More from this issue:

1. The Political Economy of Prison and Jail Litigation, by Margo Schlanger
2. Florida’s Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual, by David Reutter
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Suicides Plague Wisconsin Jails; Attempted Suicide Suit Settles for $13.1 Million, by Matthew Clarke
5. Dr. Yank: Washington Prison Dentist Nearly Kills Patient
6. Landmark Settlement Reduces SHU Time, Increases Treatment Of New York Prisoners With Mental Illness
7. Maryland Restores Voting Rights to 50,000 Felons
8. Missouri Legislature Allows Wrongfully Convicted to Receive Compensation
9. Supreme Court: California’s Law Permitting Suspicionless Police Search of Parolees Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment, by Marvin Mentor
10. Increasingly Repressive Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Have Doubtful Benefits, by John Dannenberg
11. Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000
12. Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff’s Policy Delaying Prisoners’ Elective Abortions Enjoined, by John Dannenberg
13. Colorado Successfully Pressures FBI To Release DNA Info; Racial Bias Infects DNA Databases, by Gary Hunter
14. Guards Convicted of Stealing, Bringing Drugs into Washington State Private Jail, by Matthew Clarke
15. Disallowing Printed E-Mail Responses To Wisconsin Prisoner’s Web Page Raised Triable Issues of Fact, by John Dannenberg
16. BOP Cancels Solicitation of Proposal for Single-Faith Program
17. Lifetime Supervision or Lifetime Incarceration for Colorado Sex Offenders?
18. Louisiana Prisoner Denied Religious Materials Under “Approved Vendor” Policy Settles Suit for $21, 786.13 in Damages and Fees
19. Study: Supermax Prisons Achieve Control While Inflicting Debilitating Side Effects, But Don’t Reduce Recidivism, by John Dannenberg
20. California Sheriff Criticized on Injury Non-Treatment After Use of Force
21. South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Fall, Broken Ankle
22. Human Rights Watch Urges Access to Condoms in U.S. Prisons and Jails
23. $30,000 Award in Hawaii Medical Negligence Suit
24. Private Prison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions, by David Reutter
25. Los Angeles County Jail Visitor’s Injury After Scuffle With Deputies Settles For $150,000
26. Florida Court Without Jurisdiction to Impose Confinement Condition Sanctions at Sentencing
27. Excessive Force And Medical Negligence Death In Youngstown, Ohio Arrest Settles For $350,000 From Police, $100,000 From PHS, by John Dannenberg
28. City of Detroit Must Record Suspect Confessions; $4 Million Wrongful Incarceration Award
29. U.S. Supreme Court: State Felon’s Deportation Order Reversed Where Underlying Offense Amounted Only to Federal Misdemeanor
30. $248,000 Jury Award for Inhumane D.C. Jail Conditions
31. Harsh Federal Parole Conditions for Federal Sex Offender Upheld
32. Fifth Circuit Remands Texas Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim, Adopts De Minimis Standard, by Michael Rigby
33. Second Hawaii Sex Assault Case Settled for $25,000
34. California Prison Guards Awarded $440 Million Retroactive Pay Increase
35. $2.5 Million Settlement in Schenectady County Strip Search Suit
36. California Governor’s Parole Veto Reversed by Federal Court, by John Dannenberg
37. New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court
38. Ninth Circuit: Prisoner is Protected by Legal Privilege but Not Marriage Privilege When Writing His Lawyer-Wife
39. Federal Prisoner’s Criminal Assault Conviction Reversed; Entitled to Raise Self-Defense
40. Washington Indigents All Get Experts at Public Expense
41. New York Prisoner Beaten By Unofficial Enforcer Awarded $500,000
42. News in Brief:
43. Alaska DOC Liable for Rape of Federal Prisoner by Prison Doctor

More from these topics:

• New York Ordered to Pay Prisoner $25,000 for Failing to Protect Him from Attack, Aug. 1, 2026. Failure to Protect (General), Defenses, Damages - Compensatory, Negligence/Reckless Endangerment, Deliberate Indifference.
• Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Supports Broad Immunity in Overdose Cases, June 1, 2026. Drug Overdose, Failure to Protect (General), Defenses, Immunity/Liability, Failure to Protect (Wrongful Death).
• Guaranteed Income Helps People Leaving Jail and Prison, and That Helps Everyone, May 1, 2026. Crime/Demographics, Prisoner Privileges, housing, jobs, Restrictions, discrimination, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Fines.
• Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Louisiana Detainee Captured After Two Previous Escapes, Dec. 1, 2025. Criminal Prosecution, Escapes, Jail Specific, Assaults on Staff, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration.
• First Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion by Sua Sponte Raising Statute of Limitations Defense to Habeas Petition After Respondents Had Intelligently “Waived” It by Being Aware of Availability but Failing to Assert It, Nov. 15, 2025. Defenses, Limitations, Habeas Corpus, Double jeopardy, Knowingly and Intelligently.
• South Carolina Supreme Court Announces Traditional 
Four-Element Standard for When Person Has Right 
to Use Deadly Force in Self-Defense Not Applicable 
to Non-Deadly Force Self-Defense Analysis, May 15, 2025. Defenses, Jury Instructions.
• Minnesota Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Determining Whether a Defendant Is Entitled to Jury Instructions 
on Self-defense and Defense of Others, May 15, 2025. Defenses, Jury Instructions, Jury Instructions in Jury Room.
• Examining Pro-Prosecution Bias in the Judiciary: Unconscious Biases of a Prosecutorial Background, Feb. 15, 2025. Criminal Prosecution, Juror Bias, Impartial Jury.
• Ohio Supreme Court Announces Self-Defense Jury Instruction Does Not Require Intent to Harm or Kill Assailant, Oct. 1, 2024. Defenses, Jury Instructions, Motive/Opportunity/Intent/Identity Evidence.