More from this issue:

1. Solitary Confinement Subject of Unprecedented Congressional Hearing, by Alex Friedmann
2. Solitary Confinement: Bad for Chimps, Okay for Humans?, by Lance Tapley
3. California Female Prisoners Eligible for Early Release, but Disqualified Due to Lack of Local Rehabilitative Services
4. From the Editor, by Paul Wright
5. Ninth Circuit Judge Who Co-Authored “Torture Memos” Discloses Receipt of $3.4 Million in Legal and Consulting Help
6. The Price to Call Home: State-Sanctioned Monopolization in the Prison Phone Industry, by Drew Kukorowski
7. Ninth Circuit Holds CAFRA Attorney Fees Should be Paid to Claimant, not Attorney
8. Fifth Circuit Holds Louisiana Prisons Can’t Ban Nation of Islam Newspaper
9. New York Court Upholds Law Requiring Census Count to Use Prisoners’ Pre-Incarceration Address
10. Texas Abolishes Last Meals for Death Row Prisoners, Reduces Weekend Meals, by Matthew Clarke
11. Manhattan Prosecutor Who Moonlights as Dominatrix Suspended, Resigns, by Matthew Clarke
12. Report Cites Rising Violence, Other Problems at Illinois Maximum-Security Prison, by David Reutter
13. Private Prison Monopolies, by Christopher Petrella
14. 46 California Prisoners Injured in Disturbance at CCA-run Oklahoma Facility
15. Washington State Post-Judgment Interest Award Required when Judgment Increased by Appellate Court in Records Case
16. Violence in Tennessee Prisons up 20 Percent Under New Commissioner, by Alex Friedmann
17. Mug Shot Websites Based on Extortion Business Model, by David Reutter
18. Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell, 2nd Ed., by Mark E. Cammack and Norman M. Garland (Thomson West, 2006). 505 pages, $38.00, by John Dannenberg
19. Florida: Two Men Sentenced in Prison Canteen Kickback Scheme
20. California Federal Judge Denies Habeas Petitions after Sitting on Them for Years
21. California’s Experiment with Community Correctional Facilities Coming to an End?
22. UTMB Challenges Texas State Audit, while Legislature Imposes $100 Prisoner Health Care Co-Pay, by Matthew Clarke
23. Oregon Adopts 5% Prison Trust Fund Account “Service Fee”
24. North Dakota Farmers Help Flush Out Escaped Florida Sex Offender
25. New Hampshire Court Invalidates City’s Sex Offender Residency Ordinance
26. Texas Compensates Exonerees Unequally, by Matthew Clarke
27. Fourth Circuit Upholds North Carolina Sheriff’s Bribery Conviction
28. Former Delaware Prisoner Settles Sexual Assault Suit for $287,500 and Policy Changes, by Derek Gilna
29. Criminal Law in a Nutshell, 5th Ed., by Arnold H. Loewy (West Law School, 2009). 387 pages, $38.00, by John Dannenberg
30. Eight Puerto Rican Prisoners Drown in Flooded Van
31. Oregon Passes Legislation to Move Juveniles Out of Adult Jails
32. Oregon Guard Shoots, Wounds Prisoner; Unreported Earlier Prisoner Murder Exposed
33. News in Brief

More from these topics:

• Third Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to Prisoner on Confrontation Clause and Ineffective Assistance Claims Based on Trial Court Reading Entire Criminal Information Into the Record of Co-Conspirator Who Pleaded Guilty, Feb. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Exculpatory No Doctrine, Confrontation Clause/Rights, Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Grants Habeas Relief in ‘Shaken Baby Syndrome’ Case, Feb. 1, 2025. junk science, Habeas Corpus, Forensic Sciences, Child Abuse/Abusers, Evidence - Admissibility.
• Colorado Bureau of Investigation Admits Over 1,000 Cases Affected by DNA Test Misconduct, Feb. 1, 2025. Judicial Misconduct, DNA Testing/Samples, junk science, Forensic Sciences.
• California Prisoner Awarded Over $1.26 Million in Suit Challenging Withheld Legal Mail Which Resulted in Habeas Loss, Jan. 15, 2025. Settlements, Habeas Corpus, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Relief Where Both Trial and Appellate Counsel Provided Ineffective Assistance by Failing to Challenge Indictment for Residential Burglary That Failed to Allege Defendant Illegally Entered a ‘Dwelling’, Jan. 15, 2025. Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
• Ninth Circuit Holds District Courts Have No Authority Under Rule 4 of Rules Governing § 2254 Cases to Dismiss Habeas Petition on the Merits, Dec. 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Dismissal, Authority and Jurisdiction.
• Ninth Circuit Grants Habeas Relief to California Prisoner on Napue Claim Because Prosecution Failed to Correct Informant’s False Testimony That He Did Not Receive Any Benefit In Exchange for His Testimony, Dec. 1, 2024. Informants, Habeas Corpus, Informants and Paid Witnesses, False Testimony.
• Public Defender Files Habeas Petitions for Detainees at “Horrific” Baltimore Lockup, Nov. 15, 2024. Failure to Treat, Conditions of Confinement, Hygiene Supplies, Disclosure of Records, Habeas Corpus.
• Ninth Circuit Denies Habeas Relief to Prisoner Who Invoked Fifth Amendment Right to Counsel During Custodial Interrogation but Made Incriminating Statements to Undercover Informant Posing as Fellow Prisoner Because Right to Counsel Not Violated, Nov. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Custodial Interrogations/Statements, Counsel - Right to.
• Georgia Supreme Court Grants Habeas Where Defense Counsel Failed to Understand State Self-Defense Statute Provides Complete Defense to Felony Murder Based on Felon-in-Possession Charge, Oct. 1, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Felon in Possession Statute, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Murder/Felony Murder.