More from this issue:

1. New Plantation, by Bill Dunne
2. Washington Grievance Mail Case Reversed
3. Costs of Crime, by JW Mason
4. Late Notice of Appeal Allowed
5. Notes from the Unrepenitentiary, by Laura Whitehorn
6. Eyewitness News from Missouri, by K.C.
7. New Improved Chain Gang, by F.B.
8. Circus is in Town
9. Stunning Revelations, by Adrian Lomax
10. Kansas Prisoners Lose Welfare Fund Suit
11. PLRA's IFP Provisions Violate Equal Protection
12. Third Circuit Rules that PLRA Doesn't Apply to Habeas
13. PLRA IFP Provision Applied Retroactively
14. PLRA Doesn't Apply Retroactively to Special Masters
15. Rosenberg Fund for Children, by Carol Carvalho
16. South Carolina Consent Decree Terminated under PLRA
17. Corcoran Prison Cover-up, by Willie Wisely
18. Tennessee Jail Overcrowding is State's Fault
19. Prison Health Report Issued
20. Book Review: Constitutional Rights of Prisoners
21. Women's Prison Book Project
22. World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey
23. Corrections in the Community (book)
24. New Jersey Sex Offender Registration Injunction Vacated
25. Prison Population Growth in 1995
26. No Administrative Exhaustion Requirement in 7th Circuit
27. Informant Testimony Must Be Reliable
28. New York Work Release Creates Liberty Interest
29. Private Prison Liable for Wrongful Imprisonment
30. Lawsuits Target Georgia Prison Abuse, by Robert Bensing
31. ADA Requires Phones for Deaf
32. News in Brief
33. Inadequate Public Defender Funding Unconstitutional

More from these topics:

• New York Prison Officials Found Routinely Violating HALT Act With Overuse of Solitary Confinement, Feb. 15, 2025. Disciplinary Hearings, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
• 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.
• 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.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Maine State Prison Warden Replaced As Misconduct Allegations Investigated, Oct. 15, 2024. Guard Misconduct, Disciplinary Hearings.