More from this issue:

1. A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal, by Peter Costanza
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits
4. Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
5. Study Shows Boot Camps Are a Failure
6. Wrongfully Convicted Pennsylvania Prisoner Settles for $2.3 Million; Forensics Expert Fired
7. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Clarifies Law Crediting "Street Time"
8. Connecticut Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit for $2.9 Million, by Michael Rigby
9. Ohio Prisoners Not Entitled to Memory Typewriters
10. New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack of Expert Testimony Detrimental, by Michael Rigby
11. Prison Town Legislators Represent Prisoners' Interests? Not Quite, by Peter Wagner
12. Texas Prisoner's Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
13. $600,000 Settlement in California Prisoner Shooting Death, by Marvin Mentor
14. Nevada Trust Account Interest, Less Accounting Costs, Belongs To Prisoners
15. Prisons, Profits and Prophets, by Bill Berkowitz
16. Michigan Prison Art Project, by Buzz Alexander
17. California Prisoner Trust Account Interest Recoverable Only Upon Proof Of Individual Loss
18. Indiana Jail Held in Contempt, Sanctions Imposed
19. Last Chance For Washington Prisoners To Request Postconviction DNA Testing is December 31, 2004
20. Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed, by Michael Rigby
21. Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted, by Alan Pendergast
22. PLRA Fee Cap Upheld, Applied to Parole Case; Allows Fees-on-Fee Award, by David Reutter
23. Fifth Circuit Affirms Termination of Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit
24. Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test, by John E Dannenberg
25. Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees, by David Reutter
26. No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction
27. Gates of Injustice - The Crisis in America's Prisons, by Tom Murlowski
28. Wisconsin PLRA Fee-Limit Does Not Violate Equal Protection
29. Ohio County Juvenile Facility Not Immune from Suit in Rape Claim
30. Alaska Prisoners Cannot Challenge Conditions of Confinement Under State Post-Conviction Relief Statute, by Roger Smith
31. News in Brief
32. Texas Prison Guard's Sentence for Rape Reinstated

More from these topics:

• Report Finds Bad Forensic Evidence Leads to More Wrongful Convictions and Establishes Forensic Errors Typology, May 15, 2024. junk science, Wrongful Conviction.
• $25.2 Million Settlement for Two Connecticut Prisoners Exonerated After 35 Years, May 1, 2024. Wrongful Conviction.
• The FBI’s Rapidly Expanding DNA Database, April 15, 2024. DNA Testing/Samples, Databases, Police State-Surveillance.
• ‘Blatant Miscarriage of Justice’: Oklahoma Man Exonerated of Wrongful Conviction After 35 Years Despite Former Prosecutor’s Attempt to Perpetuate Injustice, April 15, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, Prosecutorial Misconduct.
• Maryland Compensates Exonerated Prisoner Over $340,000, April 1, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, Eyewitness Testimony, Fabrication of Evidence, Recantation.
• New York Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction Because Testifying Criminalist Not Shown to Have Requisite Involvement in DNA Testing Process and Provides Guidance to Avoid Future Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Violations, March 15, 2024. DNA Testing/Samples, Eyewitness Testimony, Crime Lab Reports.
• Lung Float Test: Junk Science Used to Convict Women of Murder, March 15, 2024. junk science, Wrongful Conviction.
• From the Editor, March 1, 2024. Editorials, Wrongful Conviction, HRDC Litigation.
• HRDC Wins $14 Million Settlement for Exonerated Florida Prisoner, March 1, 2024. Informants, junk science, Wrongful Conviction, HRDC Litigation.
• Michigan Reaches $1.03 Million Settlement with Exonerated Prisoner, March 1, 2024. Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Brady Violations, Evidence - Failure to Disclose.