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HRDC Files Suit Over Censorship in California Jail
Loaded on March 1, 2025
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2025, page 31
On January 10, 2025, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), non-profit publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News (CLN), filed suit in federal court for the Northern District of California against Sonoma County and its Sheriff Eddie Engram, as well as Dep. Melissa Parmenter, Division Operations Captain of the County’s ...
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