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Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
Arkansas Bans Outside Reading Material Sent to Prisons by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Knott In a move that further isolates prisoners from the outside world, the Arkansas Board of Corrections (BOC) voted unanimously on December 19, 2025, to ban all externally purchased books, magazines, and newspapers sent directly …
Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In just over seven years, changes in prison mail policies proliferating across the country have severely restricted mail privileges at lockups holding the majority of America’s nearly 1.2 million prisoners. According to research conducted …
Article • February 1, 2026 • from PLN February, 2026
HRDC Sues Minnesota DOC Over Censorship Policy by Robert Haughn by Robert Haughn On January 7, 2025, the Human Right Defense Center (HRDC), nonprofit publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News, filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, accusing Commissioner Paul Schnell of the Minnesota …
HRDC Sues Washington Jail for Rejecting PLN and Other Publications by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman On November 25, 2025, the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), nonprofit publisher of PLN and Criminal Legal News (CLN), filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, accusing Walla …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
HRDC Sues New Mexico County for Violating 10-­Year-­Old Settlement of Censorship Suit by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A decade after PLN secured a settlement halting censorship of soft-­cover books at the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in New Mexico’s Bernalillo County, its nonprofit publisher headed back to court on December …
Article • January 1, 2026 • from PLN January, 2026
Oklahoma DOC Refuses to Publicly Release Body Camera Footage by Despite spending millions to give guards body cameras, Oklahoma’s Department of Corrections (DOC) will not release footage from the devices to the public. As reported by Oklahoma Watch, the DOC claims that footage recorded within a facility would threaten security …
Louisiana Prisoner Granted Preliminary Injunction in Challenge to Jail Book Ban by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman Finding that the “library” at Tensas Parish Detention Center (TPDC) “is nothing more than a nominal designation,” the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted a prisoner’s request for a …
Filing • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Brief • November 25, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Walla Walla County, WA, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 4:25-cv-05162 1 2 3 4 ECF No. 1 filed 11/25/25 PageID.1 Page 1 of 18 Katherine Chamberlain, WSBA #40014 Jesse Wing, WSBA #27751 MacDonald Hoague & Bayless 705 Second Avenue, Suite 1500 Seattle, Washington 98104-1745 206-622-1604 5 6 7 UNITED …
Filing • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #1 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 10:59:02 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE …
Filing • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL,Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Memorandum, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #5 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 01:57:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Brief • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #1 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 13 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 10:59:02 AM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, a not-for-profit corporation, Case No. Plaintiff, …
Brief • September 2, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Peoria County, IL,Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Supporting Memorandum, Censorship, 2025 1:25-cv-01369-JEH-RLH #5 Filed: 09/02/25 Page 1 of 23 E-FILED Tuesday, 02 September, 2025 01:57:07 PM Clerk, U.S. District Court, ILCD IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
From the Editor by Paul Wright   After 35 years of publishing Prison Legal News, one thing that has become clear is that when it comes to the American criminal justice system, not all stories have an ending; some are fairly characterized as never-ending stories. We have reported on Rikers Island …
Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025
HRDC Wins Consent Decree, $350,000 in Jail Censorship Suit against California’s Sonoma County by Chuck Sharman On June 2, 2025, the federal court for the Northern District of California issued a consent decree settling demands for injunctive relief filed by the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC) against California’s Sonoma County …
Filing • July 31, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Grayson County, TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER § § vs. § § GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS; TOM WATT § in his individual capacity; and WILLIAM A § BENNIE, in his official capacity …
Brief • July 31, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Grayson County, TX, Settlement, Censorship, 2025 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS SHERMAN DIVISION HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER § § vs. § § GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS; TOM WATT § in his individual capacity; and WILLIAM A § BENNIE, in his official capacity …
Filing • July 24, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Johnson, HI, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00311 Document 1 Filed 07/24/25 Page 1 of 16 PageID.1 1 Ernest Galvan – Cal. Bar No. 196065* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benjamin Bien-Kahn – Cal. Bar No. 267933* Brenda Muñoz – Cal. Bar No. 328813* …
Brief • July 24, 2025
Filed under: Censorship
HRDC v. Johnson, HI, Complaint, Censorship, 2025 Case 1:25-cv-00311 Document 1 Filed 07/24/25 Page 1 of 16 PageID.1 1 Ernest Galvan – Cal. Bar No. 196065* 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Benjamin Bien-Kahn – Cal. Bar No. 267933* Brenda Muñoz – Cal. Bar No. 328813* …
From the Editor by Paul Wright Over the years Prison Legal News has reported extensively on the rape of prisoners around the country. In 35 years of publishing, about every 4- or 5-years prison systems have a major scandal at their local women’s prison where it comes to light that …
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