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 Michael Rigby:

• Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released , Aug. 23, 2016
• Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards, Aug. 23, 2016
• Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
• New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
• Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
• Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
• Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
• Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
• Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
• Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, Jan. 15, 2011

More from these topics:

• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Most of Relief Ordered in Class-Action Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutionally Inadequate Mental Health Care in Alabama Prisons, Oct. 1, 2026. Eighth Amendment, Staffing, Injunctions (PLRA), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.
• $700,000 Paid by West Virginia for Jail Death, Claims Against Wexford Health Pending, Oct. 1, 2026. Wexford Health Services, Restraints, Settlements, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Deliberate Indifference.
• Prisoners At Indiana’s “Speedway Slammer” Settle Conditions Suits for $1.2 Million, Whistleblower Alleges Staff Mistreatment, Oct. 1, 2026. Work Conditions/Safety, Medication, Settlements, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Immigration Detention.
• Federal Jury Returns $763,000 Verdict Against Centurion for Indiana Prisoner’s Denied Kidney Disease Treatment, Oct. 1, 2026. Centurion, Medication, Pain, Failure to Treat, Deliberate Indifference.
• Federal Court Orders Texas to Admit Incompetent Jailed Defendants to Mental Health Facilities Within 21 Days, Oct. 1, 2026. Staffing, Injunctions, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Competency.
• Last of Three Oklahoma Jail Death Settlements Totaling $66.5 Million Paid for Fatal Dehydration of “Cookie Queen”, Oct. 1, 2026. Diabetes, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
• San Francisco Jail Survey Exposes Abuse, Malnutrition and Constitutional Violations, Oct. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Food, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Attorney Visits, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• $3.75 Million Paid by Wisconsin After Mentally Ill Prisoner Dies of Dehydration, Oct. 1, 2026. Water, Settlements, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Deliberate Indifference.
• Second Circuit Rules Eighth Amendment Governs Claims of Excessive Force Brought by Parole Violator, Oct. 1, 2026. Eighth Amendment, Excessive Force, Qualified Immunity, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Fatal LAPD Arrests Show Systemic Failure in Handling Mental Health Crises, Oct. 1, 2026. Shootings, Restraints, Police--Excessive Force, Mental Health, Staff Training.