More from this issue:

1. Still More Murder and Mayhem in Maryland, by Michael Rigby
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Confronting Confinement, A Report On Safety and Abuse In America’s Prisons, Vera Justice Institute (2006), 118 pp., by John Dannenberg
4. Sacramento Jail Rampant with Excessive Force and Brutality, by Gary Hunter
5. Bureau of Prisons Begins Certifying Sexually Dangerous Persons, by David Beneman
6. New York’s Prison System Infested With Drugs, by David Reutter
7. High Ranking Louisiana Prison Official Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges, by Gary Hunter
8. California Habeas Handbook, Expanded 5th Edition, by Attorney Kent Russell, Sept. 2006, 114 pages plus appendix, soft cover, by John Dannenberg
9. 5-Point Restraints = Excessive Force + Due Process Violation Results in $25,000 Virginia Damage Award
10. Correct Rx a New Major Player in the Prison Drug Industry, by Gary Hunter
11. The Warehousing of New Hampshire’s Mentally Ill, by David Reutter
12. Seizure of Washington Prisoners’ Cash at Jail Booking Unconstitutional, by Michael Rigby
13. Prison TB 10 Times Higher Than Non-Prison Cases
14. Fulton County Reinstates Deputies Fired in Killing Rampage
15. $400,000 Wrongful Death Settlement After San Diego Jailers Hog-Tied Prisoner, by John Dannenberg
16. 1997 Changes in Pennsylvania Commutation Law Held Ex Post Facto, by John Dannenberg
17. Summary Judgement Reversed on Illinois Outgoing Mail Ban
18. Federal Court Compels Activation of California DOC Mental Health Crisis Beds; Approves New $111 Million Mental Care Hospital, by John Dannenberg
19. North Carolina Jail Prisoner Killed During Court Appearance, by Gary Hunter
20. Cleaning up Mississippi’s Supermax: Conditions Suit Settled, by David Reutter
21. Prison Deaths: A National Shame, by Ira P. Robbins
22. California DOC Medical Receiver’s Initial On-The-Job Impression: “Conditions Disgraceful”, by John Dannenberg
23. California Governor Vetoes Open Records, Prisoner Condoms and Media Access Bills, by John Dannenberg
24. U.S. Spends Record $185 Billion on Justice System is 2003, by Matthew Clarke
25. New York’s Governor Vetoes New Treatment Facilities For Mentally Ill Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
26. Mississippi DOC Guts TB Program
27. Colorado Parolee’s Disenfranchisement Upheld
28. PLN Awarded $48,709 In Attorney Fees After Successful FOIA Suit Against BOP
29. Family of Texas Prisoner Murdered in Geo-Operated Prison Awarded $47.5 Million, by Michael Rigby
30. 9th Circuit Holds § 1997e(a) Applies to Private Prisons; Magazine Confiscation Is a “Prison Condition”
31. $255 Awarded For Destruction of Prisoner’s Property
32. New Jersey Prison Commissioner’s Complete Ban On Media Lifted, by Gary Hunter
33. Michigan Jail Prisoners Pay For Incarceration, by Gary Hunter
34. Sixth Circuit Extends Abela Ruling to Parole Denial Habeas Petitions
35. Virginia Prison Minister Indicted on Sex Charges; Ministries Under Fire, by Gary Hunter
36. Garnishment of Ohio Prisoner’s Account Permitted to Pay Court Costs
37. $2.5 Million Settlement for Illegal Strip Searches in Connecticut Jail
38. New Jersey Sex Offenders Must Be Protected and Segregated During Transports
39. MO Jail Guards Denying Seizure Medication amd Assigning Prisoner to Top Bunk May Violate 8th Amendment
40. Nebraska UA Procedures Do Not Violate Due Process
41. Illinois Jail’s Strip Search Policy Unconstitutional, by Michael Rigby
42. Native American Entitled to Prayer Feather
43. BOP Halfway House Walkaway Is Not Federal “Crime of Violence”, by John Dannenberg
44. New Hampshire Prisoner’s ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment
45. News in Brief:
46. No Qualified Immunity for Michigan Prisoner’s Heat-Dehydration Death

More from John Dannenberg:

• Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
• Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
• The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
• Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
• Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
• California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
• FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
• Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
• Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
• Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.