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:

• Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Summary Disposition, Cause and Prejudice, Proving Cause.
• California Court of Appeal Announces Rulings on Three Issues of First Impression Involving Certificate of Appealability and Habeas Petition, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction.
• Ohio Supreme Court Announces Same Postconviction-Relief Filing Deadline Applies to ‘Delayed Appeal’ as Applies to Any Other Type of Direct Appeal, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus.
• Oregon Parole Board Ordered to Consider Sex-Offense-Free Time When Setting Sex Offender Notification Levels, July 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Sex Offender Classification.
• Retraction: ‘Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners’ by Dale Chappell, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• The Death of the Savings Clause, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• New York Court of Appeals: SORA Designation Violates Defendant’s Due Process Rights Where Crime Involved No Sexual Contact or Motivation and Defendant Was Not a Sex Offender and Posed No Risk of Sexual Threat, May 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration.
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Petitions for State Prisoners, April 15, 2024. Resources, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Eighth Circuit Announces ‘Categorical Approach’ Applies to SORNA Tier Analysis, April 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Military.
• Seventh Circuit Orders District Court to Hold Evidentiary Hearing Where Record Insufficient to Permit Review of State Prisoner’s Section 2254 Habeas Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, March 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Sentence and Judgement, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise.