More from this issue:

1. Arizona Prison System Plagued by Politics, Privatization and Prisoner Deaths, by Joe Watson
2. Louisiana Supreme Court Rejects Ex Post Facto Challenge in Sex Offender Supervision Case, by Derek Gilna
3. Italian Prison Program Trains Female Prisoners in Fashion Industry, by Derek Gilna
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Pennsylvania DOC's Hepatitis C Protocol Challenged in Class-action Lawsuit, by Greg Dober
6. Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Suit Due to Non-Exhaustion and Statute of Limitations
7. Sixth Circuit: Failed Cancer Diagnosis Not Deliberately Indifferent
8. Sixth Circuit Orders Judgment Against Three Defendants in Prisoner's Retaliation Case
9. A Prolonged Stay: The Reasons Behind the Slow Pace of Executions, by Raymond Bonner
10. Seventh Circuit: Summary Judgment Partially Reversed in Jail Death Caused by Medication Withdrawal
11. Oregon: Post-Escape Conduct Justifies Enhanced Escape Sentence
12. Oklahoma Prison Employees Disciplined, by Matthew Clarke
13. Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, by John Dannenberg
14. Congress Amends PLRA Physical Injury Requirement for Sexual Abuse Cases, by John Boston
15. $737,500 Settlement after Seventh Circuit Finds No Qualified Immunity for Prisoner's Suicide
16. Tennessee Judge Convicted Following Drug and Sex Scandal
17. Ninth Circuit: Enemy Combatant Detention/Torture Not Clearly Established
18. Prisoners Respond to Call for Prison Phone Justice; SCI-Huntingdon Delivers!, by Mel Motel
19. Illinois: Conditions Lawsuit Filed by Civilly Confined Sex Offenders Dismissed, by Derek Gilna
20. Tenth Circuit: No Section 2241 Jurisdiction for BOP Supermax Challenge; Claims Must be Brought as Bivens Action
21. Arkansas: Sentencing Court Cannot Order Prison Treatment
22. CCA Loses Four Private Prison Contracts in One Month
23. California: Eastern District Jury Pool Alleged to be Biased Against Prisoners
24. Seventeen Years Pending Re-trial Fails to State Speedy Trial Violation under § 1983
25. Collateral Consequences Weighed for Corporations, Not for Individuals, by Russell Mokhiber
26. Re-incarceration Not Grounds to Dismiss Wisconsin Civil Commitment Petition
27. PLN Files Public Records Suit Against CCA in Vermont
28. Some Jails Turning to Video Visitation Only, by Matthew Clarke
29. Washington Sex Offender's Conviction for Failure to Report Reversed
30. California: Probation Condition Cannot Prohibit Court Access
31. Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Case Challenging Virginia DOC Grooming Policy
32. Three New Mexico Jail Guards Convicted of Assault, Obstruction of Justice
33. South Carolina Sex Offender Registration Amendment Requires Actual Notice
34. Ninth Circuit: Idaho Ordered to Allow Viewing of all Stages of Execution, by David Reutter
35. California Guard Fights Prisoner, Faces Charges for Falsifying Reports
36. Third Circuit: Prison Officials Liable for Failing to Protect Informant
37. Third Circuit Discusses FRCP 17(c) Guardian Appointment; Evidence of Incompetency Requires Sua Sponte Inquiry
38. Deadly Prison Fire Kills Hundreds in Honduras
39. Former Maryland Governor Acknowledges Politics Behind Life Means Life Policy
40. Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Illinois Prisoner's Lawsuit Related to Shooting
41. Former Mississippi Mayor Sent to Prison
42. South Dakota Non-profits Lose Cheap Prison Labor, by Derek Gilna
43. News in Brief

More from David Reutter:

• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Order of Deferred Disposition Not a ‘Sentence’ Under Article 44.01(b)—Which Authorizes State to Appeal Illegal Sentence—Resolving Split Among State Courts of Appeals, April 15, 2025
• Fifth Circuit: Sentence Enhancement for Maintaining Drug Premises Not Satisfied Solely by Defendant’s Single, Conclusory Statement That He ‘Maintained’ Premises When Record Shows Mere ‘Use’ of Premises, April 15, 2025
• Illinois Pretrial Incarceration Becomes Less Random A Year After Elimination of Cash Bail, April 1, 2025
• Philadelphia Agrees to $9.1 Million Settlement for Wrongful Murder Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
• ‘Fictional Pleas’ and ‘Hidden Departures’: Failure to Collect Data on Binding Federal Plea Bargains Hinders Researchers, Feb. 15, 2025
• First Circuit: Two-Level Enhancement Under § 3B1.1(c) for Leadership or Managerial Role Vacated Because Government Failed to Prove Defendant’s Order Was Actually ‘Obeyed’ by Fellow Criminal Participant, Feb. 15, 2025
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Holds Witness Wearing Surgical Mask During Pandemic Is Denial of Sixth Amendment Right to Face-to-Face Confrontation and No General Exception to This Right for Pandemic or ‘Other Global Events’ Such as Wars and Natural, Feb. 15, 2025
• The Murky Waters of Parole, Feb. 1, 2025
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025

More from these topics:

• The Crushing Toll of Ohio’s Death Penalty: A Billion-Dollar Failure, May 15, 2025. Costs, Death Penalty.
• Idaho Warden Bought Execution Drugs on Roadside, May 1, 2025. Medication, Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• South Carolina Conducts First U.S. Execution by Firing Squad in 15 Years, May 1, 2025. Death Penalty, Method of Execution.
• Texas Courts, Legislature at Odds over Executing Potentially Innocent Death Row Prisoner, May 1, 2025. Wrongful Conviction, Death Penalty/Death Row, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Opposition to the Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Younger Generations Lead Decline in U.S. Support for Death Penalty, April 15, 2025. Death Penalty.
• Alabama Governor Commutes Death Sentence, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Resentencing.
• Ohio Pauses Executions, Louisiana and Arizona Race Ahead, April 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Federal Withdrawal of Single-Drug Execution Protocol Follows Challenges in Indiana, Arizona, March 1, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Tennessee Finalizes New One-Drug Execution Protocol, Feb. 15, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Drugs - Determination of, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• Indiana Resumes Executions, Feb. 15, 2025. Death Penalty/Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.