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Article • February 1, 2024 • from PLN February, 2024
Champion of Death Row Prisoners Accused of Spoiling Oklahoman’s Clemency by When Oklahoma prisoner Anthony Sanchez, 44, was executed on September 21, 2023, for the 1996 killing of University of Oklahoma dance student Juli Busken, Rev. Jeff Hood was by his side. But the attorneys that Sanchez had by then …
Article • January 1, 2024 • from PLN January, 2024
Ed Mead: Rest in Power by Paul Wright by Paul Wright Over the years the saddest duty I have as PLN’s editor is noting the passing of our friends and supporters. As PLN gets older, we are entering our 34th year of publishing with this issue, it seems like more …
Filing • May 13, 2021
HRDC v. Board of Commissioners for Adams County, CO, Joint Motion for Order of Dismissal with Prejudice, Censorship, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-02665-PAB HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR ADAMS COUNTY,COLORADO;RICHARD REIGENBORN, Sheriff, in …
Article • December 29, 2020
Filed under: COVID-19, PLN related
The State of Covid-19 in Prison as of 12-15-2020 by Dear Human Rights Defender,   As 2020 comes to a close more than 20% of the nation’s prisoners have contracted Covid and thousands have died. The year has been challenging for HRDC on all fronts as we have kept publishing …
Article • December 1, 2020
Filed under: PLN related
HRDC's GivingTuesday Request by Paul Wright Dear Human Rights Supporter, As we end 2020, the Covid pandemic is ravaging our nation’s prisons and jails with no end in sight. Even as vaccines are being approved to inoculate people against Covid, government agencies are announcing that the staff but not the …
Publication • October 16, 2020
30th Anniversary Sponsorship Flyer “A Night To Remember” To celebrate 30 years of advocacy, we are hosƟng a virtual celebraƟon on December 10, 2020 (InternaƟonal Human Rights Day) at 9:00 PM, EST. With Special Guest Speakers Victoria Law, Master of Ceremonies  Prison AboliƟon AcƟvist  Author of “Prison By …
Publication • February 25, 2020
HRDC National Experts Guide National Speaker & Media Expert Guide The HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER is an internationally recognized civil rights advocacy organization headquartered in Palm Beach County, Florida. HRDC’s headquarters is within driving distance of numerous media hubs including Miami, Fort Lauderdale & West Palm Beach. Founded in 1990, …
Filing • October 24, 2019
Prison Legal News v Inch, Florida DOC censorship case, attorney fee order, 2019 Case 4:12-cv-00239-MW-CAS Document 357 Filed 10/22/19 Page 1 of 36 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION PRISON LEGAL NEWS, Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. 4:12cv239-MW/CAS MARK S. INCH, in his official capacity …
Publication • October 14, 2019
Filed under: PLN related
2019 HRDC Fundraiser Human Rights Defense Center DEDICATED TO PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS October 18, 2019 Dear HRDC Supporter, Every year we conduct an annual fundraiser in the fall because the income we receive from subscriptions and book sales alone do not cover the expenses of our advocacy work on behalf …
Filing • September 30, 2019
Prison Legal News v. Northwestern Regional Jail Authority, VA, Memorandum Opinion, Jail Censorship, 2019 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. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
CoreCivic Prisons in Tennessee Have Twice as Many Murders, Four Times the Homicide Rate as State-Run Facilities by On June 10, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center and No Exceptions Prison Collective reported that from 2014 through June 2019, there were twice as many murders in the four Tennessee prisons …
CoreCivic Prisons in Tennessee Have Twice as Many Murders, Four Times the Homicide Rate as State-Run Facilities by On June 10, 2019, the Human Rights Defense Center and No Exceptions Prison Collective reported that from 2014 through June 2019, there were twice as many murders in the four Tennessee prisons …
Article • June 5, 2018 • from PLN June, 2018
Filed under: PLN related
The Results are in: Prison Legal News Reader Survey! by Steve Horn by Steve Horn Prison Legal News has compiled the results of its last reader survey and this summary will report on the more compelling findings, which we will use to inform editorial decisions in forthcoming issues of the …
Filing • April 24, 2018
HRDC v. Carmichael, NC, Complaint, jail censorship 2018 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 3:18-cv-218 IRWIN CARMICHAEL, Sheriff of Mecklenburg County; TELISA E. WHITE; AUJIENA HICKS; DAVID HILL; JEFF EASON; and DOES 1-10; all in …
Publication • December 11, 2017
Filed under: PLN related
CLN media brochure pack Criminal Legal News Criminal Legal News PUBLISHED BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER VOL. 1 No. 1 Dedicated to Protecting Human Rights December 2017 Absurd, Abusive, and Outrageous: The Creation of Crime and Criminals in America by Christopher Zoukis T he U.S. is a world leader …
Brief • September 29, 2017
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. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) …
Article • August 29, 2017 • from PLN September, 2017
From the Editor by Paul Wright by Paul Wright The past 40 years have seen a massive rise in the use of solitary confinement throughout the United States as a means of psychological torture to destroy people. As federal courts enjoined official means of physical torture (prisoners were being flogged …
Opposition to Prison Is an Environmental Fight in Appalachia by Sara Imperiale by Sara Imperiale A proposed federal prison has become the focus of opposition for advocates concerned about the project's most notable feature: it’s slated for a mountaintop coal removal site. Coal companies mine by mountaintop removal predominately in …
Article • May 5, 2017 • from PLN May, 2017
From the Editor by Paul Wright This issue marks the 27th anniversary of Prison Legal News and our parent organization, the Human Rights Defense Center. When I first started publishing PLN from my prison cell in Clallam Bay, Washington in 1990, I didn’t think I would still be doing so …
PLN Interviews CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou by John Kiriakou is a former CIA officer, former senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and former counterterrorism consultant. He left the CIA in March 2004, later serving as a senior investigator on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and senior intelligence advisor …
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