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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 …
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. …
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 • November 17, 2015
Kansas: District Court Holds for Plaintiffs in County Jail Mailing Issues by Kansas: District Court Holds for Plaintiffs in County Jail Mailing Issues On March 25, 2014, the United States District Court for the District of Kansas granted the plaintiffs’ motion for class certification alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment rights …
Brief • November 10, 2015
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Manning v. CDCR, CA, Letter to Manning Attached Complaint, Settlement Agreement, 2015 I-·-Ct) KAMALA D. HAflRIS Attorney General State of California DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1300 I STREET, SUITE 125 P .O. BOX 944255 SACRAMENTO, CA 94244-2550 Public: (916) 445-9555 Telephone: (916) 324-492 1 Facsimile: (916) 324-5205 E-Mail: Elise.Thom@doj.ca.gov November 10, …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
ACLU Prompts Kansas Jail to Change Religious Meals, Mail Policies by Joe Watson ACLU Prompts Kansas Jail to Change Religious Meals, Mail Policies by Joe Watson Prisoners at the Allen County jail in Iola, Kansas had been forced to violate their religious beliefs or go hungry until the ACLU persuaded …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Jail in Knoxville, TN by Alex Friedmann PLN Challenges Postcard-only Policy at Jail in Knoxville, TN by Alex Friedmann On October 6, 2015, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal court against Knox County, Tennessee, Sheriff James “J.J.” Jones and the assistant chief deputy at …
Article • October 26, 2015 • from PLN November, 2015
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Virginia Jail In September 2015, Prison Legal News filed a lawsuit in federal court against unconstitutional censorship practices at the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center (NWADC) in Winchester, Virginia. The suit names the Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, …
The Way Forward to End Solitary Confinement Torture: Where’s the Army? by Todd Ashker by Todd Ashker On the subject of SHU and Ad-Seg constituting torture, for those of us who may not be familiar with the specifics and in light of CDCr’s steady stream of propaganda – saying, “We …
Article • September 29, 2015
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Montana Prison Pays Settlement and Revises Mail Policy to Provide Translator by Montana Prison Pays Settlement and Revises Mail Policy to Provide Translator On June 30, 2011, William Diaz-Wassmer, a native of Guatemala, filed suit against Montana prison officials for denying him his mail because it was written in Spanish. …
Article • September 25, 2015 • from PLN October, 2015
PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter PLN Prevails in Censorship Suit against Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office by Gary Hunter In March 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granted summary judgment in favor of Prison Legal News (PLN) against …
Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015
Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights by David Reutter Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights by David M. Reutter A Michigan federal district court denied summary judgment to prison officials in a civil rights action involving First Amendment violations. State prisoner Ali …
Brief • July 28, 2015
Holbrook v. Jellen, PA, PA DOC Censorship Publications and Mail, John L. Clark Expert Report, 2015 Expert Report of John L. Clark, Holbrook v. Jellen I. Expert Background My name is John L. Clark. I am a corrections professional with particular expertise in the in the management of large correctional …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
Error for Florida Court to Find Action Moot Before Ruling on Motion to Supplement by David Reutter Error for Florida Court to Find Action Moot Before Ruling on Motion to Supplement by David Reutter lForida’s First District Court of Appeals held on January 2, 2015 that it was error for …
Article • July 7, 2015 • from PLN July, 2015
CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials by Michael Brodheim In the aftermath of a 2013 ruling by the California Court of Appeal that found a book containing sexually explicit content was not obscene and must …
Brief • June 6, 2015
Barrett v. Peters, et al., OR, Expert Report - Wright, PLN ODOC envelope policy mail restrictions, 2015 EXPERT REPORT OF PAUL WRIGHT Barrett v. Peters, et al. United States District Court of Oregon Case No. 6:11-cv-6358-HZ TABLE OF CONTENTS Page No. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Introduction ..............................................................................................................1 Expert …
Article • May 24, 2015
Filed under: Mail Regulations
Postcard Only Mail Policy Upheld by Florida Federal Court by Postcard Only Mail Policy Upheld by Florida Federal Court A Florida federal district court granted summary judgment in favor of a past-card only mail policy implemented by The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO). The court’s order came in a …
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