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In this issue:

1. Prison Health Services: As Health Care in Jails Goes Private, 10 Days Can Be a Death Sentence (p 1)
2. Fatal Justice: The New Maryland (p 1)
3. From the Editor (p 6)
4. Arbitrary Draconian Restrictions on Texas Parolees (p 7)
5. Former Connecticut Governor Rowland Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges in Juvenile Prison Kickback Scheme (p 8)
6. Pennsylvania Jail Prisoner Settles Use-Of-Force Suit For $15,000 (p 9)
7. $600,000 Settlement In Death Of Unmedicated Wisconsin Prisoner (p 9)
8. Federal Prisoner Wins Right To Marry, Fees Awarded (p 10)
9. $99,981 In Fees Awarded For Successful Massachusetts Court Access Suit (p 10)
10. Prison Health Services: Missed Signals in New York Jails Open Way to Season of Suicides (p 11)
11. Settlements Reached In Alabama Women Prisoners' Class-Action Suit (p 11)
12. CCA Finally Loses Contract at Mismanaged Tulsa Jail (p 14)
13. U.S. Supreme Court: Michigan Appellate Attorneys Have (p 16)
14. New Hampshire Prisoner's Due Process Suit Nets $54,000 in Fees and Damages (p 17)
15. $800,000 Awarded to Wrongly Convicted Tennessee Man (p 18)
16. Texas Attorney General Clarifies Confiscation Law Governing Prisoner Art Sales (p 18)
17. National Prison Reform Commission Started (p 19)
18. Michigan Guard Who Procured Hit On Prisoner Must Pay $200,000 Damages (p 20)
19. Fifth Circuit Upholds $5,000 Excessive Force Verdict Against Wackenhut Guard (p 20)
20. New York Senator Returned To Jail After Illegal Release (p 20)
21. PREA Data Collection Efforts Underway (p 21)
22. Another CCA Prison in Oklahoma, Another Riot (p 22)
23. Army Prison Ban On PLN Containing Postage-Stamp-Exchange Ad Is Enjoined, But Ban On Internet Mail Up (p 23)
24. California Prison Employee Paid $500,000 To Settle Whistleblower Retaliation Suit (p 23)
25. Federal Immigration Detainee Taken Off Life Support Without Family's Consent (p 23)
26. Supreme Court Finds Ohio Supermax Placement Policy Constitutional (p 24)
27. Brain Dead California Prisoner Guarded Around The Clock (p 24)
28. California Prison Guard Gets Time For Setting Up Prisoner Beating (p 24)
29. Report: Federal Prison Guards Sexually Abuse Prisoners With Near Impunity (p 26)
30. Washington DOC Settles Contempt Action For $500,000; Money To Fund Patient Advocate (p 26)
31. Los Angeles County Settles Parolee's Overdetention Suit For $80,000 (p 26)
32. Alabama Workers' Comp Act No Bar to Psychological Torts (p 27)
33. Wackenhut Settles Suit Over Premature Birth for $98,000 (p 27)
34. $15,000 Settlement In Hawaii Voting Rights Suit (p 27)
35. U.S. Supreme Court: State Prisoners May Challenge Unconstitutional Parole Procedures Under § 1983 If Earlier Release Doesn't Necessarily Follow (p 28)
36. 42 Alabama AIDS Prison Deaths In Five Years Spurs Major Medical Suit Settlement (p 28)
37. Prisoners of Love: Good Advice for Those Separated By Walls But United by Love (p 29)
38. Maricopa County, Arizona, Settles Wrongful Imprisonment Suit For $1.4 Million (p 29)
39. RLUIPA Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court (p 30)
40. Louisiana Prison Writer Free After 44 Years (p 30)
41. Jury Trial in Prison Violates Oregon Constitution (p 31)
42. Suit Over Rape of Prisoner By TDCJ Employee Settled for $118,318.56 and Beach Property (p 32)
43. Supreme Court Decision Orders Release of 920 Mariel Cubans; ICE: Dumps them In the Streets Without Aid (p 32)
44. Massachusetts Law, Not PLRA, Applies to Attorneys Fee Award in State Court § 1983 Action for Native (p 33)
45. California Guard Wins $10 Million Default Judgment Against Assaultive Prisoners (p 33)
46. $1 Million L.A. County Jail Rape Award Overturned (p 34)
47. Colorado Teenagers Raped By Guards Settle For $165,000 Each (p 35)
48. Former Wackenhut Guard Awarded $600,000 For Wrongful Termination (p 36)
49. Arizona Boot Camp Director Convicted In Teen’s Death (p 36)
50. Tennessee Public Records Act Requires Delivery Of Records To Prisoners (p 36)
51. Court Holds Temperatures on Florida's Death Row Constitutional; Class Action Exhaustion Explained (p 37)
52. Staph Infections Kill Women Prisoners In Pennsylvania; Coroner’s Office Raided (p 37)
53. Kentucky State Auditor Blasts Prison Industries After $377K in Undeposited Payments Found in Manager’s Desk (p 38)
54. Mere Pendency of Proceedings Deprives Court of Jurisdiction in Jail Collect Call Case; Attorney Fee (p 38)
55. California’s Sex-Offender Internet Site Gets 14 Million Hits In First Four Days (p 39)
56. Florida's Law Libraries Provide Adequate Access to Courts Under State's Constitution (p 39)
57. Besmirched California Prison Doctors Sue To Block Higher Qualification Standards (p 39)
58. News in Brief: (p 40)
59. News in Brief (p 42)
60. Ninth Circuit: Kicking Shackled Prisoner In Genitals Is Cruel And Unusual Punishment (p 44)