More from this issue:

1. An Innocent Man Speaks: PLN Interviews Jeff Deskovic
2. Report: BOP Fails to Monitor Effects, Conditions of Segregated Housing, by Derek Gilna
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Supreme Court Holds Padilla Not Retroactive, by Derek Gilna
5. Sixth Circuit Addresses Spoliation Sanction Standard
6. Please Stop "Reforming" Pelican Bay, by Maya Schenwar
7. West Virginia Court-Supervised Parole and Condition Barring Association with Spouse Upheld
8. Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
9. Fourth Circuit: Sex Offender Registration Not "Custody" for Section 2254 Jurisdiction
10. Federal Court Rules Against Alabama DOC in Class-action HIV Discrimination Suit
11. Canadian Prisoners Receive $3.5 Million in Settlements, by Derek Gilna
12. HRDC Invited to Speak at Unprecedented FCC Workshop on Prison Phone Rates, by David Ganim
13. Fifth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of PLN's Censorship Suit Against TDCJ, by Matthew Clarke
14. Trial Held in Texas Prison Courtroom Not Open to the Public
15. Qualified Immunity Denied to Nurses who Ignored Prisoner's Symptoms of Active TB; $2.28 Million in Damages, Fees and Costs on Remand
16. Millions in Security Equipment Wasted at Rikers Island
17. Supreme Court Upholds DNA Collection as Part of Jail Booking Procedures, by J.R. Bloom
18. HRDC Receives First Amendment Award
19. New Tennessee Parole Board Members have Apparent Bias Against Granting Parole, by Alex Friedmann
20. No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life, by Charlotte Silver
21. California Jail Installs New Microgrid to Cut Energy Costs, by Derek Gilna
22. Genetic and DNA Evidence: The Emperor Has No Clothes, by Ernest P. Chiodo
23. Third Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP Not a Fifth Amendment Violation, by Matthew Clarke
24. Seventh Circuit Remands Illinois Prisoner's Hernia Case for New Trial
25. Montana Town Gives up on Failed Jail Venture
26. "Mere Possession" of a Prison Shank Constitutes a "Crime of Violence", by Derek Gilna
27. Seventh Circuit Remands Case Concerning Treatment of Prisoner's Hemorrhoids
28. Suicides at CCA-run ICE Detention Center Spark Investigation, by Derek Gilna
29. Longest-Serving Texas Prisoner Makes Parole; Other Long-term Prisoners Not so "Lucky"
30. DC Circuit: Qualified Immunity for Retroactive U.S. Parole Commission Regulations
31. Seventh Circuit: Health Hazard without Physical Injury Can State a Claim
32. Mexican Prison Guards Implicated in Deadly Riot
33. Blowup at KPFT Radio's "Prison Show" in Texas
34. Louisiana Supreme Court Reverses Sentence for Escape, but Sentence Affirmed on Remand
35. Seventh Circuit Asks Illinois Supreme Court to Interpret "Frivolous" Litigation Statute
36. New York Federal Court Finds Victim's Hearsay Accusation Insufficient in Prison Disciplinary Case; Suit Settles for $67,000, by Matthew Clarke
37. Jail Detainee Dies after Altercation with Deputies at Arizona Jail
38. Utah DOC Ends "English Only" Visitation Requirement, by Christopher Zoukis
39. News in Brief

More from Christopher Zoukis:

• The Contraband Wars Prison authorities target books and mail, miss the goods coming through the staff door, July 1, 2021
• Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
• Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
• With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
• A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
• Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
• Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
• New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
• Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
• California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020

More from these topics:

• Two Michigan Jails Face Class-Action Suits for Banning In-Person Visits, Dec. 15, 2024. Visiting, Class Actions.
• California Prisoner Wins Round Before Magistrate in Lawsuit Over Marriage Application Delayed Two Years, Dec. 15, 2024. Disclosure of Records, Visiting, Marriage.
• New York Adding Names to Tombstones of Dead Prisoners, Dec. 1, 2023. Visiting, Extended Family Visiting, Family.
• South Carolina Supreme Court Denies Prisoner’s Challenge to DOC Policy Restricting Visitors to People He Knew Before Incarceration, Nov. 15, 2023. Visiting, Video Visitation.
• Five Years After Limiting Personal Visits and Banning Mail, Drug Use Worse in Pennsylvania Prisons, Sept. 15, 2023. War on Drugs, Mail Regulations, Visiting.
• Michigan Prisoners Once Again Lose Visitation Due to COVID-19 and Influenza Outbreaks, Jan. 9, 2023. COVID-19, Visiting.
• Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits, Sept. 16, 2022. Protests, Visiting, First Amendment, rights.
• Overdoses Skyrocket in Tennessee Prisons During Pandemic Despite Visitation Restrictions, June 1, 2022. Drug Overdose, COVID-19, Visiting.
• Eighth Circuit Rules Pretrial Detainees and Prisoners Have Right to Visit Family Members, May 1, 2022. Visiting, Pretrial Detention and Detainees.
• Fourth Circuit Rules Prisoner Sex Offender has No Right to In-Person Visitation with His Minor Children, Oct. 1, 2021. Visiting, Children of Prisoners, Sex Offender Classification.