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Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
Vermont Court Orders Centurion to Cough Up Records in HRDC Suit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke   On November 7, 2023, a Vermont court ruled in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News, in its request for records from Centurion of …
Article • June 1, 2024 • from PLN June, 2024
HRDC Files Suit for Exonerated Florida Prisoner Wrongfully Incarcerated Over 44 Years by On April 17, 2024, the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center—which publishes PLN and Criminal Legal News—filed suit in federal court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of Willie Williams, Jr., 79, seeking redress for over …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and official capacities; DARCELL CARTER, …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and official capacities; DARCELL CARTER, …
Filing • May 3, 2024
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement Agreement, PLN Censorship, 2024 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (the "Settlement Agreement") is made and entered into by and among: "Plaintiff': Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (referred to herein as ''Plaintiff'). "Defendant": State …
Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024
Fourth Circuit Reinstates HRDC’s RICO Claim Against Securus and ViaPath by On June 4, 2023, a request for a rehearing en banc before the entire U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit was denied in a suit accusing prison telecom providers Securus Technologies and Global Tel*Link (GTL)—now known as …
HRDC Wins Summary Judgment in North Carolina Prison Censorship Case by On March 27, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina granted in part and denied in part the Human Rights Defense Center’s (HRDC) motion for summary judgment in a civil rights action it filed …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
$11.6 Million Settlement Reached in HRDC Debit Release Card Case in Washington; California Victory Remanded by On December 19, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Washington granted final approval to an $11.6 million settlement between Rapid Investments, Inc. and a class of prisoners released from over 1,500 …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
HRDC Awarded Over $130,000 in Legal Costs and Fees for Defendant’s “Bad Faith” in Maine Records Lawsuit by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 16, 2024, Maine’s Superior Court for Kennebec County ordered state officials to pay $130,600.02 in attorney fees and legal costs to PLN’s publisher, the …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION NO. 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and …
HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION NO. 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and …
Filing • March 20, 2024
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Order Granting Attorneys' Fees and Expenses, PLN Censorship, 2024 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 379 Filed 03/20/24 Page 1 of 18 1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Prison Legal News, Plaintiff, 10 …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
From the Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Probably the biggest threat to the credibility of the American police state is that of wrongful convictions. American history has plenty of examples of prisoners being freed from lengthy prison sentences after being wrongfully convicted of crimes they did not commit. …
Article • March 1, 2024 • from PLN March, 2024
HRDC Wins $14 Million Settlement for Exonerated Florida Prisoner by On February 15, 2024, the Tampa City Council approved a $14 million settlement with Robert DuBoise, 59, a man who spent 37 years wrongfully imprisoned for a 1983 rape and murder he didn’t commit thanks to the two leading causes …
See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Treat No Evil: Centurion and the Curse of For-Profit Prison Healthcare by J.D. Schmidt by J.D. Schmidt On November 14, 2022, the Florida arm of Centurion Health, one of the nation’s largest private prison and jail healthcare companies, filed a lawsuit in Putnam County …
Article • November 15, 2023 • from PLN November, 2023
HRDC Wins Motion to Compel North Carolina Prison Officials to Answer for Censorship Policy by On April 7, 2023, the federal court for the Eastern District of North Carolina granted a motion by PLN’s publisher, theHuman Rights Defense Center (HRDC), to compel the state Department of Public Safety (DPS) “to …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
After Ninth Circuit Refuses to Compel Arbitration, National Class Certified in HRDC’s Challenge to Jail and Prison Debit Card Fees by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson In a federal suit challenging excessive fees on jail and prison “debit release” cards, the federal court for the District of Oregon on July …
Article • October 15, 2023 • from PLN October, 2023
JPay Denied Motion to Compel Arbitration in Suit Over Debit Release Cards by On March 1, 2023, prison financial services profiteer JPay hit a legal wall in a challenge to fee-laden debit cards issued to prisoners on release. As PLN has reported, former California state prisoner Adam Cain — represented …
$1.85 Million Approved for Tampa Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for 37 Years by Robert DuBoise received the second most important call of his life on June 9, 2023, when a Tallahassee public policy firm phoned to let him know that the efforts to obtain $1.85 million in compensation for the 37 …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
HRDC Granted Injunction to End Censorship in Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2023, the federal court for the Western District of Arkansas concluded that a “postcard-only” policy at the Baxter County Correctional Center (BCCC) constituted a de facto blanket ban on publications, in …
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