More from this issue:

1. Ex-Communication: Competition and Collusion in the U.S. Prison Telephone Industry, by Steven Jackson
2. Maryland Sentence Reduction Rule Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Violence from Racial Tension and Overcrowding Pervades California Jails, Spreads to Prisons, by Marvin Mentor
5. Lawsuit Filed Over Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison, More Possible, by Michael Rigby
6. Vermont DOC Agrees To Stop Punishing Self-Harming Prisoners, by Michael Rigby
7. 200 Dead in Brazil Prison Uprisings, Street Violence, by Gary Hunter
8. California’s “High-Risk” Sex Offender Parolees Ostracized; Parole Official Fired, by John Dannenberg
9. Washington Women’s Prison Healthcare Violations Continue
10. The Prison and Jail Industry—Who Will Run It, by Gary Hunter
11. Washington Prisoners Must Pre-Pay for Record Inspection
12. Illinois Parole Violators Enforce Revocation Due Process Rights with Consent Decree, by John Dannenberg
13. California Lifer Hearing Backlog Increases Despite Court Order To Catch Up, by Marvin Mentor
14. Vienna Convention Creates Individually Enforceable Rights, by Matthew Clarke
15. Washington Prisoner Sues Over Bogus Disciplinary Actions; State Settles for $1,500
16. Settlement Revamps Grant County, Washington Indigent Defense System; County Agrees to $1.1 Million in Attorney Fees
17. $214,000 Award for Injuries Caused by Dilantin Deprivation to Michigan Jail Prisoner
18. PLRA’s Mental and Emotional Damage Award Ban Unconstitutional in $219,000 First Amendment Claim
19. Illegal Strip Searches Cost MTC, New Mexico County $8.5 Million, by Michael Rigby
20. Michigan Prisoner Assaulted By Jailers Awarded $2,000, by Michael Rigby
21. Florida DOC’s Policy Prohibiting Release of Sex Offenders Without Address Unconstitutional, by David Reutter
22. Wisconsin “Boondoggled” Into Buying Broken Down New Private Prison
23. New York Prison Worker Not Kidnapped/Raped Long Enough For Compensation, by Gary Hunter
24. Mississippi Beating Suit Nets $348,960 — Upheld on Appeal
25. Maryland Disciplinary Rules Violate APA
26. 5th Circuit Reverses Texas Prisoner’s Disciplinary Conviction For “Non-Existent” Offense, by Michael Rigby
27. Texas Supreme Court: Non-Suit Deprives Appeals Court of Jurisdiction
28. Virginia Guard Hazed By Coworkers Awarded $25,001, by Michael Rigby
29. Eleventh Circuit Affirms Damage Award in Psychiatrist’s Strangling Death
30. Fourth Circuit Holds FTCA Applies to BOP Property Claims
31. Missouri Prison Ordered to Provide Immediate Abortion
32. Fifth Circuit Reinstates Texas Prisoners’ Challenge to Extended Lockdown, by Michael Rigby
33. News in Brief:
34. Oklahoma Regulation Confiscating Money Order From Other Prisoner’s Family Upheld
35. Tenth Circuit Reinstates Colorado Ad Seg Conditions Claims, by Bob Williams

More from Michael Rigby:

• Report On Arizona Hostage Crisis May Never Be Released , Aug. 23, 2016
• Federal Jury Awards $45,001 to Maryland Prisoner Assaulted By Guards, Aug. 23, 2016
• Wisconsin Appeals Court Orders Photos Delivered to Prisoner, April 15, 2013
• New York: Indigent Defendants' Suit Over Non-representation Ruled Justiciable, March 15, 2013
• Trial and Conviction in Washington Jailhouse Courtroom Overturned, March 15, 2013
• Scientific Advances in Arson Investigations Reveal Wrongful Convictions, Jan. 15, 2013
• Ninth Circuit Rules Right to Court Access Violated When Lockdown Prevents Prisoner from Researching Issues Related to Direct Appeal, Nov. 15, 2011
• Some Agencies Balk at Releasing Prison Phone Data, April 15, 2011
• Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water, April 15, 2011
• Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, Jan. 15, 2011

More from these topics:

• On Remand, Eleventh Circuit Clarifies, Affirms Grant 
of Habeas Relief to Death Row Prisoner, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Death Penalty, Death Row.
• Fifth Circuit Announces When Initial § 2255 Petition Not Decided on Merits and Appeals Court Later Recalls Mandate Dismissing Direct Appeal and Affirms Conviction, Subsequent § 2255 Petition Not ‘Second or Successive’ Under AEDPA, Aug. 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
• Fourth Circuit Announces Counterman v. Colorado 
Is New Rule of Constitutional Law That Applies 
Retroactively to Cases on Collateral Review and 
Grants Authorization to File Successive § 2255 Motion, July 1, 2025. Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Habeas Corpus, Threats.
• Arguing Successful Federal Habeas Corpus Claims, June 1, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Sixth Amendment, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Stay and Abeyance of Federal Habeas Petition to Allow Petitioner to Exhaust State Remedies, April 15, 2025. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Amendments to Petition.
• 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.