More from this issue:

1. Little State, Big Problems: Maine’s Prison Crisis Continues Unabated, by Lance Tapley
2. Old Media Access Consent Decrees Violated in Maine, by Lance Tapley
3. Massachusetts District Court: FBI Ordered to Pay $101.7 Million for Malicious Prosecution, by Michael Rigby
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Clarification:
6. Maryland Prison Audit Reveals Potential Fraud “Undetectable”, by Michael Rigby
7. Florida Supreme Court Enacts Rules Regulating “Super Sealing” of Court Records, by David Reutter
8. Final Report on Ohio Prisoner Reentry Study, by G.A. Bowers
9. Minnesota Sanction for Sex Offender Treatment Refusal Violates Fifth Amendment
10. “War on Terror” Whistleblowers, Dissenters are Fired, Prosecuted; Plaintiff’s Lawyers Help Turn Them In, by Alex Friedmann
11. Arkansas Prisoner Denied Kosher Diet Awarded $1,500
12. Psych Evaluations Questioned Following D.C. Jail Suicides, by Matthew Clarke
13. NY Prisoner Who Crushed Thumb Working at Ski Resort Awarded $40,000
14. Illinois Supreme Court Holds Prisoner Medical Co-Payment Fee Can’t Be Deducted From Future Funds, by John Dannenberg
15. California’s Solution To Prison Overcrowding: $7.4 Billion To Build 53,000 New Beds, by Marvin Mentor
16. $4 Million Settlement In Rape and Beating Death of Mentally Ill New Jersey Prisoner, by Michael Rigby
17. $14 Million Verdict Against Louisiana DA’s Office for Wrongful Death Sentence
18. Fortress Of Solitude: The Bureau Of Prisons Is As Good At Keeping Prisoners In As It Is At Keeping Reporters Out, by Alan Prendergast
19. South Carolina Prisoner Assaulted By Guards Awarded $600,000
20. Wyoming and CMS Settle Suit Over Diabetic Prisoner’s Loss of Foot, by Matthew Clarke
21. San Mateo County, California, Settles Strip-Search Suit for $1.9 Million
22. Tenth Circuit Upholds BOP Guard’s Abuse Convictions
23. Texas Parole Board Revamps Urinalysis Procedures
24. GAO Audit: Alien Detention Facilities Suffer Continuing Deficiencies, by John Dannenberg
25. Los Angeles County Pays $475,000 In Jail Healthcare Wrongful Death
26. Texas Pays $250,000 for Lingering Death of Teen Prisoner, by Michael Rigby
27. U.S. Supreme Court: Colorado Prisoner Alleging Injury From Suspension Of Medical Treatment Stated Adequate Claim To Preclude Dismissal, by John Dannenberg
28. Massachusetts Guard Accused of Throwing Feces Entitled to Workman’s Compensation
29. New Jersey Supreme Court Orders DOC to Codify Prisoner Healthcare Responsibilities, by John Dannenberg
30. $1.6 Million Settlements by PHS and Hillsborough County in Death of Baby Born in Florida Jail, by David Reutter
31. Eighth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Dismissal of Excessive Force Claims
32. Confidential Settlement for Alabama Prisoners Killed in Road Work Crew
33. New Law Bars Hawaii Prison Officials from Canceling Visits
34. $100 Million In Restitution Fines Collected From California Prisoners Since 1992
35. Probation Condition Restricting Pets at Residence Held Overbroad
36. Absence of Parole Revocation Administrative Appeal Process Entitles Prisoner to Trial Court Determination of Custody Credits, by John Dannenberg
37. BOP May Not Foreclose Transfer to Community Corrections Center Based on Length of Remaining Sentence, by John Dannenberg
38. “Liberal” Pleading Construction Reveals Negligent Guard Theory Claim
39. Findings of Fact by Indiana Disciplinary Panel Not Entitled toPresumption of Correctness for Federal Habeas Purposes, by John Dannenberg
40. Texas Allows Actual Innocence Claim in Non-Capital Habeas Actions
41. Unsupported Penile Plethysmograph Testing as Condition of Release Rises to Due Process Violation, Creates Liberty Interest
42. Many Chinese Prisoners Retain Right to Vote
43. Mere Possibility of Parole Insufficient to Prevent Texas Prisoners’ Parental Rights Termination, by Matthew Clarke
44. On Appeal Texas Prisoner Acquitted of Damaging Jail Furnishing
45. Ohio Juvenile Wards Entitled to Attorneys to Pursue 1983 Actions
46. Fifth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Mississippi Retaliation For Letters to a Newspaper Claim
47. News in Brief:
48. Notice of Appeal Deemed Filed When Presented to Prison Officials; Burden on State to Refute

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