More from this issue:

1. “This Man Will Almost Certainly Die”
2. Missouri County Settles Suit Over Jail Prisoner’s Suicide for $260,000
3. Heck Satisfied if Ruling Fails to Address Issues but Reverses Conviction
4. Reforms at New Orleans Jail Slow to Materialize; Death Reporting Problematic, by David Reutter
5. Michigan Prison Guards Fired Following Suicide Bet
6. Pennsylvania: DA Apologizes for Undisclosed Gifts
7. Private Jail Contractor’s Insurance Excludes Coverage of Detainee’s Death
8. South African Prison Evacuated Due to Squalor; Two Prisoners Die from Rat-Borne Disease, by Christopher Zoukis
9. Photo of Prisoner Beaten by Georgia Gang Members Posted Online
10. Tennessee Sheriff’s Willful Denial of Public Records Merits PLN Attorney Fee Award
11. Wardens “Retire” from Two California Women’s Prisons
12. Ferguson, Missouri Under Fire for Revenue-based Criminal Justice System, by Christopher Zoukis
13. Tennessee District Attorney Ends Sterilization in Plea Bargains; Prosecutor Fired, by David Reutter
14. Another Appeal in New York Post-Release Supervision Case, by Matthew Clarke
15. Former Warden, Sheriff, Justice of the Peace Charged in Texas Corruption Scandal, by Matthew Clarke
16. Corrections Officials Stealing Prisoners’ Identities a Growing Problem, by Christopher Zoukis
17. Corizon Faces Suit for Failing to Administer Tube Feedings to Pennsylvania Prisoner
18. Tenth Circuit Rules on $3.38 Million Verdict in CCA Prison Sexual Abuse Case, by Derek Gilna
19. Corizon, CCA Settle Lawsuit Over Solitary Confinement of Elderly Woman, by Matthew Clarke
20. New Study Documents Lower Pre-arrest Incomes for Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
21. Are French Prisons Radicalizing Muslim Prisoners?, by Joe Watson
22. Prison Survival Guides Find Audience Beyond Soon-to-be Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
23. Merits Ruling on Procedurally Flawed Grievance Satisfies PLRA
24. Father of Four Dies in Privately-operated Texas Jail; Civil Suit Expected
25. Phoenix Fire Investigators and Insurance Company Implicated in Wrongful Prosecutions, by Joe Watson
26. Missouri: Habeas Corpus Granted to Prisoner Denied Jail Credit
27. If the Risk is Low, Let Them Go
28. California Prison Employees Reap Staggering Overtime Payments, by Christopher Zoukis
29. Attica Prison Guards Who Viciously Beat Prisoner Avoid Jail Time but Lose Jobs
30. Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisoner May Sue Over Failure to Credit Good Time , by Matthew Clarke
31. $500,000 in Settlements after Utah Prisoner Dies when Medical Technician Doesn’t Show up for Work, by Christopher Zoukis
32. Missouri Governor Doesn’t Have to Serve as Public Defender
33. More Suicides, Overdoses and Murders in California Prisons, According to Death Review Report, by Joe Watson
34. Ninth Circuit Declines to Enforce Procedural Bar When Prison Officials Waive Rule
35. Prison Rodeos: A Bunch of Bull?, by David Reutter
36. New Mexico County Officials Settle Jail Prisoner’s Suit for $750,000
37. Ninth Circuit Adopts Test to Excuse Exhaustion of Administration Remedies for Retaliatory Threats
38. Connecticut Prisoners File Suit Over Exposure to Radon Gas, by Panagioti Tsolkas
39. Prominent Texas Capital Defense Attorney Suspended for a Year
40. Potential Class-action Suit over Domestic Violence “Victim Fees” in Georgia
41. Widespread Failures at Crime Labs Continue to Plague Criminal Justice System , by Derek Gilna
42. Private Prison in Texas Closes after Riot Renders it Uninhabitable, by Matthew Clarke
43. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
44. 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 Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
• 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.
• Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Sentencing, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Confessions and Statements of Defendant, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.