More from this issue:

1. Contributions to California Politicians Rewarded with Lucrative Private Prison Contracts
2. Prison Pays: Geo Corp Profits from Half-Way House Murder and Mayhem in Texas, by Craig Malisow
3. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
4. Felon Disenfranchisement Statute Does Not Violate Voting Rights Act, by Brandon Sample
5. Sixth Circuit OK’s Federal Judge’s Membership in Racist and Sexist Country Club
6. Ninth Circuit Rules PLRA Requires Exhaustion Even if Prison Grievance Process Cannot Provide Monetary Relief
7. California: Continued Resistance Among Prisoners and Prison Officials Alike Slows Attempts to End Housing Segregation, by Michael Brodheim
8. Inadequate Medical Care in Texas Jails Kills Hundreds of Prisoners, by Matthew Clarke
9. Texas Tough: The Rise of America’s Prison Empire, by Robert Perkinson, Metropolitan Books/Holt, 484 pp (October 2010), $20.00 paperback, by Lance Tapley
10. Massachusetts Prisoner Suicides More Than Four Times National Average, by Mark Wilson
11. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Retires in Wake of DUI Arrest
12. Practice of Jailing Parents Who Owe Child Support Raises Questions, Concerns, by Matthew Clarke
13. Report Documents Scope of Prosecutorial Misconduct in California, by Michael Brodheim
14. California Jury Awards Native American Prisoner $150 on Due Process Property Claim
15. Jailing for Debt on the Rise, by Matthew Clarke
16. Two California Prisoners Die as a Result of Doctor’s Negligence, by Derek Gilna
17. No Interlocutory Appeal from Denial of Motion for Reconsideration; $6,000 Settlement in New York Jail Abuse Case
18. CA Inspector General Finds 15 of 17 Prisons Demonstrate Low Adherence to Established Medical Policies and Procedures, by Michael Brodheim
19. Wisconsin DOC Settles Transgender Prisoner’s Lawsuit
20. Juvenile Justice Expert Condemns Rhode Island’s Jailing of Students for Minor Offenses, by Derek Gilna
21. Staff Smuggle Drugs and Porn to Washington Civil Commitment Prisoners, by Mark Wilson
22. Mississippi Governor Grants Early Release to Scott Sisters, by Derek Gilna
23. CCA Prisoner Awarded $3,250 in Excessive Force Lawsuit
24. Trivialized Use of Presidential Pardon Power Continues Under Obama, by Brandon Sample
25. Homeless Probationer’s Violation for Failure to Comply with GPS Monitoring Reversed
26. Virginia ACLU Requests DOJ Investigation into Jail Deaths, by Mark Wilson
27. Mexican Prison Officials Arm and Release Prisoners for Hit Squad Duties, by Matthew Clarke
28. Texas Prison Guard One of "America’s Dumbest Criminals”
29. Select Legal Topics, by Andrew J. Schatkin, 
University Press of America, 625 pp (Sept. 2009), $69.95, by Matthew Clarke
30. Study Highlights the Burden of Fees, Debt Collection on Criminal Defendants, by Derek Gilna
31. Elaborate California Parole Violator Sting Nabs 150
32. Colorado Officials Lead Efforts to Modernize Afghan Prisons, by Derek Gilna
33. Sweeping Settlement Covers Medical and Mental Health Care at Wisconsin Women’s Prison
34. $75,000 Settlement in Pennsylvania Jail Beating
35. Connecticut Sues Prison Builders for $18 Million, by Gary Hunter
36. Conviction Affirmed for Former Prisoner Who Posed as Lawyer
37. State Auditor Finds Vermont Sex Offender Registry Unreliable, by Matthew Clarke
38. Inefficiencies in Prison Pharmacy Operations Cost California Taxpayers at Least $13 Million Annually, by Michael Brodheim
39. Fifth Circuit: Sex Offender Conditions May be Imposed for Prior Sex Offense, by Matthew Clarke
40. South Carolina Appellate Court Holds Prisoners Entitled to Overtime
41. $50,001 Verdict for Pennsylvania Prisoner in Failure to Protect Suit
42. Eighth Circuit Reverses Transport Rape Summary Judgment
43. Pennsylvania Jail Pays $3 Million to Settle Class-Action Strip Search Suit
44. Sixth Circuit Rules on Whether Prisoner Must Name Defendants in Grievance
45. News In Brief:

More from these topics:

• 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 Suit by Nation of Gods and Earth Prisoner Demanding Religious Recognition by Texas Prison Officials, May 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.
• Fifth Circuit: Texas Prison Property Rules Withstand Scrutiny Under Religious Free-Exercise Clause, March 1, 2023. Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Second Circuit: No Qualified Immunity for Wardens Accused of Violating Religious Freedom of Muslim Prisoners in Connecticut, Jan. 1, 2023. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Immunity - Absolute and Qualified, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
• “One of the Most Egregious Violations of Church-State Separation” Prisons Welcome Fundamentalist Christian Education Programs Despite Conflicts with the Constitution, July 15, 2022. Religious Freedom, Religious Practices.
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Lower Court’s Dismissal of California Prisoner’s Religious Freedom Lawsuit, Feb. 1, 2021. Religious Freedom, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).
• Prisoner Wins Preliminary Injunction Against PADOC Policy Banning Islamic Fezzes, Feb. 4, 2020. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Property.
• Georgia Prison System Ordered to Amend Policy to Allow Three-Inch Beards, Dec. 10, 2019. Religious Discrimination, Religious Freedom, Religious Grooming.
• Eighth Circuit Reverses District Court’s Order Requiring Halal Meals, Dec. 10, 2019. Religious Freedom, Religious Diet.
• Prison’s Refusal to Allow Wiccan Services Must be Reviewed for Compelling Governmental Interest, Nov. 5, 2019. Religious Freedom, Denial of Religious Services.