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. Prisoners in Texas Jail Providing Less Slave Labor
24. Book Review: Against Their Will: The Secret History of Medical Experimentation on Children in Cold War America, by Christopher Zoukis
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. Ninth Circuit: Adam Walsh Detention Doesn’t Toll Term of Supervised Release, by Derek Gilna
31. Four West Virginia Officials, including Circuit Court Judge, Face Federal Charges, by Christopher Zoukis
32. U.S. Department of Justice Reports Statistics on State Prosecutors, by Matthew Clarke
33. Eighth Circuit Upholds North Dakota Transient’s Failure-to-Register Conviction
34. California: Enhanced Presentence Conduct Credits Not Available to Defendants Who Committed Crimes Before Statute’s Effective Date
35. California: State Not Liable for Failure to Provide Needed Treatment so Long as Medical Care is Summoned
36. Philippines Prison Suspends Thriller Dancers
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. Montana Jail Fresh Air/Exercise Lawsuit Certified as Class Action, Then Settles
40. Anonymous PREA Hotlines Not So Anonymous
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:

• Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Failure to Address/Advise Defendant.
• SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
• Montana Supreme Court: Due Process Prohibits Courts From Relying on Unproven Charging Allegations When Imposing Sex Offender Registration Duty, Announces First-Impression Rule Limiting Review to Elements of Conviction, March 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Administrative Exhaustion, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Qualifying Offenses, Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts.
• SCOTUS Announces Federal Prisoners May Seek Certiorari Review of Authorization Denials Under § 2255(h) and Are Not Subject to § 2244(b)(1)’s Bar on Previously Presented Claims, Feb. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• California Court of Appeal: Trial Courts Have Inherent Authority to Correct Unauthorized Sentences at Any Time Without Habeas Petition, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Possession or Use of Firearms, Sentences - Authorized, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Effect of Vacatur.
• First Circuit Announces Modification of Juvenile’s Life-­Without-­Parole Sentence to Parole-­Eligible Life Term Constitutes “New Judgment” Under AEDPA, Exempting Second-­in-­Time Habeas Petition From Gatekeeping Requirements, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole, Habeas Corpus, Life without Parole (LWOP), AEDPA, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Supreme Court of Maryland Announces Division of Correction Must Immediately Apply Time-Served Credit Against Valid Sentences When Convictions Are Vacated and May Not Toll Execution Pending Reprosecution; New Sentences Arising From New Convictions Take, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Effect of Vacatur, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
• Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• DOJ Leaves Louisiana Over-Detention Suit on Life Support, Two Others Granted Class-Action Status, Dec. 1, 2025. Class Certification, Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Unlawful Detention.
• Maine Superior Court Order to Reform Public Defender System Paused on Appeal, Dec. 1, 2025. Indigent Defense, Injunctions, Habeas Corpus, Sixth Amendment, Counsel - Constructive denial of.