More from this issue:

1. Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits, by Paul Wright
2. Closing Washington's Window of Parole Liability, by Paul Wright
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Private Prison Contractor Not Entitled to Immunity
5. Washington DOC Hit with almost $50 Million in Verdicts and Settlements in Parole Victim Suits
6. Warden Fired over Riot at New Mexico CCA Prison
7. Kentucky Phone Rate Ruling
8. Eight Prisoner Deaths in California Women's Prison, by Silja JA Talvi
9. Disciplinary Hearing Reversed for Failure to View Videotape
10. New York Strip Search Punitive Damage Award Vacated
11. New York Strip Search Suit Settled for $50 Million
12. Software Glitch Frees Washington Probationers
13. Two Louisiana Death Row Prisoners Freed
14. Peaceful Protest at Mount Olive Prison, by Gary Hunter
15. CCA Faulted in Texas Jail Escape
16. Corrections Corporation of America Hit with $3 Million Abuse Verdict, by Lonnie Burton
17. New York Jury Awards $900,000 for Jail's Failure to Protect
18. Three Florida Guards Charged with Beating 'Gunner'
19. Due Process Violation, Plain Error Reverse Marijuana Conviction
20. Voluntary Agreement with MINNCOR Not Enforceable Contract
21. Washington DOC Settles Sex Harassment Suit for $250,000
22. Second Circuit Cautions District Courts To Use Proper Sandin Analysis
23. $74,000 Awarded to Slashed New York Prisoner
24. Bogus Felons List Results in Suppression of Florida Votes, by Ronald Young
25. US Supreme Court Allows BOP Limit on Early Release Statute, by Roger Smith
26. Homemade Paper Spear Is Not a Deadly Weapon
27. Texas Prisoner Raped By Wackenhut Guard Entitled To Discovery Protection
28. PLRA Vacated Consent Decrees Can't Be Enforced in State Court
29. Change in AIDS Medication States Claim
30. PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Doesn't Apply After Release; Texas County Liable in Attack
31. Damages Awarded in New York Retaliation Suit
32. County Must Pay Prisoner's Medical Expenses
33. Gay New York Guard Wins $1.5 Million Harassment Award
34. Prisoner Bound by Jailhouse Lawyer's Work
35. Secular Humanism: Philosophy or Religion?
36. News in Brief
37. The Prisoner's Guide to Survival: A Comprehensive Legal Assistance Manual for PostConviction Relief and Prisoners' Civil Rights Actions, by Sam Rutherford

More from Sam Rutherford:

• New Mexico Corrections Department Continues Pattern of Abuse With Contract Medical Provider Wexford Health Sources, Feb. 15, 2025
• Hawai’i Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction for Prosecutorial Misconduct Based on Prosecution’s Improper Statements During Closing Arguments, Feb. 15, 2025
• 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
• Fourth Circuit Decision on Claim of Retaliation for Exercising First And Sixth Amendment Rights Highlights Police Corruption, Feb. 15, 2025
• Washington DOC Physician Assistant Surrenders Medical License in Wake of Malpractice Allegations, Feb. 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal Announces Defendants May Obtain Brady Evidence From Police Officers’ Personnel Files in Advance of § 1172.6 Hearing Requesting Vacatur of Conviction and Resentencing for Certain Types of Murder Convictions, Feb. 15, 2025
• Massachusetts Supreme Court Vacates Threat-Based Conviction on First Amendment Grounds Because Jury Instructions Failed to Include Mens Rea Element Mandated by Counterman for ‘True-Threat’ Conviction, Feb. 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal Announces Equal Protection Entitles Youth Offenders Convicted of Special Circumstances Murder Predicated on Robbery or Burglary to Franklin and Parole Hearings Under Cal. Penal Code § 3051, Feb. 15, 2025
• Law Enforcement Obscures Use of Facial Recognition Technology, Feb. 15, 2025
• California Court of Appeal Announces Youthful Defendants Sentenced to Terms ‘Functionally Equivalent’ to LWOP Entitled to Resentencing Under § 1170(d), Feb. 1, 2025

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.
• 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.
• Seventh Circuit Lets BOP Restrict Access to Federal Register from Prison in Illinois, Dec. 15, 2024. Court Access, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
• 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.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.