More from this issue:

1. The History of Prison Legal News, by Paul Wright
2. PLN in Court
3. $600,000 Awarded To Paraplegic Jail Prisoner Hurt By Riding In Non-Handicap-Accessible Vehicle
4. From the Editor
5. Prison Legal News at 15, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
6. Interview with Leonard Schroeter, by Todd Matthews
7. Alabama Prisoner Awarded $90,000 For Work-Related Eye Injury
8. Pro Se Tips and Tactics, by Daniel Manville
9. Summary Judgment Reversed in Louisiana Jail Conditions Case
10. Crime Lab Problems Continue In Texas, Elsewhere, by Michael Rigby
11. Three California Prisons Ration Water Due To Contaminated Wells
12. Two Pennsylvania Prisoners Win $1.2 Million For MRSA Skin Infections Contracted County Jail
13. California Parole Condition Prohibiting Computer Access For Molester Ruled Unreasonable
14. U.S. Supreme Court Holds California Policy Of Double-Celling By Race During Prison Intake Must Pass, by Marvin Mentor
15. U.S. Department of Justice Reports Soaring Justice Expenditures
16. Contraband Cell Phones On The Rise In U.S. Prisons
17. Sex Offenders Living In Nursing Homes

More from these topics:

• 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).
• Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes, Oct. 15, 2024. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Databases, Civil Commitment.
• Louisiana Becomes First State in Nation to Allow Judges to Order Surgical Castration for Sex Offenders, Oct. 1, 2024. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Surgery, Sex Offender Treatment, Chemical Castration.
• Elderly Ohio Prisoner Beaten by Cellmate Despite Warning Guards, Who Cheered Attack, June 1, 2024. Geriatric Classification, Failure to Protect (General).
• The Graying of American Prisons, May 1, 2024. Geriatric Classification, Crime/Demographics, Statistics/Trends, Census, Cost of Prison Systems.
• West Virginia Pretrial Detainee’s Lawsuit for Sexual Abuse Survives Dismissal Stage, Jan. 1, 2024. Prisoner-Prisoner Assault, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Failure to Protect (General).
• Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Denies Qualified Immunity for Delayed Transfer of Sex Offenders, Sept. 15, 2023. Transfers, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Arraignment Delay, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified.
• Third Circuit Unbothered by Pennsylvania’s Discrimination Against Sex Offenders in Denying Parole to Halfway Houses, April 1, 2023. Parole Board Misconduct, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), halfway houses.