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California Bans Media Interviews with Prisoners

Article • March 15, 1997 • from PLN March, 1997

Filed under: Media, Access to Media, Censorship

California Bans Media Interviews with Prisoners by Willie Wisely California Governor Pete Wilson issued an executive order banning face to face media interviews with prisoners. The ban comes at a time when most civil rights for the state's 142,000 prisoners have been taken and violence is on the rise in …

Retaliation Claims Survive Sandin, but PI Reversed

Article • May 15, 1996 • from PLN May, 1996

Filed under: Transfers, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliatory Transfers, Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Qualified Immunity, Media, Access to Media

Retaliation Claims Survive Sandin, but PI Reversed by The court of appeals for the ninth circuit has held that prisoner retaliation claims have survived the supreme court ruling in Sandin but that prisoners bear a heavy burden when seeking a preliminary injunction (PI) on a retaliation claim. In the December, …

Silencing the Oppressed: No Freedom of Speech for Those Behind the Walls

Article • May 15, 1995 • from PLN May, 1995

Filed under: Media, Access to Media

Silencing the Oppressed: No Freedom of Speech for Those Behind the Walls by Ronald Kuby by Ronald Kuby and William Kunstler Introduction On any given day in America, more than a million and a half people[1], in prisons and jails[2] spend their days subjected to the most rigorous censorship, denied …

S.Ct. to Hear Quayle Retaliation Claim

Article • April 15, 1995 • from PLN April, 1995

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Media Contact, Qualified Immunity, Access to Media

S.Ct. to Hear Quayle Retaliation Claim by On January 20, 1995, the US Supreme Court announced that it had granted certiori to hear a prison retaliation case and it may have an interesting effect on the 1996 presidential campaign if Dan Quayle, George Bush's former vice president, changes his mind …

Committing Journalism - The Prison Writings of Red Hog (Book Review)

Article • November 15, 1994 • from PLN November, 1994

Filed under: Media, Access to Media

Committing Journalism - The Prison Writings of Red Hog (Book Review) by Bill Jeffcott By Dannie M. Martin & Peter Y. Sussman Review by Bill Jeffcott "I committed bank robbery and they put me in prison, and that was right. Then I committed journalism and they put me in the …

Help Get Mumia Abu-Jamal Back on the Air!

Article • August 15, 1994 • from PLN August, 1994

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Media, Access to Media, Censorship

Help Get Mumia Abu-Jamal Back on the Air! by Noelle Hanrahan By Noelle Hanrahan Sunday May 15th, 1994: The New York Times ran an AP article "From Death Row: A Radio Show" highlighting the next day's premier of Mumia Abu-Jamal's radio commentaries on All Things Considered (ATC). Most major dailies …

PLN Suit Filed Against ISRB

Article • July 15, 1994 • from PLN July, 1994

Filed under: Retaliation for Media Contact, Parole, Media, PLN Litigation, Access to Media, Censorship

PLN Suit Filed Against ISRB by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Readers may recall that former PLN coeditor Ed Mead was released from prison in October, 1993, after serving nearly 18 years in prison. The day after he was released he was required to sign a standard conditions of release …

No Right to TV Interviews

Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Standing, Access to Media

No Right to TV Interviews by Walter Johnson is a Kansas state prisoner. The television news program Hard Copy sought to conduct a face-to-face interview with Johnson. Johnson had communicated with the program by phone and mail. After initially being denied access to the prison, Hard Copy reiterated its request …

Court Upholds Silencing of Dan Quayle's Drug Supplier

Article • February 15, 1994 • from PLN February, 1994

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliatory Segregation, Complaints, Appeals, Qualified Immunity, Access to Media

Court Upholds Silencing of Dan Quayle's Drug Supplier by Brett Kimberlin is a federal prisoner serving a 51 year sentence on drug and weapons charges. He briefly gained a bit of notoriety during the 1988 presidential campaign when he claimed that he had supplied drugs to George Bush's vice-presidential running …

No Right to Unmonitored Mail to Media, Clergy

Article • December 15, 1993 • from PLN December, 1993

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Access to Media, Religious Freedom, Clergy

No Right to Unmonitored Mail to Media, Clergy by Astate prison regulation that requires inspection of outgoing mail directed to members of the media and the clergy does not violate inmates' first amendment rights, a majority of the U.S. court of appeals for the eighth circuit recently held. The majority …

Prison Rule Banning Media Mail/Visits Held Unconstitutional

Article • May 15, 1993 • from PLN May, 1993

Filed under: Immunity/Liability, Qualified Immunity, Mail Regulations, Access to Media

Prison Rule Banning Media Mail/Visits Held Unconstitutional by Sabil Mujahid is a Hawaii state prisoner. He filed suit under § 1983 claiming that Hawaii prison regulations which prohibit prisoners from visiting or corresponding with members of the media, unless they knew each other on a personal basis prior to incarceration, …

Prison Journalist Punished

Article • February 15, 1993 • from PLN February, 1993

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Media Contact, Access to Media, Censorship

Prison Journalist Punished by Adrian Lomax Letters from Readers [One of the objectives of the PLN is to become a forum through which readers can express opinions on what they've read, or to point out issues we should be addressing. Paul and I feel it is important for there to …

Mail to Public Officials and Media Protected

Article • June 15, 1991 • from PLN June, 1991

Filed under: Civil Procedure, State Law Claims, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Access to Media

Mail to Public Officials and Media Protected by Mail To Public Officials And Media Protected The New Jersey Department of Corrections had a regulation that prevented them from opening outgoing "legal correspondence," but allowed prison officials to open,-read; and censor mail being sent to public officials, government agencies and media …

Station Files Suit to Televise Execution

Article • February 15, 1991 • from PLN February, 1991

Filed under: Death Penalty/Death Row, Death Penalty, Access to Media

Station Files Suit to Televise Execution by Station Files Suit To Televise Execution A San Francisco public television station, KQED, has filed a suit against the governor for permission to broadcast executions. Currently, cameras are barred and witnesses are not permitted to take notes. A DOC representative said the rules …

Langford v. Murphy, ME, Consent Decree, Media Access, 1972

Brief • November 27, 1972

Filed under: Access to Media

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Picariello v. Robbins, ME, Judgement, Media Access, 1971

Brief • December 17, 1971

Filed under: Media, Access to Media, First Amendment

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Bop Incoming Publication Policy 2003

Publication

Filed under: Mail, Media, Access to Media

Bop Incoming Publication Policy 2003 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Program Statement OPI: NUMBER: DATE: SUBJECT: CPD 5266.10 1/10/2003 Incoming Publications 1. [PURPOSE AND SCOPE § 540.70. Except when precluded by statute (see § 540.72), the Bureau of Prisons permits an inmate to subscribe to or to …