More from this issue:

1. The Complicity of Judges in Wrongful Convictions, by Hans Sherrer
2. Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Statute Upheld
3. Exporting the American Way of Crime
4. Federal DNA Statute Not Challengeable in Criminal Appeal
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Texas Boot Camp Denied Immunity for Ignoring Serious Medical Needs
7. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
8. Montana BMPs Are Cruel and Unusual Punishment, by Mark Wilson
9. Former Texas Prison Guard Awarded $275,000 in Race Discrimination Suit
10. Illinois Appeals Court Overturns Warden's Reckless Homicide Convictions
11. Local Officials Tell Prisoners: "You don't live here", by Peter Wagner
12. CCA Medical Contract Doesn't Violate 8th Amendment
13. No Qualified Immunity for Florida Jail Guards in Prisoner Murder
14. New Jersey Civil Commitment Hearings Secret, Biased, by Michael Rigby
15. Rape of Women Prisoners Rampant in Ohio, by Michael Rigby
16. Facts Contained in Administrative Remedies Not Automatically Deemed Facts Alleged in Complaints
17. Executions Rose in 2002; Texas Led in Number of Deaths
18. California Prison Guards Organize to Sue Assaultive Prisoners
19. No Qualified Immunity for Prison Officials on Tobacco Smoke Complaints
20. Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Under Spotlight, by David Reutter
21. California Guard's Obscene Behavior Towards Prisoner Is Actionable, by Marvin Mentor
22. California No-Parole-Policy Suits For Damages And Injunctive Relief Fail, by John E Dannenberg
23. Denial of Dentures States Eighth Amendment Claim
24. Ohio Supreme Court Holds Some Sex Predators Not Required to Register
25. Permanent Injunction Against California Book Ordering Restrictions Affirmed, by John E Dannenberg
26. Georgia Sheriff as "Arm of the State" Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity, by Bob Williams
27. Washington Court Establishes Procedures for Community Placement Violation Hearings
28. Tenth Circuit Holds Prisoner Has Burden Under PLRA To Plead Administrative Exhaustion, by John E Dannenberg
29. Hearsay Testimony of Prison Officials Found Inadmissible in Criminal Prosecution and Probation Revocation
30. Mailbox Rule Applied To Administrative Forfeiture Proceeding, by Bob Williams
31. California Credit Restoration Denial Ruled Ex Post Facto, by John E Dannenberg
32. Mentally Ill Texas Prisoner Not Entitled to Hepatitis Treatment
33. Tennessee: Staph Outbreak, Delayed Treatment, Death Highlight Prison Healthcare Problems, by Michael Rigby
34. Two Courts Interpret Provisions of Federal Appellate Rule 4; Prisoner Appeals Dismissed as Untimely
35. 2004 Supplement to the California State Prisoners Handbook, by John E Dannenberg
36. PLRA Indigency Provision Inapplicable When Filing Fee Paid
37. No Qualified Immunity in Jail Suicide Attempt
38. Washington Agencies Must Explain Reasons for Denying Public Disclosure Requests
39. Intentional Delay to Prevent Prisoner's Suicide Precludes Qualified Immunity
40. News in Brief
41. Virginia SCC Without Jurisdiction to Hear Prisoner Phone Rate Challenge

More from John E Dannenberg:

• California’s “Realignment” Law Sends 38,000 State Prisoners to County Control, Aug. 11, 2016
• Pennsylvania Prisoner Gets $12,500 in Retaliation Suit After Remittitur, Jan. 15, 2010
• Nebraska Muslim Prisoner Wins Religious Concessions, April 15, 2009
• Illegal Strip Searches During Minor Charges Net Sacramento Jail Detainees $1,000 Each, May 15, 2007
• California: Knowing Waiver of Conduct Credits at Plea Agreement Controls Upon Later Probation Violations, May 15, 2007
• Arizona Internet Ban Permanently Enjoined, May 15, 2007
• California: "Mailbox Rule" Extended to Civil Complaints Against Public Entity, May 15, 2007
• California Attorney Richard Dangler Sanctioned for "Shameful, Frivolous" Prisoner Appeals; Resigns, May 15, 2007
• PLN Wins FOIA Suit to Gain Copies of BOP Verdicts and Settlements without Charge, Sept. 15, 2006
• Supreme Court: Banning Publications to Punish Recalcitrant Prisoners Trumps Their First Amendment Rights, Sept. 15, 2006

More from these topics:

• SCOTUS Partially Overturns Pavey, Holds PLRA Exhaustion 
Dispute Must Go to Jury Even If Intertwined with 
Merits of Michigan Prisoner’s Claim, Aug. 1, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA).
• Ninth Circuit: Continuing-Violations Doctrine Applies 
for PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Purposes, Aug. 1, 2025. Failure to Protect (General), Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Grievances, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Ninth Circuit Revives Prisoner’s Claim Based on Guard’s 
Thwarting of Administrative Remedies, Aug. 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Grievances.
• Sixth Circuit: Michigan Tolling Statute Applies to PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement, July 15, 2025. Retaliation for Litigating, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Eighth Circuit Excuses Missouri Prisoner’s Failure 
to Exhaust Remedies While He Was In a Coma, June 1, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA).
• $2.8 Million Settlement in National NUMI 
Debit Release Card Class Action, June 1, 2025. Release and Reentry, Money/Property, Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Prisoner Property, Trust Accounts.
• South Carolina Supreme Court Announces Traditional 
Four-Element Standard for When Person Has Right 
to Use Deadly Force in Self-Defense Not Applicable 
to Non-Deadly Force Self-Defense Analysis, May 15, 2025. Defenses, Jury Instructions.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Determining Whether a Defendant Is Entitled to Jury Instructions 
on Self-defense and Defense of Others, May 15, 2025. Defenses, Jury Instructions, Jury Instructions in Jury Room.
• Study Finds Just 1% of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claims Succeed, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• 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.