More from this issue:

1. Use of Questionable “Lie Detectors" by Law Enforcement Expands Nationwide, by Matthew Clarke
2. PLN Attorneys Awarded $137,672 for Post-Settlement Work in CDCR Censorship Case, by John Dannenberg
3. Canadian Prisoner Recognized for Advocacy on Prisoner Health Issues
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. $2.75 Million Verdict in Dehydrated Michigan Prisoner’s Death
6. StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up, by Jessica Pupovac
7. Ruling Against Expression is No Music to Prisoners’ Ears, by David Hudson
8. An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95, by David Preston
9. Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner Hogtying Death For $900,000
10. NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous, by Gary Hunter
11. Wyoming American Indian Prisoner Wins Consent Decree to Receive Feathers
12. “Habeas Hints”, by Kent A. Russell
13. California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million, by Marvin Mentor
14. New Zealand Prisoners Building Copiers for Canon
15. Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending
16. CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement
17. Jury Awards Indiana Prison Law Library Clerk $1,150 for Retaliation
18. NCCHC Releases Position Statement on Abuse of Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
19. California Guards Union Investigated for Hiring Parolee for Office Job
20. Prison Population Continues Exponential Growth, by David Reutter
21. Alabama Policy Denies Work Release to HIV/AIDS Infected Prisoners, by David Reutter
22. Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case
23. Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA, by John Dannenberg
24. Indiana DOC Policy Banning Group Worship by Odinists Enjoined, by John Dannenberg
25. BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation
26. Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard, by John Dannenberg
27. Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound, by David Reutter
28. Sexual Abuse and Violence in Texas Prisons Eclipses National Average, by Gary Hunter
29. $1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail, by David Reutter
30. $2.75 Million Settlement in New York Prisoner’s Loss of Sight Claim
31. New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007, by Gary Hunter
32. $4.45 Million Verdict in Meningitis Death of Cook County Jail Prisoner, by David Reutter
33. GEO Group Consultant Civilly Charged With Insider Trading
34. U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Use of Lethal Injection, by Brandon Sample
35. Oregon Guards Wrongly Fired Win $1,000,000
36. Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million
37. Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Jobs Has Become Important to the Government, Finally, by Derick Limberg
38. Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims
39. $290,000 Award for New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall on Ice
40. Strip Search Policy E-mails Were Attorney-Client Communications, but Privilege Is Waived
41. Florida Jail Supervisors Investigated in Fraudulent Overtime Scheme
42. $25,000 Award To South Carolina Prisoner Injured Performing Community Service
43. New Hampshire Prisoner’s ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment
44. Native American Reservations in Dire Need of Better Jails, Get Money to Build More
45. Ohio Man Receives $600,000 for Wrongful Imprisonment
46. Seventh Circuit: Delayed Medical Care Because Doctor Attended New Year’s Party Constitutes Deliberate Indifference
47. South Dakota Guard Liable for Prisoner’s Electrocution Death
48. Legal Financial Obligation Deductions Imposed on All Washington Prisoners
49. Massachusetts DOC Ordered to Provide Vegan Meals to Buddhist Prisoner
50. Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping, by John Dannenberg
51. Ninth Circuit: Statutory Increase in Restitution Payment Rate Does Not Violate Plea Agreement and is Not Ex Post Facto
52. EAJA Permits Recovery of Fees for Paralegal Services at Market Rates, US Supreme Court Holds
53. New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law
54. Tenth Circuit Follows Jones v. Bock, Reverses Full-Exhaustion Predicate in § 1983 Cases, by John Dannenberg
55. Washington Court Invalidates Pretrial Substance Abuse Conditions
56. No Filing Fee Lien Allowed in Florida Mandamus Cases
57. News in Brief:
58. $635,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Woman Prisoner’s Suicide

More from John Dannenberg:

• Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
• Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
• The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
• Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
• Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
• California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
• FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
• Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
• Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
• Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• ICE Jails Denied Muslim Detainees’ Right to Celebrate Ramadan, April 1, 2026. Religious Diet, Religious Practices, Religious Property, Immigration Detention, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• $667,000 Awarded to Muslim Missouri Prisoners Pepper-Sprayed for Praying, April 1, 2026. Religious Discrimination, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Religious Practices, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Deliberate Indifference.
• First Circuit Revives Federal Prisoner’s Claim Against Rhode Island Lockup, April 1, 2026. Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Immunity - Sovereign/Municipal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Constitutional Challenge to Louisiana Prison “Farm Line” Granted Class Certification, March 1, 2026. Prison Labor, Exposure to Heat, Injunctions (PLRA), Class Certification, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Fourth Circuit Revives Deliberate Indifference Claim for Baltimore Detainee Served Rotten Food, March 1, 2026. Food, Denial of Religious Services, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Deliberate Indifference.
• County Jail in Oklahoma Accused of Coercing Detainees to Convert to Christianity, Feb. 1, 2026. Jail Misconduct, Religious Practices, First Amendment, rights, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Class Certified in Challenge to Mailed Book Ban at Indianapolis Jail, Jan. 1, 2026. Class Certification, Publications/Books, Religious Practices, Protected Speech.
• SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments on Rastafarian Hair-­Cutting Case, Jan. 1, 2026. RLUIPA, Religious Practices, Damages - Compensatory, Wrongful Use of Force, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Arkansas “Jailhouse Attorney” Secures Return from Retaliatory Transfer Out of State, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Retaliation for Litigating, Prisoner Legal Assistance, Religious Practices, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Preliminary Injunction Halts Solitary Confinement of Mentally Ill Prisoners at New York Lockup Where Wildcat Guard Strike Began, Nov. 1, 2025. Work Strikes, Staffing, Exercise, Sanitation, Injunctions (PLRA), Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Suicides.