More from this issue:

1. Management & Training Corp. Struggles to Maintain Market Share, by Gary Hunter
2. Houston Jail Has Highest Number of Deaths in Texas: 101, by Gary Hunter
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Florida Jails: State’s Largest Mental Health Providers, by David Reutter
5. Chains of Love, by Siobhan O'Connor
6. Gannet New Jersey’s Witch Hunt for Public Employees with Criminal Records, by Matthew Clarke
7. Colorado Investigates Former Prison Director for Malfeasance Following State Audit
8. Sixth Circuit Now Permits § 1983 Complaint to Proceed Even if Prisoner Did Not Initially Plead Exhaustion Below, by John Dannenberg
9. 20 Florida Prison Officials Fired or Suspended After Prisoner Beating, Party, by David Reutter
10. Ohio Lawyer Suspended for Bilking Prisoners’ Families
11. Florida’s Civil Commitment Center Exhibits Little Change Despite New Contractor, by David Reutter
12. Connecticut Takes Cut of Prisoner Judgments and Inheritances, by Matthew Clarke
13. Texas Must Afford Prisoners Due Process in Trust Fund Garnishment, by Matthew Clarke
14. Florida Homeless Sex Offender Ruling Reversed, FDOC Changes Policy Anyway, by David Reutter
15. Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Termination of Prisoner’s Parental Rights, by Matthew Clarke
16. China Admits Illegally Harvesting Organs From Executed Prisoners, by Gary Hunter
17. Big Brother Monitoring Michigan Sex Offenders
18. CCA Pays $438,626 for Discriminatory Hiring Practices in Arizona
19. U.S. Parole Commission Rules are “Laws” for Ex Post Facto
20. Maryland Closes Decrepit, Scandal-Plagued House of Correction
21. California DOC Finally Discloses Some Records In $4.1 Billion Of Public Contracts, by John Dannenberg
22. California Contract Healthcare Management Firm Locked Out; Fees Withheld;, by John Dannenberg
23. Washington’s Criminal Justice System Racially Biased; Voting Rights Act Claim Fails Anyway
24. § 1983 Suit Challenging New York’s Blanket Parole Denial “Policy” Survives Motion to Dismiss, by John Dannenberg
25. $1,000,000 Award for Attorney’s Failure to Prosecute Prisoner’s Lawsuit
26. Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal on Wrong Medication Claims
27. Erroneous Jury Instruction Nets Raped Missouri Prisoner New Civil Trial
28. Pennsylvania DNA Act Not Ex Post Facto
29. Guards Settle “Sick Building” Claim at Florida Jail for $495,000
30. New Investigative Solution by LexisTracks Sex Offenders, Wherever They Are
31. Illinois Parole Board Pays Nearly $11,000 in Attorney Fees, Can Only Charge Reasonable Postage and Copying Costs
32. Forced Work in Dangerous Washington Prison Job Conditions States Eighth Amendment Claim, by John Dannenberg
33. CCA Fined for Florida Jail Escape; County Commission Poised to Impose More Fines
34. California: Disciplinary Conviction Upheld Where Petitioner Argued Only Violation of Constitutional Rights, Not State Law Rights, by John Dannenberg
35. Bivens Claims Against Private Prison Employees May Fail When Other Remedies Available
36. Fulton County Jail Consents to Improve Dismal Conditions, by David Reutter
37. California Sexual Predator Commitment Requires Trial; Cannot be Based on Civil Discovery Admissions
38. Collection-Rate of Appellate Costs Taxed to Prisoner Reduced to Rate for PLRA Filing-Fees, by John Dannenberg
39. Evidentiary Hearing Ordered For AEDPA Equitable Tolling Claim Arising From Transfer to Out-Of-State Prison
40. Direct Contempt of U.S. Court Must Be in Court’s Presence; Conviction Reversed
41. Refusal to Give Nitro Tablets to Prisoner With Chest Pain Actionable, by Matthew Clarke
42. Nevada Psychological Review Panel Hearings Subjected to Open Meeting and Constitutional Due Process Requirements, by Matthew Clarke
43. Wisconsin Over Detention Suit Not Barred by Rooker-Feldman Doctrine
44. News in Brief:
45. No Qualified Immunity for Ignoring Heart Condition Leading to Prisoner’s Death
46. O.K. to Ban Suspicious Indiana Sex Offender from Parks

More from these topics:

• Over 100,000 Criminal Records Sealed Under Colorado’s “Clean Slate Act”, March 1, 2025. Disclosure of Records, Public Records, Criminal Records.
• ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025. Databases, Disclosure of Records, Public Records Act, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants May Obtain Brady Evidence From Police Officers’ Personnel Files in Advance of § 1172.6 Hearing Requesting Vacatur of Conviction and Resentencing for Certain Types of Murder Convictions, Feb. 15, 2025. Disclosure of Records, Police, Brady Violations, Murder/Felony Murder, Resentencing, Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Wins Round Before Magistrate in Lawsuit Over Marriage Application Delayed Two Years, Dec. 15, 2024. Disclosure of Records, Visiting, Marriage.
• Alabama Jail Accused of Granting Detainee’s Medical Bond Just Before Death to Avoid Costly Medical Care, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Costs, Bail Bonds.
• 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.
• Impoverished Ohio County Gets New Jail Space After Settling Suit for Bloody Detainee Assault, Oct. 15, 2024. Cost of Prison Systems, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Settlements, Costs.
• $60,000 Settlement for Kansas Prisoner’s Excessive Force Claim, $578,000 for His Attorneys, Sept. 15, 2024. Attorney Fee Awards, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Settlements.
• California Prisoner Wins Challenge to Overbroad CDCR Records Request Made Prior to Resentencing, Sept. 15, 2024. Disclosure of Records, Resentencing.
• Washington Prisoner’s Sentence Vacated After Attorney Calls and Visits Were Recorded, Aug. 15, 2024. Attorney Client, Prisoner Privileges, Disclosure of Records, Recordings, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of.