More from this issue:

1. Strapped States Threaten Prisoner Releases to Extort Revenue
2. Settlement Reached in Beating Death of Florida Prisoner
3. Ninth Circuit Affirms Constitutionality of RLUIPA
4. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: The Militarization of Law Enforcement, by Silja JA Talvi
7. Informal Grievance Procedure Must Be Exhausted Before Filing Suit
8. CSC: More Misery and Misfortune, by C.C. Simmons
9. BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm for Mobsters, by Gary Hunter
10. Washington DOC Settles Kosher Diet Complaints, by John E Dannenberg
11. Arizona's Pima County Settles Prisoner Beating Death Lawsuits for $500,000
12. Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required, by Paul Wright
13. New York Muslim Prison Chaplains Purged
14. CDC Report Outlines Prevention and Control of Hepatitis in Prisons, by John E Dannenberg
15. Washington State's Changes to Good Time Laws Benefit Few, by Lonnie Burton
16. Military Prisoners Cannot Sue Over Conditions of Confinement
17. Georgia Jury Awards $325,000 to Prisoner's Widow in Legal Malpractice Case
18. Texas Magistrate Suspended for Verbally Abusing Prisoners
19. Canadian Supreme Court Grants Prisoners Right to Vote, by Lonnie Burton
20. Justice Department Report Decries Smuggling in Federal Prisons
21. The Death Penalty in 2001
22. Court Okay Needed Before Housing Mentally Ill Prisoners in California Supermax
23. South Carolina Found in Contempt for Non-Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners
24. Expert Witness Standard in RLUIPA Gang Case
25. Tennessee Prisoner Awarded $242,500 in CCA Medical Neglect Suit
26. Gay Visiting Rule Challenged
27. Mediation Costs Not Taxable in §1983 Suit
28. Women Prisoners in Alabama Win Preliminary Injunctive Relief
29. Alabama's Women Prisoners Moved to Louisiana to Ease Overcrowding
30. The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry
31. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Fourth Circuit Revives West Virginia Prisoner’s RLUIPA Claim Over Religious Diet with Soy He Can’t Digest, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, RLUIPA, Religious Diet.
• Lawsuits by Michigan Prisoner Yield $57,750 in Settlements, Plus Policy Changes, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Interference With His Muslim Religious Practice, Nov. 15, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group, July 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, RLUIPA.
• Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths, May 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, RLUIPA, Religion Defined, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Free Exercise Clause.
• Muslim Florida Prisoner Awarded Permanent Injunction to Grow Untrimmed Beard, March 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Injunctions, RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Right to Grow a Beard.
• Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion, RLUIPA, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Right to Grow a Beard.
• New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit Survives Seeking to Validate the Nation of Gods and Earth as a Religion, Dec. 1, 2023. RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.