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Archive: 2006

December

• Failure to Treat Rectal Cyst For 30 Months States Claim
• Florida's Department of Corruption by David Reutter (p 1)
• Florida Prison Canteen Operators Offices Raided by David Reutter (p 4)
• Violent Oregon Prisoner Murders Cellmate; County Points Fingers; Family Sues (p 8)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• Aramark: Prison Food Service with a Bad Aftertaste by John Dannenberg (p 10)
• Private Prison Execs Win Big While Guards and Prisoners Lose Out by Michael Rigby (p 16)
• Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell (p 18)
• How to Exit Californias Sexual Predator Prison: Refuse Treatment by John Dannenberg (p 20)
• City Of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Claim For $12,250,000 by Michael Rigby (p 22)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned Wisconsin Man Awarded $400,000, Now Accused of Murder by Michael Rigby (p 22)
• Many U.S. Prisoners Give Birth In Chains by Michael Rigby (p 23)
• Virginia Jail Disgraceful by Gary Hunter (p 24)
• Deplorable Delaware Prisoner Health Care; Another Prisoner Death Results (p 24)
• Robotic Medicine Dispensers Pillage Jails Cost Savings by John Dannenberg (p 25)
• Florida Boot Camps a Bust, Replaced by Less Fatal Programs by Gary Hunter (p 26)
• Ten Months Later: 66 Maximum Security Prisoners Still Improperly Housed In CDCR Reception Centers (p 26)
• Texas Parole System Sick From Top to Bottom by Gary Hunter (p 27)
• Federal Judge Suspends Some Georgia Sex Offender Residency Restrictions by Matthew Clarke (p 28)
• Federal Court Orders California DOC to Pay $58 Million In Overdue Medical Bills by John Dannenberg (p 29)
• NY Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Parole by John Dannenberg (p 30)
• BOP Must Let Prisoners Control Their Outside Assets; Pays $10,500 To Settle Grievances by John Dannenberg (p 30)
• Indiana Justice Agency Head Fired for Misallocating $417,000 in Funds by Michael Rigby (p 31)
• Missouri Prisoner Calls Get Cheaper; But Lowest Bid Rejected (p 32)
• $225,000 Settlement for Female Colorado Prisoner Raped By Guard (p 32)
• New California SVP Facility Struggles to Attract Staff (p 32)
• Hate-Filled Religious Fanatics Find a Home in Kansas Corrections by Alex Friedmann (p 33)
• Bacterial Contamination In Prison-Made Milk Fells 1,344 Prisoners and 14 Staff in 11 California Pris by John Dannenberg (p 34)
• Florida Judge's Brother Receives Medical Furlough, Recuperates at Home (p 34)
• New York Prisoner Wins Brutality Suit, Loses Award to Son-of-Sam Law (p 34)
• PLRA Administrative Exhaustion Requirement Distinguished in Two California by John Dannenberg (p 35)
• San Francisco Jails Strip Search Policy Ruled Unconstitutional By Federal Court by John Dannenberg (p 36)
• Court Invalidates BOP Prisoners' UCC Liens Against Judges and Officials (p 36)
• Wisconsin Prison Psychiatrists License Suspended After Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter (p 37)
• Alabama Guards Liable in Killing a Prisoner (p 38)
• California Sheriffs Authority to Fire Rogue Guard is Validated by Marvin Mentor (p 38)
• Ninth Circuit: Total Exhaustion-Dismissal Rule Not Required Under PLRA by John Dannenberg (p 39)
• Sixth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ETS/Retaliation Claims (p 40)
• Seventh Circuit Rejects Total Exhaustion Rule for § 1983 Complaints by Bob Williams (p 40)
• Sixth Circuit Upholds $34,000 Retaliation Verdict; New Trial & No Recusal Not Abuse of Discretion (p 41)
• News in Brief: (p 42)
• Seventh Circuit Discusses Administrative Exhaustion (p 44)

November

• PHS Redux: Sued In A Dozen States, Contract Losses, Stock Plummets, Business Continues by John Dannenberg (p 1)
• Utah House of Refuge a House of Horrors by Gary Hunter (p 10)
• Wisconsin Halfway House Overbills BOP; Fired Whistle blower Settles For $435,000 by John Dannenberg (p 12)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 12)
• Floridas Civil Commitment Center Under Funded and Out-of-Control by David Reutter (p 13)
• California Guard Murdered By Prisoner; Investigative Reports Blame Gross Staff Incompetence by Marvin Mentor (p 18)
• California County Jail Settles Overdue Prisoner Hospital Bills For $1.5 Million by John Dannenberg (p 20)
• South Carolina Prison Industries Program Implements Some Audit Recommendations by Michael Rigby (p 20)
• Illinois Cook County Jail Embroiled in Shootings, Scandals and Escapes (p 21)
• $1,156,149 Awarded to Former Federal Prisoner for Failure to Diagnose and Treat Throat Cancer (p 24)
• Colorado Expands Private Prisons While Fining CCA for Understaffing by Matthew Clarke (p 24)
• Record $3.2 Million Settlement for Wrongfully Imprisoned Massachusetts Man by Michael Rigby (p 26)
• Florida County Sued Over Refusing Sex Offender Home Weather Stripping (p 26)
• Private Geo Prison in Texas Rocked By Prisoner Abuse, Disturbance and Escape by Matthew Clarke (p 27)
• Prisoner Dies in Custody of Washington Jailers by Gary Hunter (p 28)
• Georgia Sheriff Indicted on Corruption Charges, Pleads Guilty by Gary Hunter (p 28)
• Corruption in Arpaio's Office: AZ County Continues Paying Convicted Sheriffs Sgt. by Gary Hunter (p 30)
• U.S. Businesses Lobby Government to Curb Federal Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke (p 30)
• Georgia Prison Guards Plead to Misdemeanors in Prisoner Beatings by Michael Rigby (p 32)
• Unique Texas Sexual Predator Civil Commitment Has Successes/Failures by Matthew Clarke (p 32)
• L.A. County Sheriff Settles Two Jail Excessive Force Suits For $135,000 (p 33)
• Supreme Court: No Exclusionary Rule for Vienna Convention Violations by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Settlement Agreement Evicts Room and Board Fees From Georgia Jail by Michael Rigby (p 34)
• Ex-Con Denied Admission To AZ Bar (p 35)
• New York Parole Rates Plunge Under Governor Patakis Policy (p 36)
• $6,280,000 Settlement For Illegal California Juvenile Hall Strip Searches by John Dannenberg (p 36)
• New York Jail Employee Charged With Sexual Abuse Commits Suicide (p 38)
• Idaho Population Cap Upheld; $155,858.68 in Fees and Cost Awarded; 300+ Prisoners Shipped to Minn. C (p 38)
• Federal Prisoner Awarded $150.00 For Food Poisoning by Michael Rigby (p 39)
• Minnesota Court Invalidates Some Evidence Standard in Disciplinary Hearings for Fact-Finding by David Reutter (p 40)
• $50,000 Settlement for Neck Injury Resulting from Seattle Jail Guards Excessive Force (p 40)
• L.A. County Settles With Abused Quadriplegic Prisoner For $46,000 (p 41)
• Sovereign Immunity No Bar to BOP Prisoners' Eighth Amendment Mandamus Suit (p 41)
• Wrongly Imprisoned Massachusetts Man Settles Suit Against City For $2,450,000 (p 41)
• Oregon Predatory Sex Offender Designation Order Reversed; Notice and Hearing Required in All Cases (p 42)
• New Jersey Appeals Court Upholds Statute Disenfranchising Felons (p 42)
• News in Brief: (p 43)
• Mentally Ill Arkansas Prisoners Removed From Supermax, CMS Contract Renewed by Michael Rigby (p 44)

October

• New York: Resentencing After Completion of Sentence Barred by Double Jeopardy and Due Process
• Taser: The "Less Lethal" Weapon with a Fatal Attraction to Prisoners by John Dannenberg (p 1)
• Board of Commissioners Clears PHS In Three Leon County (Florida) Jail Deaths by John Dannenberg (p 9)
• Focus on Sex Offenders Increases While Number of Sex Offenses Decline (p 10)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 10)
• Attempted Arrest of Federal Prison Guards in Florida Turns Deadly by Michael Rigby (p 12)
• Panel Suggests Using Prisoners in Drug Trials by Ian Urbina (p 14)
• Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $60,000 For Electrical Shock (p 16)
• PLNs Publication-Ban Suit Against Kansas DOC Set For Trial On Declaratory And Injunctive Relief by John Dannenberg (p 16)
• Delaware Law: Punishing Prisoners for Reporting Sexual Abuse by Guards by David Reutter (p 17)
• Oregon Guard Gets 32 Months For Sex With Prisoner (p 17)
• Habeas Hints by Kent A. Russell (p 18)
• Report on Status of Guantanamo Prisoners Released; Controversy Continues by Matthew T. Clarke (p 20)
• California Guard Convicted of Abetting Prison Gang (p 21)
• Texas Prisoner Gets 40 Years For Cellphone; Guards Get Probation by Michael Rigby (p 22)
• Audit Criticizes Management of ODOC Financial Computer System (p 22)
• Years Long Pattern of Medical Neglect Defeats Summary Judgment by David Reutter (p 23)
• Florida DOC Cuts Prisoner Collect Call Costs by 30% by David Reutter (p 24)
• Arkansas County Pays $40,000 To Handicapped Man Raped In Jail by Michael Rigby (p 24)
• EMSA, Florida County to Pay $500,000 for Untreated Ectopic Pregnancy by Michael Rigby (p 25)
• Audit Reveals California DOC Employees Illegally Received Holiday Pay for Scheduled Days Off (p 26)
• Arkansas Mayor, Sheriff, Wife Jailed for Burglary, Drugs, Sex and More by Gary Hunter (p 26)
• Female Missouri Prisoners Make $291,000 as Sexy Pen Pals, AG Wants His Cut (p 27)
• $600,000 Settlement for Abuse at Maine Juvenile Prison (p 27)
• Michigan Prisoner Wins $20,000 on Failure to Protect Claim by Michael Rigby (p 28)
• Iowa Prisoners Settle Sexual Abuse Lawsuits For $160,000 (p 28)
• District of Columbia Jail Pays $14 Million For Over-Detentions and Strip Searches by Bob Williams (p 29)
• Nebraskas County Jails Neglect Mentally Disabled by Gary Hunter (p 30)
• Los Angeles County Pays $110,000 for Wrongful Jail Death (p 30)
• Mumia Abu-Jamal Honored in Paris, France by Gary Hunter (p 31)
• Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Verdic (p 32)
• Massachusetts Prisoners Battle MRSA, Untreated Hepatitis C by Michael Rigby (p 32)
• Texas Jail Suicide Suit Settles For $300,000 (p 33)
• Supreme Court: Lethal Injection Procedure May Be Challenged Via § 1983 by John Dannenberg (p 34)
• Virginia's General Assembly Sells Out Prisoners' Families for Phone Money by Gary Hunter (p 34)
• Maywood, Illinois Jail Settles Failure to Protect Suit For $750,000 (p 35)
• Beaten Texas Prisoner Who Was Denied Safekeeping Awarded $87,500 by Michael Rigby (p 35)
• Michigan Prisoners Deliberate Indifference Claim Nets $73,906 In Fees (p 36)
• WA Youth Detention Officer Awarded $603,500; Remitted Damages Reinstated (p 36)
• New York Prisoner Paid $1.25 Million for Untreated Glaucoma (p 37)
• $1.35 Million Settlement for Wrongful Death of Illinois Prisoner (p 37)
• L.A. County Pays $300,000 for Wrongful Death of Psychiatric Jail Prisoner (p 38)
• California Parole Board Squelches Life Prisoner Writs on Procedural Grounds (p 38)
• Florida Gain Time Revocation Clarified (p 38)
• Former Head New York Islamic Prison Chaplain Pleads Guilty in Gun Case (p 39)
• New Yorks Son of Sam Law Constitutional, Damages Seized (p 40)
• WA Courts Cannot Extend Supervision Period for Sex Offenses Committed Before 1996 (p 40)
• Floridas Felon Disenfranchisement Law Upheld by David Reutter (p 41)
• News in Brief: (p 42)
• Successor Judge Needs Compelling Reason to Reopen Prior Judges Ruling (p 44)
• No Qualified Immunity for Arkansas Detainees Miscarriage (p 213)

September

• For-Profit Transportation Companies: Taking Prisoners, and the Public, for a Ride by Alex Friedmann (p 1)
• PLN Wins FOIA Suit to Gain Copies of BOP Verdicts and Settlements without Charge by John E Dannenberg (p 15)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 16)
• Florida Guards a Day Late and a Dollar Short with Failure to Exhaust Defense; $180,000 Verdict Upheld (p 16)
• $500,000 CCA Escape/Hostage Damage Award Upheld (p 16)
• Brownsville Texas Border Corruption Continues by Gary Hunter (p 17)
• A Captive Audience For Salvation by Jane Lampman (p 18)
• Pro Se Tips and Tactics: Fourteenth Amendment - Due Process: U. S. Supreme Court Clarifies Some Rights by Daniel Manville (p 20)
• Supreme Court: Banning Publications to Punish Recalcitrant Prisoners Trumps Their First Amendment Rights by John E Dannenberg (p 25)
• CSC Alien Abuse Class Action Settled for $2.5 Million (p 26)
• Supreme Court Says No to Trial by Military Commission for Gitmo Prisoners by Matthew T. Clarke (p 27)
• No Room in Prison? Ship Em Off Prisoners have become unwitting pawns in a lowest-bidder- gets-the-convict shuffle game by Silja JA Talvi (p 28)
• U.S. Government Settles 9-11 Detainee Abuse Suit for $300,000 by Matthew T. Clarke (p 30)
• Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ordered to Pay Prisoner $500 For Misconduct by Michael Rigby (p 31)
• Nevada Summary Judgment for Non-Exhaustion Reversed (p 32)
• Widespread Prisoner Labor Abuse Requires Reform by Gary Hunter (p 32)
• New York Strip-Search Suit Settled for $1.7 Million (p 33)
• CCA Fineable in New Contracts With Colorado and Hawaii by Matthew T. Clarke (p 34)
• Kentucky County Jail Settles Lawsuit Alleging Overcrowded Conditions by Michael Rigby (p 34)
• Virginia Sheriffs Pay for Christian Ministries by Michael Rigby (p 35)
• $75,000 Settlement for Untreated Wisconsin Methadone Patient by Michael Rigby (p 36)
• Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit with PLN for $442,500 in Fees and Damages by John Dannenberg (p 36)
• Virginia Prisoners Challenge Grooming Policy Under RLUIPA (p 37)
• Florida County Bucks Paying $300,000 in Prisoner Medical Bills (p 38)
• Sexually Abused Texas Prisoner Loses Federal Lawsuit, Returns To Prison by Michael Rigby (p 38)
• Asthmatic South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $3,200 on ETS Claim (p 39)
• FL Work Releasees Reporting to Work Late Doesnt Amount to Escape (p 39)
• Supreme Court Holds Administrative Remedies Must Be Properly Exhausted Under the PLRA by John Dannenberg (p 40)
• Delaware Legislature Rejects Bill Upgrading Prison Health Care by David Reutter (p 40)
• Oklahoma Requires Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies For Ex-Prisoner Suits (p 41)
• Dismissal of Failure to Protect Claim Reversed; No Showing Necessary to Survive Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal (p 41)
• News in Brief: (p 42)
• $470,000 Paid in Pennsylvania Jail Prisoners Seizure Related Death (p 44)

August

• Guards Rape of Prisoners Rampant, No Solution in Sight by Gary Hunter (p 1)
• I Wake Up in Middle-of-Night Terror by Erika Huggins (p 3)
• Prisoner Rape Is Torture by Stop Prisoner Rape (p 14)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Ohio Woman Raped by Guard Awarded $625,000 (p 16)
• European Court of Human Rights Voids UKs Blanket Bans On Prisoner Voting by Matthew Clarke (p 17)
• Michigan DOC Improperly Calculated Sentences and Released Prisoners; Officials Fired and Demoted by Gary Hunter (p 18)
• California Valdivia Attorneys Awarded $6.5 Million For 12 Years Work by John E Dannenberg (p 19)
• Problems Continue In Maryland Prisons and Jails by Michael Rigby (p 20)
• Pennsylvania Correctional Industries Overcharges Customers, Stockpiles Cash, Fails Mission by Matthew T. Clarke (p 22)
• Georgia Prisoner Beaten By Guard Awarded $22,000 (p 23)
• $100,000 Settlement For Black Oklahoma Prisoner Beaten By White Prisoners (p 23)
• Texas State Representative Criticized For Helping Prisoners and Families by Matthew T. Clarke (p 24)
• Texas Politicians Provided Perks Using Prisoner Slave Labor by Matthew T. Clarke (p 25)
• Bubble-Gum Computers in Washington State DOC by Gary Hunter (p 26)
• $475,000 Settlement In California Suicide Suit (p 26)
• California Prison Guards Overtime Doubles to $277 Million (p 27)
• Transgender Wisconsin Prisoners Continue Hormone Treatment Despite Law by Michael Rigby (p 28)
• $365,000 Settlement For Restrained, Untreated Michigan Boot Camp Prisoner (p 28)
• Armor Correctional Health Services: A New Company Blossoming with Political Payback by David Reutter (p 29)
• Canadian Prison Sanctioned Skin-Art Saving Society Health Problems by Gary Hunter (p 30)
• Korean Company Employing Prisoners Receives Coveted Quality Award (p 30)
• Ohio Awards $662,000 to Man Wrongly Imprisoned for Rape (p 30)
• California DOC Drug Program Funds Squandered by Marvin Mentor (p 31)
• North Carolina Prisoner Taps Jails Bank Account for $120,000 (p 32)
• Survivors of Texas Jail Suicidee Win $516,000 Against Phone Provider by Matthew T. Clarke (p 32)
• Muslim Prisoner Attacked by Other Muslims May Sue Prison for Failure to Protect by Marvin Mentor (p 34)
• Alabama Sheriff Charged With Raiding Jail Food Fund (p 34)
• EMSA Negligent In Florida Jail Prisoners Death, County Pays $65,000 by Michael Rigby (p 35)
• $790,000 Settlement In Ulcer Death of Georgia Jail Prisoner (p 35)
• Florida District Court Awards Federal Prisoner $829.65 for Lost Property (p 36)
• No Qualified Immunity for Failure to Perform Timely Liver Biopsy by John E Dannenberg (p 36)
• Tolling Provision Appeals to NY Personal Injury Action (p 36)
• Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Reinvigorates DNA Testing Law by Matthew T. Clarke (p 37)
• $769,000 Awarded For Death of Asthmatic Virginia Jail Prisoner (p 37)
• No Qualified Immunity for Retaliatory Transfer; Jury Awards $219,000 in Damages (p 38)
• California Third-Level Administrative Appeals May Be Filed with Prison Appeals Coordinator by John Dannenberg (p 38)
• Ninth Circuit Holds Prisons Not Immune In ADA and RA Suit (p 39)
• Ohio Pre-S.B. No. 2 Indeterminately Sentenced Prisoners Who Took a Plea are Entitled to Meaningful N by John E Dannenberg (p 39)
• RLUIPA Bars Total Ban on Melanic Literature (p 40)
• Alabama Clarifies Prisoners Right to Call Witnesses At Disciplinary Hearing by Matthew T. Clarke (p 40)
• Washington Courts Authority to Order Community Custody Limited (p 41)
• California Supreme Court Resolves Conflict From Concurrent Sentences With Different Credit Earning R by John Dannenberg (p 41)
• News in Brief: (p 42)
• Actual Innocence Required in Washington Criminal Malpractice Actions (p 44)

July

• CCA Florida Jail Operations: An Experiment in Mismanagement by David Reutter (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• Youth Dies in Florida Boot Camp; Cause of Death Questioned by David Reutter (p 9)
• BOP Transfers Unescorted Prisoners On Civilian Buses, Some Escape by Matthew Clarke (p 11)
• Standing Up to Corruption by Stephen James (p 12)
• Legal Research Prohibition Upon Contract Attorney Denies Adequate Court Access by David Reutter (p 17)
• Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa Prisons Faith-Based Rehabilitation Program by Michael Rigby (p 18)
• Crimes of the Heart: Incarceration Collusion by Bob Williams (p 20)
• $9 Million Jury Award In Arizona County Jail Death by John Dannenberg (p 22)
• U.S. Corrections Corporation Suit Settled for $13.2 Million (p 22)
• Audit: California Private Prison Contracting Tainted by Conflicts of Interest (p 23)
• Hurricane Threat Forces Texas Prison Evacuations, Damage Worsens Overcrowding by Michael Rigby (p 24)
• Gun-smuggling Prisoners Convicted in Shooting Scam by Gary Hunter (p 25)
• Alleged Attacks Plotted By New Folsom Prisoners Uncovered by Matthew Clarke (p 26)
• Non-Sex-Offender Parolee Entitled to Due Process Before Being Treated As Sex Offender by Matthew Clarke (p 27)
• Ohio DOC Stipulates To Vastly Improved Medical Care by John Dannenberg (p 28)
• Fifth Circuit Joins Four Others in Denying Prospective BOP Good Time Credits (p 29)
• South Carolina Prisoner Awarded $825,000 for Untreated Infection (p 29)
• Missouri Seizes Prisoner Assets Worth $748,682 In 2005 (p 29)
• Unconstitutionality of Lockdown of California Hispanics Upheld On Appeal by Marvin Mentor (p 30)
• Guard Out on Bond, Woman He Allegedly Raped Jailed Beyond Her Sentence (p 30)
• Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award (p 31)
• Washington Liable for Negligent Parolee Supervision; Bad Jury Instruction Vacates $33 Million Award (p 31)
• Arizona Jail Prisoners Not Pretty in Pink by Gary Hunter (p 32)
• South Carolina Jury Awards $28.5 Million For Diabetic Jail Prisoners Death (p 32)
• Seventh Circuit Reinstates $100,000 Award In Indiana Failure-To-Protect Suit by Michael Rigby (p 33)
• Texas Federal District Judge Throws Out VitaPro Convictions by Matthew Clarke (p 34)
• Political Patronage In Hiring Illinois Prison Wardens? (p 34)
• Sweetheart Deal For Pharmacy Supplying Saratoga County Jail (p 35)
• Alabama Work-Release Prisoners Working But Not Getting Paid by Gary Hunter (p 35)
• Louisiana Work-Release Prisoners Used by Sheriff in Chop Shop by Gary Hunter (p 36)
• Wrongfully Convicted Texas Prisoner Finally Receives $118,000 in Compensation by Matthew T. Clarke (p 36)
• Illinois Prison Official, Parole Board Member Indicted For Corruption (p 36)
• CONMED Not Using Licensed Nurses In Maryland Jail (p 37)
• Los Angeles Jail Pays $375,000 To Assaulted Keep Away Prisoner (p 37)
• New York Prisoner Awarded $25,000 For Assault (p 38)
• Washington Ex-Cons Cant Be Denied Voting Rights Because of Unpaid LFOs (p 38)
• $232,700 in Attorney Fees Awarded In Colorado Censorship Settlement by Bob Williams (p 38)
• Settlement Permits Free and Gift Publications to Connecticut Prisoners (p 39)
• Second Circuit Holds PLRA Fee Cap Inapplicable To So-ordered Stipulated Dismissals by Bob Williams (p 39)
• Forced Masturbation States Privacy Claim (p 40)
• New York Prisoner Awarded $4,000 For Assault (p 40)
• Texas Prison Slaves No Savings for Direct Marketing Firm; Data Mining Results in $ 15 Million Settle by Michael Rigby (p 40)
• Illinois Prisoner Raped By Guard Settles For $15,000 (p 41)
• News in Brief: (p 42)
• The Warehouse Prison, by Dr. John Irwin, 318 pp., softback, Roxbury Publishing Company, 2005 by John Dannenberg (p 44)

June

• Torture in Maine Prison by Lance Tapley (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 14)
• Maquiladoras Expanding in Mexico; Global System of Prison Factories Envisioned by Michael Rigby (p 15)
• North Carolina Prison Audit Finds Industry Excesses,Overpaid Guards, More by Michael Rigby (p 16)
• Rampant Sexual Favoritism By California Prison Warden Is Actionable Under Hostile Work Environment T (p 18)
• Illinois DOC Seeks to Block Ex-Wardens Benefits by Matthew Clarke (p 19)
• The Decline and Fall of the Prison Press by Leah Caldwell (p 20)
• Audit of Californias Failed Intermediate-Parole-Sanctions Program Blames Lack of Benchmarks And D (p 21)
• California Auditor: Prison Industries Loses Money and Fails to Demonstrate Rehabilitative Success by Marvin Mentor (p 22)
• Nevadas Son of Sam Statute of Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson (p 23)
• California Legislature Reorganizes DOC To Add Rehabilitation by Marvin Mentor (p 24)
• Aramark to Pay $65,000 for Overbilling Pennsylvania Prison (p 25)
• $40,000 Default Judgment Reversed for Determination of Service of Process Validity (p 25)
• $20,500 New Hampshire Jail Award Upheld for False Disciplinary Charges (p 26)
• Unpaid Prisoners Clean Up Rita Ravaged Southeast Texas (p 26)
• Estate of Pennsylvania Prisoner Killed By Wexford Health Sources Settles Suit for $2.15 Million by Michael Rigby (p 27)
• Michigan Youth Prison Closed But Problems Continue by Michael Rigby (p 28)
• Love Letter Mail Scam Nets Ten Prisoners $221,000 and Fed Time (p 28)
• Michigan DOCs Visitation Ban for Substance Abuse Upheld (p 29)
• Maryland ALJ Faults Arbitrary Transfer/Medical Order Violation (p 29)
• California Prison Excessive Force Death Suit Settled For $850,000 (p 30)
• Washington DOC May Seize Money for LFOS; RCW 9.94A.772 Abrogates Angula (p 30)
• GEO Buys CSC After Settling $38.8 Million Judgment in Texas Boot Camp Death (p 30)
• GAO: Private Contractors Perform Poorly At Overseas Military Prisons by Matthew T. Clarke (p 31)
• Georgia Jail and Its Medical Provider Settle Jail Wrongful Death Suit For $500,000 by Joan G. Crumpler (p 32)
• Denial of Medication/Prescribed Treatment States Eighth Amendment Claim (p 32)
• Florida Muslim's Forced Shave Challenge Remanded by David Reutter (p 33)
• Federal Court Filing Fees Increased, Cost of Justice Too High for Many Prisoners (p 33)
• California Ex-Con DNA Collection Law Ruled Not Retroactive by John E Dannenberg (p 34)
• PHS Parent Company Fires Executives For Cause In Billing Scandal (p 34)
• Failure to Procure Medical Treatment Suit Proceeds Against Puerto Rican Guard (p 35)
• Hawaii Guard Given Probation for Prisoners Death by Gary Hunter (p 35)
• California Ban On Sexually Explicit Materials Upheld (p 36)
• Dismissal of the Publisher/Approved Vendor Only Challenge Reversed (p 36)
• Second Circuit: Drug-Abuse Based Denial Of HCV Treatment Is Actionable by John E Dannenberg (p 37)
• Washington DOC Pays Again for Flaunting Open Records Law (p 37)
• PLRA Does Not Apply to Released Prisoner (p 38)
• § 1997e(e) Governs First Amendment Claims in Fifth Circuit (p 38)
• Qualified Immunity Denied in Illinois Jail Rape Case (p 39)
• Alabama Supreme Court Sidesteps Merits of Suit Challenging Contracted Prison Labor (p 40)
• Washington Community Placement Condition Barring Pornography Unconstitutionally Vague (p 41)
• SJ Reversed on Delaware Detainee Triple-Celling Claim; Due Process, Not Eighth Amendment Controls (p 41)
• News in Brief: (p 42)
• PLRAs 150% Attorney Fee Cap Applied in Nominal Damages, Non Prison Case Against Police (p 44)

May

• Scandal, Suicides, Corruption and Abuse Abound at New York Citys Rikers Island Jail by Gary Hunter (p 1)
• New York Brutality Settlement Affecting Twenty Two Prisoners, Fourteen Units Settles for $2.2 Millio by Gary Hunter (p 4)
• New Yorks Top Cop Crumbles Under Personal Investigation (p 6)
• Former Florida Correctional Privatization Commission Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing State Funds by David Reutter (p 11)
• Fall Escapes Plague Local, State Agencies in Houston Area (p 12)
• From the Editor (p 12)
• Abu Ghraib: Enduring Symbol of Hated Regimes by Matthew T. Clarke (p 14)
• Lawyers Bilk Cornell for Millions, San Francisco Jail Scammed (p 17)
• Report Details Suicide and Homicide Rates in Prisons, Jails by Michael Rigby (p 18)
• Four CCA Guards Indicted in Murder of Nashville Prisoner by Matthew T. Clarke (p 19)
• Habeas Hints: Evidentiary Hearings by Kent Russell (p 20)
• Nearly 7 Million Under Correctional Supervision In U.S. by Michael Rigby (p 22)
• Banned From the Hood by Matthew T. Clarke (p 22)
• California DOC Bans Dying Parolee From His Familys Town (p 23)
• BJS Director Sacked For Telling Truth About Racial Profiling by Matthew T. Clarke (p 24)
• Connecticuts Mistreatment of Mentally Ill Prisoners and Detainees Enjoined by John Dannenberg (p 24)
• West Virginia Prisoner Sued By Victims Mother Following $50,000 Award (p 25)
• Sixth Circuit: RLUIPA Held Constitutional Under the Spending Clause (p 26)
• California DOC Diverts $480,000 of Drug Treatment Money for Movie Studio (p 26)
• Texas Prisoner Writers Retaliation Lawsuit Proceeds by David Reutter (p 27)
• Robots Package Medications for Jails (p 27)
• Florida's Juvenile Justice: Convicted Sex Offender Rapes Disabled Youth in His Care (p 28)
• $150,000 Paid to Indiana Juvenile Jail Detainee for Sexual Assault (p 28)
• Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment for EMSA Physician, Remands for Trial (p 29)
• Conviction Rates Low After DNA Match (p 30)
• BOP Sexually Explicit Materials Ban Requires Factual Development (p 30)
• Montana Awards New Prison Phone Contract (p 31)
• Jury Awards $858,200 in California Jail Suicide (p 31)
• Former Illinois Death Row Prisoners Malicious Prosecution Claim Rejected (p 32)
• Los Angeles County Jail Continues To Over-Incarcerate by John Dannenberg (p 32)
• New York Prisoner Awarded $2,760 for Improper Confinement/Denial Medical Care (p 32)
• Reproductive Rights in Theory and Practice: The Meaning of Roe v. Wade for Women in Prison by Rachel Roth (p 33)
• Neglected New York Prisoner Dies At Jail Following Heart Surgery by Michael Rigby (p 34)
• Arizona Prisoners Mortality Report Confidentiality Not Federally Protected by John Dannenberg (p 34)
• U.S. Prison Population Hits Nearly 2.3 Million In 2004 by Michael Rigby (p 36)
• BOP Prohibition Against Stock Selling and Receipt of Book Infringes Constitutional Rights (p 36)
• PLRA Exhaustion Requirement Inapplicable to Suit Filed When Plaintiff Not Incarcerated (p 37)
• Laundry Slip and Fall Injury Reaps New York Prisoner $95,000 (p 37)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Retaliation Claim (p 38)
• Buddhist Prisoner Properly Denied Vegan Diet Under First Amendment; Case Remanded for RLUIPA Claim by David Reutter (p 38)
• California Guards Lose Appeals On Federal Conspiracy Conviction, Bail; Still Free (p 40)
• Native American California Prisoner Entitled to Religious Exception from Prison Hair Grooming Policy by John E Dannenberg (p 41)
• News in Brief (p 41)
• News in Brief (p 42)
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Denial of IFP Status Under §1915(g); Defendants Bear Burden of Establishing I (p 44)

April

• Georgia Prisons: A Blight On The Peach State by Michael Rigby (p 1)
• Texas Counties Set To Raid State Prisoners Trust Fund Accounts (p 7)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• Colorado DOC s Medical Oversight Found Remiss by G.A. Bowers (p 8)
• CSC Pays Public Defender Social Worker $125,000 for Rape in Juvenile Facility (p 10)
• Former Georgia Parole Chairman Loses Appeal of Corruption Conviction (p 10)
• Weary California Prison Gang Members Increasingly Opt Out for Solace of Sensitive Needs Yards (p 11)
• Cell-Block Beatdown: Do Boston Prisoners Have Any Chance of Holding Abusive Prison Guards Responsible? Signs Are Not Promising by David S. Bernstein (p 12)
• Continued Reliance on Commitment Offense to Deny California Lifers Parole Denies Federal Due Proces by Marvin Mentor (p 15)
• PHS Pays $350,000 to Settle Claim for Over-Medication Death of Florida Jail Prisoner (p 16)
• Petty Stone Cold Kickbacks KO Government Employees Nationwide (p 16)
• Minnesota County Settles Suit over Untreated Appendicitis for $225,000 (p 17)
• Georgia Legislature Awards Wrongly Convicted Man $1 Million (p 17)
• Dismissal of Medical and Retaliation Claims Reversed by Bob Williams (p 17)
• State Auditor Blasts Colorado DOC's Private Prison Oversight Failures by Matthew T. Clarke (p 18)
• Phoenix, Arizona, Settles Krone Wrongful Imprisonment Suit for $3 Million (p 20)
• California DOC Settles Racially Determinative Housing Suit by John Dannenberg (p 20)
• Michigan Jails Strip Policy Unconstitutional; Guards and Get Qualified Immunity, County Liable by David Reutter (p 21)
• Severely Beaten L.A. County Jail Prisoner Wins Only $5,000 (p 21)
• Utah Jail Policy Banning Subscriptions to Magazines and Newspapers Enjoined; Fees Awarded by John Dannenberg (p 22)
• Californias 2005 Prison Suicide Rate Doubles Over 2004 by John Dannenberg (p 22)
• Alabama Work Release Prisoners Reclassified Following Escapes (p 23)
• NYDOCS Abandons ADA DOJ Exhaustion Defense (p 23)
• Eighth Circuit Upholds Denial of Compensatory/Punitive Damages; Physical (p 24)
• Exhaustion Not Required in Pennsylvania Parole Denial Challenges (p 24)
• New York Prisoner Awarded $2,250 For Wrong Medication (p 25)
• Repercussions from Georgia Courthouse Escape, Shootings Continue (p 26)
• L.A. County Jail Gets $20,000 from State for Pruno-Sniffing Dogs; Inmate Welfare Funds Tapped to Mai (p 27)
• $1.1 Million FTCA Emotional Distress Award In BOP Suicide Death Upheld, Even Though Murder By Guar (p 28)
• Alabama Diabetic Prisoner Stomped On and Retaliated Against by Guard Awarded $20,000 by John Dannenberg (p 29)
• Ohio Man Awarded $618,000 for Nearly 16 Years Wrongful Imprisonment (p 30)
• PLRA Doesnt Bar FRCP 15(a) Amendment of Complaint - No HIV/Hepatitis Treatment = Imminent Danger o (p 30)
• PLRA Doesnt Alter FRCP 23 Class Certification Analysis (p 31)
• No Qualified Immunity on Toothpaste, Inhaler & Ventilation Claims (p 32)
• Appointment of Counsel Satisfies Access to Courts Requirement (p 32)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Jail Lockdown Dismissal; Day After Christmas = Legal Holiday (p 34)
• Missouri's 5-Year Limitation Period Applies to § 1983 Claims; 8th Circuit Reverses Earlier Decision to Contrary (p 34)
• $1,250 Settlement in Oregon Retaliation, Court Access Claims (p 35)
• On Remand From Supreme Court, Sixth Circuit Reverses Judgment on Guard Retaliation Claim (p 36)
• Washington Prison Staff Properly Fired For Sexually Assaulting Prisoner (p 36)
• Any Reliance On AA or NA Participation During Parole Consideration Violates Establishment Clause by John Dannenberg (p 37)
• California Probationers and Parolees Not Similarly Situated As To Eligibility For Prop. 36 Drug Tr by John Dannenberg (p 38)
• Dismissal of Bivens Action for Non-Exhaustion Reversed (p 38)
• Sixth Circuit Requires Total Exhaustion Under PLRA; Decision Conflicts with Hartsfield (p 39)
• Fair Labor Standards Acts Minimum Wage Provision Not Applicable to Private Prisons (p 40)
• Washington Appeals Court Reverses the Dismissal of a Slip-and-Fall Negligence Action; State Responsi (p 40)
• 2nd Circuit Reverses Sua Sponte § 1915 Dismissal; Parolee Owed Duty of Habitable Residence (p 41)
• News in Brief (p 42)
• Prisoner Suit Alleging Sexual Assault By Colorado Sheriffs Staff Reinstated (p 44)

March

• Federal Court Seizes California Prisons' Medical Care; Appoints Receiver With Unprecedented Powers (p 1)
• Ten Deaths At San Quentin from Macabre" Healthcare (p 7)
• California Prison Doctor Suspended Following Three Prisoner Deaths (p 9)
• From the Editor (p 10)
• Los Angeles County Pays $900,000 to Parents of Murdered Informant in Jail (p 10)
• NY DOC's 60% Telephone Call Surcharge" Violates First and Fourteenth Amendments (p 11)
• Dallas Fake Drug Cases Settle For Millions, Jury Awards Damages (p 12)
• Wisconsin Prison Employee Raped By Prisoner Awarded $366,000 (p 13)
• Supreme Court: Prisoners' ADA Right to Sue for Damages Trumps State's Sovereign Immunity (p 14)
• New York City Pays $75,000 for 28.5 Days False Imprisonment (p 14)
• Michigan Jail's Disproportionate Treatment of Women Results in $855,000 Settlement Agreement (p 15)
• Texas Legislature Requires HIV Testing for Prisoners by Gary Hunter (p 16)
• Texas Prisoners Again Have Limited Right to Appear in Civil Cases (p 16)
• Florida Awards $2 Million to Wrongfully Convicted Man (p 17)
• New York City Jail Strip Search Suit Settles For $30 Million (p 17)
• Police Department Class Action Fraud Suit Filed Against Stun Gun Maker (p 18)
• California Enacts Strong Sexual Abuse in Detention Elimination" Act (p 18)
• New Mexico Jail Prisoners Raped by Judge and Guards Settle for $890,000 (p 19)
• Wackenhut Settles Pennsylvania Suicide Suit For $125,000 (p 20)
• PLN Questions John Ashcroft on the Death Penalty (p 20)
• Appointment Of Counsel Ordered To Determine California Prisoner's Request For Post-Appeal DNA Testin (p 21)
• Washington Jail Pays Teenager $400,000 for Rape While Imprisoned (p 21)
• New York Governor Illegally Halts the Release of 12 Sex Offenders (p 22)
• BOP Enjoined from Terminating Boot Camp Program (p 22)
• Sixth Circuit Upholds Michigan Ban On Prisoner Appeals of Discretionary Denials of Parole (p 23)
• Wrongfully Imprisoned D.C. Disabled Man Settles Suit For $1.74 Million (p 24)
• Former Riker's Island Head Goes to Prison (p 24)
• BOP Awards Unisys Corp. Nationwide Prison Phone Contract (p 25)
• $3.6 Million Awarded in Rape and Murder by Erroneously Released NY Prisoner (p 25)
• Federal Government Bans Medicaid Impotence Drugs for Sex Offenders (p 26)
• BOP Secret Squirrel Photo File" Suit Remanded (p 26)
• Rebellion at CCA Prison in Texas (p 27)
• New York Jail Prisoner Injured In Assault Awarded $750,000 (p 27)
• Washington State Forensic Scientist Helps Convict the Innocent, FBI Assists (p 28)
• Arkansas Juvenile Prisons Cornell Kills a Prisoner, Hires Guard DOC Fired (p 28)
• Avalon Correctional Services Delisted From NASDAQ (p 30)
• Civil Commitment of Massachusetts Sex Offenders Expanding (p 30)
• California Lifer's Understanding of Plea Agreement Does Not Create Entitlement to Parole (p 30)
• Florida DOC's Copy Cost Assessment Rule Declared Invalid by David Reutter (p 31)
• York County, Maine, Settles Class Action Strip-Search Suit for $3,300,000 (p 31)
• Michigan Jail Settles Suicide Suit for $280,000 (p 32)
• New Jersey's Legal Mail Policy Enjoined; Qualified Immunity Granted (p 32)
• Pre-Trial Defendant Released on Recognizance Is Not Subject to Warrantless Search Without Probable C (p 33)
• Los Angeles County Pays Prisoner $42,500 for Legal Malpractice by Public Defender (p 33)
• California Pays Innocent Prisoner $328,000 for Nine Years in Prison by John Dannenberg (p 34)
• New Jersey Settles Prisoners Freedom of Religion Suit (p 34)
• California DOC Watched Over by Toothless Bureau of Independent Review (p 34)
• COPS Program Fails To Arrest Crime, Funding Improprieties (p 35)
• Florida Closes Scandal Ridden Girls Facility, Takes Over Control of Another Juvenile Facility (p 36)
• Withholding Legal Mail States Legal Access Claim (p 36)
• Nebraska Supreme Court Reverses Dismissal of Prisoners Drug Testing § 1983 Claim (p 37)
• Theft of Prisoners Book by Guards Valid Legal Basis for Texas Civil Suit (p 37)
• Court Orders Mob Boss Released from SHU (p 38)
• Fourth Circuit Reverses $35,934.66 Habeas Fee Award; Habeas Corpus Not Civil Action Under EAJA (p 38)
• New York Jail Detainee Awarded $233,000 in Damages and Fees for Excessive Force Claim by David Reutter (p 39)
• Sixth Circuit PLRA Fee Set at $169.50 Not $135 (p 40)
• Qualified Immunity on FRCP 12(b)(6) Motion Faces Formidable Hurdle in Hepatitis Case (p 41)
• News in Brief (p 42)
• Washington Settles Prisoners Medical Indifference Suit for $370,000 (p 42)
• Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of ADA Suit for Failure to Exhaust (p 44)

February

• Incompetence, Brutality and Scandal Infest Tennessee Prisons and Jails (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• Private Prisons Bilk $13 million From Florida; State Awards More Contracts by David Reutter (p 8)
• 8th Circuit Invalidates BOP Halfway House Policy; 7th Circuit Says Challenge Not Cognizable on Habeas (p 10)
• Private Prison Contractor Who Allegedly Diverted $1.6 Million in Telephone Revenues Sues California DOC (p 11)
• Florida Prisoner's Disciplinary Challenges Reversed for Further Proceedings (p 11)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses Judgment on Denial of Methadone (p 12)
• BOP's Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Treatment Nets Downward Departure Sentence (p 12)
• Second Circuit Upholds Guard's Rape Sentence Under Federal Guidelines (p 13)
• Washington DOC Must Ship Prisoners' Property For Free (p 13)
• Maryland's PHS Prison Health Care Under Fire, New System Implemented (p 14)
• 2005 Audit of California Parole Board Reveals Ongoing Deficiencies (p 16)
• Habeas Hints: How to Get DNA Testing by Kent Russell (p 18)
• Prison Reform Revisited: The Unfinished Agenda, Pace University Law Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, Spring 2 (p 20)
• Arkansas Considers Prison Rape Law, Problems Evident (p 21)
• Florida's Privatization of Prisoner Canteen Services Under Scrutiny (p 22)
• Oregon Criminalizes Sex with Prisoners; & Other Legislative Developments (p 23)
• If the Shoe Fits: Did Colorado Prison Officials Look the Other Way While a Guard's Fetish Turned Vio by Alan Pendergast (p 24)
• New York Prisoner Attacked On Bus Awarded $600,000 (p 26)
• Whistleblowers Nail Cheating California Corrections Employees (p 26)
• Florida DOC's No Bid Pharmaceutical Contract Scrutinized and Criticized (p 27)
• Bait and Snitch: The High Cost of Snitching for Law Enforcement (p 28)
• Chicago Settles Another Jail Brutality Suit for $362,500 (p 29)
• Nebraska Native American Prisoners' Religious Program Reinstated by John Dannenberg (p 30)
• Federal District Court Awards Missouri Prisoner $2,500 For Excessive Force (p 30)
• All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated (p 31)
• Court Halts Practice of California Prison Guards Getting Unlimited Paid Time to Conduct Union Busine (p 32)
• California and Connecticut Reinstate Jobs of Fired Guards (p 32)
• Kentucky Prisoner Injured In Transport Vehicle Awarded $9,000 (p 33)
• American Bar Association Recommends Expanded Prisoner Telephone Access (p 34)
• Florida Jury Awards $225,000 in False Arrest/Malicious Prosecution Claim (p 34)
• U.S. Supreme Court: Faretta Does Not Establish Right Of Pro Se Defendant to Law Library Access (p 35)
• Massachusetts Prisoner Awarded $250,000 for Assault During Strip Search (p 35)
• Shackling of Women Prisoners During Labor and Delivery Ended In California (p 36)
• Poor Substance Abusers Imprisoned En Masse Without Treatment by Michael Rigby (p 36)
• Prisoners Labor at Wisconsin Wal-Mart Site (p 37)
• Georgia DOC Settles Failure-To-Protect Suit for $15,000 by Michael Rigby (p 38)
• Utah DOC Settles Wrongful-Death Suit Involving Exonerated Suspect For $150,000 (p 38)
• Company Uses Prison Slave Labor for $100 Million Military Contract (p 39)
• NY State Prisoner Receives $400,000 Liver Transplant (p 40)
• Registered Sex Offenders Murdered By Vigilante in Washington (p 40)
• New York Prisoner Awarded $2,500 for Delayed Eyeglasses (p 41)
• News in Brief (p 42)
• Low Pay Drives Tennessee Guards to Smuggle Drugs, Contraband into Prisons (p 44)

January

• Texas Jails Troubled by Deaths, Negligence and Failed Inspections by Gary Hunter (p 1)
• From the Editor by Paul Wright (p 8)
• Federal Judge Enforces "Valdivia Remedial Plan" for California Parole Violators (p 9)
• California Parole Board Lax In Contracting For Foreign Language Interpreters (p 10)
• Indiana State Courts Have Jurisdiction In Prisoner Phone Contract Case by Bob Williams (p 11)
• Michigan's Dirty Little Secret: Sexual Abuse of Female Prisoners Pervasive, Ongoing (p 12)
• President Bush Orders Compliance With World Court Order, Withdraws From Optional Protocol (p 16)
• North Carolina Pays $43,500 to Women Strip-Searched By Prisoners (p 17)
• California's New Governor Has Paroled 102 Lifers, But Rejected Twice That Many (p 18)
• Private Prison Firms Stumble; Hire Former California Officials to Lobby for For-Profit Facilities (p 20)
• Texas State Auditor Questions Necessity of Prison Health Care Oversight Board (p 22)
• Death Penalty for Texas Prison Horses Stirs Controversy (p 23)
• New York's Sex Offender Treatment Program Enjoined; Stay Issued Pending Appeal (p 24)
• Ex-Prisoners Barred From Nursing in Texas (p 26)
• Texas Enacts Life Without Parole Law (p 27)
• Los Angeles County Jail Tests Prisoner Radio ID Tags (p 27)
• Lethal Injection Painful, Study Suggests; U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Issue (p 28)
• New York Jail Doctor Put on Probation After Wrong Prescription Kills Detainee (p 29)
• Suspicious Deaths And Beatings Allegations Still Plague Santa Clara County, California Jail (p 30)
• New Jersey Taxpayers Underwrite Unqualified, Unnecessary Prison Employees (p 31)
• GEO Group Buys Out Correctional Services Corporation (p 31)
• Judge Reduces Damage Award Against PHS In New York Jail Heart Attack Suit (p 32)
• Auditors Uncover Hidden Cash Accounts at Chester County, Pennsylvania, Prison (p 32)
• Federal Court Finds California Murder Paroles Blocked by Illegal No-Parole" Policy (p 33)
• Class Action Suit Filed Against L.A. County Jail After 4,000 MRSA Infections (p 34)
• Feres Doctrine Bars FTCA Actions (p 34)
• New Jersey Parole Officials Pay $50,000 for Delayed Release (p 35)
• California's Preferential Bulk Price For Hepatitis-C Drugs Kept Secret (p 35)
• New York: Wrongfully Imprisoned Man Settles For $5,000,000 (p 36)
• Los Angeles County Pays $60,900 To Settle Jail Detainee Rape Claim (p 37)
• Wisconsin Must Install Air Conditioning in Supermax (p 38)
• Double-Celling Mentally Ill California Ad-Seg Prisoners Proves Fatal (p 38)
• Hawaii Prisoner Injured In Fight Awarded $25,427 (p 39)
• Seventh Circuit Reverses § 1915(e)(2) Dismissal of Meritorious Complaint (p 40)
• 11th Circuit Finds S.Ct. Overruled Heightened Pleading Standard (p 40)
• News in Brief (p 41)
• Court Invalidates Mental Health Supervised Release Condition; Condition Impermissibly Delegates Judicial Authority to PO (p 44)