×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
NY Federal Judge Deals Rare SHU Placement Defeat to BOP
Viktor A. Bout, a Russian international arms dealer ensnared in a DEA sting in 2008, extradited from Thailand and held in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) of the federal Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York, won a court order compelling the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to transfer him to …
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- LaSalle Corrections: A Family-Run Prison Firm, by Matthew Clarke
- Tenth Circuit: Terrorism Prisoners Lack Liberty Interest in Transfer to ADX, by Derek Gilna
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- The Battle to Open Prisons to Journalists, by Jessica Pupovac
- Two Companies Acknowledge Exporting U.S. Prisoner-Made Goods to Canada, by David Reutter
- Reintroducing the Private Prison Information Act: An Interview, by Mel Motel
- GAO Examines How BOP Can Reduce Prisoners’ Time in Prison, by Derek Gilna
- In Memory of Jon E. Yount (1938-2012), by Peter Wagner
- Supreme Court Extends Qualified Immunity to Private Attorney
- U.S. Imprisons the Most Women, Tops International List
- Supreme Court Adopts Strickland Prejudice Standard for Rejected Plea Bargains, by Derek Gilna
- NY Federal Judge Deals Rare SHU Placement Defeat to BOP, by Derek Gilna
- Oregon Jail Guard Convicted of Assaulting Prisoner, Gets 30 Days in Jail
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Sets Aside Convictions Based on Actual Innocence, by Matthew Clarke
- The Collapse of American Criminal Justice, by William J. Stuntz (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011). 432 pages, $35.00, by Derek Gilna
- Illinois: Current Insurer Must Pay Wrongful Conviction Award after Exoneration
- Pay-to-Stay Jail Programs Growing
- Nevada DOC Audit: Doctors Work 5 Hours, Get Paid for 10
- Idaho Supreme Court Affirms Firing of PHS Medical Director
- Oregon Prosecutor’s Son Escapes Mandatory Prison Time for Sexual Assault
- Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption, by Nancy Mullane (Public Affairs Books, 2012). 384 pages, $26.99 (hard-cover), by John Dannenberg
- Former California Prison Guard Resentenced Following Assault Conviction
- Texas Supreme Court Rules Compensation Required in Schlup-type Innocence Cases, by Matthew Clarke
- FBI Loses Prisoner’s Property but Sovereign Immunity Foils Recovery, by Derek Gilna
- Supreme Court: No Bivens Actions for Federal Prisoners in Private Prison, by Matthew Clarke
- Pregnant Woman Suffers Needless Death in Oklahoma Jail, by Matthew Clarke
- Seventh Circuit Approves Illinois Prison’s Rejection of PDR and Drug Guide
- Alabama Law Meant to Ensure Transparency in Judicial Elections Not Enforced for 16 Years, by Derek Gilna
- Idaho DOC Settles 30-year-old Class-action Lawsuit
- New York Jail Profits from TV Ads, by Joe Watson
- Federal Prison Industries Contract Leads to Freeworld Job Losses
- California: Denial of Kosher Diet to Messianic Jew Violates RLUIPA
- New Hampshire: $450,000 Settlement in Suit Over Prisoner’s Opiate Detoxification Death
- Ohio Supreme Court Sides with Defendant in Sex Offender Registration Case, by Derek Gilna
- FCC Finally Moves on Wright Petition After Almost a Decade of Inaction
- TASER Liability Verdict Upheld, but Remittitur Granted
- New York Court Limits Costs to $.25 per Page for Prison Medical Records Requests
- Johnny Cash and His Prison Reform Campaign, by Danny Robins
- News in Brief
More from Derek Gilna:
- Federal Judge in Louisiana Issues Sweeping Opinion Finding Numerous Eighth Amendment, ADA and RA Violations at Angola, April 1, 2022
- Human Rights Defense Center Prevails in Censorship Lawsuit Against Napa County Jail, California, Sept. 1, 2021
- California State Auditor’s Report Faults Counties for Waste and Poor Oversight of State Funds Used in “Public Safety Realignment”, Sept. 1, 2021
- The Fight Over Cellphones in Prisons Rages On, Sept. 1, 2021
- District Court Extends Armstrong Order to Five Additional California Prisons, Sept. 1, 2021
- HRDC Settles Censorship Lawsuit with Johnson County, Kansas Jail for $50,000 and Policy Changes, Aug. 1, 2021
- Virginia Prosecutors to Dismiss 400 Drug Convictions Tied to Disgraced Cop, July 15, 2021
- Discredited New York Police Detective’s False Testimony Causes the Dismissal of Close to 100 Drug Convictions, June 15, 2021
- D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences Firearms Examination Unit Under Fire, April 15, 2021
- Mississippi Joins Illinois and Few Other States Prioritizing Vaccination of State Prisoners to Slow Spread of COVID-19, April 1, 2021
More from these topics:
- Prisoners’ Risk of Death In Custody More than Doubles in Solitary Confinement, July 1, 2026. Statistics/Trends, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Confinement in Segregated Housing, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
- Ombuds Report Doesn’t Rule Out Racism or Retaliation at Red Onion State Prison, June 1, 2026. Guard Misconduct, Racial Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Failure to Treat, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
- $250,000 Paid by Maine to Former Prisoner Held in Solitary Confinement—Which the State DOC Says Doesn’t Exist, June 1, 2026. DOC/BOP misconduct, Americans with Disabilities Act, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
- New York Juvenile Detention Officials Sued for Abusing Adolescents with Solitary Confinement, May 1, 2026. Sanitation, Lockdowns, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Juvenile Prisons, Confinement in Segregated Housing.
- Class Certification Granted to Suit Challenging Suspension of HALT Act in New York Prisons, April 1, 2026. Injunctions, Class Certification, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guard Unions, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
- D.C. Judge Blocks Transfer of Biden-Commuted Federal Death Row Prisoners to “Supermax,” Citing Lack of Meaningful Due Process, April 1, 2026. Transfers, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Fifth Amendment, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Prison Classification.
- New York City Mayor Appoints Ex-Rikers Prisoner as Corrections Commissioner, March 1, 2026. Prison Reform, Staffing, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Guard Unions, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
- Seventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment in Illinois Prisoner’s Segregation Lawsuit, March 1, 2026. Liberty Interests, Evidence, Totality of Conditions, Ad-Seg Hearings, Administrative Detention/Segregation.
- After Exposing Prison Horrors, Incarcerated Whistleblowers Are Moved to Solitary, Feb. 1, 2026. Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Segregation, Work Strikes, Totality of Conditions, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
- $404,000 Verdict for Ohio Prisoner Brutalized by Trio of Guards, Kept in Solitary for Two Years, Jan. 1, 2026. Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Retaliatory Segregation, Guard Brutality/Beatings, Pepper Spray/Tear Gas, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.

