More from this issue:

1. Inside the American Correctional Association, by Silja JA Talvi
2. Do You Like Adventure? Prisons for Iraq
3. What's Wrong With the ACA?, by Elizabeth Alexander
4. From the Editor
5. USP Beaumont, Texas: Murder and Mayhem in the Thunder Dome, by Leah Caldwell
6. Interest Awarded in New Hampshire Canteen Surcharge Fee
7. CCA Guard Arrested for Sexually Abusing Vermont Prisoners
8. First They Came For Lynne Stewart, by Marjorie Cohn
9. Houston Grand Juries Mostly Law-Enforcement, by Matthew Clarke
10. Parole Violators Flood Pennsylvania Prisons, by Michael Rigby
11. Michigan: Money Bilked From Prisoners
12. Texas Prison Expert Pays the Price for Telling the Truth, by Matthew Clarke
13. $7,500 of Personal Injury Award Exempt From Attachment By Illinois DOC
14. Nebraska Law Automatically Restores Felon Voting Rights
15. Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
16. Antibiotic Resistant Staph Infections Continue to Plague Prisons, Jails, by Michael Rigby
17. Iowa's Governor Grants Ex-Prisoners Automatic Voting Rights Restoration
18. Florida Bans Sex Offenders from Hurricane Shelters
19. 300 More Washington Prisoners Headed to CCA Prisons
20. Mother Of New York Prisoner Awarded $377,200 For Suicide, by Michael Rigby
21. New York Prisoner Awarded $5,250 for Prison Welding Shop Injury
22. Hawaii Settles Class Action Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $1.2 Million, by Michael Rigby
23. New York Prisoner Awarded $1,000 For Uncleaned Prosthetic Eye
24. U.S. Supreme Court: Michigan Plea Bargainers Have Right to Counsel On Appeal
25. Massachusetts DOC Fails to Meet Women's Special Needs
26. Acting Pro Se, NJ Prisoner Beats Charges of Spitting on Guard
27. Only One California Jail Has State-Mandated Psychiatric Treatment Center Licensure
28. Miami-Dade Pays $6.25 Million to Settle Illegal Strip Search Suit
29. California Guards Assigned Word Puzzles to Satisfy Training Requirements
30. Summary Judgment for CMS/NJ DOC Reversed in Physical Therapy Suit
31. California Guards Union Intimidates Prison Staff For Infracting Guard Misconduct
32. Ban On Male Guards In Michigan Women's Prisons Upheld, by Michael Rigby
33. Seventh Circuit Upholds Indiana Sex Offender's Banishment From City Parks
34. Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for CMS, Prison Doctor
35. Ninth Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Against Webcams In Arizona Jail, by Michael Rigby
36. Confiscation of "New Afrikan" Literature May Violate First Amendment
37. Guard Denied Qualified Immunity in MI Prisoner's Retaliation Claim
38. Washington Prisoner's Uninformed Disciplinary Plea Agreement Upheld
39. Rehabilitated California Ex-Cons Have No Privacy Protection From Media Productions Based Upon Public

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• Indiana Supreme Court Clarifies Framework for Determining When Courts May Apply Cash Bail to Public-Defender Costs and to Fines, Costs, and Fees, June 15, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, Costs, Restitution, Bail Bonds.
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• After Mississippi Supreme Court Announcement, Courts Unprepared to Ensure Poor Defendants Have a Lawyer Throughout the Criminal Process, Dec. 15, 2023. Appointment of Counsel, Counsel - Right to.
• Convicted Sex Offender Now a Licensed Attorney in Washington State, Oct. 15, 2023. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Attorneys.
• Fourth Circuit Rejects Appeal of $700,000 Award to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted by Guards, May 1, 2023. Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements, Appeals.
• Eighth Circuit: Defendant Facing Revocation of Supervised Release Did Not Knowingly and Voluntarily Waive Right to Counsel Where Appointed Counsel Admittedly Knew Nothing About Case and Advised Choosing Between ‘Big House or the Nut House’, April 15, 2023. Appointment of Counsel, Mental Health, Knowingly and Intelligently, Counsel - Right to.
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Courts Not Required to Address All 11 Brown Factors in Ruling on Defendant’s Motion for Continuance to Change Counsel, Aug. 15, 2022. Appointment of Counsel, Ends of Justice Continuances, Counsel - Effective Assistance of.
• Colorado Supreme Court Announces Parents’ Income That’s Unavailable to Defendant Who Lives With Them Expense-Free Not Included in Indigency Determination for Court-Appointed Counsel, May 1, 2022. Appointment of Counsel, Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses.
• Study Shows Public Defenders Outperform Court Appointed Private Attorneys, Oct. 15, 2021. Appointment of Counsel, Public Defenders.
• Denial of Recruitment of Counsel for Wisconsin Prisoner Affirmed by Seventh Circuit, Nov. 1, 2020. Appointment of Counsel, Counsel - Constructive denial of.