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 Marvin Mentor:

• California: Multi-Year Lifer Parole Denial Is Permissible Following One-Year Denial, Even In Absence of Significant Changes, July 15, 2011
• Ninth Circuit: “Some Evidence” of Offense Viciousness Justifies Denial of Lifer’s Parole, May 15, 2011
• California DOC’s Former Healthcare Receiver Overpaid Staff Benefits by $218,790, Jan. 15, 2010
• California Lifers’ New Litigation Tool: DA’s “Opinion” and Governor’s “Belief” Do Not Constitute “Evidence” in Parole Denial Cases, Sept. 15, 2009
• Federal Three-Judge Panel Orders California To Reduce Prison Population By 44,000 Prisoners Within Two Years, Sept. 15, 2009
• California: Parole Board’s Policy Barring Friendly Oral Witness Testimony At Lifer Hearings Ruled An “Underground Regulation”, Sept. 15, 2009
• Prisoner’s Right to Mail Announcement of Peaceful Demon-stration Trumps Purported Prison Security Claims, July 15, 2009
• California County’s 2005 Purchase of Private Prison Still Clouded in Conflict of Interest Questions, May 15, 2009
• California Appellate Court Grants Writ, Reverses Governor, Reinstates PLN Writer’s Grant of Parole, March 15, 2009
• Corruption in Orange County, CA Sheriff’s Department Revealed; Sheriff Resigns, Convicted on Criminal Charges, Feb. 15, 2009

More from these topics:

• 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.
• California Appeals Court Sustains Amendments to CDCR that Narrow Youth Parole Eligibility Rules, July 1, 2026. Parole, Equal Protection Clause/Claims, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Credits, Prison Regulations.
• Sixth Circuit Rules Prisoner Held After Parole Board Ordered Release on Parole Could Not State a Rights Violation Claim, June 1, 2026. Parole, Overdetention, Qualified Immunity, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights.
• 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.
• 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.