More from this issue:

1. Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails
2. Private Prisons Bilk $13 million From Florida; State Awards More Contracts, by David Reutter
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. 8th Circuit Invalidates BOP Halfway House Policy; 7th Circuit Says Challenge Not Cognizable on Habeas
5. Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC
6. Florida Prisoner's Disciplinary Challenges Reversed for Further Proceedings
7. BOP's Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Treatment Nets Downward Departure Sentence
8. Seventh Circuit Reverses Judgment on Denial of Methadone
9. Second Circuit Upholds Guard's Rape Sentence Under Federal Guidelines
10. Washington DOC Must Ship Prisoners' Property For Free
11. Maryland's PHS Prison Health Care Under Fire, New System Implemented
12. 2005 Audit of California Parole Board Reveals Ongoing Deficiencies
13. Habeas Hints: How to Get DNA Testing, by Kent Russell
14. Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda, Pace University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2
15. Arkansas Considers Prison Rape Law, Problems Evident
16. Florida's Privatization of Prisoner Canteen Services Under Scrutiny
17. Oregon Criminalizes Sex with Prisoners; & Other Legislative Developments
18. If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Vio, by Alan Pendergast
19. New York Prisoner Attacked On Bus Awarded $600,000
20. Whistleblowers Nail Cheating California Corrections Employees
21. Florida DOC's No Bid Pharmaceutical Contract Scrutinized and Criticized
22. Bait and Snitch: The High Cost of Snitching for Law Enforcement
23. Chicago Settles Another Jail Brutality Suit for $362,500
24. Federal District Court Awards Missouri Prisoner $2,500 For Excessive Force
25. Nebraska Native American Prisoners' Religious Program Reinstated, by John Dannenberg
26. All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated
27. California and Connecticut Reinstate Jobs of Fired Guards
28. Court Halts Practice of California Prison Guards Getting Unlimited Paid Time to Conduct Union Busine
29. Kentucky Prisoner Injured In Transport Vehicle Awarded $9,000
30. Florida Jury Awards $225,000 in False Arrest/Malicious Prosecution Claim
31. American Bar Association Recommends Expanded Prisoner Telephone Access
32. U.S. Supreme Court: Faretta Does Not Establish Right Of Pro Se Defendant to Law Library Access
33. Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $250,000 for Assault During Strip Search
34. Shackling of Women Prisoners During Labor and Delivery Ended In California
35. Poor Substance Abusers Imprisoned En Masse Without Treatment, by Michael Rigby
36. Prisoners Labor at Wisconsin Wal-Mart Site
37. Utah DOC Settles Wrongful-Death Suit Involving Exonerated Suspect For $150,000
38. Georgia DOC Settles Failure-To-Protect Suit for $15,000, by Michael Rigby
39. Company Uses Prison Slave Labor for $100 Million Military Contract
40. NY State Prisoner Receives $400,000 Liver Transplant
41. Registered Sex Offenders Murdered By Vigilante in Washington
42. New York Prisoner Awarded $2,500 for Delayed Eyeglasses
43. News in Brief
44. Low Pay Drives Tennessee Guards to Smuggle Drugs, Contraband into Prisons

More from these topics:

• California Court of Appeal: Trial Courts Have Inherent Authority to Correct Unauthorized Sentences at Any Time Without Habeas Petition, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Possession or Use of Firearms, Sentences - Authorized, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Effect of Vacatur.
• First Circuit Announces Modification of Juvenile’s Life-­Without-­Parole Sentence to Parole-­Eligible Life Term Constitutes “New Judgment” Under AEDPA, Exempting Second-­in-­Time Habeas Petition From Gatekeeping Requirements, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole, Habeas Corpus, Life without Parole (LWOP), AEDPA, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.
• Supreme Court of Maryland Announces Division of Correction Must Immediately Apply Time-Served Credit Against Valid Sentences When Convictions Are Vacated and May Not Toll Execution Pending Reprosecution; New Sentences Arising From New Convictions Take, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Effect of Vacatur, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
• Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Equitable Tolling Under AEDPA Where Attorney Abandoned Prisoner by Failing to Communicate for Nine Months and Prison Officials Delayed Processing Filing Documents, Dec. 15, 2025. Attorney Misconduct, Legal Materials, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Limitations, AEDPA.
• DOJ Leaves Louisiana Over-Detention Suit on Life Support, Two Others Granted Class-Action Status, Dec. 1, 2025. Class Certification, Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Unlawful Detention.
• Maine Superior Court Order to Reform Public Defender System Paused on Appeal, Dec. 1, 2025. Indigent Defense, Injunctions, Habeas Corpus, Sixth Amendment, Counsel - Constructive denial of.
• First Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion by Sua Sponte Raising Statute of Limitations Defense to Habeas Petition After Respondents Had Intelligently “Waived” It by Being Aware of Availability but Failing to Assert It, Nov. 15, 2025. Defenses, Limitations, Habeas Corpus, Double jeopardy, Knowingly and Intelligently.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Announces Defendants on Appeal Bonds for Fine-Only Class C Misdemeanors Are “Restrained” for Purposes of Seeking Habeas Relief, Nov. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Collateral Consequences, Pending Appeal/Sentencing, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Eighth Circuit Announces § 2255 One-­Year Limitations Period Begins to Run in Deferred-­Restitution Criminal Case When Subsequent Amended Judgment Finalizes Amount, Nov. 15, 2025. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, Restitution, AEDPA.