More from this issue:

1. Federal Sex Offender Civil Commitment Process Under Fire, by Derek Gilna
2. Ethics Complaint Against Former Oregon Prison Official Dismissed
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Maryland Women Prisoners Sew Commemorative 1812 Flags
5. Hawaii Audit Finds Offenders Rarely Pay Restitution Owed
6. Prisoner Lacked Standing to Challenge Georgia’s Failure to Send Absentee Ballot to Jail
7. Federal BOP to Let Prisoners Have MP3 Players
8. $975,000 Award to Former Prisoner Who Gave Birth in Seattle, Washington Jail
9. California Pays $295,000 to Settle Religious Discrimination Lawsuit by Sikh Barred from Employment as Prison Guard
10. California Supreme Court Restricts Lifer Parole Challenges
11. CA Court of Appeal: Documents Identifying Suppliers of Execution Drug are Public Records
12. Florida Town Rallies to Stop CCA Immigration Detention Facility, by David Reutter
13. PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Sacramento County, California Jail
14. U.S. Supreme Court Holds AG Rules Required Before SORNA Sex Offender Law is Applied Retroactively, by Derek Gilna
15. New Mexico Sheriff Sentenced for Selling County Property on eBay
16. Former Florida Sheriff Cleared in Theft Investigation and PHS Contract Fraud Suit
17. Eleventh Circuit Upholds Florida DOC’s Ban on Pen Pal Solicitations, by David Reutter
18. $50 Million in Grants Targets HIV in the Criminal Justice System
19. Pro Se Virginia Prisoner Settles Religious Exercise Suit
20. $3.5 Million Settlement in Teen’s Death at New York Juvenile Facility
21. Texas Legislator Uses Prisoner-Made Goods as Gifts for Campaign Contributors, by Matthew Clarke
22. Texas: Helping HIV+ Prisoners Receive Post-Release Meds
23. BOP’s RDAP Program Unevenly Administered and Unnecessarily Costly, by Brandon Sample
24. Florida Reports Indicate Restoration of Civil Rights Reduces Recidivism, by David Reutter
25. Tenth Circuit Holds Sex Offenders Who Leave U.S. Must Still Register, by Derek Gilna
26. Tainted Chicken Sickens Hundreds of Prisoners, Staff at Pennsylvania BOP Facility
27. ACLU Challenges “Jail or Church” Program in Alabama
28. “Fusion Centers” Gather Intelligence on U.S. Citizens, by Derek Gilna
29. Kentucky Supreme Court Adopts Mailbox Rule Retrospectively
30. Termination from Drug Treatment Program Fails to State Liberty Interest Claim
31. California: ADA Protections Again Extended to Disabled State Prisoners Held in County Jails
32. State Awarded Statutory Attorney Fees, Costs for Dismissed Washington PRPs, by Mark Wilson
33. Fifth Circuit Rules on Prisoner’s ADA Claim; Issues Superseding Opinion
34. Fourth Circuit: Where Offer of Judgment is Silent as to Costs, Prevailing Party Entitled to Recover Attorney’s Fees
35. Ninth Circuit Grants Qualified Immunity to California Prison Officials for Denial of Outdoor Exercise During Lengthy Lock-down
36. Tenth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity to Oklahoma Jail Official Who Failed to Follow Prescribed Medical Instructions
37. First Circuit Holds that Delay in Treating HIV May Constitute Deliberate Indifference
38. New York Court of Appeals Holds Sex Offense Does Not Prove Parental Neglect
39. New Jersey Appellate Court Holds Attorneys for Female Prisoners Temporarily Transferred to All-Male Facility May be Entitled to Fees
40. Single Incident of Deliberate Indifference Insufficient to Establish Policy or Custom
41. Texas Teenager Killed at Private Juvenile Detention Center, by Matthew Clarke
42. No Good Time for Time Spent in State Custody before Imposition of Federal Sentence
43. Ninth Circuit Holds BOP Individual RDAP Determinations Not Subject to Judicial Review
44. Washington State Court of Appeals Holds Payments to Class II Prison Workers Are “Wages” for Time-Loss Compensation Calculations, by Matthew Clarke
45. Georgia Court Clerk Liable for Failure to Inform Prison Officials of Sentence Reduction
46. Florida Death Row Prisoners Cannot Challenge Sentence Pro Se
47. Former Mississippi Mayor Charged with Sexually Assaulting Prisoner
48. “Voluntary” Work Program in Private Detention Centers Pays Detained Immigrants $1 a Day, by Yana Kunichoff
49. Vermont DOC Disbands Citizens’ Advisory Group that Critics Called “Window Dressing” for Transparency, by Ken Picard
50. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Georgia Moves to Shield Intellectually Disabled Prisoners 
from Execution, June 1, 2025. Sentencing, Death Penalty.
• New York Lifts Hiring Ban on Fired Striking Prison Guards, Announces Early Prisoner Releases, May 1, 2025. Work Strikes, Staffing, Parole, Guard Unions, Bail/Pretrial Release, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• 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.
• Fifth Circuit Leaves Louisiana Prisoner Waiting for Reinstated Parole, Jan. 15, 2025. Parole, Overdetention, Victim's Rights to Enforce Collection.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.