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:

• Tenth Circuit Holds Prior California Child Pornography Conviction Does Not Trigger Federal Mandatory Minimum Because State Statute Encompasses Conduct Beyond Federal Definition Under Categorical Approach, April 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Qualifying Offenses, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Child Pornography.
• 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.
• U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Breaks Down Federal Contraband Sentences, March 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Statistics/Trends, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Bribery/Extortion/Theft.
• Louisiana Prisoner Sustains Claim Against Prison Doctor for Allowing Assignment to “Field Duty” Despite Known Ankle Injury, March 1, 2026. Inability to Work, Skeletal Injury, Summary Judgment, Qualified Immunity, Deliberate Indifference.
• Acquitted Conduct Sentencing: Not Guilty – But Punished Anyway, March 1, 2026. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Federal Legislation, Fifth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts.
• 2025 Was a Deadly Year for Veterans Behind Bars, Jan. 1, 2026. Brain Injury, Death Penalty, Mental Health, Veterans, Mental Health Experts.
• First Circuit Clarifies Mitigating Role Analysis – Sentencing Courts Must Consider All Identifiable Participants in Drug Shipment, Not Just Crew Members, and Use § 3B1.2 Factors to Assess Relative Culpability, Not Guilt, Dec. 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Mitigating Role/Circumstances/Evidence, Miscalculation of the Guidelines Sentencing Range.
• New Jersey Supreme Court Announces “Shaking Without Impact” Expert Testimony Inadmissible, Holding Shaken Baby Syndrome Diagnosis Lacks Required General Acceptance Within Biomechanical Engineering Community Under Frye, Dec. 15, 2025. Brain Injury, Forensic Sciences, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Expert and Opinion Testimony, Scientific Testimony or Evidence.
• 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.
• Third Circuit Announces “Commencement of the Instant Offense” in Guidelines § 4A1.2(e) Unambiguously Refers Only to Specific Offense of Conviction, Not Relevant Conduct, Nov. 15, 2025. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration, Adequacy of Criminal History Category, Statutory Construction/Interpretation.