More from this issue:

1. Contract With America = Contract on Prisoners, by Paul Wright
2. From The Editor, by Paul Wright
3. FL DOC Industries Fined
4. Immigration Detainees Rebel
5. PA Limits Suits Against Defense Attorneys, by Dale Gardner
6. Visitor Search Held Illegal
7. No Immunity for Visitor Strip Search
8. Brutality Protested
9. AZ Passes Repressive Prison Laws
10. Fear and Loathing in California, by Willie Wisely
11. News in Brief
12. Revolutionary Literature at Half-Price
13. Rikers Island Detainees in Struggle
14. OR Voters Pass New Prison Laws
15. Texas DOC to Ban Tobacco Use
16. Unconstitutional Jail Conditions Don't Need to be Relitigated
17. CT Phone Suit Filed
18. Former TX Parole Board Chairman Sentenced
19. No Interlocutory Appeal From Judgement
20. S.Ct. Revokes Review
21. Speeding Cop Loses Job
22. Settlements and Jury Awards
23. Prisoner Raped by Custodians
24. Exposure to Cold Illegal, Rectal Search Upheld
25. 9th Cir Reverses Dismissal of Publisher Only Rule
26. Guard Sues Over Discrimination Order
27. Prisoners Entitled to Free Legal Mail Postage
28. Damage Awards Can be Used for Restitution
29. NC Consent Decree Modified
30. WA DOC Sanctioned in Grievance Mail Case
31. OK Prisoners Have Disciplinary Hearing Remedy
32. MS Jail Officials Held in Contempt
33. CDC Must Establish Hobby Program
34. Contempt Finding Reversed
35. Tight Handcuffs State Claim
36. No Immunity for Sweat Lodge Denial

More from these topics:

• DOJ Finds “Horrific and Inhumane” Conditions in Georgia Prisons, March 1, 2025. Prison/Jail Murders, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• Philadelphia Held in Contempt of Jail Conditions Settlement, Ordered to Pay $25 Million, Feb. 15, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Settlements, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Policy Considerations, Fines.
• Harvey Weinstein Files Notice of Claim Over Rikers Island Detention, Feb. 15, 2025. Systemic Medical Neglect, Conditions of Confinement, State Law Claims.
• DOJ Settles Complaints About Conditions for Disabled Detroit Jail Detainees, Feb. 15, 2025. Disabled Prisoners, Systemic Medical Neglect, Malpractice, Conditions of Confinement, Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Federal Prison Oversight Act Becomes Law, Feb. 15, 2025. Conditions of Confinement, Bureau of Prisons (BOP), Policy Considerations, Discovery and Inspection.
• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• Eighth Circuit: Evidentiary Admissibility Is a “Red Herring” At Class Certification of St. Louis Jail Conditions Challenge, Jan. 15, 2025. Classification, Conditions of Confinement, Class Certification, Class Actions, Evidence - Admissibility.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.