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Enquist v. Frank, WA, Complaint, Mail Withheld, 1994

Brief • July 8, 1991

Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations, Censorship, First Amendment

Enquist v. Frank, WA, Complaint, Mail Withheld, 1994 ( ( RECEIVED 8 199t JUl ATTORNE't GENERAL'S OffiCE CORRECnONS OIV UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE J.D. (Gerald) ENQUIST, Petitioner, v. ) ) ) ) . ) D. FRA.'n<.; A. CLARK; J. FITZPATRICK; NEAL BROWN; CHASE RIVELAND; …

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 …

Pro-War Hypocrisy

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

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Media, Censorship

Pro-War Hypocrisy by Paul Wright By Paul Wright In early March of this year I received a T-shirt that said "official WWI souvenir, brought to you by ITT Rockwell, General Electric, et al." With a small U.S. flag with a skull and crossbones on it. Property guard L. Marts denied …

From The Editor

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

Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship

From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. As I write this I don't know how successful our plea for donations in the last PLN was. Hopefully everyone who hadn't donated yet was overcome with a spirit of generosity. In an attempt to …

From The Editor

Article • April 15, 1991 • from PLN April, 1991

Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship

From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to another issue of PLN. Next month will mark one full year of publishing PLN. This is our twelfth issue. We started out planning to make it a four to six issue project to see what kind of a response …

Editorial

Article • March 15, 1991 • from PLN March, 1991

Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship

Editorial by Ed Mead Editorial Comments By Ed Mead Here is another edition of our newsletter. We hope that you find it is a good one. The Prison/Community Alliance is going to be working toward getting rid of this state's parole board and will need all of the help that …

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 …

From The Editor

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

Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship

From The Editor by Paul Wright By Paul Wright Welcome to the tenth issue of PLN . As our readers may recall issues 6, 7 and 8 of Vol. 1 of PLN had been censored by prisoncrats at the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, WA. The excuse they had given …

Rejection Process

Article • January 15, 1991 • from PLN January, 1991

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Media, Censorship

Rejection Process by Last Thursday I got a rejection slip in the mail for PLN #7! The reasons listed were: 1) the mail contains threats of physical harm against any person or threat of criminal activity - then in quotes "chewing policeman's hand off', 5) The mail concerns plans for …

From the Editor

Article • December 15, 1990 • from PLN December, 1990

Filed under: Editorials, Media, Censorship

From the Editor by Paul Wright From The Editor By Paul Wright Welcome to issue #8 of PLN. If your mailing label says "last issue" this means that you have not made any donations to PLN or assisted us in production. (Note: this applies only to US readers). We do …

Klan Papers Get into Texas Prisons but PLN is Banned

Article • November 15, 1990 • from PLN November, 1990

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Mail Regulations, Media, Censorship

Klan Papers Get into Texas Prisons but PLN is Banned by Michael Lowe, exalted Cyclops of the Waco Ku Klux Klan, is trying to reach some 13,500 white prisoners inside the Texas prison system. And Texas prison officials are allowing the KKK publications into their prisons. Well get prisoners out …

Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why Do They Do It?

Article • August 15, 1990 • from PLN August, 1990

Filed under: Mail Regulations, Media, PLN Litigation, Prisoner Media, Censorship

Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why Do They Do It? by Ed Mead Of Bannings and Unbannings: Why do they do it? By Ed Mead As many of you know issue #2 of the PLN was banned from both the Penitentiary and the Reformatory. We immediately drafted a comprehensive civil rights …

"Captive Voice"

Article • July 15, 1990 • from PLN July, 1990

Filed under: Political Prisoners, Reviews, Prisoners-International, Media, Prisoner Media

"Captive Voice" by "Captive Voice" This is the title of a quarterly magazine written entirely by Irish republican prisoners of war being held in Ireland, England, the US and Europe. The "CV" contains poetry, short stories, political analysis and the latest updates on prison related campaigns and issues. It is …

Clallam Bay Disturbance Update

Article • June 15, 1990 • from PLN June, 1990

Filed under: Prison Rebellion, Media

Clallam Bay Disturbance Update by Paul Wright Paul Wright As reported in the last issue of the PLN, there were 32 prisoners shipped from Clallam Bay to the Intensive Management Unit (IMU) at Shelton. The mainstream media reported that prison officials had told them there was a "brawl" between one …

Baraldini v. Messe, DC, Superseding Memo Opinion, Violating Amendment Rights, 1988

Brief • July 19, 1988

Filed under: Eighth Amendment, Security Systems, Depositions, Violence Against Women Act, First Amendment

Baraldini v. Messe, DC, Superseding Memo Opinion, Violating Amendment Rights, 1988 691 F.Supp. 432 (1988) Silvia BARALDINI, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Edwin MEESE, Attorney General of the United States of America, et al., Defendants. Civ. A. No. 88-0764. United States District Court, District of Columbia. July 19, 1988. 433 *433 …

Hook et al v. State of Arizona et al, AZ, Judgment, DOC mail regulations censorship, 1973

Brief • October 19, 1973

Filed under: DOC/BOP misconduct, Mail Regulations, Censorship

Hook et al v. State of Arizona et al, AZ, Judgment, DOC mail regulations censorship, 1973 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 3 EVAN ARTHUR HOOK, e t 4 al., ) Plaintiffs-Petitioners, ) 5 ) CIV-73-97 PHX-CAM ) JUDGMENT 6 STATE OF ARIZONA, …

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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Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Memorandum Opinion, Jail Censorship, 2017

Filing

Filed under: Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship, PLN related

Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Memorandum Opinion, Jail Censorship, 2017 9/29/2017 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. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …

Friedmann v. Tennessee DOC, TN, Petition, Public Records, 2019

Filing

Filed under: Public Records, PLN Litigation

Friedmann v. Tennessee DOC, TN, Petition, Public Records, 2019