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Brief • March 22, 2016
Y.F. v. Wrenn, NH, Amended Complaint, Censorship of Drawings, 2016 Case 1:15-cv-00510-PB Document 9 Filed 03/22/16 Page 1 of 21 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ____________________________________ ) Y.F., individually and as next of friend ) of minor C.F., and Catherine Menninger, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. …
Brief • February 23, 2016
Greene v. State of Nevada, NV, Order re SJ, mail censorship, 2016 1 2 3 I ·. ... _; I '! ~\ - .... Qf5~)··. .~ Case No. CF-1211023 -\ Dept No. 1 ··.. --\ 4 5 6 IN THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF 7 g …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
PLN Settles Lawsuit against Florida Jail’s Postcard-only Policy by After PLN filed suit, a South Florida federal district court granted a preliminary injunction requiring the St. Lucie County Jail (SLCJ) to keep its amended postcard-only policy in effect during the litigation, which later resulted in a settlement. PLN filed a …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Oregon DOC Envelope Art Ban Violates First Amendment by Mark Wilson On November 14, 2013, a federal judge denied summary judgment to Oregon prison officials, finding that their enforcement of a policy banning “envelope art” violated the First Amendment. Following a bench trial in early 2015, the district court held …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
Florida Jail Ends Postcard-Only Policy as Part of Settlement by David Reutter Last year, the Sheriff of Florida’s Flagler County agreed to a settlement that revoked a postcard-only policy at his jail and allowed prisoners to receive and send mail in envelopes. Jennifer Underwood’s husband was held at the Flagler …
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 …
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