More from this issue:

1. Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners, by John Dannenberg
2. Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths, by John Dannenberg
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Focus on Sex Offenders Increases While Number of Sex Offenses Decline
5. Attempted Arrest of Federal Prison Guards in Florida Turns Deadly, by Michael Rigby
6. Panel Suggests Using Prisoners in Drug Trials, by Ian Urbina
7. PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief, by John Dannenberg
8. Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $60,000 For Electrical Shock
9. Delaware Law: Punishing Prisoners for Reporting Sexual Abuse by Guards, by David Reutter
10. Oregon Guard Gets 32 Months For Sex With Prisoner
11. Habeas Hints, by Kent A. Russell
12. Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues, by Matthew T. Clarke
13. California Guard Convicted of Abetting Prison Gang
14. Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation, by Michael Rigby
15. Audit Criticizes Management of ODOC Financial Computer System
16. Years Long Pattern of Medical Neglect Defeats Summary Judgment, by David Reutter
17. Florida DOC Cuts Prisoner Collect Call Costs by 30%, by David Reutter
18. Arkansas County Pays $40,000 To Handicapped Man Raped In Jail, by Michael Rigby
19. EMSA, Florida County to Pay $500,000 for Untreated Ectopic Pregnancy, by Michael Rigby
20. Arkansas Mayor, Sheriff, Wife Jailed for Burglary, Drugs, Sex and More, by Gary Hunter
21. Audit Reveals California DOC Employees Illegally Received Holiday Pay for Scheduled Days Off
22. $600,000 Settlement for Abuse at Maine Juvenile Prison
23. Female Missouri Prisoners Make $291,000 as Sexy Pen Pals, AG Wants His Cut
24. Michigan Prisoner Wins $20,000 on Failure to Protect Claim, by Michael Rigby
25. Iowa Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuits For $160,000
26. District of Columbia Jail Pays $14 Million For Over-Detentions and Strip Searches, by Bob Williams
27. Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled, by Gary Hunter
28. Los Angeles County Pays $110,000 for Wrongful Jail Death
29. Mumia Abu-Jamal Honored in Paris, France, by Gary Hunter
30. Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdic
31. Massachusetts Prisoners Battle MRSA, Untreated Hepatitis C, by Michael Rigby
32. Texas Jail Suicide Suit Settles For $300,000
33. Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money, by Gary Hunter
34. Supreme Court: Lethal Injection Procedure May Be Challenged Via § 1983, by John Dannenberg
35. Maywood, Illinois Jail Settles Failure to Protect Suit For $750,000
36. Beaten Texas Prisoner Who Was Denied Safekeeping Awarded $87,500, by Michael Rigby
37. WA Youth Detention Officer Awarded $603,500; Remitted Damages Reinstated
38. Michigan Prisoners Deliberate Indifference Claim Nets $73,906 In Fees
39. New York Prisoner Paid $1.25 Million for Untreated Glaucoma
40. $1.35 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Illinois Prisoner
41. California Parole Board Squelches Life Prisoner Writs on Procedural Grounds
42. Florida Gain Time Revocation Clarified
43. L.A. County Pays $300,000 for Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Jail Prisoner
44. Former Head New York Islamic Prison Chaplain Pleads Guilty in Gun Case
45. WA Courts Cannot Extend Supervision Period for Sex Offenses Committed Before 1996
46. New Yorks Son of Sam Law Constitutional, Damages Seized
47. Floridas Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld, by David Reutter
48. News in Brief:
49. Successor Judge Needs Compelling Reason to Reopen Prior Judges Ruling
50. No Qualified Immunity for Arkansas Detainees Miscarriage

More from these topics:

• Ohio Supreme Court Announces Self-Defense Jury Instruction Does Not Require Intent to Harm or Kill Assailant, Oct. 1, 2024. Defenses, Jury Instructions, Motive/Opportunity/Intent/Identity Evidence.
• Fourth Circuit Vacates Where Instructions Failed to Inform Jury That Mens Rea of ‘Knowingly or Intentionally’ Applies to ‘Except as Authorized’ in 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), June 15, 2024. Jury Instructions, Essential Elements of Crime, Mens Rea Element, Elements of Offense, Failure to Instruct on Scienter Requirement.
• Wyoming Supreme Court Grants Immunity to DOC in Prison COVID-19 Vaccine Mix-Up, May 1, 2024. Medication, COVID-19, Immunity/Liability.
• Kentucky Supreme Court Clarifies When Lesser-Included Offense Instruction Must Be Provided, Reverses Convictions Based on Trial Court’s Failure to Properly Instruct Jury, Dec. 15, 2023. Jury Instructions, Criminal Procedure, Fair Trial, Verdicts.
• California Supreme Court Vacates Second Degree Murder Conviction Where Jury Instructed on Now Invalid Felony-­Murder Theory, Oct. 1, 2023. Jury Instructions, New Trial Motions, Murder/Felony Murder.
• New York Prison System Found Liable for Failure to Protect Prisoner from Assault, Sept. 15, 2023. Failure to Protect (General), Immunity/Liability, Prison Brutality.
• SCOTUS Announces ‘Right-to-Control’ Theory Not Valid Basis for Liability Under Federal Wire Fraud Statutes, June 15, 2023. Immunity/Liability, Immediate Control, Affirmative Defenses.
• Armor Correctional Healthcare Denies Liability in Detainee’s Death From Missed Medication at Duval County Jail, June 7, 2023. Armor Correctional Health Services, Immunity/Liability, Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
• New York Court of Appeals Announces When an Alternate Juror Is ‘Discharged’ and no Longer ‘Available for Service’, May 15, 2023. Jury Instructions, Jurors - Alternates.
• Sixth Circuit Won’t Hold Michigan County Liable After Mentally Ill Prisoner Impregnates Another, April 19, 2023. Immunity/Liability, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Failure to Protect (Staff).