More from this issue:

1. Texas Prisoners Still Dying in Houston Jails, Among Other Problems, by Gary Hunter
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Fifth Circuit: Special Parole Review Request Doesn’t Toll AEDPA Limitations
4. Megan’s Law Preempts Local New Jersey Sex Offender Ordinances
5. “Habeas Hints”, by Kent A. Russell
6. Perpetrators and Enablers of Torture in the US, by Corey Weinstein
7. Maine Prison in Turmoil, by Lance Tapley
8. Obama Promises Guantanamo Will Close and Torture Will End ... but When?, by Matthew Clarke
9. Human Rights Watch Report Calls to Reform PLRA, by David Reutter
10. Florida Prison Guards Fired, Suspended for Shocking Children with Stun Guns, by David Reutter
11. Problems at Washington’s Civil Commitment Center Continue, by Matthew Clarke
12. Southern California Jails Addicted to ICE Money, by Matthew Clarke
13. CA Prison Medical Care Receiver: Three Top Officials Ousted, Controversial Building Plan Opposed, by Matthew Clarke
14. California Sheriffs Appropriate Rehabilitation Funds for Security Needs, by Michael Brodheim
15. Sacramento County Jail Settles Excessive Force Suit For $260,000
16. Nebraska Prison Officials Must Pay Attorney’s Fees in Kosher Diet Case; Found in Contempt After Excrement Discovered in Prisoner’s Food, by Brandon Sample
17. PLN Files Public Records Suit Against San Francisco County, Sheriff’s Office
18. Columbia Jail Journal: The Compelling, Exclusive Inside Story of the Columbia Three, by James Monaghan, Brandon Press, 277 pages, by David Preston
19. Florida DOC and Keefe Gouge Prisoners on Commissary Sales, by David Reutter
20. $1.8 Million Settlement in Beating of Florida Jail Prisoner
21. Pennsylvania Jail Mired in Scandal ... Again
22. Montana, Michigan Towns Vie to Fill Prisons with Guantanamo Detainees
23. $4.7 Million Settlement for Brain Damage Caused by Washington Jail Negligence
24. Michigan Changes Overtime Rules; $4 Million Savings on Prison Budget
25. Glomar Response to Prisoner’s FOIA Request Insufficient
26. Texas Parole Board’s Hearing on Imposition of Sex Offender Conditions Inadequate, by Matthew Clarke
27. PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case
28. $6 Million Settlement in Beating Death of California Detainee
29. $500,000 Settlement for Fatal Beating of Phoenix Jail Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
30. Los Angeles County Agrees to Pay $7,000,000 to Beaten Juvenile Prisoner
31. Ohio County Jail Agrees to Pay $75,000 For Locking Up Poor
32. Small Amounts of Marijuana Not “Dangerous Contraband” Under New York Law, Court Rules
33. Audit Finds California Parolees Sometimes Slip Through Bureaucratic Cracks
34. Maryland Prisoners Make Flags
35. Mississippi Prisoners Make Collect Call for Jesus
36. Clerk Erred in Refusing to File Unsigned 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Motion
37. Aramark Discontinues, Loses Prison Food Service Contracts, by David Reutter
38. Injunction Against Missouri Sex Offender Halloween Restrictions Issued, Then Vacated, by Matthew Clarke
39. Mentally Ill NC Prisoners Injured in Separate Incidents, by Gary Hunter
40. $145,000 Settlement in Iowa Prisoner’s Self-Mutilation Mental Health Claim, by David Reutter
41. Missouri DOC Permits Gift Books in Response to PLN Demand Letter
42. Hawaii to Remove Prisoners from CCA Facility Over Abuse Charges, by Ian Urbina
43. Military Psychologist Implicated in Abusive Interrogations, by David Reutter
44. Indigent Connecticut Prisoners Entitled to Copies of Records Under FOIA Without Charge
45. Duration of Confinement in Segregation Affects Due Process Inquiry
46. Second Circuit Reinstates New York Jail Guard’s Excessive Force Conviction, by Matthew Clarke
47. California: City Liable for $237,000 Hospital Bill for Prisoner’s Medical Care
48. Oakland, CA Police Policy of In-Field Public Strip Searches Without Arrest or Warrant Found Unconstitutional
49. Florida: For Sentence Calculation Purposes, Civil Commitment Detention Same as Jail Confinement
50. District Court Erred in Sua Sponte Dismissal of Prisoner’s Challenge to Conditions of Confinement
51. Florida Gain Time Law Application Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
52. Ninth Circuit: Refusal to Allow Cross-Examination of Lab Technician Violates Due Process, by Brandon Sample
53. Ohio Jail Officials Face Federal Charges, Investigation, by Brandon Sample
54. BOP Warden Does Not Have Authority to Reduce Prisoner’s Sentence Under Rule 35(b), by Brandon Sample
55. News in Brief:
56. Oregon Illegal Detention Suit Settled for $30,000
57. Sixth Circuit: Dismissal of Due Process and Equal Protection Claims Upheld; Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies Issue Remanded

More from these topics:

• Fifth Circuit Announces When Initial § 2255 Petition Not Decided on Merits and Appeals Court Later Recalls Mandate Dismissing Direct Appeal and Affirms Conviction, Subsequent § 2255 Petition Not ‘Second or Successive’ Under AEDPA, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Fourth Circuit Announces Counterman v. Colorado 
Is New Rule of Constitutional Law That Applies 
Retroactively to Cases on Collateral Review and 
Grants Authorization to File Successive § 2255 Motion, July 1, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Habeas Corpus, Threats.
• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• Arguing Successful Federal Habeas Corpus Claims, June 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Sixth Amendment, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
• Fourth Circuit: District Court Failed to Provide Sufficient Explanation for Sentence Imposed and Did Not Address Defendant’s Arguments for Downward Variant Sentence, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Drug Laws/Offenses.
• Fourth Circuit: Procedurally Unreasonable Sentence Where District Court Failed to Address Defendant’s Non-Frivolous Downward Variance Argument Based on Sentencing Disparity 
Due to Which State’s Statute Prior Conviction Based Upon, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, Failure To Consider Disparity, Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts, Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices.
• SCOTUS Announces Only ‘False’ Statements Made to FDIC 
Are Criminalized Under 18 U.S.C. § 1014, Not Statements 
That Are ‘Misleading’ but True, May 15, 2025. Sentencing, False Statements/Perjury.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.