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Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
PLN and HRDC Win Consent Judgment Against Louisiana Sheriff in Censorship Case by On May 18, 2010, Prison Legal News (PLN) and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), won another battle against censorship by prison and jail officials. In 2009, PLN and HRDC sued Jack A. Stephens, …
Brief • March 9, 2011
ACLU AL v. Ingle, AL, Complaint, Due Process Prisoner Attorney Visitation, 2011 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA JASPER DIVISION AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA and ALLISON NEAL, Plaintiffs v. RODNEY INGLE, in his official capacity as Sheriff of Fayette County, Alabama, …
Brief • February 24, 2011
Hamilton v. Hall, FL, Complaint, Post Card Policy Outgoing Mail, 2011 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR -EMT Document 43 Filed 02/24/11 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Pensacola Division MARCIE HAMILTON and JAMIE BROJANAC, all on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Plaintiffs, v. No. …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
North Carolina Prison Censorship Class Action Suit Settled by A settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit that challenged the way the North Carolina Department of Corrections (NCDOC) administers its policies related to the receipt of books and magazines by prisoners. The suit sought to enforce the First …
Article • January 15, 2011 • from PLN January, 2011
California: Confiscation of Prisoner’s Mail May Violate First Amendment by In a First Amendment case alleging improper confiscation of a state prisoner’s incoming and outgoing mail, U.S. District Court Judge Susan Illston denied a motion for summary judgment filed by prison officials. In 2007, Marcus Harrison, a validated member of …
Fourth Circuit Vacates Pornography Restriction on Federal Defendant by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has vacated a set of supervised release conditions that prohibited a defendant from possessing pornography, entering places where pornography could be obtained, having contact with children and requiring that the defendant undergo …
White v. Dona Ana County Detention Center, NM, Recommendation, Mailroom Law Library, 2011 Case 2:08-cv-00955-WJ-GBW Document 138 Filed 01/12/11 Page 1 of 45 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO DENVER JAMES WHITE, Plaintiff, v. No. CV 08‐0955 WJ/GBW DONA ANA COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, ET …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Wish You Were Here! Jails Adopt Postcard-Only Mail Policies by By January 2010, 13 of Oregon’s 36 counties had implemented policies that limit incoming and outgoing mail at county jails to postcards. Ten other counties plan to adopt similar rules in the future. The postcard-only policy is a national trend …
PLN Sues South Carolina Jail that Bans All Reading Material Except Bibles by On October 6, 2010, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Defense Center staff attorney Lance Weber, filed suit in federal court challenging an unconstitutional policy at the Berkeley County …
Article • November 15, 2010 • from PLN November, 2010
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Virginia DOC for $125,250 by Prison Legal News announced on September 23, 2010 that it had settled a censorship lawsuit against the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) for $125,250 in damages, attorney fees and costs. In October 2009, PLN filed suit against Gene M. Johnson, …
Article • October 15, 2010 • from PLN October, 2010
State Auditor Issues Report on Washington Department of Corrections by On December 7, 2009, the Washington State Auditor’s Office released a report on an audit of the Department of Corrections (DOC) that covered the time period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009. The report examined cash handling, payroll, …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Federal Court Finds Nation of Islam Publication Not Racially Inflammatory by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On March 31, 2010, a Louisiana U.S. District Court held that the denial of access to a religious publication based solely on the inclusion of a section called “The Muslim Program” was a …
Article • September 15, 2010 • from PLN September, 2010
Oregon Politician Visits Prison, Proposes Porn Ban by Mark Wilson Oregon state representative Greg Smith is up for reelection, and thus looking for a way to win over voters. So why not drop in on an Oregon Department of Corrections (ODOC) facility and engage in some tough-on-crime prisoner-bashing? That’s likely …
Brief • September 13, 2010
Reynolds v. Hall, FL, Outgoing Mail Procedure, Censorship Prisoner Mail, 2010 Case 3:10-cv-00355-MCR -EMT Document 1-1 Filed 09/13/10 Page 1 of 1 SANTA ROSA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE Sheriff Wendell Hall GENERAL ORDERS 1,_11111111111MINIL__1111111111_1116 OUTGOING MAIL PROCEDURE STANDARD OPERATING 15.48 STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES: PROCEDURES: 15.48 All Detention Detention Members Distribution: 8/14/2010 …
CCA Pays $70,000 in Damages, Attorney Fees to Settle PLN Censorship Suit by Alex Friedmann On June 7, 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had settled a federal censorship suit against Corrections Corp. of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison company. PLN filed the lawsuit in September 2009, …
Georgia Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit, Pays $149,759.21 in Damages, Attorney Fees by On April 22, 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had settled a First Amendment censorship suit against Fulton County, Georgia and former Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman. The lawsuit, filed by PLN in October 2007, claimed …
New York’s Catch-All Contraband and Anti-Smuggling Rules Unconstitutionally Vague by In a suit for damages and injunctive relief, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s de-termination that prison prohibitions against “smuggling” and “contraband” were unconstitutionally vague as applied to Mujahid Farid, a New York state prisoner serving …
Bashimam v. City of Tallahassee, FL, Plaintiff Interr, Police Misconduct, 2010 PLAINTIFF’S FIRST INTERROGATORIES TO DEFENDANT CITY I. Persons 1. As to the person answering these interrogatories, please identify (see “Identification of a Natural Person” in Definitions) yourself and describe your basis for knowledge of the information sworn to, all …
The History of Prison Legal News by Paul Wright In May 1990, the first issue of Prisoners’ Legal News (PLN) was published. It was hand-typed, photocopied and ten pages long. The first issue was mailed to 75 potential subscribers. Its budget was $50. The first 3 issues were banned in …
Article • May 15, 2010 • from PLN May, 2010
Opening Legal Mail Outside BOP Prisoner’s Presence States Constitutional Claim by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part a district court decision denying qualified immunity to several Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees accused of opening properly marked legal mail outside a …
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