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Archive: 2001

December

Telemarketing and Computer Programs Crash at Utah Prison by Roger Hummel (p 1)
Use of Force, Religious Diet Claims Set for Trial (p 3)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 4)
Sixth Circuit Rules PLRA Attorneys' Fees Cap Provisions Not Unconstitutional (p 5)
Administrative Remedies Need Not Identify Wrongdoers (p 6)
New Missouri Mega-Prison Mothballed by Ronald Young (p 6)
Connecticut and Florida Change Felon Disenfranchisement Laws (p 7)
Staff Shortage in Nation's Prisons by Gary Hunter (p 8)
Excessive Force Claims Not Subject to Exhaustion; Supreme Court Grants Review (p 9)
Prison Guard Sentenced in Escape Plot by Willie Wisely (p 10)
Two Studies Criticize Texas Department of Criminal Justice by Gary Hunter (p 10)
Texas Jury Awards $70,000 in Prison Stabbing by Ronald Young (p 11)
Jury Awards Imprisoned KKK Member $55,000 in Texas Jail Beating (p 11)
Rape Rarely Prosecuted in Texas Prisons by Gary Hunter (p 12)
Prisoners Stage Sit Down at CCA Run New Mexico Prison by Gary Hunter (p 13)
Arizona CCA Prison Found 'In Turmoil' by Ronald Young (p 14)
$1.5 Million Awarded in CDC Medical Neglect Suit (p 15)
$100,000 Awarded in Arizona Medical Indifference Case by Lonnie Burton (p 15)
Washington Enacts Sweeping New Sentencing Laws, Creates Parole Board for Sex Offenders by Lonnie Burton (p 16)
Medical Monitoring Suit Settled for $675,000 (p 18)
Oregon Radiation Suit Settled for $1.5 Million (p 19)
Washington Supreme Court Rules Imprisoned Children Entitled to Education by Patricia Arthur (p 20)
Habeas Hints: AEDPA Update 2001 by Kent Russell (p 21)
New York DOCS Settles Welfare Suit; Bans Welfare for Work Release Prisoners (p 23)
U.S. Supreme Court Holds Violation of IAD's Anti-Shuttling Provisions Requires Dismissal (p 24)
Failure to Sign Notice of Appeal Not Jurisdictional (p 25)
ADA Claims Against State Cannot Proceed in Federal Court by John E Dannenberg (p 25)
Supreme Court Eliminates "Catalyst Theory" Fee Awards (p 26)
Florida DOC Clears Itself of Racism Charges (p 27)
Race-Based Religious Policy Unconstitutional (p 27)
Family of BOP Prisoner Awarded $1.1 Million in Wrongful Death Suit by Ronald Young (p 28)
PLRA Bars Mental and Emotional Damages for Asbestos Exposure (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)
Arizona Supreme Court Upholds Application of Gate Money Amendments (p 32)
Denial of Treatment for Two Hours Defeats Qualified Immunity (p 32)

November

Washington's Island of Deviant Doctors by Roger Smith (p 1)
Washington DOC Pays $24,697 in PLN Records Suit (p 3)
Leg Amputation Caused by Improper Treatment Defeats Summary Judgment (p 7)
Ex-Prisoner Awarded $2.7 Million on Remand in Medical Neglect Suit (p 7)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
Virginia Settles Juvenile Death Suit for $1.2 Million (p 10)
DC Prison Guards Smuggled Cash, Pagers (p 11)
Children Strip-Searched While Touring DC Jail (p 11)
South Dakota Prison Conditions Class Action Settled (p 12)
Hawaii Prison Doctors Denied Qualified Immunity (p 12)
Blind Ohio Prisoner Spends Months in Strip Cell by Ronald Young (p 13)
Environmental Challenge Bars Construction of California Prison by Rose Braz (p 14)
Mississippi Taxpayers Fund Welfare Payments to Private Prisons by Ronald Young (p 16)
Prisoners Riot in Dartmouth Jail by Gary Hunter (p 17)
Summary Judgment Denied in Oklahoma Jail Beating (p 18)
$522,458 Rebate Ordered in California Prisoner Phone Overcharges by John E Dannenberg (p 19)
Notes from the Unrepenitentiary: A Matter of the Past by Marilyn Buck (p 20)
Colombian Rebels Attack Prisons, 140 Prisoners Flee (p 21)
Summary Judgment Granted for Forced Religious Substance Abuse Program (p 22)
California Racial Segregation Case Reversed; Phone Claim Dismissed (p 22)
Jailhouse Lawyering Protected; Frivolous Claims Are Not by John E Dannenberg (p 23)
Cell Search, Property Seizure Suit Set for Trial (p 23)
New Trial Ordered in Excessive Use of Force Suit (p 24)
California Dials Wrong Number by Willie Wisely (p 24)
Sandin Retroactive, But Not for Qualified Immunity; BOP Ad Seg Rule Creates Liberty Interest (p 25)
Plug Pulled in California Prison by Willie Wisely (p 26)
Book Review: Power, Politics, & Crime by Rick Card (p 27)
Junking the Jurors by Mumia Abu-Jamal (p 28)
Alaska Supreme Court Reverses Former Prisoner's $2.4 Million Jury Award (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)

October

America's Jails: The Dungeons of the New Millenium by Sam Rutherford (p 1)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 7)
The Connally Seven - A Texas Prison Escape and its Aftermath by Roger Hummel (p 8)
Not Part of my Sentence: The Rape of Washington Prisoners by Silja JA Talvi (p 10)
The Cost of Running Washington's Rape Camps by Paul Wright (p 13)
Male Prisoner Settles Guard Rape Suit for $6,000 (p 14)
Qualified Immunity Denied in Washington Rape of Transsexual Prisoner (p 15)
BOP Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Brutality Charges by Robert Durkee (p 16)
Jury Awards $5,000 to Beaten Texas Prisoner (p 16)
Malicious Use of Force Violates Eighth Amendment by John E Dannenberg (p 17)
Damages in Denial of Exercise Suit Reversed (p 18)
Use of Restraint Chair Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment (p 19)
Chinese Company Convicted of Using Forced Prison Labor (p 20)
The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics & Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom (p 21)
PLN Wins Nevada Censorship Suit (p 22)
California State Prisoner's Handbook by John E Dannenberg (p 23)
Sanction Excessive When It Excludes Medical Expert's Testimony (p 25)
Administrative Exhaustion Not Jurisdictional by John E Dannenberg (p 26)
Federal Appellate Rule 4(a)(6) Trumps Civil Rule 60(b) (p 26)
Denial of Interest Does Not Violate Takings Clause (p 27)
Diabetic Prisoner's Deliberate Indifference Claim to Proceed to Trial (p 27)
Ohio ACLU Challenges Supermax (p 28)
The Prison Activist Resource Center: It's About Sharing Resources and Working Collectively by Marti Hiken (p 29)
Sixth Circuit Upholds PLRA Attorneys' Fees Cap (p 30)
News in Brief (p 31)

September

Cowboys and Prisoners by Willie Wisely (p 1)
'No More Prisons' Graffiti Gets Public's Attention by Ronald Young (p 3)
Alabama Ends Chain Gang Experiment (p 4)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 5)
Racist Knot of Florida Guards by Willie Wisely (p 6)
Virginia Rent-a-Cell Program Expected to Net $100 Million (p 7)
Suits Claiming Racial Discrimination Plague Florida Prisons by Gary Hunter (p 8)
Private Prison Woes in Ohio by Gary Hunter (p 9)
Oklahoma Governor Takes Entrepreneur's Bribe (p 10)
BOP Guards Smuggle Sperm (p 10)
'Invisible' Prisoner Gets $36,200 for Wrongful Imprisonment (p 10)
Washington Supreme Court Upholds 35% Seizure Law by Roger Smith (p 11)
FPI Has Sovereign Immunity in Fraud Action (p 11)
Former BOP Prisoner Settles Medical Suit for $355,000 by Lonnie Burton (p 12)
New York Prisoners Prosecuted by Gary Hunter (p 12)
No Workers' Compensation for Ohio Slave Laborers by Gary Hunter (p 12)
CCA Gets Tangled in Financial Quagmire by Ronald Young (p 13)
Feds Tally the Death Penalty (p 14)
Environmental Concerns Halt Construction of Pennsylvania Prison by Ronald Young (p 15)
Denial of Religious Diet Violates First Amendment (p 18)
Legal Research: How to Find and Understand the Law by Sam Rutherford (p 18)
Virginia Excessive Force Claim Set for Trial (p 19)
Summary Judgment Denied on BOP Excessive Force Claims (p 19)
Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned into the Eyes and Ears of the State by Hans Sherrer (p 20)
Failure to Protect Confidential Informant Not Deliberate Indifference (p 21)
Rhode Island Prison Strip Searches Struck Down (p 21)
$350,000 Verdict in Dirty Dancing Suit; Punitive Damages Vacated by John E Dannenberg (p 22)
Six Month Denial of Exercise Presents Section 1983 Claim (p 23)
No Interlocutory Appeal for Good Faith Defense (p 24)
PLRA Does Not Apply to Habeas Corpus Actions (p 24)
Possibility of Life in Control Unit Doesn't Mitigate Death (p 25)
PAMII Act Requires Release of Mental Health Records (p 26)
Maryland Court Ruling on Tobacco Smoke Prompts Settlement (p 27)
Ninth Circuit Reverses Time-Barred Habeas Petition (p 27)
Ohio Death Row Prisoners Sue Over Last Words (p 28)
Dismissal of Prisoner's Suit for Missing Evidentiary Deadline Reversed (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)

August

New York Guards Watch as Prisoner Kills Cellmate (p 1)
From the Editor (p 5)
Executive Director Note (p 5)
$1.1 Million Awarded in Texas Restraint Chair Settlement by Ronald Young (p 6)
Michigan DOC Sex Abuse Suit Nets Nearly $4 Million by Roger Smith (p 7)
Michigan Prison Visitor Forced to Wet Pants Wins $40,000 in Damages and Fees (p 8)
Brutality Behind the Orange Curtain by Willie Wisely (p 8)
Private Prison Corporation Can Be Sued in Bivens Action: Supreme Court Grants Review by John E Dannenberg (p 9)
INS Force-Feeds Long-Term Detainee by Mark Dow (p 10)
BOP Changes Organ Transplant Policy by Robert Durkee (p 12)
Pelican Bay Policy Banning Internet-Generated Mail Upheld (p 12)
305 Days in New York SHU Is Atypical (p 13)
Trial Required in Pennsylvania Failure to Protect Suit (p 13)
Notes From the Unrepenitentiary: Whose Security? by Marilyn Buck (p 14)
New York Nazi Guard Charged with Sodomy (p 15)
Unjust Rape Conviction Nets New York Man $530,000 (p 15)
Habeas Hints: Apprendi by Kent Russell (p 16)
Turkish Prisoners Struggle Against Transfers by Julia Lutsky (p 18)
Two Escape from Oklahoma Control Unit (p 19)
U.S. Supreme Court Requires Futile Administrative Exhaustion (p 20)
Washington Civil Commitment Injunction Upheld (p 21)
Arizona Supreme Court Rules on 1993 Earned Release Statute (p 22)
$80,000 Settlement in CDC Transsexual Suit (p 22)
Court Awards $146,000 in Arizona Medical Indifference Case by Lonnie Burton (p 23)
Pre-Sentence Detention Earns Good Time Credits in Montana Prison (p 24)
Kansas Disciplinary Restitution Orders Authorized (p 24)
Dismissal of Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Charge Upheld (p 25)
PLRA Attorney Fee Cap Analyzed (p 25)
Retaliation Complaint Not Frivolous if Not Irrational or Wholly Incredible (p 26)
Kansas 2-Year Visiting Restriction Unauthorized (p 26)
Arizona Judgment Seizure Statute Upheld; Fees Protected (p 26)
New York District Court Reversed for Failure to State Legal Reasoning (p 27)
Retaliation Claim Not Foreclosed by Sandin (p 27)
Washington ISRB May Rescind Parole after Final Discharge (p 28)
No Due Process for Washington Sex Offender Registration (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)
DC Prisoner Wins $175,000 in Conditions Case by David C Fathi (p 32)
Washington Sex Offenders Settle Suit for $150,000 (p 32)

July

The Strangest of Bedfellows by Noel Brinkerhoff (p 1)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 4)
Class Action Medical Neglect Suit Filed Against CDC (p 5)
Wyoming Prison Officials Settle Poisoning and Medical Suits for over $200,000 (p 6)
Pelican Bay Guard's Conviction Upheld by Willie Wisely (p 7)
Virginia DOC Cuts Ties with CMS by Robert Durkee (p 8)
Nineteen Killed in Brazilian Prison Rebellion (p 8)
PLRA's Attorney Fee Cap Held Unconstitutional by John E Dannenberg (p 9)
CCA Medical Cost-Saving Contract Unconstitutional (p 10)
New Jersey Prisoners' Disciplinary Convictions Reversed on Due Process Violations (p 10)
Kentucky Judge Orders Hepatitis C Treatment (p 11)
$235,000 Awarded to CCA Prisoner in Medical Suit (p 12)
PLRA Limits Guard's Liability for Prisoner's Attorney Fees by John E Dannenberg (p 12)
BOP Imposter Scheme Discovered (p 13)
Book Review: Capital Crimes by Allen N Huxley (p 14)
Washington Prisoners' Out-of-State Transfer Upheld (p 14)
Defendants' Attorney Fee Award Must Be Supported by Record (p 15)
PLRA Physical Injury Rule Applies to ADA Claims (p 15)
New Jersey Detainees Entitled to Medical Care (p 16)
Lack of "Volitional Control" Required for Civil Commitment of Kansas Sex Offenders; S.Ct. Grants Review (p 16)
Massachusetts Disenfranchises its Prisoners (p 16)
Arkansas Guards Indicted for Shocking Prisoners (p 17)
Texas Prisoner Takes Hostages (p 17)
New York Prisoner Wins $7,200 in Negligence Suit (p 18)
Detainee Entitled to Dental Care (p 18)
Court to Determine if Louisiana Must Treat Male and Female Prisoners Equally (p 18)
$9.5 Million Awarded in Prisoner Van Fire Death (p 19)
New York City Settles Black Panther Frame Up Suit for $890,000 by Roger Smith (p 20)
Trial Required in Arizona Uprising Suit (p 20)
$1.4 Million Awarded to Raped Alaska Women Prisoners (p 21)
Kansas Conditional Release Is Mandatory (p 21)
Florida Religious Name Change Upheld (p 22)
Non-Physical Damage Claims Barred Until Released (p 23)
Retaliatory Infraction Creates Heck Exception (p 24)
New York AG Turns on Client (p 24)
Retaliation Claim Merits Factual Resolution (p 25)
Private Jail Settlement Not a Consent Decree under PLRA by John E Dannenberg (p 26)
Georgia Parole Law May Violate Ex Post Facto (p 26)
Constant Illumination States Eighth Amendment Claim (p 26)
Oklahoma Good Time Rule Violates Ex Post Facto (p 27)
BOP Medical Personnel Absolutely Immune from Suit (p 28)
Book Review: The Perpetual Prisoner Machine: How America Profits From Crime by Rick Card (p 28)
Preliminary Injunction Granted in TB Hold Case (p 29)
Trial Required in Oregon Law Clerk Retaliation Suit (p 29)
Summary Judgment for Private Physician Reversed (p 30)
$250,000 Award to Beaten Texas Prisoner Upheld (p 30)
News in Brief (p 32)

June

Women Behind Bars by Silja JA Talvi (p 1)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 4)
Strikes Sweep Bolivian Prisons as Promise of Freedom Fades by Julia Lutsky (p 5)
Custodial Rape of Female Prisoners Widespread in U.S. by Roger Smith (p 6)
Wrongfully Convicted Ohio Man Receives $250,000 Award (p 7)
Federal Court Partially Terminates New York Jail Consent Decree Relief (p 8)
ADA Settlement at Washington Special Commitment Center by Hank Balson (p 10)
Texas Prisoners Have Thirty Days to Sue Following Resolution of Grievance (p 10)
Prisoners of the Census by Tracy Huling (p 13)
Pro Se Tips and Tactics by John Midgley (p 14)
Leave to Amend Complaint Wrongly Denied (p 14)
Failure to Notify Prisoner of Hearing Violates Procedural Rights (p 15)
Bid to Regain Family Visits Fails in California by Willie Wisely (p 16)
Supreme Court Restricts ADA by Roger Smith (p 17)
Louisiana Prison Activist Freed (p 18)
Arbitrary Denial of Michigan Appeal Bond Enjoined (p 19)
Costs Allowed Only by Court Order (p 19)
Second Circuit Holds Staged Perp Walks Unconstitutional, Grants Qualified Immunity (p 20)
$9.6 Million Awarded for Child Death in Illinois Jail (p 21)
No Forfeiture Notice Violates Due Process (p 22)
Montana Court Awards PLRA-Capped Attorney Fees Under Catalyst Theory (p 23)
Prisoner Defendants Entitled to Notice of Summary Judgment Requirements (p 23)
Unlawful Imprisonment Nets Ohio Man $25,000 (p 24)
Texas Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Mandatory Supervision (p 24)
Guards Use Shotguns to Control Riot (p 24)
Texas Prisoners Have Right to Appear at Civil Court Hearings (p 25)
Prison Doctor Wins $654,471 in Retaliation Suit by John E Dannenberg (p 26)
Washington Media Royalties Sentencing Condition Reversed (p 26)
Texas Prisoners May Challenge Discretionary Mandatory Release Procedures (p 27)
Minnesota Prison Cited For Asbestos Infractions (p 27)
$3 Million Award Not Excessive in Prisoner Beating Death (p 28)
Suspicionless Maine Jail Strip Searches Set for Trial; Settles for $455,000 (p 28)
Indiana Jail Settles Strip Search Case for $300,000 (p 29)
PLRA-Based Garnishment Used to Collect Court Costs for Defendant (p 29)
News in Brief (p 30)
Harsh Hitching Post Treatment States Claim (p 31)
Ten Percent Prison Commissary Surcharge in New Jersey Upheld (p 31)
Statutory Authority Not Required to Levy Housing Costs (p 32)
Continuing California's Prison Interview Ban by Willie Wisely (p 32)

May

April

Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed by Dan Pens (p 1)
Attica Compensation Served Up 29-Years-Cold (p 3)
Ohio Parole Hearing Officer Acquitted in Bribe Case (p 4)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 5)
Texas and Florida Prisoners Used in Medical Experiments by Julia Lutsky (p 6)
Oklahoma Guard Killed (p 8)
Mystery Surrounds Texas Prison Rape/Suicide (p 8)
Ohio 'Entrepreneur' Lands in Hot Water (p 11)
Washington DOC Settles Public Disclosure Suits by Roger Smith (p 11)
South Carolina Rapes Exposed by Bill Dunne (p 12)
South Carolina Prison Chief Fired as Scandal Widens by Dan Pens (p 13)
Justice Department Report Slams Nassau County Jail (p 15)
Wisconsin Prisoners to Farm Worms (p 15)
PRP Proper to Challenge Some WA Disciplinary Orders (p 16)
Wackenhut to Build Prison in South Africa (p 17)
PLN Strikes Down Oregon Bulk Mail Ban by Paul Wright (p 18)
Coalition for Prisoners' Rights? by Paul Wright (p 20)
Frozen Toes State a Claim for Deliberate Indifference (p 21)
No Qualified Immunity for Illinois Visitor Strip Searches (p 21)
The Funhouse Mirror, By Robert Ellis Gordon and Inmates of the Washington Corrections System by Allen N Huxley (p 22)
New Jersey Guard Unions Charged with Telemarketing Fraud (p 22)
California Legislative Committee Hearing Meets Behind Prison Walls To Hear Testimony From Female Prisoners by Silja JA Talvi (p 23)
$40,000 Awarded in Tennessee Jail Failure to Protect Suit (p 25)
Crime and Punishment Relation Examined by Julia Lutsky (p 26)
TRO Allows Father to Attend Birth; Court Awards Full Attorney Fees (p 27)
$57,000 Awarded in Illinois Prison Beating by Lonnie Burton (p 27)
Welfare Retaliation Suit Reinstated (p 28)
Second Circuit Discusses Qualified Immunity in Disciplinary Case (p 29)
News in Brief: (p 30)

March

Deadly Nostalgia: The Politics of Boot Camps by Christian Parenti (p 1)
Riot at CCA Prison Hospitalizes 15 Guards by Gary Hunter (p 5)
FTCA, Bivens Claims in Beating Suit Proceed in Bifurcated Trial (p 5)
The Spirit of Freedom and Resistance, Long Kesh Prison Closed by Julia Lutsky (p 6)
BOP Organ Transplant Ban Questioned (p 7)
Cook County Deputies Charged in Beating Death (p 7)
U.S. Isolates Political Prisoners by Ronald Young (p 8)
Feds Continue Abuse of El-Hage (p 8)
WA DOC Sells Prisoner Information (p 10)
The Continuing Saga of Corruption in the New York State Parole System (p 11)
Jail Term for DUI Turns into Death Sentence (p 12)
Texas Deputy Pays Price for Testifying (p 12)
Texas Death Machine Faces Renewed Criticism (p 13)
Wildfires Highlight Cheapness of Prisoner Lives (p 14)
Ad Seg States Claim, But Loses on Merits (p 15)
Lorton Conditions Unconstitutional (p 16)
Colorado Prisoner Challenges 'Sex Offender' Label (p 17)
BOP Possession Offense Requires Specific Intent (p 18)
Permanent Injunction Granted for Kosher Diets (p 19)
SHU Should Be Compared to Conditions Experienced by All Prisoners (p 20)
Consent No Defense For Guard Accused of Raping Prisoner (p 20)
Court May Reduce Post-Judgement Attorney's Fees Rate and Billable Hours (p 21)
NJ Prisoners Entitled to Cross Examine Witnesses (p 21)
"The Judge Gave Me Ten Years--He Didn't Sentence Me to Death" by Anne-Marie Cusac (p 22)
Oregon Compelled Parole Statute Not Retroactive (p 26)
Improperly Installed Bunks State 8th Amendment Claim (p 26)
Second Circuit Holds That Gang Member Designation Regulation is Not Ex Post Facto (p 27)
PLRA Doesn't Apply to Civil Commitments (p 27)
News in Brief (p 28)
$1.18 Million in Santa Clara Co. Sexual Assault/Harassment Suit (p 30)
New York Prayer Rule Struck Down (p 31)
Federal Religious Freedom Law Passed (p 32)

February

Bag'm, Tag'm and Bury'm; Wisconsin Prisoners Dying for Health Care by Dan Pens (p 1)
WA Law Libraries Threatened; DOC Proposes Budget Cuts (p 8)
Food Strike Puts Washington DOC on Spin Control by Dan Pens (p 9)
Fraud Charged by Washington DOC Whistleblower by Dan Pens (p 10)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
$4,500 Verdict in NY Hernia Suit (p 11)
$330,000 Verdict in MI Beating (p 11)
WA DOC Whistleblowers Speak Out: Is Anyone Listening? by Paul Wright (p 12)
CA Medical Lab Faked Prison Tests by Marvin Mentor (p 14)
AZ Prisoners Can't Access Internet, But the Net Accesses Them (p 15)
$160,000 Verdict in NY Diabetic Cyst Suit (p 16)
$5,500 Awarded in NY Unlawful Imprisonment Suit (p 16)
$115,000 Settlement Where Guards Fed NY Prisoner Ground Glass (p 16)
Ohio Abandons Private Food Service Experiment (p 17)
The Prison Payoff: The Role of Politics and Private Prisons in the Incarceration Boom (p 17)
MO Prisoner Awarded $130,000 in Retaliation and Haircut Claims (p 17)
Tide Turns Against Prison Privatization (p 18)
IL Prison Phone Ruling Published (p 19)
SC Jail Escape Kills One (p 19)
OH S.Ct. Strikes Down Bad Time Law (p 19)
News in Brief (p 20)
Work Stoppage at Idaho CCA Prison (p 21)
Yeskey Dismissed on Remand (p 22)
Mentally Ill Prisoners in the New Jersey Prison System by Julia Lutsky (p 22)
No Qualified Immunity for Alabama Blanket Strip-Search Policy (p 22)
Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons (p 24)
Louisiana Abandons Private Juvenile Prisons by John E Dannenberg (p 25)
$7,500 Paid to Settle Delay of Legal Property Suit (p 25)
$8,000 Awarded in NY Chair Collapse (p 26)
A.I. Reports on US Compliance with UN Convention Against Torture by Julia Lutsky (p 26)
$1.75 Million Verdict in Juvenile Death Suit (p 27)
$7,500 Award in NY Window Injury (p 27)
Ninth Circuit Requires Evidentiary Review Before Terminating Old Consent Decree Under PLRA (p 27)
BOP Prisoners' Convictions for Destroying Military Factory Upheld (p 28)
$30,000 Awarded to NY Prisoner Slashed in Attack (p 28)
Conditions Claims Viable in WA PRP (p 29)
$49,999 Settlement in CA Sex Extortion Suit (p 29)
Failure to Exhaust Requires Hearing Before Dismissal (p 30)
Leave to Amend Complaint Improperly Denied (p 30)
Summary Judgment Reversed on Diabetes Claim (p 31)
$158,500 Awarded in NY Slip and Fall (p 31)
Book Review: Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing by Mumia Abu-Jamal (p 32)

January

Hepatitis C, A 'Silent Epidemic' Strikes U.S. Prisons by Silja JA Talvi (p 1)
Louisiana Prison System Exceeds Administrative Statutory Authority (p 4)
U.S. S.Ct. Upholds PLRA Automatic Termination Law (p 5)
Florida X-Wing Guard Acquitted in Valdes Beating (p 6)
Wisconsin Supermax Bans Local Paper (p 7)
Qualified Immunity Denied in CO Rape Case; Suit Settled for $70,000 (p 8)
From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
Alabama Ad Seg Publication Ban Struck Down (p 9)
Eleventh Amendment Immunity for Illinois Sheriff Denied (p 9)
Morrissey Protections Required for WA Community Custody Revocation (p 10)
AZ Medical Copayment Not Retroactive by James Quigley (p 10)
Iowa Segregation Suit Settled by James Quigley (p 11)
Right to Associate Still Viable (p 12)
Construction Contractor Not Liable Under §1983 for Disabling Fire Safety Equipment (p 13)
Guard Reinstated After Nazi Flag Flap by Ronald Young (p 14)
Habeas Hints: State Remedies by Kent A. Russell (p 15)
DC Prisoners Sue VA Over Restraints (p 17)
Administrative Exhaustion Required in Third Circuit; U.S. S. Ct. Grants Review (p 18)
Build Jails, Not Schools: Ohio Prison Building Corruption by Bill Dunne (p 18)
Sodexho Bows to Pressure, Announces Sale of CCA Stock (p 20)
University Cancels Sodhexo-Marriott Contract (p 20)
PLRA Attorney's Fees Cap Applies to Nonprisoner Intervenors (p 22)
States of Confinement: Policing, Detention, and Prisons by Mumia Abu-Jamal (p 22)
Pubic Hair Search of Released Jail Detainee Unconstitutional (p 23)
MO Consent Decree Modification Affirmed (p 24)
IFP Litigant Entitled to Amend Complaint (p 24)
News in Brief (p 25)
NY DOCS Guard Nets $300,000 for ADA Retaliation (p 26)
Certificate of Review Mandatory in Colorado Negligence Suits by Bob Williams (p 27)
DC District Court Denies Guards' Summary Judgment Retaliation Case (p 28)
High Standard of Proof for Retaliation Claims (p 29)
No Immunity for Ignoring Prisoner Work Restrictions by Ronald Young (p 30)
NY Prisoners Have Liberty Interest in Work Release by Ronald Young (p 31)
Cursory Medical Treatment Cruel and Unusual (p 31)
Seventh Circuit Rejects ETS Claim (p 32)