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Article • August 7, 2017
Wiccan Prisoner Settles with NV DOC Over Denial of Hardbound Religious Books by Joe Watson by Joe Watson Donald Towne, a Nevada state prisoner and practicing Wiccan, reached a settlement of unspecified remedies in July 2008 in his pro se lawsuit against the state’s Department of Corrections (NDOC). Towne alleged …
Article • August 4, 2017
$153,955 Jury Award for TN Jail Guard Fired Over Support for Sheriff’s Election Foe by Joe Watson by Joe Watson A mom who was fired from her job as a Tennessee jail guard because she supported the county sheriff’s election foe was awarded $153,955 in August 2008 by a U.S. …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
California Court Vacates Prison Infraction Charging Prisoner for Refusing Meals by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton The California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two, has invalidated a prison infraction that charged a hunger-striking prisoner with “participating in a riot, rout, or unlawful assembly,” as it was unsupported by …
$6,500 Settlement after Ninth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment in Retaliatory Ad-seg Case by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On October 26, 2016, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court’s dismissal of a suit filed by a California prisoner who claimed prison officials had wrongly punished him for reporting staff misconduct. …
Article • July 28, 2017 • from PLN August, 2017
Filed under: Probation, First Amendment
Ninth Circuit Reverses Revocation of Supervised Release Over Blog Post by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The federal government's attempt to restrict a former prisoner’s First Amendment right to free speech has been reversed by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Darren Chaker was convicted of a white collar crime …
Ogden v. Figgins, KS, Prelim Settlement, Mail Allowed, 2017 Case 2:16-cv-02268-JAR-KGG Document 26 Filed 07/19/17 Page 1 of 4 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS RUSSELL K. OGDEN ET AL., Plaintiffs, v. Case No. 16-CV-2268-JAR SHERIFF PETE FIGGINS, Defendant. ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND AUTHORIZING …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, complaint, censorship, 2017 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT Doc #: 1 Filed: 07/17/17 Page: 1 of 15 - Page ID#: 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION at FRANKFORT [Filed Electronically] HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. RODNEY BALLARD, former …
Prison Legal News v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Complaint, Jail Censorship, 2017 Case 2:17-cv-04883 Document 1 Filed 07/03/17 Page 1 of 32 Page ID #:1 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 062566 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 2 CHRISTOPHER HU – 293052 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN & GRUNFELD LLP 3 50 …
Article • June 30, 2017 • from PLN July, 2017
Illinois Prisoner Wins Federal Civil Rights Suit over Mail Censorship by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Kevin A. Williams, a state prisoner at the Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois, was serving a 65-year sentence for murder. While at Pontiac he ordered a copy of his victim’s death certificate, but prison …
Third Circuit Finds that Prisoners’ Verbal Grievances are Constitutionally Protected by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a prisoner’s verbal grievance made to prison staff was protected speech under the First Amendment, and gave rise to a civil action when the prisoner …
Illinois High Court Upholds Sex Offender Requirements Struck Down in Other States by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On October 20, 2016, the Illinios Supreme Court declared constitutional a law that requires convicted sex offenders to report their email addresses, Internet identities and related online data to law enforcement officials. …
Jacobs v. Allegheny County, PA, Verdict, Abuse at Jail, 2017 I Case 2:08-cv-00470-JFC Document 632 Filed 06/23/17 Page 1 of 32 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ANDRE JACOBS, Plaintiff, V. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, MICHAEL O'KEEFE, WILLIAM EMERICK, RAMON RUSTIN, JAMES DONNIS, RONALD POFI, LOUIS …
Brief • June 22, 2017
1st Amendment Coalition of Arizona v. Ryan, AZ, Settlement, Midazolam Lethal Injection, 2017 Case 2:14-cv-01447-NVW Document 186 Filed 06/21/17 Page 1 of 11 5 JON M. SANDS Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona DALE A. BAICH (OH Bar No. 0025070) dale_baich@fd.org JESSICA L. FELKER (IL Bar No. 6296357) Jessica_felker@fd.org 850 …
National Police Accountability Project - CLE Seminar Brochure, DC, 2017 Name:_____________________________________ Firm: _____________________________________ Address:___________________________________ City:_______________ State:___ Zip:___________ Phone:_____________ E-mail_________________ Please bill my: [ ] Visa [ ] MC [ ] Discover Card #_____________________________________ Expiration Date: _____________________________ CVV Code: ______________________________ Signature: __________________________________ [ ] Check enclosed (Please make check payable to: …
DC Circuit Court Reverses Dismissal of Suit Challenging CMU Placement by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned portions of a district court’s dismissal of a lawsuit filed by three federal prisoners – Yassin Aref, Kifah Jayyousi and Daniel McGowan – who sought damages …
PLN Settles Censorship Challenge at Oklahoma Jail for $125,000 by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna Faced with the censorship of its monthly publication and other correspondence by a jail in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed suit in federal district …
Publication • June 7, 2017
Filed under: Internet, First Amendment
WJLTA - Jail (E)mail, Brennen Johnson, 2016 WASHINGTON JOURNAL OF LAW, TECHNOLOGY & ARTS VOLUME 11, ISSUE 4 WINTER 2016 JAIL (E)MAIL: FREE SPEECH IMPLICATIONS OF GRANTING INMATES ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SERVICES Brennen J. Johnson* © Brennen J. Johnson Cite as: 11 Wash. J.L. Tech. & Arts 285 (2016) …
Publication • May 17, 2017
Northern Kentucky Law Review - False Teeth, 1990 FALSE TEETH? THORNBURGH'S CLAIM THAT TURNER'S STANDARD FOR DETERMINING A PRISONER'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IS NOT "TOOTHLESS" Alphonse A. Gerhardstein* I. INTRODUCTION Prison rules are easy to create. "Once established, rules have great success at survival.... By ...accumulations of permanent rules passed …
Center for Immigrants' Rights Clinic - Imprisoned Justice, Penn State Law, 2017 IMPRISONED JUSTICE: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers May 2017 PHOTO CREDIT: TOP PHOTO: STEVEN RUBIN; BOTTOM PHOTOS: STEVE PAVEY Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic Imprisoned Justice: Inside Two Georgia Immigrant Detention Centers 1 “SEGREGATION IS LIKE HELL. …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
PLN Settles Censorship Suit Against Illinois County for $75,000, Policy Changes by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On June 17, 2016, Kane County, Illinois ratified a settlement agreement with Prison Legal News to resolve a federal lawsuit after dozens of copies of PLN sent to prisoners at the county’s jail …
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