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Force-Feeding Is Cruel, Painful, and Degrading—and American Prisons Won’t Stop by Aviva Stahl In a Colorado supermax facility, hunger-striking inmates have been force-fed and barred from sharing their ordeal with the outside world. A prisoner breaks his silence for the first time. By Aviva Stahl, The Nation, June 4, 2019 …
Article • June 5, 2019 • from PLN June, 2019
Seventh Circuit Reinstates Lawsuit Over Illinois Jail’s Denial of Legal Publication Without Notice by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  On February 8, 2019, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that a district court erred when it reframed a former Illinois jail prisoner’s lawsuit over denial of a legal publication …
Article • April 19, 2019
Washington Officials Violated First Amendment by Removing Prisoner’s Art from Exhibit Due to Criticism by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A Washington federal court denied state officials’ summary judgment on a claim that they violated a Native American prisoner’s First Amendment rights by prematurely removing his paintings from an art …
Article • April 10, 2019
Georgia Jail Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Mail Censorship Settled for $18,000 by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke  A Georgia county agreed to settle a jail prisoner’s lawsuit over censorship of mail and media and other issues at the Gwinnett County Detention Center after a federal magistrate recommended that it be allowed …
Article • April 2, 2019 • from PLN April, 2019
For Journalists Covering Prisons, the First Amendment is Little Help by Jonathan Peters by Jonathan Peters, Columbia Journalism Review “Each prison is a fiefdom, and the warden is at the top of the feudal system.” That’s how Gary Fields, who covered criminal justice for The Wall Street Journal, put it in 2012, discussing …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, order approving injunctive settlement, censorship, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 51 Filed: 03/26/19 Page: 1 of 2 - Page ID#: 297 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, V. RODNEY BALLARD, et al., Defendants. …
HRDC v Marshall County, TN, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE COLUMBIA DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, Case No.: v. MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BILLY LAMB, Sheriff of Marshall County, Tennessee, in his official and individual capacities; SABRINA PATTERSON, Jail …
Why We Need More Journalism Courses Taught in Prison by Shaheen Pasha For those incarcerated, the study of journalism can aid rehabilitation by providing tangible skills and a chance to increase understanding of prisoners’ experiences by Shaheen Pasha, Nieman Reports John J. Lennon, also known as Inmate # 04A0823, sits …
Demler v. Inch, Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, FL, class action complaint, confiscation of prisoners' lawfully purchased digital music and books, 2019 Case 4:19-cv-00094-MW-CAS Document 1 Filed 02/19/19 Page 1 of 27 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Tallahassee Division WILLIAM DEMLER, individually, and on behalf …
Article • February 6, 2019 • from PLN February, 2019
Print Media and Prisoner Activism by Stephen Wilson by Stephen Wilson Because America’s prisons are its most opaque institutions, prisoners and their allies have always employed strategies of visibility to create awareness and understanding of who is being held captive and the conditions of their captivity. Print media – books, …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, settlement agreement injunctive, censorship, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 50-1 Filed: 01/28/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 289 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT …
Article • November 6, 2018 • from PLN November, 2018
San Diego County Targets Reporter Who Exposed Sky-High Jail Death Rate by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell When the widow of a prisoner who committed suicide at a San Diego County jail filed suit claiming staff had been made aware of the jail’s high death rate due to a reporter’s …
Filing • October 24, 2018
HRDC v. Forrest County, Jail Censorship Suit Complaint, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-00184-KS-MTP Document 1 Filed 10/24/18 Page 1 of 11 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI EASTERN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Civil Action No.: 2:18-cv-184-KS-MTP Plaintiff, v. (1) FORREST COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI; …
Article • October 12, 2018 • from PLN October, 2018
HRDC Files Censorship Suit Against New Mexico Jail; Court Orders Dismissal Based on Mootness by Steve Horn by Steve Horn The Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), which publishes Prison Legal News, filed a federal lawsuit on April 16, 2018 against the San Miguel County Detention Center in Las Vegas, New …
Brief • September 24, 2018
Sweeney et al v. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Correction, preliminary injunction, prison mail restrictions, 2018
Brief • September 13, 2018
Thompson v. Baldwin, IL, Complaint, Improper Censorship, 2018 3:18-cv-03230-SEM-TSH # 1 Page 1 of 10 E-FILED Thursday, 13 September, 2018 09:32:53 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS SPRINGFIELD DIVISION HEATHER ANN THOMPSON, Plaintiff, v. JOHN R. BALDWIN, in his official …
Southern Poverty Law Center v. Homeland Security, et al., complaint for injunctive relief re ICE, 2018 Case 1:18-cv-01725 Document 1 Filed 07/24/18 Page 1 of 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-01725 Plaintiff, JURY DEMANDED V. UNITED …
U.S. v. Ryan, et al., settlement in book fraud case, 2018 Case 2:18-cv-02674-GAM Document 4 Filed 06/27/18 Page 1 of 13 I:-.J THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PE~'NSYLVA~IA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 18-2674 v. JOHN PAUL RY AN, MARY MOTZ …
Filing • May 22, 2018
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, Censorship, amicus brief corrections officials 2015 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 12/14/2015 Page: 1 of 36 No. 15-14220-AA IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT JULIE L. JONES, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, …
Filing • May 22, 2018
Prison Legal News v. Florida DOC, Censorship, amicus brief law professors 2015 Case: 15-14220 Date Filed: 12/14/2015 Page: 1 of 30 Appeal No. 15-14220 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, V. SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. On Appeal from the United States …
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