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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, …
Brief • August 5, 2020
Steffey v. Salazar, 9th Circuit, Opening Brief of Appellant, Loss of Good Conduct Time, 2020 Case: 20-35493, 08/05/2020, ID: 11778893, DktEntry: 4, Page 1 of 43 No. 20-35493 ____________________ UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ____________________ BILLY STEFFEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. SALAZAR, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
Nevada Court Rules Prison Officials Withheld Evidence from Prisoner by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Nevada federal district court found on February 7, 2020 that prison officials were liable for failing to provide evidence to a prisoner during disciplinary proceedings. The Court’s grant of summary judgment to Nevada …
Article • August 1, 2020 • from PLN August, 2020
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Texas Prison System Bans Greetings Cards, Postcards, Colored Paper in Mail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 1, 2020, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) began enforcing sweeping new restrictions on the mail received in its 104 prisons. The new policy basically bans prisoners from receiving anything …
Sisney v. Kaemingk, SD, Order, Ban on Sexually Explicit Materials, 2020 Case 4:15-cv-04069-LLP Document 166 Filed 06/29/20 Page 1 of 17 PageID #: 1596 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN DIVISION ***************************************************************************** * CHARLES E. SISNEY, * CIV 15-4069 * Plaintiff, * * AMENDED vs. * MEMORANDUM …
Brief • June 29, 2020
Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020 Case 8:20-cv-01936-PWG Document 1 Filed 06/29/20 Page 1 of 122 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND ASHLEY ALBERT, PO Box 52 Nashua, NH 03061 CIVIL ACTION NO. 8:20-CV-1936 …
HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, stipulation and consent decree, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 30 Filed 06/11/20 Page 1 of 6 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN – 062566 JEFFREY L. BORNSTEIN – 099358 2 ERNEST GALVAN – 196065 LISA ELLS – 243657 3 BENJAMIN BIEN-KAHN – 267933 ROSEN BIEN GALVAN …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, order granting fees and costs, censorship, 2020 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 77 Filed: 05/15/20 Page: 1 of 11 - Page ID#: 537 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • May 1, 2020 • from PLN May, 2020
Chatham County Jail Reverses On Book Ban But Limits Number of Publications by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Following a letter from the ACLU of Georgia, the Chatham County sheriff rescinded a jail policy that banned detainees from receiving books and magazines from outside sources. The ACLU still took …
Tenth Circuit Holds BOP’s Change in Policy and Delivery of Censored Issues at ADX Super Max Prison Moots PLN’s Lawsuit by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On December 13, 2019, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court’s dismissal of a federal lawsuit brought by PLN against the …
Filing • March 25, 2020
HRDC v. SVRJA, VA, Opinion re Injunction, Censorship, 2020 Case 1:18-cv-00013-JPJ-PMS Document 129 Filed 03/25/20 Page 1 of 11 Pageid#: 3867 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA ABINGDON DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, ET AL., Defendants. ) …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
Cook County Jail’s Three Book Possession Policy Constitutional by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter An Illinois federal district court granted summary judgment to Cook County in a civil rights action alleging a jail policy that limits its pretrial detainees to possession of three books violates the First Amendment. …
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