More from this issue:

1. Jails for Jesus, by Samantha M. Shapiro
2. City Immune in California Drunk Tank Beating Suit Because Prisoner Was Criminal, Not Civil Detainee
3. Kansas Gift Subscription Ban Rejected by State Court But Upheld By Federal Court, by John E Dannenberg
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Alabama Restores Voting Rights to Some Ex-Prisoners
6. Another Death in a Wisconsin Prison, by Gary Hunter
7. PLRA Fee Payments Cease Upon Release from Prison
8. Thirty-Two Years of Resistance: Free the Angola Three!, by Shana Griffin
9. Thirty Years in Segregation May State Claim, by Michael Rigby
10. First Circuit Holds ADA Title II Abrogated State Sovereign Immunity, by Bob Williams
11. Prison Nation Wins Human Rights Award
12. BOP, FBI Investigations in Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and California Federal Prisons, by Michael Rigby
13. Sixth Circuit: Claims Against Parole Procedures Cognizable Under § 1983
14. Disarray in Colorado: Prisoners Hurt by Host of Problems, by Bob Williams
15. $475,000 Settlement for Wrongly Convicted Indiana Ex-Con
16. Eighteen Indicted for Drug Smuggling and Weapons Possession Inside Puerto Rican Prisons, by Lonnie Burton
17. Brooklyn MDC Guard Pleads Guilty to Raping Prisoner
18. New York Prisoner Awarded $435,000 in Tire Accident
19. The Soft Cage: Surveillance in America, From Slave Passes to the War on Terror, by Scott Christianson
20. Asset Forfeiture Defense Manual, by John E Dannenberg
21. California Parole Violators' Due Process Rights Upheld in Settlement
22. Former Warden and Two Jailers Sentenced for Philadelphia Jail Beating
23. Mississippi Death Row Conditions Unconstitutional; Sweeping Reforms Ordered, by Bob Williams
24. Constitutional Amendment Effort Launched to Bar Florida's Prison Privatization, by David Reutter
25. Canadian Prisoner Dies After Drinking Drug-Laced Vomit, Others Charged, by Michael Rigby
26. Permanent Injunction Requires Full HCV Retreatment for Florida Prisoner, by John E Dannenberg
27. Disabled Missouri Prisoner Awarded Backpay after Passing GED Test
28. Brief Statement of Operative Facts Satisfies Texas Pleading Requirement
29. Texas Prisoners Have Right to Judicial Review of Administrative Finding
30. Jail Rape Results in Reduced Sentence
31. Court Questions Federal Assault Conviction on Private Prison Guard
32. A Culture of Prosecutorial Misconduct, by Peter Schmidt
33. California Presentencing Credits Upheld For Jail Time in Another County, by John E Dannenberg
34. Blind Prisoner Must Exhaust Administrative Remedies
35. Impeding Grievance Exhaustion May Violate Access to Courts
36. § 1983 Disciplinary Challenge Available to Parolee Because Habeas Would Be Moot, by John E Dannenberg
37. Mentally Incapacitated Oregon Pretrial Detainees Denied Due Process
38. Virginia Drug Treatment Program Still Violates Establishment Clause
39. $108,352 Attorney Fee Award Approved in California Prisoner ADA/RA Suit, by John E Dannenberg
40. Washington DOC/King County Settles Negligent Supervision Case for $3.1 Million
41. Fighting for Fair Phone Rates, by Deborah M Golden
42. Supplemental Parole Violation Warrant Filed After Sentence Expiration Illegal
43. California Initial Cell Assignments By Race Upheld, U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review, by John E Dannenberg
44. Wisconsin Pro Se Co-Plaintiffs Must Maintain Separate § 1983 Actions
45. County May Be Liable for Private Prison's Customs and Policies, by Bob Williams
46. News in Brief
47. Prior To Reversal And Reconviction, California Prison Credits, Not Jail Credits, Apply
48. Prison Mailbox Rule Applies to Civil Rights Complaint, by Jon Michael Withrow

More from these topics:

• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• Fifth Circuit Leaves Louisiana Prisoner Waiting for Reinstated Parole, Jan. 15, 2025. Parole, Overdetention, Victim's Rights to Enforce Collection.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.