More from this issue:

1. HR-4079: A National Crime Emergency?, by Michael Rigby
2. Kentucky Prison Guard Awarded $34,000 in Sexual Harassment Suit
3. California Latino Gang Members Locked Down Over 20 Months; Narrow U.S. Attorney Criminal Review Finds "No Abuses"
4. Tenth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of PLN Suit Challenging Kansas DOC Ban On Gift Subscriptions, by John E Dannenberg
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Report Lambastes New York Lockdowns, by Michael Rigby
7. Report Lambastes New York Lockdowns
8. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
9. Oregon HCV Class Action Settled; Limitations Period for Individual Damages Actions Tolled, by Mark Wilson
10. Expert Panel Significantly Revises Oregon's HCV Guidelines
11. Alabama Settles Class Action Medical Suit; Institutes HCV Treatment Protocol, by John E Dannenberg
12. Jury Awards $500,000 to Massachusetts Jail Guard Harassed for Breaking Code of Silence
13. Three Americans Convicted of Running Sham Military Jail in Afghanistan
14. South Carolina Prison Industry Program Problematic, Audit Finds, by Michael Rigby
15. Doctors of Death and the Medicalization of State Murder, by Michael Rigby
16. Prisoner's Release Fails to Excuse PLRA's Exhaustion Requirement
17. California Sex Offender Satisfies Registration Obligation If He Mails Notice
18. New Jersey Jail Guard Settles Elevator Fall Suit for $750,000
19. AEDPA One-Year Clock Starts When Administrative Parole Appeal Is Denied, by John E Dannenberg
20. Tough Justice Leads To Quadriplegic's Death In CCA-Operated D.C. Jail, by Michael Rigby
21. Rikers Island Gunshot Victims' Suit Dismissed
22. Government Says No Criminal Conduct in New Jersey Mass Prisoner Beating, But Jury Awards Abused Prisoner $19,000; Sexual Harassment Suit Settled for $250,000
23. Qualified Immunity Denied In Failure To Protect And Delay of Emergency Treatment, by Bob Williams
24. California Prisoner Trust Accounts Allegedly Used To Launder Gang Drug Taxes
25. CMS Liable for Prisoner's Failed Hip Prosthesis; $75,000 Awarded, by Robert Woodman
26. Absolute Immunity For Acting On Court Order Denied In Failure To Protect Claim, by Bob Williams
27. New York Prisoner Awarded $105,000 for Shoulder Injury
28. California Sexual Predator Unconditionally Released
29. New York's Felon Disenfranchisement Law Not Saved By Federal Voting Rights Act, by John E Dannenberg
30. Connecticut Prison Writers Settle Lawsuit, Writing Program Reinstated, by Michael Rigby
31. Los Angeles County Pays $800,000 To Settle County Jail Medical Suit for Untreated Lupus, by John E Dannenberg
32. Seventh Circuit Interprets "Brought" As Used 42 U.S.C. § 1197e(a)
33. Ninth Circuit: "Chilling Effect" Not Required To Establish First Amendment Violation, by Marvin Mentor
34. Oregon Prisoner's Allegation of Economic Damages States Sufficient Claim
35. BOP Ad-Seg Rules Create a Liberty Interest, by David Reutter
36. Oregon Parole Increase Following Appeal Violates Due Process, Presumption of Vindictiveness Applies
37. Massachusetts Jail Prisoner Awarded $20,000 For Crushed Knuckle
38. Federal Court Orders Mississippi to Desegregate HIV+ Prisoners
39. California Demands $1.6 Million In Diverted Telephone Revenues From Private Prison Contractor, by John E Dannenberg
40. Texas County, Deputy Settle Sex Assault Case For $50,000
41. Iowa Must Give Kosher Meals to Civilly Committed Sex Offender, by John E Dannenberg
42. Are Prisons Obsolete?, by Silja JA Talvi
43. News in Brief
44. California Prosecutor Fights Deportation Of Paroled Sex Offenders

More from these topics:

• Conviction Tossed for Former Alabama Prisoner Paroled After 42 Years, July 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Wrongful Conviction, Forensic Sciences, Eyewitness Identification, Brady Rule violations.
• Louisiana Republicans Eliminate Elected Office Won by Exonerated Ex-Prisoner, July 1, 2026. Discrimination, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Public Trial, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Fair Trial.
• Michigan Supreme Court Announces Betts Decision Invalidating 2011 SORA as Ex Post Facto Punishment Applies Retroactively to Defendants on Collateral Review, July 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity, Ex Post Facto, Constitution, state, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Montana Supreme Court: Due Process Prohibits Courts From Relying on Unproven Charging Allegations When Imposing Sex Offender Registration Duty, Announces First-Impression Rule Limiting Review to Elements of Conviction, March 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Administrative Exhaustion, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Qualifying Offenses, Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts.
• Florida Appeals Court Finds Rationale for “Sexual Predator” Label on Former Prisoner’s Drivers License, Oct. 1, 2025. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Sexually Dangerous Persons/Sexual Violent Predators, Prisoners' Rights.
• Nebraska Supreme Court Announces ‘Working Days’ for Purposes of ‘Temporary Domicile’ SORA Reporting Requirement Means Weekdays, Excluding Legal Holidays, and Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register, March 15, 2025. Sex Offender Registration, Wrongful Conviction.
• Washington Prisoner Sues Jail Where Assault Left Him Comatose, DOC Guard Who Then Sexually Abused Him, March 1, 2025. Prisoner-Staff Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Sex Offender Registration, Failure to Protect (General).
• Why Aren’t Eligible Individuals Taking Advantage of Expungement Laws?, Dec. 15, 2024. Discrimination, Restrictions, discrimination, Expungement/Removal.
• Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds, Dec. 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offense Registration Act (SORNA).
• Sixth Circuit Strikes Retroactive Application of Parts of Tennessee’s Sweeping Sex Offender Registration, Verification, and Tracking Law, Oct. 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity.