More from this issue:

1. Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC
2. Seventh Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Diabetic Detainee’s Death, by Mark Wilson
3. SEC Rejects CCA, GEO Group Shareholder Resolutions to Reduce Prison Phone Rates
4. Administrators Fired at Privately-Run Texas Jail
5. Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, by John Dannenberg
6. Prison Closures Cause Economic Turmoil
7. Do Faith-Based Prisons Work?, by Alexander Volokh
8. North Carolina Repeals Racial Justice Law
9. North Carolina: Hundreds of Federal Prisoners Legally Innocent, Some Still Incarcerated, by Derek Gilna
10. Seventh Circuit Admits Prisoner is Right but Denies Relief, Suggests Clemency
11. New York Prisoner Awarded Sanctions for Spoliation of Evidence; Case Settles for $500,000, by Mark Wilson
12. Judge May Resolve Exhaustion Issue; No Policy on Grievance Non-decisions Means Remedies Unavailable, by David Reutter
13. Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Dental Care Suit, by David Reutter
14. Prison Officials Liable for Private Employer ADA Violations, by Mark Wilson
15. Habeas Petitioner Cannot Avoid Payment of Appellate Filing Fees, by Michael Brodheim
16. Oregon Victim’s Right to Restitution Survives Prosecutor’s Statutory Violation, by Mark Wilson
17. England, Increasing Number of States Allow Same-Sex Prisoner Marriages or Civil Unions
18. Illinois $50 State’s Attorney Fee Applies Only to Habeas Proceedings, by Mark Wilson
19. Flimsy Reasons for Prolonged, Frequent Lockdowns State Eighth Amendment Claim, by David Reutter
20. BOP Grievance System Contributes to “Compliance or Defiance” by Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
21. New York Jail Guard Sentenced for Sexually Abusing Seven Prisoners
22. Brady Violations Result in Habeas Relief for Pennsylvania Death Row Prisoner, by David Reutter
23. Kentucky Prisoner’s Due Process Rights Violated in Disciplinary Hearing, by Robert Warlick
24. Jury’s Tasteless Gag Gifts to Judge and Bailiff Fail to Demonstrate Unfair Trial
25. Prison Industries in India Compete in Open Market
26. Visitors Fingerprinted at Alabama Prisons
27. Two Murders in Seven Months at CCA-run Prison in Tennessee
28. Decline in Arrests of Los Angeles County Probation Officers
29. Louisiana Public Service Commission Considers Prison Phone Issues
30. Ninth Circuit: Damages Required for Compelled Religious-Based Treatment, by Mark Wilson
31. Eighth Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Detainee’s Overdose Death, by Mark Wilson
32. Prisoners Unlikely to Benefit from New, Highly Effective Hepatitis C Treatment, by Greg Dober
33. Oregon Parole Board: “Don’t Have to Explain Nothing to Nobody”
34. Preliminary Injunction Entered in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California
35. Bonnie Kerness: Pioneer in the Struggle Against Solitary Confinement, by Lance Tapley
36. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
37. News in Brief
38. Two Corrections Chiefs Serve Time in Segregation, by Christopher Zoukis

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:

• 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 Spanks Attorney General, Orders Felons Be Allowed to Vote, March 1, 2025. Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Attorney Misconduct, Felon Disenfranchisement Statute.
• Arizona To Resume Executions, Feb. 15, 2025. Death Row, Lethal Injection Method of Execution.
• 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.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.