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From the Editor by Paul Wright The Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, co-founded by the Human Rights Defense Center, has led the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to curb some of the more egregious abuses of the prison telecom industry. It has also helped focus increased attention from all sources, including …
Seventh Circuit Affirms Prison Policy Banning Adult Magazines, with Caveats by Derek Gilna Tobias Payton, a prisoner at the Stateville Correctional Center in Illinois, was denied access to a number of adult magazines depicting naked or scantily clad women, and filed suit in federal court alleging violation of his First …
Filing • June 30, 2016
PLN v. Cook County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2016 Case: 1:16-cv-06862 Document #: 1 Filed: 06/30/16 Page 1 of 12 PageID #:1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS PRISON LEGAL NEWS, a project of the HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. COUNTY OF COOK, ILLINOIS; …
Brief • June 15, 2016
Kirk v. Carson City, NV, Settlement, Postcard-only Mail Policy, 2016 • ,1 JOHN L. THORNDAL JAMES G. ARM >'.'!Oot~,.... CRAIG R. DE STEPHEN C. BALKENBUSH PAU L F. EISINGER CHARLES L. BURCHAM BRIAN K. TERRY ROBERT F. BALKENBUSH PHILIP GOODHART CHRISTOPHER J. CURTIS KATHERINE F. PARKS KEVIN R. DIAMOND BRIAN …
Article • June 3, 2016 • from PLN June, 2016
Newspaper Ban at Cook County Jail Violates First Amendment by Derek Gilna Although courts give broad latitude to corrections officials to restrict access to materials that might negatively impact institutional security, that latitude does not generally extend to blanket bans on newspapers. On July 6, 2015, a federal district court …
Publication • 2016
North Carolina Banned Books List - 2016
Article • April 1, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
South Carolina Sheriff Resigns, Pleads Guilty to DUI by In 2012, a historic $599,000 settlement was reached between Prison Legal News and then-Berkeley County, South Carolina Sheriff Wayne DeWitt after the Berkeley County jail rejected PLN’s monthly publication and books mailed to prisoners at the facility. At the time, the …
Article • March 31, 2016 • from PLN April, 2016
Prison’s Censorship of Newsweek Upheld by The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a grant of summary judgment to prison officials in a First Amendment challenge to the censorship of a magazine because it contained an article that reported violence and disorder in Mexico involving drug cartels. Missouri prisoner Joseph …
Harris v. Adams County Sheriff's Department, CO, Complaint, Quran and Halal Meals, 2016 Case 1:16-cv-00574-REB-MEH Document 1 Filed 03/09/16 USDC Colorado Page 1 of 22 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. \ b ·- c, \t - bO ~ -q- ':\ (fo …
Article • March 7, 2016
Birdman of Alcatraz's Book on Federal Prison Makes It to Press After 51-Year Delay by Christopher Zoukis Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz immortalized in an eponymous film starring Burt Lancaster, wrote a 2,000 page history of the Federal Bureau of Prisons before his death in 1963.  That book is …
Article • February 2, 2016 • from PLN February, 2016
PLN Settles Lawsuit against Florida Jail’s Postcard-only Policy by After PLN filed suit, a South Florida federal district court granted a preliminary injunction requiring the St. Lucie County Jail (SLCJ) to keep its amended postcard-only policy in effect during the litigation, which later resulted in a settlement. PLN filed a …
Brief • February 2, 2016
Picarella et al v. Johnson et al, PA, NCCB Minutes to Approve Settlement, mail visitation recreation, 2016 NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2016 5:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. CITIZENS’ INPUT – AGENDA ITEMS ONLY 3. A MOTION IS NEEDED TO APPROVE THE COMMISSIONERS’ PUBLIC …
Picarella et al v. Johnson et al, PA, Order, denial of mail visition recreation counsel 8th Am, 2016
Article • January 13, 2016
Pre-Litigation Attorney Solicitation Letters are Protected Legal Mail by The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a preliminary injunction that requires officials at Michigan’s Livingston County Jail (LCJ) to deliver correspondence to prisoners marked “legal mail” from the ACLU. That ruling came in a lawsuit the ACLU initiated after LCJ’s …
Article • January 13, 2016
PLN’s Florida Censorship Suit Passes Summary Judgment Stage by David Reutter Florida Northern District federal court denied the cross-motions for summary judgment in PLN’s lawsuit challenging the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) impoundment and rejection of PLN based upon ad content. The current suit is not the first round of …
Colorado Court Finds Book Limitation Policy Violates Prisoner’s Religious Rights, but Case Reversed on Appeal by David Reutter A federal district court held that a Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC) policy which limits prisoners in administrative segregation to having no more than two personal books at a time violates the …
Article • December 31, 2015 • from PLN January, 2016
Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna Prison Legal News Settles New Mexico Jail Suit for $235,000 by Derek Gilna As many of our readers know, Prison Legal News is a strong proponent of breaking down barriers that restrict prisoners’ First Amendment rights. Jail …
Brief • December 16, 2015
Prison Legal News v. County of Tulare, CA, Order re Mot for PI, mail censorship, 2015 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 1 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 2 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 Filed 12/16/15 Page 3 of 6 Case 1:15-cv-01650-JAM-SAB Document 27 …
PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California by PLN Files Censorship Suit against Jail in Tulare County, California On October 29, 2015, Prison Legal News filed a federal lawsuit alleging unconstitutional censorship of publications sent to prisoners at the Bob Wiley Detention Facility in Tulare County, California. …
Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast Supermax Censorship Claimed by Prison Legal News by Alan Prendergast The U.S. Penitentiary Administrative Maximum outside Florence, Colorado, better known as ADX, has a deserved reputation as the highest-security supermax prison on the planet. It houses some of the most …
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