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ABA Recommends Congress Repeal Portions of PLRA
by David M. Reutter
The American Bar Association’s Criminal Justice Section has issued a report that “urges Congress to repeal or amend specified portions of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).” That report was sent for approval and action by the ABA’s House of Delegates in February 2007, …
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- Michigan Prisons: Another CMS Failure in Privatized Prisoner Health Care, by David Reutter
- Michigan's Prison Health Care System Found Contemptuous, by David Reutter
- Michigan's In-Cell Restraints Considered Torture; Injunction Issued, by David Reutter
- California Creates High Risk Sex Offender Task Force
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Florida's Prison Industry Practices Tightening, by David Reutter
- PLN Uncovers Secret Sweetheart Settlement Between PRIDE and Former Board Members, by David Reutter
- Nevada Prisoner Awarded $18,700 For Retaliation Claim
- Indianapolis’ Sex Offender Ordinance Banning Presence in Public Places with Children Enjoined
- New BOP Program Isolating Muslim, Middle Eastern Prisoners
- ABA Recommends Congress Repeal Portions of PLRA, by David Reutter
- Doing “Katrina Time”, by Bob Williams
- Habeas Hints: Retroactivity-Cunningham and Beyond, by Kent A. Russell
- Fraudulent Tax Returns Net Illegal Millions for Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
- Suit Over Suicide At Indian Jail In Washington Settled For $700,000
- New Jersey Auditor: Life Skills Academy Prison Contract Improperly Monitored, by Matthew Clarke
- Record Number of Texas Prison Guards Arrested, by Matthew Clarke
- $143,774.55 Attorney Fee and Costs Award in New York EMSA Suit, by Matthew Clarke
- Kentucky County Settles Prisoner Rape Suit for $1.4 Million
- WA Prisoners Entitled to Minimal Due Process Before Risk Level Demotion
- Washington State Waits Too Long to Collect Restitution
- Prisoner’s Death After Restraint Settled By Los Angeles County For $80,000
- Eleventh Circuit Remands ADA and Section 1983 Claims for Amended Complaint, by John Dannenberg
- Audit of California DOC Contracted Healthcare Expenditures Reveals Rampant Waste, Abuse and Management Deficiencies, by Marvin Mentor
- Guards Sue California DOC for Identity Theft by Prisoner Workers
- Missouri Elective Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional In Class Action
- Washington DOC Settles Open Records Suit for $15,000
- Jail Chaplains Scrutinized for Affairs with Female Prisoners
- California DOC Settles With PLN Over Restrictive Publications Policies: Changes Regulations, Pays Damages, by John Dannenberg
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- $110,000 Settlement for North Carolina Prisoner Beaten By Guards
- U.S. Supreme Court: Failure to Exhaust Remedies Is an Affirmative Defense Under the PLRA, by John Dannenberg
- Missouri’s Lethal Injection Protocol Unconstitutional; Executions Stayed
- Innocent Idaho Prisoner Receives $900,000 for 21 Years Wrongful Incarceration
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- EPA Fines Pennsylvania DOC $37,000 for Air Violations
- Registration Requirements Expanded to Non-Sex Crimes and Unconvicted Offenses, by Matthew Clarke
- Florida DOC Liable for Legal Copy Costs Not Repaid
- Pennsylvania Prisoner Wins $10,000 On Excessive Force Claim
- Suit For Untreated Diabetic Prisoner’s Death In Los Angeles County Jail Lobby Settled For $700,000
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- Eighth Circuit Rules Iowa Prisoner’s Adverse Summary Judgment Is Not a “Strike”, March 1, 2026. Filing Fees (PLRA), Frivolous Litigation (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Access To Courts.
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