More from this issue:

1. Medical Examiners Lack Qualifications, Competence, Oversight, by Matthew Clarke
2. Kentucky Jail Under Investigation After Prisoner Dies; Sexual Abuse, Financial Mismanagement Also Alleged, by Derek Gilna
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. St. Louis Lockups Violate Constitutional Rights, ACLU Asserts, by Mark Wilson
5. Mentally Ill Prisoner Terrorized, Forced to Wear Pink Underwear by Arizona Jailers
6. California Prison Settles Prisoner’s Excessive Force Suit for $15,000
7. Texas Capital Defendants with Hired Attorneys Rarely Receive Death Sentences, by Matthew Clarke
8. $16 Million Award Upheld in Wrongful Conviction Resulting from Undisclosed Evidence and Relationship
9. UNICOR-Made Military Helmets Recalled, Production Suspended, by Derek Gilna
10. $300,000 Settlement for New York Guard’s Fondling of Prisoner
11. Kansas No Longer a Leader in Post-Release Prisoner Programs, by Derek Gilna
12. North Carolina Prison Censorship Class Action Suit Settled
13. Federal Rapid REPAT Program Not Working in Rhode Island, by Derek Gilna
14. Georgia Prisoners Strike for Wages, Better Medical Care and Food
15. Oregon Prisoner Holds Counselor Hostage, Gets New 68-Month Sentence
16. California: Confiscation of Prisoner’s Mail May Violate First Amendment
17. California: Harsh Sentencing Laws and Health Care Costs Strain Corrections Budget
18. Released Prisoners Need Not Exhaust Grievance Remedies Before Filing Suit
19. Budget Deficits Lead to Fewer Supermax Beds, by Mark Wilson
20. California: Validity of Parole Board’s Psych Evaluation Procedures for Lifers Questioned, by Michael Brodheim
21. Fourth Circuit Vacates Pornography Restriction on Federal Defendant
22. Connecticut Restricts Prisoners’ FOIA Requests, by David Reutter
23. U.S. Department of Justice Releases Report on Deaths in Jails, by Matthew Clarke
24. Former Ohio Prison Guard Dies Shackled to Hospital Bed, by Matthew Clarke
25. Seventh Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment for Guard in Illinois Jail Taser Case
26. Oregon Jail Guard Latest to be Indicted for Sexual Misconduct, by Mark Wilson
27. Civilly Committing Sex Offenders Strains Some States’ Budgets, by Matthew Clarke
28. California: Parole Agents Saw and Spoke to Kidnap Victim, Yet Failed to Identify or Rescue Her
29. Political Patronage Scandal Rocks Massachusetts Probation Department, by Derek Gilna
30. Federal Restitution Law Failing Crime Victims, by Michael Rigby
31. Massachusetts: Court Lifts Stay of Discovery in Challenge to Treatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners, by David Reutter
32. Mississippi Supreme Court Holds Substance, Not Label, of Prisoner Petitions Governs
33. Audit Report Finds Georgia Sex Offender Registry Needs Complete Overhaul, by David Reutter
34. Probation Officers Working in Los Angeles Juvenile Facilities Engage in Misconduct, Avoid Disciplinary Action, by Michael Brodheim
35. Capital Appeals Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Theft, by David Reutter
36. California Governor Orders Corrections Officials to Retain Parole Files Indefinitely
37. Delaware’s Parole Board Suffers from Infighting, by David Reutter
38. Oregon Federal Halfway House Director Removed Due to Embezzlement, by Mark Wilson
39. $389,548.55 Total Award in Texas Jail Strip Search Suit
40. Washington Supreme Court Holds No Liberty Interest in Sex Offender Release to Community Custody
41. Indiana DOC Hires Convicted Former Legislator for Re-Entry Job
42. Former Texas Youth Commission Official Gets Ten Years in Prison
43. North Carolina Supreme Court Upholds Felon’s Right to Possess Firearm
44. Seventh Circuit Holds No Public Interest Requirement in Prisoner’s First Amendment Retaliation Suit for Providing Affidavit to Help Dead Prisoner’s Family
45. California Supreme Court Clarifies Application of Presentence Good-Conduct Credit Statute
46. Speedy Sentencing Procedure Applies to Probation Revocations, California Supreme Court Holds
47. Massachusetts DOC Injunction Requiring Broadcast of Jum’ah Services via Closed-Circuit Television Upheld
48. Federal Prisoners Making Solar Cells
49. Cavity Searches of Civil Commitment Patients for Cellphone Upheld by Eighth Circuit
50. News in Brief:

More from these topics:

• 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.
• Lawsuits by Michigan Prisoner Yield $57,750 in Settlements, Plus Policy Changes, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Practices.
• Muslim New York Prisoner’s Free Exercise of Religion Claim Reinstated, Jan. 15, 2025. State Law Claims, Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services, Religious Freedom/Worship.
• Fifth Circuit Revives Texas Prisoner’s Suit Alleging Interference With His Muslim Religious Practice, Nov. 15, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Denial of Religious Services.
• Sixth Circuit Revives Ohio Prisoner’s Retaliation Claim That Guards Got Him Kicked Out of Religious Group, July 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, Retaliation for Filing Grievances, RLUIPA.
• Fourth Circuit Moves North Carolina Prisons Closer to Recognizing Nation of Gods and Earths, May 1, 2024. Religious Discrimination, RLUIPA, Religion Defined, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Free Exercise Clause.
• Muslim Florida Prisoner Awarded Permanent Injunction to Grow Untrimmed Beard, March 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Injunctions, RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), Right to Grow a Beard.
• Florida Prisoners Not Required to File Rulemaking Petition to Satisfy PLRA Exhaustion Requirement, Jan. 1, 2024. Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA), Administrative Exhaustion, RLUIPA, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Right to Grow a Beard.
• New Jersey Prisoner’s Suit Survives Seeking to Validate the Nation of Gods and Earth as a Religion, Dec. 1, 2023. RLUIPA, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• Fifth Circuit Revives Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.