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In this issue:

1. Prisons as Incubators and Spreaders of Disease and Illness (p 1)
2. U.S. Surgeon General Pressured to Avoid Addressing Prison Health Care (p 6)
3. TB Prevention and Control In Prisons and Jails: New CDC Guidelines (p 9)
4. We’ll Lock Up Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free (p 10)
5. From the Editor (p 12)
6. Prison Privatization Launders Taxpayer Dollars into Political Contributions (p 13)
7. Minnesota Prison Industries Managers Ride High on Prison Slavery (p 18)
8. UN Committee Against Torture Wants Guantanamo Closed (p 20)
9. $2,500 Settlement in False Report of Oregon Prisoner’s Death (p 21)
10. Due Process Required Before Termination from Colorado Sex Offender Treatment Program (p 22)
11. BJS Reports Death Penalty Trends In 2005 (p 23)
12. Prior Drug Use Stable Among State Prisoners, Rises For Federal Prisoners (p 24)
13. Accuracy of Sex Offender Registries Questioned By GAO (p 24)
14. Florida Prison Nurses Net $1 Million for Sexual Harassment by Prisoners (p 26)
15. “State Secrets Privilege” Forecloses CIA-Detainee’s Kidnapping and Torture Suit (p 26)
16. $140,000 Settlement in Death of Asthmatic Texas Prisoner (p 28)
17. Rhode Island Pays $120,000 To Prisoner Forced To Eat Feces (p 28)
18. $1.2 Million Compensation Package Approved For Wrongfully Convicted Georgia Man (p 29)
19. Connecticut: Victims’ Privacy Protection Saves Some Sex Offenders From Public Registration (p 30)
20. Monterey County Grand Jury Report Blasts Two California Prisons (p 30)
21. New Orleans Prisoners Work on Judge’s House (p 31)
22. Civil Grand Jury Calls San Mateo County Women’s Jail a “Crowded Disgrace” (p 32)
23. United States Sues Georgia County Jail over Unconstitutional Medical and Living Conditions (p 32)
24. An Old Story: District of Columbia Continues Overdetaining and Strip Searching Prisoners (p 33)
25. A Voice From Guantanamo’s Darkness (p 34)
26. Columbus, Ohio Jail’s Seclusion Turns Parole Into Death March (p 34)
27. BJS Report: The Price of Justice in 2003 (p 35)
28. Wrongfully Imprisoned California Man Awarded $18 Million (p 36)
29. Prison A Major Factor In Spreading AIDS (p 36)
30. New York Prisoner Awarded $190,000 For Improperly Treated Knee Injury (p 37)
31. Six Florida Federal Prison Guards Convicted, Sentenced On Rape and Corruption Charges (p 38)
32. Quadriplegic California Prisoner Baked to Death in Transport Van (p 38)
33. Shackling at California Jury Trial, Without Justifying Need, Is Reversible Error (p 39)
34. Texas Prison System Faces Critical Guard Shortage (p 40)
35. Illinois Jail Prisoner Dies from Dental Infection (p 41)
36. Torture vs Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment -- Is the Distinction Real or Apparent?, by Metin Basoglu, MD, PhD et al., (p 41)
37. News in Brief: (p 42)
38. Breaking the Prison Habit (p 42)
39. New York Discharge-Planning: The Term “City Jail” Includes Mental Health “Forensic Units” (p 44)