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Brief • November 12, 2021
Filed under: Mail
Mitchell v. Perkins, FL, Settlement Agreement, Tampering With Mail, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE ~ttleqi~nt Agreement and Release ("Settlement Agreement") is entered into as of this .J;J. day of /VQven, ~ 021 (the ..Effective Datej, by Rico Mitchell, on the one banc(';i;d Lt. Smith, Sgt. Clarie, Officer J.M. Perkins, and …
Article • November 1, 2021 • from PLN November, 2021
Massachusetts Department of Corrections Sued Over Use of “Fake” Drug Tests on Legal Mail by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian The Massachusetts Department of Corrections (DOC) has been knowingly using drug tests described by plaintiff’s lawyers as “fake” on legal mail to both interfere with attorney/client communications and impose …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Mailbox Rule Inapplicable to Prisoners Represented by Counsel by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that “in the context of civil complaints, the prison mailbox rule applies only to prisoners who are not represented by counsel and are proceeding pro se.” The court’s February 17, 2021, opinion was issued …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Indiana DOC Settles Class-Action Lawsuit Over Ban on Incoming Mail Except That in White Envelopes Using White, Lined Paper by On August 9, 2019, an Indiana federal court memorialized the stipulations in a private settlement agreement between the Indiana Department of Corrections (DOC) and a class of prisoners subject to …
Brief • August 4, 2021
Knight First Amendment Institute v. BOP, NY, Complaint, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-06579 Document 1 Filed 08/04/21 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-6579 v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS and …
Publication • July 28, 2021
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Joint Administrative Procedures Committee, FL, Ltr Re Proposed Changes to Inmate Mail Screening, 2021 WILTON SIMPSON CHRIS SPROWLS President Speaker THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES COMMITTEE Representative Rick Roth, Chair Senator Ben Albritton, Vice Chair Senator Loranne Ausley Senator Jason Brodeur Senator Danny Burgess Senator Shevrin D. “Shev” Jones …
Brief • July 21, 2021
Filed under: Mail, Prison Mail
O'Neil-Barrett v. Oregon Dept of Corrections, OR, Settlement, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This action is currently pending in Marion County Circuit Court Case Number 20CV35863 ("Action"). The parties to this Action are Plaintiff Liam O'Neil-Barrett ("Plaintiff'), who is self-represented, and Defendants Oregon Department …
Publication • July 15, 2021
Filed under: Mail, HRDC Sign on Letters
Calling for an end to MailGuard Attorney General Merrick Garland U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 July 15, 2021 Dear Attorney General Merrick Garland, The undersigned organizations are demanding that the Biden Administration end a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) program to deprive people who …
Article • July 1, 2021 • from PLN July, 2021
The Contraband Wars Prison authorities target books and mail, miss the goods coming through the staff door by Christopher Zoukis by Christopher Zoukis America’s jails and prisons have a serious contraband problem. From the smallest county jails to state prisons holding thousands of prisoners, the nation’s correctional system is overrun …
Brief • 2021
HRDC v. Hoekstra, NC, Complaint, Censorship, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CASE NO. _____________________ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER COMPLAINT Plaintiff, vs. CASANDRA SKINNER HOEKSTRA, ERIK A. HOOKS, TIM MOOSE, DOUG PARDUE, DARCELL CARTER, LARRY DUNSTON, GARRY BLEEKER, ZACHARY KENDALL, individually and …
Brief • 2021
Kentucky Dept of Public Advocacy v. Kentucky DOC, KY, Complaint, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT 48TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DIVISION ____ CIVIL ACTION NO. __________________ – Electronically Filed – KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, PLAINTIFFS KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS, CHRISTOPHER KOTERAS, MICHAEL FUGATE, …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Books: “Let The Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty” by Robert Dunham by Robert Dunham, Death Penalty Information Center In his new book, Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty, journalist Maurice Chammah presages the death of America’s capital …
Article • April 1, 2021 • from PLN April, 2021
Holiday Cards for Prisoners: Let’s End Collective Punishment in U.S. Prisons by Sandy Rozek by Sandy Rozek Going back to 1991, when Rodney King was beaten by four police officers in California, public sentiment has periodically erupted in a general condemnation of law enforcement. In New York in 2014, the …
HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, Granting in Part Motion for Attorney Fees, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 50 Filed 03/28/21 Page 1 of 28 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, 7 Case No. 20-cv-01296-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. …
Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021
Mellon Foundation to Provide $5.25 Million in Program to Distribute Books to Prisoners by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced in June 2020 that it would spend more than $5.25 million on a program to distribute large, curated collections of books to prisons and juvenile …
Article • November 1, 2020 • from PLN November, 2020
Fourth Circuit: Opening of Detainee’s Legal Mail Outside His Presence Violates Right to Free Speech by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld on June 8, 2020, that a pretrial detainee’s First Amendment claim that officials violated his right to free speech by opening …
Article • September 1, 2020 • from PLN September, 2020
Prisons Banning Black Culture and History Books by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon here is one word that rarely, if ever, is used to describe anything that occurs in prisons. That word is fair. For example, study after study of prison demographics all conclude that although Black citizens are the …
Publication • September 1, 2020
Prison Covid News 1-4, 2020   COVID-19 COVID 19 IInformation f i ffor P Prisoners i and d Staff S ff   Volume V l Volume 1, 1 N Number b 4 4 September  S t b 2020 September 2020 INSIDE COVID-19 RAGED. OUTSIDE, OFFICIALS CALLED IT …
Brief • August 26, 2020
Hurdsman v. Williamson County, TX, Settlement, Retaliation-Filing of Grievance, 2020 RELEASE OF ALL CLAIMS AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT RECITALS: WHEREAS, Plaintiff/Appellee Rodney Hurdsman ("Hurdsman") was incarcerated in the Williamson County Jail ("WCJ") from April 28, 2015-July 7, 2017, and Hurdsman claimed that Williamson County Texas (the "County"), its officials, and current …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority, et al., opinion and order, attorney fees and costs, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00013-JPJ-PMS Document 140 Filed 08/24/20 Page 1 of 27 Pageid#: 4233 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
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