More from this issue:

1. Guards Rape of Prisoners Rampant, No Solution in Sight, by Gary Hunter
2. I Wake Up in Middle-of-Night Terror, by Erika Huggins
3. Prisoner Rape Is Torture, by Stop Prisoner Rape
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Ohio Woman Raped by Guard Awarded $625,000
6. European Court of Human Rights Voids UKs Blanket Bans On Prisoner Voting, by Matthew Clarke
7. Michigan DOC Improperly Calculated Sentences and Released Prisoners; Officials Fired and Demoted, by Gary Hunter
8. California Valdivia Attorneys Awarded $6.5 Million For 12 Years Work, by John E Dannenberg
9. Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails, by Michael Rigby
10. Pennsylvania Correctional Industries Overcharges Customers, Stockpiles Cash, Fails Mission, by Matthew T. Clarke
11. Georgia Prisoner Beaten By Guard Awarded $22,000
12. $100,000 Settlement For Black Oklahoma Prisoner Beaten By White Prisoners
13. Texas State Representative Criticized For Helping Prisoners and Families, by Matthew T. Clarke
14. Texas Politicians Provided Perks Using Prisoner Slave Labor, by Matthew T. Clarke
15. Bubble-Gum Computers in Washington State DOC, by Gary Hunter
16. $475,000 Settlement In California Suicide Suit
17. California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million
18. Transgender Wisconsin Prisoners Continue Hormone Treatment Despite Law, by Michael Rigby
19. $365,000 Settlement For Restrained, Untreated Michigan Boot Camp Prisoner
20. Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback, by David Reutter
21. Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape
22. Korean Company Employing Prisoners Receives Coveted Quality Award
23. Canadian Prison Sanctioned Skin-Art Saving Society Health Problems, by Gary Hunter
24. California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered, by Marvin Mentor
25. Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider, by Matthew T. Clarke
26. North Carolina Prisoner Taps Jails Bank Account for $120,000
27. Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect, by Marvin Mentor
28. Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund
29. EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000, by Michael Rigby
30. $790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner
31. No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy, by John E Dannenberg
32. Florida District Court Awards Federal Prisoner $829.65 for Lost Property
33. Tolling Provision Appeals to NY Personal Injury Action
34. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reinvigorates DNA Testing Law, by Matthew T. Clarke
35. $769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner
36. California Third-Level Administrative Appeals May Be Filed with Prison Appeals Coordinator, by John Dannenberg
37. No Qualified Immunity for Retaliatory Transfer; Jury Awards $219,000 in Damages
38. Ninth Circuit Holds Prisons Not Immune In ADA and RA Suit
39. Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful N, by John E Dannenberg
40. RLUIPA Bars Total Ban on Melanic Literature
41. Alabama Clarifies Prisoners Right to Call Witnesses At Disciplinary Hearing, by Matthew T. Clarke
42. Washington Courts Authority to Order Community Custody Limited
43. California Supreme Court Resolves Conflict From Concurrent Sentences With Different Credit Earning R, by John Dannenberg
44. News in Brief:
45. Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions

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• California Spends $300 Million Each Year Incarcerating Senior Citizens in Women’s Prisons, April 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Totality of Conditions, Parole, Life without Parole (LWOP), Americans with Disabilities Act.
• SCOTUS Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Colorado Law Intended to Reduce Prison Population Hasn’t Improved Conditions, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Parole, halfway houses, Reduction of Prison Population.
• Maine Was the First State to Abolish Parole. Incarcerated Mainers, Advocates Hope to Bring it Back., March 1, 2026. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Post-release, ex-offender, re-entry, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, De Facto Life Sentence.
• Colorado Lawmakers Approve Prison Bed Funding, Despite DOC Understaffing, March 1, 2026. Overcrowding, Staffing, Parole, Overdetention, Reduction of Prison Population.
• North Carolina Parole Commission Agrees to Stop “Moving Goalposts” for Prisoners Who Committed Crime as Juveniles, Feb. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Study Finds Parole Hearings and Grants Continue to Fall, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole Board Misconduct, Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Parole, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• First Circuit Announces Modification of Juvenile’s Life-­Without-­Parole Sentence to Parole-­Eligible Life Term Constitutes “New Judgment” Under AEDPA, Exempting Second-­in-­Time Habeas Petition From Gatekeeping Requirements, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole, Habeas Corpus, Life without Parole (LWOP), AEDPA, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Sentencing, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Confessions and Statements of Defendant, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention, Aug. 1, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Sentencing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons.