Claims Actual Notice Requirement
18. BOP Communion Wine Ban Challenged, by David Reutter
19. Psychologist Not Qualifiedly Immune in Prisoner Suicide Suit, by John E Dannenberg
20. Texas Guard's Conviction Reversed
21. BJS Summarizes State Sex Offender Registries
22. No Right to Artificial Insemination, by John E Dannenberg
23. Texas Pro Se Litigant Entitled to Notice of Hearing
24. ADA Liability Extends to New Jersey County Jail and Vicinage
25. Dismissal for Failure to Allege Physical Injury Improper
26. Head of Counsel for Texas Prisoners Fired
27. Third Circuit Upholds $100,000 Damages Award to Assaulted Pennsylvania Prisoner
28. Prisons Experience Outbreaks of Infectious Disease, by Michael Rigby
29. Ninth Circuit Reexamines Standards for Qualified Immunity at Summary Judgment Stage in California Shooting Case, by John E Dannenberg
30. San Mateo County Sues California Jail Phone Service Providers
31. Kosher Diets for Prisoners Upheld in Tenth Circuit, by Bob Williams
32. Exceptions Made To PLRA Exhaustion Requirement; Discovery Allowed, by John E Dannenberg
33. Wisconsin Lacks Authority Over Funds of Out-of-State Prisoners
34. Disciplinary Boards are not "State Courts" Under AEDPA
35. Prison Population Continues to Grow
36. News in Brief

More from Robert Woodman:

• States' Incarceration Costs Continue to Rise, Dec. 15, 2007
• Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Against Pretrial Detainee's Dental Claim, June 15, 2005
• New Jersey DOC Liable for Prisoner Death Caused by CMS, April 15, 2005
• CMS Liable for Prisoner's Failed Hip Prosthesis; $75,000 Awarded, Feb. 15, 2005
• No Crueler Tyrannies: Accusation, False Witnesses, and Other Tyrannies of Our Times, May 15, 2004
• America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way, Nov. 15, 2003
• Michigan Visiting Rules Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court, Oct. 15, 2003
• Ohio Supreme Court Orders Changes in Parole Board Procedures, May 15, 2003
• U.S. District Court Finds Supermax Placement at Ohio Prison "Atypical and Significant Hardship", Feb. 15, 2003
• $540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating, June 15, 2002

More from these topics:

• California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Due Process, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, July 1, 2026. Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Parole, Prisoners' Rights.
• California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, July 1, 2026. Parole, Equal Protection Clause/Claims, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Credits, Prison Regulations.
• Two More Guards Face Prison Time for Messiah Nantwi Killing, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Sentencing, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• 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.
• SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Maine Was the First State to Abolish Parole. Incarcerated Mainers, Advocates Hope to Bring it Back., March 1, 2026. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, De Facto Life Sentence.