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. Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff’s Policy Delaying Prisoners’ Elective Abortions Enjoined, by John Dannenberg
12. Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000
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. Private Prison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions, by David Reutter
24. $30,000 Award in Hawaii Medical Negligence Suit
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. City of Detroit Must Record Suspect Confessions; $4 Million Wrongful Incarceration Award
28. Excessive Force And Medical Negligence Death In Youngstown, Ohio Arrest Settles For $350,000 From Police, $100,000 From PHS, by John Dannenberg
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. Fifth Circuit Remands Texas Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim, Adopts De Minimis Standard, by Michael Rigby
32. Harsh Federal Parole Conditions for Federal Sex Offender Upheld
33. California Prison Guards Awarded $440 Million Retroactive Pay Increase
34. Second Hawaii Sex Assault Case Settled for $25,000
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

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