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PLN Associate Editor Attends ACA Conference by From August 7 to 12, 2009, the American Correctional Association (ACA) held its 139th Congress of Correction at the Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee. The theme of the conference was “Effective Re-entry is Good Public Safety.” Founded in 1870 as …
Article • December 15, 2009
Defamation Claim Filed by Hawai'i Sex Offender Labeled as Murderer Dismissed by On June 30, 2009, a Hawai'i Appellate Court filed its decision affirming the trial court judgment to dismiss a complaint filed on September 11, 2002 by a convicted sex offender, Waldorf Roy Wilson. Defendants in the complaint were …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
Prison Radio Beams Love, Hope and News through the Bars by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Radio broadcasts aimed at prisoners are an uncommon media phenomenon in the United States. For prisoners incarcerated far from home with limited language skills and resources it can represent the only lifeline to family …
Article • November 15, 2009 • from PLN November, 2009
PLN Sues Virginia DOC Over Censorship, Due Process Violations by On October 8, 2009, Prison Legal News filed suit in U.S. District Court against Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) Director Gene M. Johnson and other prison officials, claiming that the VDOC had violated PLN’s rights under the First and Fourteenth …
Article • October 15, 2009
Florida DOC’s Pen Pal Advertisement Prohibition Challenged by The operators of two pen pal advertising services have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections’ rule that prohibits prisoners from receiving information from or posting ads with pen pal advertisement services. The lawsuit was filed by the Florida …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
PLN Files Public Records Suit Against San Francisco County, Sheriff’s Office by On August 20, 2009, Prison Legal News filed suit in Superior Court against the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department, Sheriff Michael Hennessey and City Attorney Dennis Herrera. The lawsuit alleges that the …
PLN Prevails in Motion to Unseal Settlement in CCA Class Action FLSA Case by On August 28, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas unsealed a settlement agreement in a nationwide class-action lawsuit against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison firm. On July …
Article • October 15, 2009 • from PLN October, 2009
Missouri DOC Permits Gift Books in Response to PLN Demand Letter by On September 15, 2009, the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) agreed to revise its policy prohibiting prisoners from receiving books purchased for them by third parties or sent to them free of charge. The DOC also agreed to …
Brief • September 16, 2009
Prison Legal News v EOUSA, CO, Order releasing certain info, 2009 Case 1:08-cv-01055-MSK-KLM Document 26 Filed 09/16/2009 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Honorable Marcia S. Krieger Civil Action No. 08-cv-01055-MSK-KLM PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR …
Brief • September 16, 2009
Friedmann v. CCA, TN, Opinion, FOIA public records request, 2009 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE June 25, 2009 Session ALEX FRIEDMANN v. CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA Appeal from the Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 08-1105-I Claudia C. Bonnyman, Chancellor No. M2008-01998-COA-R3-CV - Filed September 16, …
Article • September 15, 2009
Washington School District Allowed to Block Public Records Act Request by The Supreme Court of Washington has held that agencies are allowed to seek a judicial determination as to whether a requested public record must be disclosed. The court also held that the attorney-client privilege applies to certain documents under …
Article • September 15, 2009
Seizure of Prisoner’s Manuscript Containing Offensive Writing About Staff Does Not Violate First Amendment by On December 2, 2008, a non-jury trial was held before a Federal District Court in Pennsylvania on prisoner Wesley Harper §1983 claim against certain officials at the Smithfield State Correctional Institution (SCI) for First Amendment …
Brief • August 20, 2009
Prison Legal News v. City and County of San Francisco, CA, Complaint, Public Records Request, 2009 1 SANFORD JAY ROSEN - 062566 KENNETH M. WALCZAK - 247389 2 ELIZABETH H. ENG - 239265 3 ROSEN, BIEN & GALVAN, LLP 3 15 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor 4 San Francisco, California 94104-1823 …
Indiana Lifelong Violent Offender Registration Preliminary Injunction Upheld in Part by On December 29, 2008, an Indiana Court of Appeals upheld a superior court’s preliminary injunction against lifelong registration for violent offenders. A July 1, 2007 Indiana statute added people who had been convicted of certain violent crimes to the …
Article • August 15, 2009 • from PLN August, 2009
AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio Loses Three Public Records Cases by by Matt Clarke The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Sheriff Joe Arpaio have lost three public records cases in the Arizona Court of Appeals, including one where they were ordered to pay over $25,000 in attorney fees. The first …
Oregon Jail Guards Lose Access to Porn Sites by Mark Wilson Guards at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC) couldn’t be trusted to stay off Internet porn sites during work hours, so Sheriff Bob Skipper pulled the plug effective December 1, 2008. Rampant, improper use of the Internet at the …
FBI Arrests Former Prisoner Indicted for Hacking Massachusetts Jail Computer by On November 5, 2008, the FBI arrested Francis G. Janosko, 42, for hacking into a computer at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility (PCCF) while he was incarcerated at the Massachusetts jail. A previously-sealed indictment was handed down a week …
Article • July 15, 2009 • from PLN July, 2009
PLN Files Suit Against Los Angeles County for Failure to Comply with Public Records Act by As part of ongoing research, PLN submitted a public records request to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department on January 29, 2008, seeking records related to settlements and verdicts resulting from tort, overdetention and …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
Massachusetts DOC Settles PLN Censorship Suit by Effective May 12, 2009, the Massachusetts Dept. of Correction (MDOC) agreed to settle a First Amendment censorship lawsuit filed by PLN. PLN brought suit in U.S. District Court on April 23, 2008 following repeated efforts over a 5-year period to be added to …
Article • June 15, 2009 • from PLN June, 2009
PLN Awarded Summary Judgment In FOIA Case Again by Brandon Sample On March 26, 2009, U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton entered summary judgment for PLN in an ongoing battle between Prison Legal News and the BOP over the release of certain records. In 2003, PLN submitted a Freedom of Information …
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