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Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
Filed under: Editorials, PLN Litigation
From the Editor by Paul Wright From the Editor by Paul Wright This month’s cover story about the Washington Department of Corrections killing prisoner Ricardo Mejia through medical neglect is in many ways an old one. Over the past 24 years, PLN has run hundreds of articles about prisons and …
Texas Court Finds CCA Subject to State’s Public Information Act, Awards Attorney Fees by Texas Court Finds CCA Subject to State’s Public Information Act, Awards Attorney Fees On September 15, 2014, a Travis County District Court entered a final judgment that found Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest …
Article • October 10, 2014 • from PLN October, 2014
$750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Carrie Wilkinson $750,000 Settlement for Washington State Prisoner’s Wrongful Death by Carrie Wilkinson Although Prison Legal News and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), are best known for litigation involving censorship by prison and jail officials, HRDC also …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Media, Access to Media
California's Governor Vetoes Bill Granting Journalists Access to Prisoners by California's Governor Vetoes Bill Granting Journalists Access to Prisoners   On September 30, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown of California vetoed a bill which would have restored media access in the California prison system (CDCR) to the level it was at …
Article • October 3, 2014
Filed under: Media
Depiction of Prisoner's Wife as Drug Smuggler Actionable by Depiction of Prisoner's Wife as Drug Smuggler Actionable   A Tennessee federal court denied a motion to dismiss a defamation claim brought by a prisoner's wife who was portrayed as a drug smuggler in a television program.   An episode of …
Brief • September 30, 2014
Tisdale v. Gravitt, GA, Order, Filming Public Meetings, 2014
Filing • September 10, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Lewis Co., et al., WA, Order, censorship, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-05304-JRC Document 76 Filed 09/10/14 Page 1 of 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, 11 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 12 CASE …
Brief • September 10, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Lewis Co., et al., WA, Order, censorship, 2014 Case 3:14-cv-05304-JRC Document 76 Filed 09/10/14 Page 1 of 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, 11 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 12 CASE …
Wilson v. Sabatka-Rine, NE, Settlement, Wicca Discrimination, 2014 .. : IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA HAROLD 8. WILSON, Plaintiff, v. DIANE SABATKA-RINE, et al., Defendants. Case No. 4:11 CV3215 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT This SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT Is …
Article • August 13, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Jails Stop Posting Mug Shots to End "Extortion" by Profiteering Websites by Jails Stop Posting Mug Shots to End "Extortion" by Profiteering Websites A growing number of jails are no longer putting booking photos of arrestees online in order to prevent websites such as mugshots.com from obtaining and posting them, …
ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter ACLU Granted Preliminary Injunction Requiring Michigan Jail to Deliver Legal Mail by David Reutter A federal district court in Michigan granted a preliminary injunction that requires officials at the Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver letters …
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
Temple University Acts on Complaint Against Authors of Private Prison Study by Temple University Acts on Complaint Against Authors of Private Prison Study In response to an ethics complaint filed against Temple University professors Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone, a Temple official wrote in July 2014 that she had …
Article • August 7, 2014 • from PLN August, 2014
PLN Settles Lawsuit Against Kenosha County, Wisconsin for $116,500 by Derek Gilna PLN Settles Lawsuit Against Kenosha County, Wisconsin for $116,500 by Derek Gilna After 29 prisoners at a jail in Kenosha County, Wisconsin did not receive their monthly copies of Prison Legal News or informational brochures and soft-cover books …
Filing • August 5, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Holder, el al., TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2014
Brief • August 5, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
PLN v. Holder, el al., TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2014
Brief • July 24, 2014
Fields v. City of Philadelphia, PA, Complaint, false arrest video on duty police, 2014 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA RICHARD FIELDS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, POLICE OFFICER SISCA, Badge No. 9547, and JOHN DOE, an unknown Philadelphia Police Officer, Defendants. ) ) ) ) …
Article • July 11, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC by Update on PLN Suit Against Nevada DOC Prison Legal News continues its efforts to defend its First Amendment right to communicate with prisoners in the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC). In 1999 the NDOC banned all copies of PLN, claiming the publication …
Article • July 9, 2014 • from PLN July, 2014
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Preliminary Injunction Entered in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California by Preliminary Injunction Entered in PLN Censorship Suit Against Ventura County, California On May 29, 2014, in a significant victory for the First Amendment rights of prisoners and those who correspond with them, the U.S. District Court for the …
Brief • June 16, 2014
Tiger v. Pynkala, TN, Complaint, Excessive Force Hotel Arrest, 2014 APPENDIX F Case 2:14-cv-02312-JDT-dkv Document 9 Filed 06/16/14 Page 1 of 22 PagelD 137 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE Civil Action No. 2: 14-cv-2312-JlH-dkv Ms. Tiger Plaintiff, V. JASON S. PYNKALA, individually; CAMRON …
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