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Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
From the Editor by Paul Wright For the past 26 years PLN has reported on conditions within the Florida Department of Corrections that have generally ranged from horrible to abysmal in a system long characterized by medical neglect, brutality, corruption and murder by prison officials, and long-time indifference or outright …
Brief • February 2, 2016
Shain v. Advanced Technologies Group, MI, Complaint, Prison MP3 Program, 2016 4:16-cv-10367-LVP-APP Doc # 1 Filed 02/02/16 Pg 1 of 74 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION W. CURTIS SHAIN, SCOTT IRWIN, ROBERT SPILLMAN, CEDRIC MYLES, and ANTHONY CALABRO, on behalf …
Brief • January 29, 2016
1st Amendment Coalition of Arizona v. Ryan, AZ, Amended Complaint, Midazolam Lethal Injection, 2016 Case 2:14-cv-01447-NVW Document 97 Filed 01/29/16 Page 1 of 60 1 JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona 2 DALE A. BAICH (OH Bar No. 0025070) dale_baich@fd.org 3 ROBIN C. KONRAD (AL Bar No. …
Brief • January 27, 2016
Filed under: Mail, Censorship
ACLU v Livingston Co, MI, Plf BIO, legal mail censorship, 2016 No. 15-836 d IN THE Supreme Court of the United States LIVINGSTON COUNTY, et al., Petitioners, —v.— AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN, Respondent. ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS …
Article • January 13, 2016
Pre-Litigation Attorney Solicitation Letters are Protected Legal Mail by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction that requires officials at Michigan’s Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver correspondence to prisoners marked “legal mail” from the ACLU. That ruling came in a lawsuit the ACLU initiated after LCJ’s …
Article • January 13, 2016
PLN’s Florida Censorship Suit Passes Summary Judgment Stage by David Reutter Florida Northern District federal court denied the cross-motions for summary judgment in PLN’s lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) impoundment and rejection of PLN based upon ad content. The current suit is not the first round of …
Article • January 13, 2016
Baltimore Settles Lawsuit over Confiscation of Cell Phone Recording of Arrest by Derek Gilna The City of Baltimore has settled a lawsuit filed by a citizen at Pimlico Racetrack who filmed an arrest at the track and whose cell phone camera was confiscated by police. Christopher Sharp was told by …
Article • January 12, 2016
Filed under: Prisoner Media, TV/Movies
Tennessee Jail Duped into Allowing Filming of Rap Video by David Reutter Officials at Tennessee’s Davidson County Jail (DCJ) are outraged at being “duped” into allowing a film crew record inside DCJ under the guise of creating a documentary and then seeing it be transformed into a music video. Rapper …
Article • January 7, 2016
New Pennsylvania Legislation Sucker Punches Inmate Speech by Linn Washington Jr. Law Shreds Rights by: Linn Washington Jr. The serious injustice endured by Pennsylvania prison inmate Lorenzo ‘Cat’ Johnson, detailed yesterday in Part I of this series [1], is the subject of a website and numerous other postings on the Internet. …
Brief • January 7, 2016
Fields v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Plf Brief Opp Def Mot SJ, False Arrest Video On-Duty Police, 2016 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RICHARD FIELDS, Plaintiff, : : : v. : : CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al., : Defendants. : ____________________________________ : : …
PLN Intervenes, Unseals Settlement in CCA Fair Labor Standards Act Case by David Reutter PLN’s intervention in a federal lawsuit alleging Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) had improperly classified supervisors at two Kentucky prisons as being exempt from overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Kentucky’s Wage …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna As many of our readers know, Prison Legal News is a strong proponent of breaking down barriers that restrict prisoners’ First Amendment rights. Jail …
Brief • December 16, 2015
Brown v. Taylor et al, 5th Cir, Amicus Brief - Human Rights Defense Center, Prison Mailbox Rule GEO sex offender treatment, 2015 Case: 13-10588 Document: 00513310537 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/16/2015 No. 13-10588 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRTH CIRCUIT CLARENCE D. BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ALLISON …
Brief • December 16, 2015
Prison Legal News v. County of Tulare, CA, Order re Mot for PI, mail censorship, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 3 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 …
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California On October 29, 2015, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional censorship of publications sent to prisoners at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility in Tulare County, California. …
Brief • December 3, 2015
FCC Leter to Securus re WC Docket No. 12-375, In the Matter of Rates for Interstate Inmate Calling Services, December 3, 2015 Federal Communications Commission Washington, D.C. 20554 December 3, 2015 DA 15-1382 Robert Pickens President Securus Technologies, Inc. 3000 Kellway Dr. #150 Carrolton, TX 75006 RE: WC Docket No. …
Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast The U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum outside Florence, Colorado, better known as ADX, has a deserved reputation as the highest-security supermax prison on the planet. It houses some of the most …
Article • December 1, 2015 • from PLN December, 2015
Arizona Jury Awards $3.4 Million against Owner of Sex Offender Websites by Matthew Clarke Arizona Jury Awards $3.4 Million against Owner of Sex Offender Websites by Matt Clarke In May 2014, a Maricopa County, Arizona jury awarded $3.4 million to people who were falsely profiled on private sex offender websites …
Article • November 17, 2015
First Circuit: First Amendment Right to Film Traffic Stops by First Circuit: First Amendment Right to Film Traffic Stops On May 23, 2014, the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied an appeal filed by the Weare, New Hampshire, police department and several of its officers challenging a district court …
Article • November 17, 2015
North Carolina District Attorney Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Allegedly Firing Employee Based on His Public Statements Criticizing Program by North Carolina District Attorney Not Entitled to Qualified Immunity for Allegedly Firing Employee Based on His Public Statements Criticizing Program The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit …
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