More from this issue:

1. Apples-to-Fish: Public and Private Prison Cost Comparisons, by Alex Friedmann
2. U.S. Department of Justice Finds Fault with Privatized Federal Prisons, by Christopher Zoukis
3. Alabama Public Service Commission Enacts Prison, Jail Phone Reforms, by David Reutter
4. Supreme Court: Sixth Amendment Prevents Pretrial Seizure of Untainted Assets, by Derek Gilna
5. New York Prisoner Exonerated after Serving 25 Years
6. Oregon Federal Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Release Debit Card Suit, by Derek Gilna
7. DOJ Gives $179.7 Million to State Law Enforcement in FY 2016 Grant Funding, by Derek Gilna
8. Studies Suggest Parental Incarceration is More Damaging to Children than Death of a Parent, by Christopher Zoukis
9. Book Review: The Habeas Citebook: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (2nd Edition), by Christopher Zoukis
10. CCA Prison Not Reporting Valley Fever Cases among Hawaii Prisoners
11. Merger of Prisoner Transport Companies Delayed after Objections Filed, by Derek Gilna
12. Oregon Post-conviction Judgment Violates State Law, by Mark Wilson
13. Sixth Circuit Vacates Denial of Qualified Immunity; Each Defendant’s Conduct Must be Individually Evaluated, by Mark Wilson
14. U.S. Office of Special Counsel Assists BOP Whistleblowers, by Derek Gilna
15. Chicago Police Detective Accused of Brutality Used Similar Techniques at Guantanamo, by Derek Gilna
16. Conservatives Try to Co-opt Criminal Justice Reform, by Matthew Clarke
17. There is Talk of Prison Reform, but for the 150,000 People in Prison for Life, There is No Reform on the Horizon
18. Presidential Candidates’ Current and Past Positions on Criminal Justice Issues, by Joe Watson
19. First Unconditional Release from Minnesota’s Sex Offender Program
20. Federal Court Finally Ends Oversight at Fulton County Jail, by David Reutter
21. Corporations, Colleges and Cities Dump Private Prison Stock, by Joe Watson
22. Eleventh Circuit Upholds Alabama DOC Short Hair Policy Following Remand from Supreme Court
23. Federal Judge Clears Way for Civil Rights Suit in Oklahoma Jail Death
24. Seventh Circuit: Jailhouse Lawyer’s Help No Reason to Deny Appointment of Counsel, by Gary Hunter
25. Second Chance Pell Pilot Program Will Bring College to 12,000 Prisoners
26. Class-action Suit Filed Against GEO Group for Violation of Job Applicants’ Rights
27. Judge Orders End to Recording of Attorney-Client Meetings at CCA’s Leavenworth Detention Center, by Derek Gilna
28. South Carolina Sheriff Fires Whistleblower Instead of Jailer Who Assaulted Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
29. Third Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Restraint Chair Case, by Mark Wilson
30. Exonerated Prisoner Appointed to Connecticut’s Parole Board, by Christopher Zoukis
31. Los Angeles County Settles Jail Suicide Suit for $1.6 Million
32. Federal Civil Procedure Rule 15 is Substantive, Not Chronological in Application
33. Drastic Sentence Reduction for Mentally Ill Former Tamms Prisoner, by Matthew Clarke
34. Private Medical Contractors in Kentucky Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity
35. Wisconsin: Wrongfully Convicted Former Prisoner Receives $6.5 Million
36. Ninth Circuit: Congress Can Criminalize Federal Sex Crimes Committed in State Facilities, by Mark Wilson
37. Illinois: Exonerated Prisoner Calls $80,000 Award a Travesty, Retrial Ordered, by Gary Hunter
38. New Orleans Sheriff Ends Oversight of Electronic Monitoring Program, by David Reutter
39. Wisconsin Prison Enters into Consent Decree to Correct Tainted Water, by Derek Gilna
40. Oregon Habeas Cognizable to Challenge Confinement in Florida and Colorado under Interstate Compact
41. Massachusetts’ Anti-shackling Law Limits Restraints on Pregnant Prisoners but Problems Persist, by Joe Watson
42. GEO Group Still Invests in Florida Politics
43. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
44. News in Brief

More from Christopher Zoukis:

• The Contraband Wars Prison authorities target books and mail, miss the goods coming through the staff door, July 1, 2021
• Trump v. Biden on Criminal Justice, Oct. 1, 2020
• Coronavirus in Prison: The Cruel Reality, Aug. 1, 2020
• With Lives of Immigrant Detainees at Risk to COVID-19, Federal Judge Forces ICE’s Hand, July 1, 2020
• A Nation on the Brink, June 15, 2020
• Federal Court Slams Michigan Jail for Bungling COVID-19 Pandemic, Demands Names of Vulnerable Prisoners for Release, June 1, 2020
• Silence: The Bureau of Prisons’ Pathetic Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, June 1, 2020
• New York Judge Orders Release of 18 Rikers Island Detainees Due to COVID-19 Risk, June 1, 2020
• Coronavirus: A Nationwide Survey of the Push for Early Release as Pandemic Fears Grow, May 1, 2020
• California Three-Judge Court Denies Emergency Motion to Reduce Prison Population During Pandemic, May 1, 2020

More from these topics:

• Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
• 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.
• 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.