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Filing • January 23, 2020
HRDC v. Marshall County, TN, Settlement, Publications, 2020 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release ("the Agreement") is entered in effect as of November 20, 2019, by and between Human Rights Defense Center and Marshall County, Tennessee. WHEREAS, all claims have been presented or otherwise could have been …
Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019
Alaska Supreme Court Rules Against Muslim Prisoner on Correspondence Ban by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Unlike most state prison systems, Alaska’s Department of Corrections (DOC) usually allows prisoners to correspond by mail with prisoners in other units. In February 2014, prison officials adopted a policy that prohibited prisoners assigned …
Filing • October 24, 2019
Prison Legal News v Inch, Florida DOC censorship case, attorney fee order, 2019 Case 4:12-cv-00239-MW-CAS Document 357 Filed 10/22/19 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 4:12cv239-MW/CAS MARK S. INCH, in his official capacity …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Illinois DOC Interferes with Prisoners’ College Program by Removing Books by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon For over a decade, the Education Justice Program (EJP), an extension of the University of Illinois, has taught classes at the Danville Correctional Center (DCC), a facility in the east-central part of the state …
Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Arizona Prisoner Receives $175,000 after Guards Read His Legal Mail, Shared it with FBI and Prosecutors by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On May 7, 2019, Maricopa County, Arizona agreed to pay a prisoner $175,000 to settle claims related to jail guards reading his legal mail, sharing it with the …
Article • October 4, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Federal Court Sanctions New Mexico Corrections Department Over Out-of-State Legal Mail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On April 18, 2019, a federal district court sanctioned the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) for failing to comply with a prior order and judgment requiring prison officials to provide a state prisoner …
Article • October 3, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations
Vermont Supreme Court Remands Prison Correspondence Claim by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Vermont state prisoner Jeffrey-Michael Brandt won a correspondence claim through a Stipulation and Agreement of Dismissal (SAD) in a lawsuit filed in state court against the Vermont Department of Corrections (VDOC). The SAD allowed Brandt to correspond …
Filing • September 30, 2019
Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Memorandum Opinion, Jail Censorship, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA HARRISONBURG DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. NORTHWESTERN REGIONAL JAIL AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Publication • September 24, 2019
Filed under: Publications/Books
Literature Locked Up: How Prison Book Restriction Policies Constitute the Nation’s Largest Book Ban September 2019 Literature Locked Up: How Prison Book Restriction Policies Constitute the Nation’s Largest Book Ban W ith over two million Americans incarcerated, the book-restriction regulations within the United States carceral system represent the largest book …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Pennsylvania DOC’s New Mail Policy Robs Prisoners of the Personal Touch; Lawsuits Over Legal Mail Settle by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter Last year the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PDOC) implemented a policy that prohibits prisoners from receiving original correspondence from their family members and friends. The policy …
Article • September 9, 2019 • from PLN September, 2019
Prisoner’s Activism Leads Colorado DOC to Reverse Ban on Greeting Cards, Postcards and Drawings by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke Thanks to the activism of Colorado prisoner Tiffany McCoy, the Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) has rescinded its prohibition against prisoners receiving greeting cards, postcards and drawings.  In 2018, the …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Connecticut DOC Settles Calendar Lawsuit for $1,500, Policy Changes by The Connecticut Department of Correction (DOC) has agreed to pay a $1,500 settlement in a lawsuit filed by state prisoner Jeremy Barney, who alleged his First Amendment right to receive publications was violated when the warden at Osborn Correctional Institution …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Iowa Prisoners Say Law Banning Publications Containing Nudity Too Broad by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss In February 2019, Polk County, Iowa District Court Judge Scott Rosenberg denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by prisoners at the Anamosa State Penitentiary (ASP) challenging the Iowa Department …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Arizona DOC Bans Book Critical of Justice System, Reverses Decision Following Criticism by Anthony W. Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso According to news reports, earlier this year the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) banned prisoners from receiving Chokehold: Policing Black Men, a 2017 book critical of the criminal justice system.  …
Article • August 6, 2019 • from PLN August, 2019
Cook County Sheriff’s Office Pays $110,000 to Settle PLN Censorship Suit by On June 25, 2019, Cook County, Illinois finalized a settlement in a lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), over the censorship of publications mailed to prisoners at the county …
Filing • July 23, 2019
HRDC v. Marshall County, TN, Stipulated Preliminary Injunction, Publications, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE COLUMBIA DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER Plaintiff, v. MARSHALL COUNTY, TENNESSEE, BILLY LAMB, Sheriff of Marshall County Tennessee, in his official and individual capacities; SABRINA PATTERSON, Jail Administrator, …
Filing • July 15, 2019
HRDC v. Ballard, KY, Settlement (Damages), Censorship, 2019 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 62-1 Filed: 07/15/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 323 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF DAMAGES CLAIM THIS …
Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, KY, settlement agreement, censorship, 2017 Case: 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT-EBA Doc #: 62-1 Filed: 07/15/19 Page: 1 of 6 - Page ID#: 323 IN THE MATTER OF: Human Rights Defense Center v. Ballard, eta!. Case No. 3:17-cv-00057-GFVT U.S. DISTRICT COURT, EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT OF …
Article • July 2, 2019 • from PLN July, 2019
Federal Court Rules in Favor of HRDC in Virginia Jail Censorship Suit by In June 2019, in a 42-page order, U.S. District Court Judge James P. Jones held the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail Authority had violated the rights of the nonprofit Human Rights Defense Center by censoring books, magazines and …
PLN v. Cook County, IL, Settlement, Censorship, 2018
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