More from this issue:

1. The Mental Torture of American Prisoners: Cheaper Than Lab Rats, Part 2, by Hans Sherrer
2. Medical Care Unconstitutional in Puerto Rico Prisons
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. PLN Sues Michigan DOC over Censorship of The Celling of America
5. Michigan Department of Corrections Fined $300,000 in Contempt Case
6. Former Jail Prisoner Awarded $8,000 for Abuse; PLRA Attorney Fee Limit Inapplicable to Juveniles
7. Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars by James McGrath (Book Review), by Paul Wright
8. Losing the Vote: The Impact of Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States (Book Review), by Alex Friedmann
9. PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Not Retroactive
10. PLRA Fee Provisions Apply to All Pending Cases in the Fifth Circuit
11. Eighth Circuit Upholds, Defines IFP Provisions
12. IFP Application Not Required When Suit Filed
13. Physical Injury Requirement Not Retroactive
14. No Leave to Amend Complaint for IFP Litigants
15. PLRA Doesn't Ban Class Actions
16. Trouble in Mind: ADX – The Fourth Year, by Ray Luc Levasseur
17. Daring Death Row Escape Shakes up Texas
18. Oregon "Predatory Sex Offender" Label Requires Notice and Hearing
19. De Facto Ban on Live Testimony Unconstitutional
20. South Carolina Parole Elimination Violates Ex Post Facto
21. Illegal Detention Violates Substantive Due Process
22. Jury Awards $8,000 in California Prison Assault
23. New York Prisoners Have Right to Staff Assistance and Witness Testimony
24. Seventh Circuit Defines Court Access Claims Involving Property
25. Failure to Give Summary Judgement Notice is Reversible Error
26. Indiana May Not Deny Pay and Educational Programs to Protective Custody Prisoners
27. No Appeal Allowed in Louisiana Consent Decree Dissolution
28. U.S. District Courts Have No Authority To Grant Or Deny Credit Toward Sentence
29. Denial of Good Time Because of Jury Sentencing Choice Violates Equal Protection
30. $45,000 Award in BOP Tort Claim Medical Neglect Suit
31. Released Sex Offender Not "In Custody" for Habeas
32. New York Jail Brutality Suit Settled for $3,500
33. Timothy "Little Rock" Reed Released on Parole
34. $1,500 in Disabled Prisoner Work Suit
35. $355,000 Verdict in New York Asthma Death
36. Mauro Vacated for Rehearing
37. Parole Change May Violate Ex Post Facto; Change Can Be Challenged Via § 1983
38. BOP Violent Offender Notification Policy Overinclusive
39. Twenty-Four Hour Notice of Disciplinary Charges Required
40. Seizure of Trust Account Interest Violates Takings Clause
41. Denial of Handicapped Jail Facilities Set for Trial
42. News in Brief
43. Cane Seizure Can Violate Eighth Amendment
44. $250,000 FTCA Beating Judgment Reversed

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Fifth Circuit Leaves Louisiana Prisoner Waiting for Reinstated Parole, Jan. 15, 2025. Parole, Overdetention, Victim's Rights to Enforce Collection.
• 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.
• Arizona Supreme Court Allows Third PCR Motion Based on IAC for Erroneous Advice About Parole Eligibility Due to ‘Pervasive Confusion’ Regarding Parole Within Legal Community, Nov. 1, 2024. Parole, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.