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Article • September 30, 2022 • from PLN October, 2022
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship
Ninth Circuit Sends PLN’s Arizona Censorship Lawsuit Back to District Court by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On July 8, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the grant of summary judgment to Prison Legal News (PLN) in a …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Media, Federal Funds
California Sheriff’s Pay-to-Play Scandal Reflects Nationwide Corruption Potential Documented in Watchdog Report by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Engulfed in a campaign finance probe that has snagged ten others on corruption and bribery charges in an alleged “pay to play” scheme, the Sheriff of California’s Santa Clara County, Laurie Smith, …
The Catalog of Carceral Surveillance: Prison Gaming and AR/VR Services by Cooper Quintin, Beryl Lipton by Cooper Quintin and Beryl Lipton This article was originally published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation on September 9, 2021. It is reprinted here, with permission. No matter how many rights are taken away from …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner Media
The Prisoner-Run Radio Station That’s Reaching Men on Death Row by Keri Blakinger They can’t go to classes or prison jobs, and they don’t have tablets or televisions. But they do have radios. by Keri Blakinger This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
$40,000 Settlement Reached in HRDC Challenge to Nebraska Prison Censorship Policy by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On June 10, 2022, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (DCS) agreed to pay $40,000 and make several policy changes to resolve a lawsuit filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), …
Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022
HRDC Sues Indiana Sheriff Over Censorship at County Jail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On June 27, 2022, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), the nonprofit that publishes PLN, filed suit in federal court for the Northern District of Indiana under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, accusing St. Joseph County …
Article • July 30, 2022
Prisoner’s TikTok Videos Expose Problems in Her Florida Prison by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh Dye “Hey guys, this is Kay coming from Lowell CI, where the day is as dark as black coffee.” So begins each video in a series recorded by a woman while she was incarcerated at Lowell …
Article • July 30, 2022
Filed under: Prisoner Media
Colorado Inaugurates Prisoner-Run Radio Station by Edward Lyon By Ed Lyon The years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been difficult for everyone, especially prisoners. Like a form of universal long-term solitary confinement, the endless hours of boredom were broken only by an occasional shower, or a dry bologna sandwich with …
Brief • July 28, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
ACLU v. New Mexico Corrections Department, NM,. Settlement, Censorship, 2022 SETILEMENT AND RELEASE L fo11 tlliat consrderation speei ficaliliy set forth in Paragraph 2 o-f this Agreement and! oo other considcratiom1, the ACLU of New Mexico. and its attorneys. agemts. b.ei.rs, successors. assrgas, persona.I, r;ep1,esennatives. employers, and. employees. (all of …
Article • July 13, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright PLN has been reporting on the prison phone industry for at least the past 30 years, from its inception to its current stranglehold on most means of human contact between prisoners and the outside world. This month’s cover story by Alan …
Video Released of Guards Killing Kansas Teen at Juvenile Facility; DA Says “Stand-Your-Ground” Law Prevents Him from Filing Charges by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders The webpage of Kansas’ Sedgwick County crashed on June 10, 2022, under the weight of a surge in traffic driven by the release of surveillance …
Filing • July 8, 2022
Prison Legal News v. Ryan, AZ, Ninth Circuit Opinion, PLN Censorship, 2022 Case 2:15-cv-02245-ROS Document 341-1 Filed 08/01/22 Page 1 of 28 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of: other Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CHARLES L. RYAN, in …
Filing • June 27, 2022
HRDC v. St. Joseph County, IN, USDC, Complaint, Censorship, 2022 USDC IN/ND case 3:22-cv-00489 document 1 filed 06/27/22 page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiff, v. …
Brief • June 17, 2022
ACLU v. NM Corrections Dept, NM, Order Granting, Censorship, 2022 FILED 1st JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Santa Fe County 6/17/2022 10:19 AM KATHLEEN VIGIL CLERK OF THE COURT Jessica Baca STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF SANTA FE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO, Plaintiff, No. …
Article • June 15, 2022
Filed under: Media
Imprisoned Former Alabama House Speaker Caught Admitting to Phony “Apology” Can Keep His Radio Stations Running by Harold Hempstead by Harold Hempstead In a decision released on May 9, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allowed imprisoned former Alabama House Speaker Mike Hubbard (R-Lee County) to keep broadcast licenses for …
Brief • June 10, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Frakes (NDOC), NE, Settlement, Censorship, 2022 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE This Settlement Agreement and Release (hereafter "Settlement and Release") is entered into between Plaintiff Human Rights Defense Center (Plaintiff) and Defendant Scott Frakes, in his individual capacity and his official capacity as Director of the Nebraska Department of …
Article • June 6, 2022
Filed under: Internet, Racial Profiling
New York Prison Guard Suspended After “Despicable” Facebook Post Mocking Buffalo Mass Shooting Victims by Jo Ellen Nott By Jo Ellen Nott Gregory C. Foster II, 46, a guard at New York’s Attica Correctional Facility, was suspended without pay on May 18, 2022, after posting a meme on Facebook that …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Access to Media, Securus
Securus Rolls Out “Free” E-tablets to Texas Prisoners by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Texas state prisoners have begun receiving free tablet computers from Securus Technologies. By February 18, 2022, the state’s privately contracted provider had distributed 3,500 “e-tablets” to prisoners in seven of its 61 state prisons—Diboll, Bell, Henley, …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Filed under: Censorship
Federal Suit Challenging Iowa DOC Ban on Nude Images Moves Forward, Defendants Denied Summary Judgement on Due Process Claim by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Finding a material dispute of fact exists in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a ban in Iowa prisons on sexually explicit materials and …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
Eighth Circuit Holds Pornography Policy Unconstitutional as Applied to South Dakota Prisoner, but Denies Relief by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Holding that the pornography policy at South Dakota State Penitentiary (SDSP) was unconstitutional as applied to a prisoner, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit nonetheless …
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