More from this issue:

1. Use of Questionable “Lie Detectors" by Law Enforcement Expands Nationwide, by Matthew Clarke
2. PLN Attorneys Awarded $137,672 for Post-Settlement Work in CDCR Censorship Case, by John Dannenberg
3. Canadian Prisoner Recognized for Advocacy on Prisoner Health Issues
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. $2.75 Million Verdict in Dehydrated Michigan Prisoner’s Death
6. StopMax: The Fight Against Supermax Prisons Heats Up, by Jessica Pupovac
7. Ruling Against Expression is No Music to Prisoners’ Ears, by David Hudson
8. An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, by Robert Meeropol; St. Martin’s Griffin, 273 pages, $14.95, by David Preston
9. Connecticut DOC Settles Prisoner Hogtying Death For $900,000
10. NIC Report: Wisconsin Jails Racist and Dangerous, by Gary Hunter
11. Wyoming American Indian Prisoner Wins Consent Decree to Receive Feathers
12. “Habeas Hints”, by Kent A. Russell
13. California DOC Settles Sadistic, Hate-Motivated, Three-Year Starvation Death Of Sikh Prisoner For $1 Million, by Marvin Mentor
14. New Zealand Prisoners Building Copiers for Canon
15. Exonerated Florida Prisoner Receives $2.2 Million; Second Lawsuit Still Pending
16. CMS Insurer Must Pay Wyoming Suicide Settlement
17. Jury Awards Indiana Prison Law Library Clerk $1,150 for Retaliation
18. NCCHC Releases Position Statement on Abuse of Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
19. California Guards Union Investigated for Hiring Parolee for Office Job
20. Prison Population Continues Exponential Growth, by David Reutter
21. Alabama Policy Denies Work Release to HIV/AIDS Infected Prisoners, by David Reutter
22. Indiana Prisoner Receives $200,000 in Excessive Force Case
23. Landmark 1980 California Death Row Federal Consent Decree Partially Terminated Under PLRA, by John Dannenberg
24. Indiana DOC Policy Banning Group Worship by Odinists Enjoined, by John Dannenberg
25. BOP Agrees to Pay $90,000 in Attorney’s Fees and Costs in Suit Over Constitutionality of Byline Regulation
26. Colorado DOC Pays $60,000 Settlement for Suicide of Former Prisoner Who Was Sexually Abused by Guard, by John Dannenberg
27. Self-Help Legal Guides, Publisher, Rosemary Steele; 104 pages, Softbound, by David Reutter
28. Sexual Abuse and Violence in Texas Prisons Eclipses National Average, by Gary Hunter
29. $1.5 Million Settlement Provided to Immigrant Prisoner Who Lost Leg in Colorado Jail, by David Reutter
30. $2.75 Million Settlement in New York Prisoner’s Loss of Sight Claim
31. New Jersey Fires 52 Prison Guards in 2007, by Gary Hunter
32. $4.45 Million Verdict in Meningitis Death of Cook County Jail Prisoner, by David Reutter
33. GEO Group Consultant Civilly Charged With Insider Trading
34. U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Use of Lethal Injection, by Brandon Sample
35. Oregon Guards Wrongly Fired Win $1,000,000
36. Exonerated Florida Man Receives $1.25 Million
37. Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Jobs Has Become Important to the Government, Finally, by Derick Limberg
38. Pennsylvania Jail Rebuffs Calls for Independent Review of Abuse Claims
39. $290,000 Award for New York Prisoner’s Slip and Fall on Ice
40. Strip Search Policy E-mails Were Attorney-Client Communications, but Privilege Is Waived
41. Florida Jail Supervisors Investigated in Fraudulent Overtime Scheme
42. $25,000 Award To South Carolina Prisoner Injured Performing Community Service
43. New Hampshire Prisoner’s ADA Claim Survives Summary Judgment
44. Native American Reservations in Dire Need of Better Jails, Get Money to Build More
45. Ohio Man Receives $600,000 for Wrongful Imprisonment
46. Seventh Circuit: Delayed Medical Care Because Doctor Attended New Year’s Party Constitutes Deliberate Indifference
47. South Dakota Guard Liable for Prisoner’s Electrocution Death
48. Legal Financial Obligation Deductions Imposed on All Washington Prisoners
49. Massachusetts DOC Ordered to Provide Vegan Meals to Buddhist Prisoner
50. Tenth Circuit: Procedural Defense to Federal Prisoner’s ETS Suit Fails on Inadequate Grievance Record-Keeping, by John Dannenberg
51. Ninth Circuit: Statutory Increase in Restitution Payment Rate Does Not Violate Plea Agreement and is Not Ex Post Facto
52. EAJA Permits Recovery of Fees for Paralegal Services at Market Rates, US Supreme Court Holds
53. New York Sex Offenders’ Settlement Agreement Superseded by New Registration Law
54. Tenth Circuit Follows Jones v. Bock, Reverses Full-Exhaustion Predicate in § 1983 Cases, by John Dannenberg
55. Washington Court Invalidates Pretrial Substance Abuse Conditions
56. No Filing Fee Lien Allowed in Florida Mandamus Cases
57. News in Brief:
58. $635,000 Settlement in Wisconsin Woman Prisoner’s Suicide

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• Fourth Circuit Revives West Virginia Prisoner’s RLUIPA Claim Over Religious Diet with Soy He Can’t Digest, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, RLUIPA, Religious Diet.
• Ninth Circuit Greenlights Muslim Hawaii Prisoner’s Challenge to Early-Served Ramadan Meals, Jan. 15, 2025. Religious Discrimination, Religious Diet.
• Aramark: Prison Food for Thought, May 1, 2024. Aramark, Contractor Misconduct, Food, Religious Diet.
• “Third Time Is Not the Charm” For Texas Jailers Barred by PLRA from Enforcing Prior Settlement Agreement Against Prisoner in New Suit, May 1, 2024. Jail Specific, PLRA, Settlements, Attorney Calls, Civil Settlement - Effect of, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), Wiretaps/Wiretap Evidence.
• Finding Indiana Grievance Process “Unavailable,” Federal Judge Grants Summary Judgment to 22 Prisoners on Same Day, April 1, 2024. PLRA, Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• 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.
• Tenth Circuit: Colorado Prisoner’s Injury Requiring Medical Treatment Not De Minimus, July 15, 2023. Failure to Treat, PLRA.
• Fifth Circuit Again Revives Muslim Texas Prisoner’s Suit Over Halal Meals Denied During Hurricane Evacuation, May 1, 2023. Hurricane Katrina, Religious Diet.
• After Eleventh Circuit Says ICE Detainee Is Not “Prisoner” Subject to PLRA, He Goes Missing from Georgia, March 1, 2023. PLRA, Detainers.