More from this issue:

1. A Death in Custody: Massachusetts DOC Wracked by Scandal, by Peter Costanza
2. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
3. $15 Million Class Settlement In Sacramento Jail Strip-Search Suits
4. Habeas Hints, by Kent Russell
5. Study Shows Boot Camps Are a Failure
6. Wrongfully Convicted Pennsylvania Prisoner Settles for $2.3 Million; Forensics Expert Fired
7. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Clarifies Law Crediting "Street Time"
8. Connecticut Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit for $2.9 Million, by Michael Rigby
9. Ohio Prisoners Not Entitled to Memory Typewriters
10. New York Prisoners Win Injury Awards, Lack of Expert Testimony Detrimental, by Michael Rigby
11. Prison Town Legislators Represent Prisoners' Interests? Not Quite, by Peter Wagner
12. Texas Prisoner's Retaliation Claim Survives Summary Judgment
13. $600,000 Settlement in California Prisoner Shooting Death, by Marvin Mentor
14. Nevada Trust Account Interest, Less Accounting Costs, Belongs To Prisoners
15. Prisons, Profits and Prophets, by Bill Berkowitz
16. Michigan Prison Art Project, by Buzz Alexander
17. California Prisoner Trust Account Interest Recoverable Only Upon Proof Of Individual Loss
18. Indiana Jail Held in Contempt, Sanctions Imposed
19. Last Chance For Washington Prisoners To Request Postconviction DNA Testing is December 31, 2004
20. Washington Police Kill Unarmed Escapee in Botched Raid; Prisoner Also Killed, by Michael Rigby
21. Cowboy Justice: BOP Guards Convicted, by Alan Pendergast
22. PLRA Fee Cap Upheld, Applied to Parole Case; Allows Fees-on-Fee Award, by David Reutter
23. Fifth Circuit Affirms Termination of Guajardo (Texas Prison Mail) Suit
24. Challenge To Washington Felon Disenfranchisement Scheme Remanded For Racial Bias Test, by John E Dannenberg
25. Class Action Challenges Treatment of Florida's "Sexual Predator" Civil Detainees, by David Reutter
26. No Restraint, No Consequences: Privatizing Overseas Intelligence Extraction
27. Gates of Injustice - The Crisis in America's Prisons, by Tom Murlowski
28. Wisconsin PLRA Fee-Limit Does Not Violate Equal Protection
29. Ohio County Juvenile Facility Not Immune from Suit in Rape Claim
30. Alaska Prisoners Cannot Challenge Conditions of Confinement Under State Post-Conviction Relief Statute, by Roger Smith
31. News in Brief
32. Texas Prison Guard's Sentence for Rape Reinstated

More from Roger Smith:

• Washington Jail Prisoners Suffer from Overcrowding, Abusive Guards, Inadequate Health Care and Indifferent Politicians, May 15, 2008
• Washington Prison's Water System and Meat Contaminated With Feces, Jan. 15, 2005
• Alaska Prisoners Cannot Challenge Conditions of Confinement Under State Post-Conviction Relief Statute, Nov. 15, 2004
• Washington Guards Shoot Now, Ask Questions Later, July 15, 2003
• Washington DOC Settles ADA Suit for $8,000, June 15, 2003
• Washington Sex Offender Community Placement Dilemma, Dec. 15, 2002
• Arizona DOC's Endless Isolation of Suspected Gang Member Enjoined, May 15, 2002
• Washington's Island of Deviant Doctors, Nov. 15, 2001
• Washington Supreme Court Upholds 35% Seizure Law, Sept. 15, 2001
• Michigan DOC Sex Abuse Suit Nets Nearly $4 Million, Aug. 15, 2001

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.