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In this issue:

1. The Political Economy of Prison and Jail Litigation (p 1)
2. Florida’s Broward County Jail: Abuse and Misconduct As Usual (p 12)
3. From the Editor (p 12)
4. Suicides Plague Wisconsin Jails; Attempted Suicide Suit Settles for $13.1 Million (p 14)
5. Dr. Yank: Washington Prison Dentist Nearly Kills Patient (p 16)
6. Landmark Settlement Reduces SHU Time, Increases Treatment Of New York Prisoners With Mental Illness (p 17)
7. Maryland Restores Voting Rights to 50,000 Felons (p 19)
8. Missouri Legislature Allows Wrongfully Convicted to Receive Compensation (p 20)
9. Supreme Court: California’s Law Permitting Suspicionless Police Search of Parolees Does Not Violate Fourth Amendment (p 20)
10. Increasingly Repressive Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Have Doubtful Benefits (p 21)
11. Phoenix, Arizona Sheriff’s Policy Delaying Prisoners’ Elective Abortions Enjoined (p 22)
12. Alaska Jail Settles Alcohol Withdrawal Death Case For $573,000 (p 22)
13. Colorado Successfully Pressures FBI To Release DNA Info; Racial Bias Infects DNA Databases (p 23)
14. Guards Convicted of Stealing, Bringing Drugs into Washington State Private Jail (p 24)
15. Disallowing Printed E-Mail Responses To Wisconsin Prisoner’s Web Page Raised Triable Issues of Fact (p 24)
16. BOP Cancels Solicitation of Proposal for Single-Faith Program (p 26)
17. Lifetime Supervision or Lifetime Incarceration for Colorado Sex Offenders? (p 26)
18. Louisiana Prisoner Denied Religious Materials Under “Approved Vendor” Policy Settles Suit for $21, 786.13 in Damages and Fees (p 27)
19. Study: Supermax Prisons Achieve Control While Inflicting Debilitating Side Effects, But Don’t Reduce Recidivism (p 28)
20. California Sheriff Criticized on Injury Non-Treatment After Use of Force (p 29)
21. South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Fall, Broken Ankle (p 30)
22. Human Rights Watch Urges Access to Condoms in U.S. Prisons and Jails (p 30)
23. Private Prison Companies Bilk Florida Taxpayers Out of Millions (p 32)
24. $30,000 Award in Hawaii Medical Negligence Suit (p 32)
25. Los Angeles County Jail Visitor’s Injury After Scuffle With Deputies Settles For $150,000 (p 33)
26. Florida Court Without Jurisdiction to Impose Confinement Condition Sanctions at Sentencing (p 33)
27. City of Detroit Must Record Suspect Confessions; $4 Million Wrongful Incarceration Award (p 34)
28. Excessive Force And Medical Negligence Death In Youngstown, Ohio Arrest Settles For $350,000 From Police, $100,000 From PHS (p 34)
29. U.S. Supreme Court: State Felon’s Deportation Order Reversed Where Underlying Offense Amounted Only to Federal Misdemeanor (p 35)
30. $248,000 Jury Award for Inhumane D.C. Jail Conditions (p 35)
31. Fifth Circuit Remands Texas Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim, Adopts De Minimis Standard (p 36)
32. Harsh Federal Parole Conditions for Federal Sex Offender Upheld (p 36)
33. California Prison Guards Awarded $440 Million Retroactive Pay Increase (p 37)
34. Second Hawaii Sex Assault Case Settled for $25,000 (p 37)
35. $2.5 Million Settlement in Schenectady County Strip Search Suit (p 38)
36. California Governor’s Parole Veto Reversed by Federal Court (p 38)
37. New York Jail’s Juvenile Education Suit Returns to District Court (p 39)
38. Ninth Circuit: Prisoner is Protected by Legal Privilege but Not Marriage Privilege When Writing His Lawyer-Wife (p 40)
39. Federal Prisoner’s Criminal Assault Conviction Reversed; Entitled to Raise Self-Defense (p 40)
40. Washington Indigents All Get Experts at Public Expense (p 41)
41. New York Prisoner Beaten By Unofficial Enforcer Awarded $500,000 (p 41)
42. News in Brief: (p 42)
43. Alaska DOC Liable for Rape of Federal Prisoner by Prison Doctor (p 44)