More from this issue:

1. When Prison is Not Enough: The Rise (and Perhaps the Fall) of the Supermax Prison
2. Local Jails Increasingly Refuse to Comply with ICE Detainers, by Joe Watson
3. Maryland DOC Suspends Volunteer, Drops Literature Program
4. Oregon “Incorrigible Masturbator’s” Life Sentence Unconstitutionally Disproportionate, by Mark Wilson
5. Ohio Federal Court Dismisses Suit Against Doctor Over Prisoner’s Suicide
6. Maryland Prisoner’s Death Occurs Under Unusual Circumstances
7. Rare Corporate Prosecution: West Virginia’s “King of Coal” Sentenced for Conspiracy in Mine Deaths
8. Alabama Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 30 Years on Death Row
9. Former Pennsylvania Prison Doctor Sentenced for Fraud; Accomplices Convicted
10. Mold-infested Prisons Sicken Guards and Prisoners
11. Nevada Attorney General Investigates Shooting of Two Handcuffed Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
12. Company Offers Educational Tablets to Prisoners, with Mixed Results, by Matthew Clarke
13. United Kingdom: Prison Book Ban Overturned, by Derek Gilna
14. Full Senate Report on CIA Torture Remains Classified, Largely Unread, by Matthew Clarke
15. Corrections Corporation of America, Rocked by Setbacks, Changes its Name, by Derek Gilna
16. CDCR Drug-sniffing Dog Trainer Resigns Over Switch to “Passive” Dogs, by Joe Watson
17. Colorado’s “Make My Day” Law No Longer Applies to Prisoners, by David Reutter
18. Canadian Solitary Confinement Deaths Result in Rare Lawsuits, Eventual Reforms, by Mark Wilson
19. Pennsylvania: Former Cop Indefinitely Jailed for Failure to Supply Passwords
20. Justice Policy Institute Report Challenges Reformers to Focus on Violent Crimes, by Derek Gilna
21. Arkansas Secretary of State Issues Faulty Felon Data, Thousands Purged from Electoral Rolls
22. Federal Judge Sanctions Idaho DOC for Misleading Special Master in Balla Case, by Matthew Clarke
23. Illinois Jail Detainee’s Inadequate Food and Contaminated Water Claims Survive Initial Dismissal
24. Preliminary Injunction Granted in Class-action Suit Challenging Private Probation Services in Tennessee, by David Reutter
25. Eleventh Circuit Reverses Finding that Seizure of Prisoner’s Legal Mail Stated Claim
26. Wisconsin: Prison Hunger Strike Reaches Crisis Point
27. Settlement Comprehensively Overhauls Solitary Confinement in New York Prisons, by Matthew Clarke
28. Inquisitorial Telephonic Hearing to Screen Civil Rights Case Deemed Unlawful
29. The Rape Victims Silenced by Their Prison Cells
30. Arkansas Court of Appeals Upholds Civil Forfeiture Ruling
31. Southern Health Partners to Face Liability in Kentucky Pre-trial Detainee’s MRSA Death
32. Challenge to Ohio Private Prison Confinement Not Cognizable in Habeas Corpus, by Mark Wilson
33. Fifth Circuit Holds Four Decades in Solitary Confinement Implicates Liberty Interest; Last Angola 3 Member Finally Released, by Matthew Clarke
34. Book Review: Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy
35. Federal Prisoner Tells President “No Thanks” to Offer of Clemency with RDAP Condition, by Derek Gilna
36. Tenth Circuit: No Summary Judgment on Official Capacity Claims, by Mark Wilson
37. Allocation of Fault Required in Verdict Regarding Alaska Detainee’s Suicide; Case Settles for $900,000
38. Federal Court Upholds New York Prison System’s Denial of Motorized Wheelchairs; Second Circuit Reverses, by Matthew Clarke
39. Oregon Parole Board Incorrectly Prohibited Legal Assistant from Speaking at Parole Hearing, by Mark Wilson
40. ACLU Sues California as Incompetent Defendants Wait in Jail for Mental Health Treatment, by Joe Watson
41. Collecting Unpaid Booking Fees in Colorado may be Illegal, Experts Say, by Joe Watson
42. Alaska Prisons and Jails Filled with Mentally Ill Prisoners, by David Reutter
43. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty Moratorium, by David Reutter
44. Indiana Federal Court Certifies Habeas Corpus Class of Prisoners Disciplined for Refusing to Admit Guilt in Sex Offender Program, by Matthew Clarke
45. Hunger Strikes by Immigrant Detainees Expose Abuses by ICE, Private Detention Centers, by Joe Watson
46. Federal Judge Orders Texas Department of Criminal Justice to Provide Safe Water to Prisoners, by Derek Gilna
47. Oregon Prison Parenting Program Dramatically Reduces Recidivism, by Mark Wilson
48. Class-action Certified in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Mississippi Prisoners, by David Reutter
49. Supervised Release Term Does Not Limit Prison Sentence Upon Violation
50. Wayward Prosecutors Go Unpunished as Prison Time for Victims Piles Up
51. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
52. News in Brief

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• Maryland Supreme Court Clarifies Process for Admitting Co-Conspirator’s Hearsay Statements During Police Interview Under ‘Declaration Against Penal Interest’ Exception, Trial Court Must ‘Parse’ Interview to Determine Admissibility of Each Statement, Feb. 1, 2025. Standard of Review, Police Interrogations, Evidence - Admissibility, Hearsay Evidence, Co-conspirator Statements.
• Seventh Circuit Lets BOP Restrict Access to Federal Register from Prison in Illinois, Dec. 15, 2024. Court Access, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds, Dec. 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offense Registration Act (SORNA).
• “Like Being Back in Jail”: Wisconsin Returns Released Sex Offenders to Lifetime GPS Monitoring, Nov. 15, 2024. Electronic Monitoring, Sex Offender Treatment, GPS Tracking Device, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
• Minnesota’s $100 Million-Per-Year Civil Commitment Program Has No “Discernible Impact” on Sex Crimes, Oct. 15, 2024. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Databases, Civil Commitment.
• Louisiana Becomes First State in Nation to Allow Judges to Order Surgical Castration for Sex Offenders, Oct. 1, 2024. Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Surgery, Sex Offender Treatment, Chemical Castration.
• Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, Aug. 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Civil Commitment, Sex Offender Classification.
• Idaho Continues To Cell “Dangerously Mentally Ill” Without Charges, June 1, 2024. Conditions of Confinement, Totality of Conditions, Lockdowns, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Civil Commitment.
• Seventh Circuit: Heck Bars Civil Rights Challenges to Civil Commitment, June 1, 2024. Civil Commitment, Civil Commitment - Relief from, Heck Rule.
• California Law Extends Involuntary Commitment and Detention to Substance Abusers, May 1, 2024. Drug Treatment/Rehab, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Civil Commitment.