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:

• HRDC Wins Injunction Against Minnesota DOC Policy Banning Its Publications, Sept. 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, HRDC Litigation.
• Ninth Circuit Revives HRDC Challenge to Washington DOC Mail Restrictions, Aug. 1, 2026. Qualified Immunity, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, First Amendment, rights.
• HRDC Wins Injunction to Halt New Mexico Prison Censorship, July 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, HRDC Litigation.
• Texas Prison System Bans Prisoners from Receiving Hardback and Used Books, July 1, 2026. Reading Materials, Legal Materials, Publications/Books, Banned Book Lists, Censorship.
• Wisconsin Bans Recording of Prison Phone Calls with Journalists, July 1, 2026. Access to Media, Censorship, First Amendment, First Amendment, rights, Recorded Calls.
• Illinois Jail Reprimanded for Denying Detainees Mail Based on Media Content, P.O. Box Return Address, Settles Detainees’ Suit with $111,825 Payment of Legal Fees, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment, rights, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail, May 1, 2026. Injunctions, Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, HRDC Litigation.
• HRDC Sues Colorado Jail for Prohibiting Dozens of Magazines and Books, May 1, 2026. Publications/Books, Due Process, Censorship, Constitution, state, HRDC Litigation.
• Like Prisoners, Most Jail Detainees Now Banned from Receiving Physical Mail, March 1, 2026. Jail Specific, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Censorship, Digital Devices, Private Phone Contractors.
• Mail Went Digital in Alabama Prisons. Families Are Saying Their Mail Isn’t Being Delivered, March 1, 2026. Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, First Amendment, rights, Access To Courts, Access to Computers.