More from this issue:

1. The Too-Many Prisoners Dilemma, by Dan Froomkin
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. Texas Judges Rarely Disciplined, Seldom Publicly, by Matthew Clarke
4. Habeas Hints: Staring Down the Two-Headed Monster: Richter-Pinholster, by Kent A. Russell
5. The Real Costs of Incarceration in the United States
6. Attorney Fees Not Exempt from Disclosure Under California Public Records Act
7. PLN Files Censorship Suit Against Nevada DOC
8. Traumatic Brain Injury Rate High Among Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
9. Debtors' Prisons Returning to America, by David Reutter
10. Hell on Earth: Sexual Victimization of the Criminally Insane, by David Rosen
11. China Vows to Finance Incarceration with Public Funds, Not Prison Profits
12. Oregon Considers Subsidizing Prison Medical Costs Through Medicaid
13. PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Tennessee Jail
14. Federal Justice Grants Favor Prosecution, Law Enforcement Over Indigent Defense
15. Texas Prison Population Drops but Savings Evaporate, by Matthew Clarke
16. Federal Prisoners Paid During Government Shutdown, but Not Prison Guards, by Derek Gilna
17. Minnesota Judge Condemns System that Jails Mentally Ill
18. GEO Group Pulls out of Mississippi Prisons, by David Reutter
19. Gun Found in Segregation Cell at Privately-operated Mississippi Prison
20. New York City Jail Chaplain Fined for Accepting Bribe, Pleads Guilty to Fraud Charges
21. New Exonerations Registry Catalogs Over 2,400 Wrongful Convictions
22. New Hampshire Supreme Court Revives Prisoner's Negligence Action
23. Book Review: Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America, by Christopher Zoukis
24. Prisoners in Texas Jail Providing Less Slave Labor
25. Second Circuit: Bankruptcy Automatic Stay is No Excuse for Non-payment of Restitution, by Derek Gilna
26. Third Circuit Reverses More Stringent Conditions of Supervised Release, by Derek Gilna
27. Best Criminal Defense Pleading Ever!, by Alex Friedmann
28. Connecticut Supreme Court Reverses FOIA Disclosure of NCIC Printout
29. California: No-Gang-Contact Probation Condition Struck Down
30. Four West Virginia Officials, including Circuit Court Judge, Face Federal Charges, by Christopher Zoukis
31. Ninth Circuit: Adam Walsh Detention Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release, by Derek Gilna
32. Eighth Circuit Upholds North Dakota Transient’s Failure-to-Register Conviction
33. U.S. Department of Justice Reports Statistics on State Prosecutors, by Matthew Clarke
34. California: Enhanced Presentence Conduct Credits Not Available to Defendants Who Committed Crimes Before Statute’s Effective Date
35. Philippines Prison Suspends Thriller Dancers
36. California: State Not Liable for Failure to Provide Needed Treatment so Long as Medical Care is Summoned
37. ICE Directive May Limit Solitary Confinement of Immigrant Detainees, by Derek Gilna
38. Denial of Contraceptive Pill to Prisoner States Cause of Action
39. Anonymous PREA Hotlines Not So Anonymous
40. Montana Jail Fresh Air/Exercise Lawsuit Certified as Class Action, Then Settles
41. D.C. Circuit Clears Terrorism Suspect after 11-Year Ordeal, by Derek Gilna
42. Audit Reveals Federal Prison Industries Faces Declining Revenue, Job Losses, by Derek Gilna
43. Fifth Circuit: No Right to RDAP for Non-citizen Federal Prisoner
44. Prison Sentence Imposed for Sole Purpose of Drug Treatment Vacated by Eighth Circuit, by Derek Gilna
45. Court Baffled by BOP's Steel-toe Boot Requirement for Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
46. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Nebraska Supreme Court Announces ‘Working Days’ for Purposes of ‘Temporary Domicile’ SORA Reporting Requirement Means Weekdays, Excluding Legal Holidays, and Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register, March 15, 2025. Sex Offender Registration, Wrongful Conviction.
• Washington Prisoner Sues Jail Where Assault Left Him Comatose, DOC Guard Who Then Sexually Abused Him, March 1, 2025. Prisoner-Staff Assault, Guard Misconduct, Jail Misconduct, Sex Offender Registration, Failure to Protect (General).
• 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.
• 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.
• Why Aren’t Eligible Individuals Taking Advantage of Expungement Laws?, Dec. 15, 2024. Discrimination, Restrictions, discrimination, Expungement/Removal.
• Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds, Dec. 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offense Registration Act (SORNA).