More from this issue:

1. A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal, by Peter Costanza
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits
4. Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
5. Study Shows Boot Camps Are a Failure
6. Wrongfully Convicted Pennsylvania Prisoner Settles for $2.3 Million; Forensics Expert Fired
7. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Clarifies Law Crediting "Street Time"
8. Connecticut Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit for $2.9 Million, by Michael Rigby
9. Ohio Prisoners Not Entitled to Memory Typewriters
10. New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack of Expert Testimony Detrimental, by Michael Rigby
11. Prison Town Legislators Represent Prisoners' Interests? Not Quite, by Peter Wagner
12. Texas Prisoner's Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
13. $600,000 Settlement in California Prisoner Shooting Death, by Marvin Mentor
14. Nevada Trust Account Interest, Less Accounting Costs, Belongs To Prisoners
15. Prisons, Profits and Prophets, by Bill Berkowitz
16. Michigan Prison Art Project, by Buzz Alexander
17. California Prisoner Trust Account Interest Recoverable Only Upon Proof Of Individual Loss
18. Indiana Jail Held in Contempt, Sanctions Imposed
19. Last Chance For Washington Prisoners To Request Postconviction DNA Testing is December 31, 2004
20. Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed, by Michael Rigby
21. Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted, by Alan Pendergast
22. PLRA Fee Cap Upheld, Applied to Parole Case; Allows Fees-on-Fee Award, by David Reutter
23. Fifth Circuit Affirms Termination of Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit
24. Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test, by John E Dannenberg
25. Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees, by David Reutter
26. No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction
27. Gates of Injustice - The Crisis in America's Prisons, by Tom Murlowski
28. Wisconsin PLRA Fee-Limit Does Not Violate Equal Protection
29. Ohio County Juvenile Facility Not Immune from Suit in Rape Claim
30. Alaska Prisoners Cannot Challenge Conditions of Confinement Under State Post-Conviction Relief Statute, by Roger Smith
31. News in Brief
32. Texas Prison Guard's Sentence for Rape Reinstated

More from Roger Smith:

• Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians, May 15, 2008
• Washington Prison's Water System and Meat Contaminated With Feces, Jan. 15, 2005
• Alaska Prisoners Cannot Challenge Conditions of Confinement Under State Post-Conviction Relief Statute, Nov. 15, 2004
• Washington Guards Shoot Now, Ask Questions Later, July 15, 2003
• Washington DOC Settles ADA Suit for $8,000, June 15, 2003
• Washington Sex Offender Community Placement Dilemma, Dec. 15, 2002
• Arizona DOC's Endless Isolation of Suspected Gang Member Enjoined, May 15, 2002
• Washington's Island of Deviant Doctors, Nov. 15, 2001
• Washington Supreme Court Upholds 35% Seizure Law, Sept. 15, 2001
• Michigan DOC Sex Abuse Suit Nets Nearly $4 Million, Aug. 15, 2001

More from these topics:

• Federal Habeas Quick Reference Guide for State Prisoners, Sept. 1, 2026. Retroactivity, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Cause and Prejudice.
• Sixth Circuit Holds Kentucky Deficient-Counsel Belated-Appeal Procedure Tolls Federal Habeas One-Year Limitations Period, Sept. 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Failure to Preserve Challenge, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Formally Available, Rarely Granted: A State Prisoner’s Guide to Federal Habeas Relief, Sept. 1, 2026. Administrative Exhaustion, Habeas Corpus, Bureau of Prisons Orders, Administrative Law/Remedies, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Federal Rules of Evidence, Statute of Limitations.
• Eleventh Circuit Holds § 2255 Motion Not “Second or Successive” After Intervening Amended Judgment Corrected Unlawful Sentences, Even as to Claims Concerning an Undisturbed Count, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Effect of Vacatur.
• California Appeals Court Holds Defendant Cannot Be Penalized for Failing to Appear at Sentencing When He Was Being Held in Another County’s Jail on Preexisting Charges, July 1, 2026. Disciplinary Hearings, Due Process, Procedural Default/Error, Evidence - Admissibility, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Failure to Address/Advise Defendant.
• SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
• Alaska Prisoner’s Discipline for Violating Invalidated Rule Tossed, March 1, 2026. Disciplinary Hearings, Access to Media, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
• SCOTUS Announces Federal Prisoners May Seek Certiorari Review of Authorization Denials Under § 2255(h) and Are Not Subject to § 2244(b)(1)’s Bar on Previously Presented Claims, Feb. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction.