More from this issue:

1. The New Asylum: Supermax as Warehouse for the Mentally Ill, by David C Fathi
2. $27,500 Settlement for Rape of Four Women Prisoners in Pittsburgh Jail
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Delaware Forced to Clean-up Medical Care by DOJ Settlement, by David Reutter
5. Delaware DOC Still Defends Abysmal Medical Care, Prisoners Still Die From Medical Neglect
6. Florida Boot Camp Death Results in Manslaughter Charges Against 7 Guards and Nurse; Civil Claims Settled for $7,425,000
7. Colorado Settles Class Action Prison Disability Discrimination Suit For Over $3 Million
8. BOP Settles “Terrorism” Classification Privacy Act Suit for $3,000
9. Washington State’s Federal Oversight of Sexually Violent Predators Ended, by John Dannenberg
10. $13,655,940 Award For False Massachusetts Rape Conviction, by Matthew Clarke
11. Seminole County Jail Settles Strip Search Suits; Judge Removed From Bench
12. Arkansas Ups Work-Release Fees to Pay for Guard-Drivers
13. North Carolina Women Prisoners Work Call/Bulk Mail Centers For Slave Wages
14. Prison Skin-Art Pared From Canadian Budget, by Gary Hunter
15. Texas County Jail Settles Sex Assault Suits For Undisclosed Sum
16. California Ban On Hardcover Books Held Unconstitutional, by John Dannenberg
17. Florida Newspaper Revokes Permission to Post Article Critical of Judge
18. Florida Eliminates DNA Testing Deadline
19. Prisoner’s Death Following Failure To Give Intake Medical Examination Settled By Los Angeles County For $700,000, by John Dannenberg
20. Texas Prison Chief Escapes Sex Charges, Convicted of Lesser Offenses, by Gary Hunter
21. $5 Million Jury Award Against Doctor in Death of Michigan Prisoner
22. MTC Stiffs Guards and Other Employees $169,105
23. California Lifers’ Parole Reversals Tossed by Two State Appellate Courts, by Marvin Mentor
24. Move From Texas Legislator To Lobbyist Poses Ethical Question, by Gary Hunter
25. Drunk PA DOC Attorney Charged in Hit-and-Run
26. Satellite Surveillance Approved For Wisconsin Sex Offenders, by Gary Hunter
27. Tennessee DOC’s Double Standard, by G.A. Bowers
28. Louisville, Kentucky, Settles with Wrongly Imprisoned Man for $3.9 Million
29. Temporary Restraining Order Suspends California’s Sex Offenders’ Housing Banishment Law, by John Dannenberg
30. More Settlements and Verdicts in New Hampshire False Disciplinary Charge Case
31. $9,063,000 Jury Award For Illinois False Rape Conviction, by Matthew Clarke
32. Arizona Enacts Three Strikes Law, Again
33. Federal Court Continues To Enforce Decade-Old California Prison Guards’ “Code-Of-Silence” Ruling
34. San Francisco Civil Grand Jury Cites Continuing Jail Deficiencies, by John Dannenberg
35. New York City Settles With Stabbed Riker’s Prisoner For $40,000
36. Los Angeles County Pays Informant $80,000 For Failed Witness Protection
37. Three Failures To Segregate Vulnerable Jail Prisoner Costs Los Angeles County $44,000
38. $30,000 Settlement For Woman Raped By Missouri Jail Prisoner
39. Governor’s Task Force Recommends Changes in Florida’s Prison System Mission
40. $90,000 Awarded for Broken Hand During NY Prison Job Assignment, by David Reutter
41. California DOC Chief Health Care Official Ousted
42. Michigan Prisoner Boycotts Rape Trial, Still Acquitted
43. Oklahoma Escapee Who Fled With Warden’s Wife Sentenced to Maximum, Then Dies
44. Pennsylvania DOC Settles Religious Dietary Suit
45. $2 Million Settlement in Montgomery County, NY Strip Search Suit
46. Escape From TransCor Van Not a Crime in Montana
47. Retroactive Application of Missouri Sex Offender Registration Law Banned
48. Policy of Hiring Trained Medical Professionals Does Not Immunize County from Municipal Liability in Wrongful Jail Death; Case Settles for $475,000.00, by John Dannenberg
49. Washington Supreme Court Reverses Parole Denial
50. California Prisoner Permitted to Challenge Oppressive Prison Conditions Absent Physical Injury; Ruling Later Voided, by John Dannenberg
51. Fifth Circuit: No FLSA Minimum Wage for Texas Prisoners
52. Illinois Administrative Remedies Exhausted When Prison Officials Lost Grievance
53. Tennessee Parole Rules-Changes as Applied to Old Lifer May Violate Ex Post Facto
54. Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas Sex Offender Registration/Residency Restrictions, by Matthew Clarke
55. Texas Court Ordered to Accept Prisoners’ Correspondence
56. News in Brief:
57. Federal Court Awards Illinois Prisoner $7,116 in Fees, Costs, by Michael Rigby

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:

• Virginia Supreme Court Denies New Sentence Credits to State Prisoner Serving “Mixed” Sentence, May 1, 2024. Ex Post Facto, Good Time, Credits, Multiple Sentences.
• At BOP California “Rape Club” Prison: Historic Ruling, FBI Raid, Warden Removed, April 1, 2024. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Retaliation for Litigating, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Whistleblowing, Retaliatory Searches, Retaliatory Segregation, Systemic Medical Neglect, Failure to Treat, Staffing, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Special Masters, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), Special Master.
• Kansas Supreme Court Announces State Must Prove Defendant Specifically Intended to Enter Dwelling in Which There Was a Person to Sustain Conviction for Attempted Aggravated Burglary, Overruling State v. Watson, Jan. 15, 2024. State Statutes, Sufficiency of Evidence, Specific Offenses.
• Oregon Supreme Court Announces Overruling of Precedent on ‘Attempted Transfer’ of Drugs, Jan. 15, 2024. State Statutes, Possession in Furtherance of Drug Offense, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Attempts/Incomplete Acts, Substantial Step Towards Completion, Completion of All Acts.
• California Court of Appeal: Defendants Who Plead Guilty to Stipulated Sentence Eligible for Resentencing Under Amended § 1170.91, Jan. 15, 2024. State Statutes, Guilty Plea, Resentencing, De Novo Resentencing, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• California Bans Bogus ‘Excited Delirium’ Diagnosis as Cause of Death, Jan. 15, 2024. Medical Misconduct, junk science, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Police--Excessive Force, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death), State Statutes.
• Nevada Prisoner Wins Injunction Requiring DOC to Provide Exercise Despite Guard Shortage, Jan. 1, 2024. Staffing, Exercise, Appointment of Counsel, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Class Actions, Right to Exercise.
• Hear Us Now? Hearing Impaired Tennessee Prisoners Secure Injunction, Jan. 1, 2024. Deaf Prisoners, Injunctions (PLRA), Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Americans with Disabilities Act, Rehabilitation Act, Video-Conferencing.
• West Virginia High Court Decides Medical Practice Liability Act Not Applicable to Prison System, Jan. 1, 2024. Primecare Medical, State Law Claims, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Drug Treatment/Rehab, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness), State Statutes.
• Arkansas Parole Board Denies Release to Sex Offender For Failure to Find Appropriate Housing, Sept. 15, 2023. Sex Offender Residence, housing, Conditions of.