More from this issue:

1. Supreme Court Defines "Deliberate Indifference" in Prison Rape Case
2. Lockdown May Be Unconstitutional
3. Media Hype Exposed
4. NM Visitors May Refuse Searches
5. 2nd Cir. Declines to Rule on Informant Testimony
6. Prisoners Retain Right Against Self-Incrimination
7. Prison Industries Supervisor Liable for Attack
8. Prisoners Denied Right to Vote, by Paul Wright
9. WA Prisoners Must Exhaust State Remedies
10. WA S.Ct. Upholds Sex Offender Registration
11. Cross Gender Strip Searches Illegal
12. English Only Rule for Prayer Illegal
13. CO Ad Seg Rules Don't Create Liberty Interest
14. Non-English Mail Okay
15. Filthy Cell Standards Clarified
16. Change in Parole Hearings Violates Ex Post Facto
17. Delay in Treatment States Claim
18. No Right to Self-Defense in Prison
19. Shackling States Claim
20. Prisoners Have Right to Jury from Community
21. Court is Ultimate Arbiter of Consent Decree
22. Urinalysis is Search
23. Administrative Exhaustion May Be Required
24. RFRA Supersedes O'Lone
25. RFRA Has Retroactive Application
26. Court Upholds Denial of Prisoner Witness Fees
27. Transport of Prison Made Goods Illegal
28. Photos Unlawful
29. FL DOC to Deport Aliens
30. Suit Filed Against "Shoot to Wound" Policy
31. Texas Prison Reform Suit May Reopen, by Tim Queen
32. The ACLU Takes Indiana Prison Officials to Court
33. From The Editor, by Paul Wright
34. PLN Suit Filed Against ISRB, by Paul Wright
35. Drug Use Legalized in Columbia
36. Prisoner Dies at Purdy
37. News in Brief
38. Prison Psychologist Opens Brothel
39. HIV+ Cellmate Doesn't State Claim
40. Prison Overcrowding Crisis Continues, Says ACLU Report
41. OH Double Standard, by Reader Mail

More from these topics:

• Lawsuits by Michigan Prisoner Yield $57,750 in Settlements, Plus Policy Changes, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Interference With His Muslim Religious Practice, Nov. 15, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services.
• Third Circuit Unhappy with Federal Detainee’s Denied Marriage Request at Pennsylvania GEO Group Lockup, April 1, 2024. GEO Group/Wackenhut, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Marriage, Public versus Private Employees, State Actions.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause, March 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut, Jan. 1, 2023. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Eleventh Circuit Says Passover Sign-Up Requirement in Florida Jail Passes Constitutional Muster, Jan. 1, 2023. Denial of Religious Services, Sabbaths, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Fourth Circuit Says Virginia May Require Muslim Prisoner to Purchase Prayer Oil From Vendor Also Selling Pork and “Idols”, Sept. 1, 2022. Food/Commissary (Private Prisons), Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Religious Practices.
• Ninth Circuit Strikes Nevada Ban on Muslim Prisoner’s Scented Prayer Oil, Allows Conditions-of-Confinement Claim Also to Proceed, Aug. 1, 2022. Conditions of Confinement, Denial of Religious Services.