More from this issue:

1. Guards Rape of Prisoners Rampant, No Solution in Sight, by Gary Hunter
2. I Wake Up in Middle-of-Night Terror, by Erika Huggins
3. Prisoner Rape Is Torture, by Stop Prisoner Rape
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Ohio Woman Raped by Guard Awarded $625,000
6. European Court of Human Rights Voids UKs Blanket Bans On Prisoner Voting, by Matthew Clarke
7. Michigan DOC Improperly Calculated Sentences and Released Prisoners; Officials Fired and Demoted, by Gary Hunter
8. California Valdivia Attorneys Awarded $6.5 Million For 12 Years Work, by John E Dannenberg
9. Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails, by Michael Rigby
10. Pennsylvania Correctional Industries Overcharges Customers, Stockpiles Cash, Fails Mission, by Matthew T. Clarke
11. Georgia Prisoner Beaten By Guard Awarded $22,000
12. $100,000 Settlement For Black Oklahoma Prisoner Beaten By White Prisoners
13. Texas State Representative Criticized For Helping Prisoners and Families, by Matthew T. Clarke
14. Texas Politicians Provided Perks Using Prisoner Slave Labor, by Matthew T. Clarke
15. Bubble-Gum Computers in Washington State DOC, by Gary Hunter
16. $475,000 Settlement In California Suicide Suit
17. California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million
18. Transgender Wisconsin Prisoners Continue Hormone Treatment Despite Law, by Michael Rigby
19. $365,000 Settlement For Restrained, Untreated Michigan Boot Camp Prisoner
20. Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback, by David Reutter
21. Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape
22. Korean Company Employing Prisoners Receives Coveted Quality Award
23. Canadian Prison Sanctioned Skin-Art Saving Society Health Problems, by Gary Hunter
24. California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered, by Marvin Mentor
25. Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider, by Matthew T. Clarke
26. North Carolina Prisoner Taps Jails Bank Account for $120,000
27. Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect, by Marvin Mentor
28. Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund
29. EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000, by Michael Rigby
30. $790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner
31. No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy, by John E Dannenberg
32. Florida District Court Awards Federal Prisoner $829.65 for Lost Property
33. Tolling Provision Appeals to NY Personal Injury Action
34. Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reinvigorates DNA Testing Law, by Matthew T. Clarke
35. $769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner
36. California Third-Level Administrative Appeals May Be Filed with Prison Appeals Coordinator, by John Dannenberg
37. No Qualified Immunity for Retaliatory Transfer; Jury Awards $219,000 in Damages
38. Ninth Circuit Holds Prisons Not Immune In ADA and RA Suit
39. Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful N, by John E Dannenberg
40. RLUIPA Bars Total Ban on Melanic Literature
41. Alabama Clarifies Prisoners Right to Call Witnesses At Disciplinary Hearing, by Matthew T. Clarke
42. Washington Courts Authority to Order Community Custody Limited
43. California Supreme Court Resolves Conflict From Concurrent Sentences With Different Credit Earning R, by John Dannenberg
44. News in Brief:
45. Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions

More from John Dannenberg:

• Disciplinary Self-Help Litigation Manual, 2d Ed., by Dan Manville, March 5, 2015
• Systemic Changes Follow Murder of Colorado Prison Director, July 10, 2014
• The Redbook – A Manual on Legal Style, April 15, 2014
• Arrest-Proof Yourself, by Dale Carson and Wes Denham, March 15, 2014
• Arrested: What to do When Your Loved One’s in Jail, by Wes Denham, Feb. 15, 2014
• California Parole Board Agrees to Implement Policy to Fix Terms at Lifers’ Initial Hearings, Jan. 15, 2014
• FCC Order Heralds Hope for Reform of Prison Phone Industry, Dec. 15, 2013
• Federal Court Orders California to Release 9,600 More Prisoners, Aug. 15, 2013
• Valley Fever Declared a Public Health Emergency at Two California Prisons; Court Orders Prisoner Transfers, July 15, 2013
• Plata and Coleman Showdown in California, June 15, 2013

More from these topics:

• Pigeonly Flies Into Telecom Turbulence, Declares Bankruptcy, Jan. 15, 2025. Bankruptcy, Mail Regulations, Private Phone Contractors.
• Push to Digitize Rikers Island Mail Based on Faulty Drug Tests, Jan. 15, 2025. Drug Testing, Mail Regulations, Mail/Packages.
• Minnesota Prisoners Getting Scanned Mail, Kept Waiting 18 Months for Tablets, Jan. 15, 2025. Mechanical Searches/Scanners, Mail Regulations, Emails.
• 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.
• Sixth Circuit Sets Up Circuit Split with Ruling on Michigan Prisoner’s PLRA Exhaustion Dispute, Oct. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Washington Court of Appeals: PLRA Dismissal of Prisoner’s Federal Suit Is Not Res Judicata Barring State Tort Claims, Sept. 15, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Res Judicata, Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
• Thousands of Americans’ Mail Monitored by Law Enforcement, Records Reveal, Sept. 1, 2024. Mail Regulations.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prisoner’s Declaration Alone Sufficient to Send PLRA Exhaustion Dispute to Trial, July 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Summary Judgment, Summary Judgment/Judgment N.O.V., Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Lawsuit Over Mailroom Abuses by Washington DOC Leads to Policy Changes, June 1, 2024. Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Photos, Sexually Explicit Materials, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Legal Mail.
• Eleventh Circuit Calls Georgia Prisoner’s Dismissed Suit Outside PLRA “Strike Zone”, April 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Three Strike Litigants.