More from this issue:

1. Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails
2. Private Prisons Bilk $13 million From Florida; State Awards More Contracts, by David Reutter
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. 8th Circuit Invalidates BOP Halfway House Policy; 7th Circuit Says Challenge Not Cognizable on Habeas
5. Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC
6. Florida Prisoner's Disciplinary Challenges Reversed for Further Proceedings
7. BOP's Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Treatment Nets Downward Departure Sentence
8. Seventh Circuit Reverses Judgment on Denial of Methadone
9. Second Circuit Upholds Guard's Rape Sentence Under Federal Guidelines
10. Washington DOC Must Ship Prisoners' Property For Free
11. Maryland's PHS Prison Health Care Under Fire, New System Implemented
12. 2005 Audit of California Parole Board Reveals Ongoing Deficiencies
13. Habeas Hints: How to Get DNA Testing, by Kent Russell
14. Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda, Pace University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2
15. Arkansas Considers Prison Rape Law, Problems Evident
16. Florida's Privatization of Prisoner Canteen Services Under Scrutiny
17. Oregon Criminalizes Sex with Prisoners; & Other Legislative Developments
18. If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Vio, by Alan Pendergast
19. New York Prisoner Attacked On Bus Awarded $600,000
20. Whistleblowers Nail Cheating California Corrections Employees
21. Florida DOC's No Bid Pharmaceutical Contract Scrutinized and Criticized
22. Bait and Snitch: The High Cost of Snitching for Law Enforcement
23. Chicago Settles Another Jail Brutality Suit for $362,500
24. Federal District Court Awards Missouri Prisoner $2,500 For Excessive Force
25. Nebraska Native American Prisoners' Religious Program Reinstated, by John Dannenberg
26. All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated
27. California and Connecticut Reinstate Jobs of Fired Guards
28. Court Halts Practice of California Prison Guards Getting Unlimited Paid Time to Conduct Union Busine
29. Kentucky Prisoner Injured In Transport Vehicle Awarded $9,000
30. Florida Jury Awards $225,000 in False Arrest/Malicious Prosecution Claim
31. American Bar Association Recommends Expanded Prisoner Telephone Access
32. U.S. Supreme Court: Faretta Does Not Establish Right Of Pro Se Defendant to Law Library Access
33. Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $250,000 for Assault During Strip Search
34. Shackling of Women Prisoners During Labor and Delivery Ended In California
35. Poor Substance Abusers Imprisoned En Masse Without Treatment, by Michael Rigby
36. Prisoners Labor at Wisconsin Wal-Mart Site
37. Utah DOC Settles Wrongful-Death Suit Involving Exonerated Suspect For $150,000
38. Georgia DOC Settles Failure-To-Protect Suit for $15,000, by Michael Rigby
39. Company Uses Prison Slave Labor for $100 Million Military Contract
40. NY State Prisoner Receives $400,000 Liver Transplant
41. Registered Sex Offenders Murdered By Vigilante in Washington
42. New York Prisoner Awarded $2,500 for Delayed Eyeglasses
43. News in Brief
44. Low Pay Drives Tennessee Guards to Smuggle Drugs, Contraband into Prisons

More from these topics:

• Federal Habeas Quick Reference Guide for State Prisoners, Sept. 1, 2026. Retroactivity, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Cause and Prejudice.
• Sixth Circuit Holds Kentucky Deficient-Counsel Belated-Appeal Procedure Tolls Federal Habeas One-Year Limitations Period, Sept. 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Failure to Preserve Challenge, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
• Formally Available, Rarely Granted: A State Prisoner’s Guide to Federal Habeas Relief, Sept. 1, 2026. Administrative Exhaustion, Habeas Corpus, Bureau of Prisons Orders, Administrative Law/Remedies, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Federal Rules of Evidence, Statute of Limitations.
• Eleventh Circuit Holds § 2255 Motion Not “Second or Successive” After Intervening Amended Judgment Corrected Unlawful Sentences, Even as to Claims Concerning an Undisturbed Count, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Effect of Vacatur.
• California Supreme Court Limits Money Bail for Nonviolent Charges, July 1, 2026. Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Due Process, Constitutional Challenges/Law, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• Oregon Supreme Court: Jail Credit Statute Focuses Upon Legal Custody Not Physical Custody Location, July 1, 2026. Civil Procedure, Sentencing, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction, Criminal Justice, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.
• Louisiana’s Atavistic Approach to Criminal Sentencing and Parole Demonstrates Politicians’ Failure to Learn from Past Mistakes, July 1, 2026. Medical, Conditions of Confinement, Sentencing, Parole, Prisoners' Rights.
• Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
• Two More Guards Face Prison Time for Messiah Nantwi Killing, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Sentencing, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Failure to Address/Advise Defendant.