More from this issue:

1. Crime Labs in Crisis: Shoddy Forensics Used to Secure Convictions, by Matthew Clarke
2. Prisoners of the Census in New York: Democracy on the March!, by Eric Lotke
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. New York Prisons Avoid Budget Axe, by David Reutter
5. Are Doctors Complicit in Prison Torture? The Maine Medical Community Looks at Solitary Confinement, by Lance Tapley
6. State Auditor Issues Report on Washington Department of Corrections
7. $13 Million Settlement in DC Mass Arrest of Protestors, by David Reutter
8. Settlement Allows North Carolina Prisoners to Receive Compensation for Writings, by David Reutter
9. Expanded Eligibility for New York Medical Parole Has Little Effect, by Matthew Clarke
10. Ex-Cons Face Tougher Job Market in Great Recession, by David Reutter
11. Governing Through Crime: How the War on Crime Transformed American Democracy and Created a Culture of Fear, by Jonathan Simon (Oxford University Press 2007), 344 pages, by Ian Head
12. New York Prison Chaplain Accused of Smuggling Weapons
13. Prisoners’ Self-Help Litigation Manual, 4th Edition, by John Boston and Daniel Manville, Oxford University Press, 960 Pages, $39.95, by Paul Wright
14. Former President of Florida Sheriff’s Association Enters Plea in Kickback Scheme, by David Reutter
15. $3.125 Million in Settlements in Oregon Prisoner’s Beating Death
16. Tennessee Judge Facing Misconduct Charges Tries to Depose Disciplinary Counsel, by Matthew Clarke
17. Pennsylvania Prisoner Awarded $185,000 in Civil Rights Claim; Harassment Continues, by David Reutter
18. Ninth Circuit Says Qualified Immunity Warranted for Comb-Binding Denial, by Mark Wilson
19. Washington Prisoners Need Not Show Prima Facie Case Upon Challenging Prison Discipline, by David Reutter
20. Virginia Issues Report on Monitoring of Sex Offenders Subject to Registration
21. Georgia Ends Contact Visits for Death Row Prisoners, by David Reutter
22. Texas Controversy: Governor Guts Forensic Science Commission, by Matthew Clarke
23. For Lease: Never-Used 525-Bed Oregon Jail, $45 Million or Best Offer, by Mark Wilson
24. Seventh Circuit Upholds Ban on Dungeons & Dragons, by Brandon Sample
25. New York Prison Superintendents Live in Lap of Luxury on Taxpayer Subsidy
26. Third Circuit Reverses $642,398.57 Attorney Fee Award for RFRA Claim by Immigration Prisoner
27. U.S. Supreme Court: No Bivens Remedy Available Against PHS Staff, by Brandon Sample
28. Fraudsters Sentenced in Cornell Prison Construction Scheme, by Brandon Sample
29. Successful Appellate Ruling Invalidating Statute Creates Prevailing Party for Attorney Fee Award, by David Reutter
30. Exhaustion Excused Where Warden Misled Prisoner During Grievance Process, by Brandon Sample
31. Ninth Circuit: Los Angeles County Not Liable for Occasional Over-Detentions, by Michael Brodheim
32. Female Assistant Attorney General Pleads Guilty in Wife-Beating Case, by Mark Wilson
33. Sexual Abuse of Youths at Tennessee Juvenile Facility Widespread, by David Reutter
34. Fake Rape Claim Puts Woman in Prison, by Brandon Sample
35. News in Brief:
36. Limitations Period in Suit Over Delay in Providing Surgery Begins When Prisoner is Recommended for Surgery, by Brandon Sample

More from Brandon Sample:

• Q&A: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Which Errors Are Worth Pursuing?, April 12, 2019
• Guilty Plea Does Not Foreclose Challenge To Constitutionality Of Conviction, U.S. Supreme Court Decides, April 19, 2018
• U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Habeas Relief Citing AEDPA Deference, Dec. 19, 2017
• Maryland Ban on Prisoner's Book Rescinded, Aug. 23, 2016
• Former BOP Guard Convicted In Murder-For-Hire Scheme, Aug. 22, 2016
• Second BOP Guard Convicted In Assault-For-Hire, Aug. 22, 2016
• BOP Dentist Gets Slap On The Wrist for Sex Abuse, Aug. 22, 2016
• Cook County Jail Agrees to Improvements, April 15, 2013
• No More Than 20 Percent Can Be Deducted To Pay Filing Fees, April 15, 2013
• Heck Does Not Apply to Released Prisoner Seeking Damages for Sentence Miscalculation, April 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• Study Finds Just 1% of Prisoner’s Eighth Amendment Claims Succeed, May 1, 2025. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Systemic Medical Neglect, Eighth Amendment, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• 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.
• Tenth Circuit Stretches PLRA to Deny Claim of Colorado Prisoner Shot by Guard While Shackled, April 1, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Shootings.
• Fourth Circuit Excuses Maryland Prisoner From Exhaustion Requirement in PREA Claim, April 1, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Rape Elimination Act.
• D.C. Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Federal Prisoner’s Complaint Due to PLRA Three-Strikes Rule, April 1, 2025. Medication, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Pending Appeals.
• Sixth Circuit Sets Up Circuit Split with Ruling on Michigan Prisoner’s PLRA Exhaustion Dispute, Oct. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Illinois Pays $3 Million for Subjecting Prisoners to Degrading Mass Strip Search, Oct. 15, 2024. Harassment by Police, Strip Searches, Settlements.
• Baton Rouge Cops Indicted for Violent In-Custody Strip-Search, Sept. 15, 2024. Strip Searches, Guard Brutality/Beatings.
• Washington Court of Appeals: PLRA Dismissal of Prisoner’s Federal Suit Is Not Res Judicata Barring State Tort Claims, Sept. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Res Judicata, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoner’s Declaration Alone Sufficient to Send PLRA Exhaustion Dispute to Trial, July 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Summary Judgment/Judgment N.O.V., Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).