More from this issue:

1. Prisons as Incubators and Spreaders of Disease and Illness, by John Dannenberg
2. U.S. Surgeon General Pressured to Avoid Addressing Prison Health Care
3. TB Prevention and Control In Prisons and Jails: New CDC Guidelines, by John Dannenberg
4. We’ll Lock Up Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free, by Amy Goodman
5. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
6. Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions, by David Reutter
7. Minnesota Prison Industries Managers Ride High on Prison Slavery, by David Reutter
8. UN Committee Against Torture Wants Guantanamo Closed
9. $2,500 Settlement in False Report of Oregon Prisoner’s Death
10. Due Process Required Before Termination from Colorado Sex Offender Treatment Program, by Bob Williams
11. BJS Reports Death Penalty Trends In 2005, by Michael Rigby
12. Prior Drug Use Stable Among State Prisoners, Rises For Federal Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
13. Accuracy of Sex Offender Registries Questioned By GAO, by Matthew Clarke
14. Florida Prison Nurses Net $1 Million for Sexual Harassment by Prisoners
15. “State Secrets Privilege” Forecloses CIA-Detainee’s Kidnapping and Torture Suit, by John Dannenberg
16. $140,000 Settlement in Death of Asthmatic Texas Prisoner, by Michael Rigby
17. Rhode Island Pays $120,000 To Prisoner Forced To Eat Feces, by Michael Rigby
18. $1.2 Million Compensation Package Approved For Wrongfully Convicted Georgia Man
19. Connecticut: Victims’ Privacy Protection Saves Some Sex Offenders From Public Registration, by John Dannenberg
20. Monterey County Grand Jury Report Blasts Two California Prisons, by Marvin Mentor
21. New Orleans Prisoners Work on Judge’s House
22. Civil Grand Jury Calls San Mateo County Women’s Jail a “Crowded Disgrace”
23. United States Sues Georgia County Jail over Unconstitutional Medical and Living Conditions, by John Dannenberg
24. An Old Story: District of Columbia Continues Overdetaining and Strip Searching Prisoners
25. A Voice From Guantanamo’s Darkness, by Jumah al-Dossari
26. Columbus, Ohio Jail’s Seclusion Turns Parole Into Death March
27. BJS Report: The Price of Justice in 2003, by Michael Rigby
28. Wrongfully Imprisoned California Man Awarded $18 Million
29. Prison A Major Factor In Spreading AIDS, by Gary Hunter
30. New York Prisoner Awarded $190,000 For Improperly Treated Knee Injury
31. Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges, by Matthew Clarke
32. Quadriplegic California Prisoner Baked to Death in Transport Van
33. Shackling at California Jury Trial, Without Justifying Need, Is Reversible Error
34. Texas Prison System Faces Critical Guard Shortage, by Matthew Clarke
35. Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies from Dental Infection
36. Torture vs Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment -- Is the Distinction Real or Apparent?, by Metin Basoglu, MD, PhD et al.,, by John Dannenberg
37. News in Brief:
38. Breaking the Prison Habit, by Mumia Abu-Jamal
39. New York Discharge-Planning: The Term “City Jail” Includes Mental Health “Forensic Units”

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:

• Why Aren’t Eligible Individuals Taking Advantage of Expungement Laws?, Dec. 15, 2024. Discrimination, Restrictions, discrimination, Expungement/Removal.
• Incompetent Louisiana Sex Offender’s Challenge to Registration Requirements Proceeds, Dec. 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Sex Offense Registration Act (SORNA).
• Sixth Circuit Strikes Retroactive Application of Parts of Tennessee’s Sweeping Sex Offender Registration, Verification, and Tracking Law, Oct. 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity.
• New York City Mayor Blocks Solitary Confinement Ban After Council Overrides His Veto, Sept. 15, 2024. Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, State Legislation.
• Texas Prisoner’s Lawsuit Seeks Relief from Heat in Un-Air-Conditioned Prisons, Sept. 15, 2024. Exposure to Heat, State Legislation.
• Virginia Governor’s Veto Exposes Prisoners Who Took Plea Bargains to Civil Rights Violations, Sept. 15, 2024. State Legislation, Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions, Plea Bargaining.
• Ending Prison Slavery on the Ballot in California, Nevada, Aug. 15, 2024. Prison Labor, Voting, State Legislation.
• Minnesota Sex Offender Program: The Indefinite Detention of the Reviled, Aug. 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Civil Commitment, Sex Offender Classification.
• Oregon Parole Board Ordered to Consider Sex-Offense-Free Time When Setting Sex Offender Notification Levels, July 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, Sex Offender Classification.
• New York Court of Appeals: SORA Designation Violates Defendant’s Due Process Rights Where Crime Involved No Sexual Contact or Motivation and Defendant Was Not a Sex Offender and Posed No Risk of Sexual Threat, May 15, 2024. Sex Offender Registration.