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Article • August 15, 2011 • from PLN August, 2011
Federal Court Dismisses PLN’s Texas Prison Censorship Suit; Appeal Pending by On January 4, 2011, a Texas federal district court dismissed PLN’s challenge to censorship of books by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). PLN had filed a civil rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against TDCJ Executive …
Brief • August 9, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Bezotte, Livingston County Jail Censorship Complaint, 2011 2:11-cv-13460-DPH-MAR Doc # 1 Filed 08/09/11 Pg 1 of 7 Pg ID 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN SOUTHERN DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff, v Case No. 11-cv-13460 …
Brief • August 3, 2011
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Spokane County, WA, Consent Decree, jail mail censorship, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 JesseW@mhb.com Katherine C. Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 KatherineC@mhb.com MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, …
Brief • August 3, 2011
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Censorship
Prison Legal News v. Spokane County, WA, Order Entry of Consent Decree, 2011 Case 2:11-cv-00029-RHW Document 108 Filed 08/03/11 1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 6 7 PRISON LEGAL NEWS, 8 Plaintiff, 9 v. 10 NO. CV-II-029-RHW SPOKANE COUNTY, et aI., 11 ORDER …
Brief • August 1, 2011
Filed under: First Amendment, Police
Sharp v. Baltimore City Police Department, MD, Complaint, First Amendment, Recording Officers, 2011 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND Christopher Sharp, 4938 Stone Shop Circle Owings Mills, MD 21117 Plaintiff~ vs. Baltimore City Police Department, 601 East Fayette Street Baltimore, MD 21211-2908 Civil Action No. - - - …
Prison Officials’ Determination of Gang Symbols in Outgoing Mail Accorded Deference by The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has applied the “substantial deference” doctrine to a prisoner’s claim challenging censorship of his outgoing mail. After the district court granted summary judgment to prison officials, Wisconsin prisoner Joseph Koutnik appealed that …
Article • July 15, 2011
Albuquerque’s Regulation Banning Sex Offenders from Public Libraries Held Unconstitutional by In a courageous ruling, the Hon. M. Christina Armijo, U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico, granted the motion for summary judgment of plaintiff John Doe, a registered sex offender in the State of New Mexico, with …
Article • July 15, 2011 • from PLN July, 2011
In-Prison Filmmaker Prepares Next Release by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Compact video cameras smuggled into prison have allowed New Jersey prisoner Omar Broadway to become an amateur documentarian of life behind bars. His first video, taken inside a New Jersey state facility in 2004, has been turned into …
Brief • June 27, 2011
Filed under: Censorship
Plan for 1983 Cases City of NY Protective Order censorship 2011 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- x IN RE Plan for Certain § 1983 Cases Against the City of New York PROTECTIVE ORDER ----------------------------------------------------------------------- x WHEREAS, on May 25, 2011, the Court adopted the Plan …
Brief • June 14, 2011
Prison Legal News v. EOUSA, US, Petition, public records, 2010 NO. ____ In the Supreme Court of the United States ________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Petitioner, v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS, Respondent. ________________ On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the …
Article • May 15, 2011
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged by Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of §1983 Suit; No State Action Alleged On October 19, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. §1983 action brought by a man who …
Brief • April 21, 2011
Filed under: RLUIPA, First Amendment
Leonard v. State of Louisiana, LA, Appellants Reply Brief, RLUIPA Final Call, 2011 Case: 10-30982 Document: 00511454344 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/21/2011 No. 10-30982 IN THE 8QLWHG6WDWHV&RXUWRI$SSHDOV IRUWKH)LIWK&LUFXLW _____________________ HENRY LEONARD, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, on behalf of Department of Public Safety and Corrections; RICHARD STALDER, individually …
Article • April 15, 2011
Library Purge Deemed Unconstitutional by On October 16, 2000, West Virginia prisoner Roger Cline filed suit against William Fox who was the warden at St. Mary’s Correctional Center, the facility where Cline was housed. The complaint was filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 accusing Fox and his staff of …
Nationwide PLN Survey Examines Prison Phone Contracts, Kickbacks by John Dannenberg by John E. Dannenberg An exhaustive analysis of prison phone contracts nationwide has revealed that with only limited exceptions, telephone service providers offer lucrative kickbacks (politely termed “commissions”) to state contracting agencies – amounting on average to 42% of …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Filed under: Media
It’s Scary Out There in Reporting Land: Why Crime News is on the Rise and Reporting Analysis is on the Decline by David Cay Johnston To understand how badly we’re doing the most basic work of journalism in covering the law enforcement beat, try sitting in a barbershop. When I …
Article • April 15, 2011 • from PLN April, 2011
Facebook Lands Prison Guards, Prisoners in Hot Water by Michael Rigby by Mike Rigby One downside of the information age is that both prison guards and prisoners have found themselves in trouble due to their accounts on Facebook, the Internet’s premier social networking site. Three Nebraska prison guards were fired …
Brief • April 12, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Complaint in Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-2 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF …
Brief • April 12, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, MIS Intervention, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35-1 Page 1 of 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVSION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) …
Brief • April 12, 2011
Prison Legal News v. Berkeley Co Sheriff Dewitt, SC, Mot to Intervene, censorship, 2011 2:10-cv-02594-MBS Date Filed 04/12/11 Entry Number 35 Page 1 of 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON DIVISION ___________________________________ PRISON LEGAL NEWS, et. al., ) ) Plaintiffs; ) ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, …
Article • March 15, 2011 • from PLN March, 2011
PLN and HRDC Win Consent Judgment Against Louisiana Sheriff in Censorship Case by On May 18, 2010, Prison Legal News (PLN) and its parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), won another battle against censorship by prison and jail officials. In 2009, PLN and HRDC sued Jack A. Stephens, …
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