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Eighth Circuit Affirms Judgment for HRDC in Arkansas Jail Censorship Suit by David Reutter On February 24, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed judgment that the “postcard-only” policy for periodicals and books at Arkansas’ Baxter County Jail and Detention Center constituted a de facto blanket …
Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s Mail Policy in HRDC Suit by Like many local lockups, Wisconsin’s Milwaukee County Jail (MCJ) imposes restrictions on the number and types of books and periodicals that prisoners and detainees can receive. As of July 2024, MCJ’s mail policy required periodicals to be “mailed …
Kansas DOC Claims Discrimination Against Wiccans Was “Inadvertent” by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On September 27, 2023, the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC) appeared to back down from a fight over providing state prisoners materials from a Wiccan shop—though it maintained a ban on correspondence from the shop owner …
Article • April 1, 2024 • from PLN April, 2024
Missouri Expands Prison Mail Ban to Include Books Sent by Family, Friends by After banning state prisoners from receiving physical mail the year before, the Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) extended the ban on September 25, 2023, to include books sent to prisoners from family or friends. The rule change …
Eleventh Circuit Addresses First Amendment, Due Process Interests in Georgia Prisoner Emails by New communications technology introduced in prisons and jails has raised questions as to how prisoners’ First Amendment rights are implicated. Such concerns were addressed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on June 23, …
Publication • December 7, 2023
LSPC-CDCR- Public Comments Re Ncr 23-12 Mail Processing - Dec. 2023 Legal Services for Prisoners with Children 4400 Market Street, Oakland, CA 94608 Regulation and Policy Management Branch Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation P.O. Box 942883 Sacramento, CA, 94283-0001 December 7, 2023 Re: Public Comment on NCR 23-12 Dear Regulation …
Article • September 15, 2023 • from PLN September, 2023
As e-Messaging Takes Off in U.S. Prisons, Complaints Over Service and Costs Multiply by David Reutter by David M. Reutter Historically, prisoners have been largely left out of the technology wave changing the way the rest of the world communicates and does business. It wasn’t until March 2009 that the …
Article • June 22, 2023
California Appeal Court Won’t Let Prisoner Use Legal Mail to Send “Kites” by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 12, 2023, California’s Sixth District Court of Appeal concluded that attorney-client privilege did not apply to a state prisoner’s “kites,” even when included in an envelope addressed to his …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Ninth Circuit Says Arizona DOC Policy Cannot Be Used to Censor Prisoner’s Free Expression by David Reutter by David Reutter  An Arizona prisoner’s civil rights claim is headed to trial in June 2023, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated it, saying his prison’s policy on …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from PLN June, 2023
Federal Courts Throw Out Smart Communications’ Mail-Scanning Patent by Robert Schaeffer by K. Robert Schaeffer On October 7, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee granted judgment on the pleadings to Rutherford County and VendEngine, Inc., the contractor that digitizes prisoner mail in its jail, in …
Article • June 7, 2023
Suit Filed to Stop California County From Digitizing Jail Mail by Gregory Teixeira by Gregory P. Teixeira A decision by California’s San Mateo County to ban physical mail from county jails – enforcing a digital-only communication system – drew a legal challenge in state Superior Court on March 9, 2023. …
Article • September 1, 2022 • from PLN September, 2022
Filed under: Prison Mail
Florida Now Digitizing Incoming Mail for State Prisoners by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Starting from a four-prison pilot launched on January 18, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) has now banned state prisoners at all 128 of its facilities from receiving any tangible routine mail. Instead they …
Article • October 1, 2021 • from PLN October, 2021
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Prison Mail
Eighth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of HRDC Postcard-Only Suit Against Arkansas Jail by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the postcard only policy of the Baxter County, Arkansas Jail and Detention Center (BCJ) constituted a de facto permanent ban on the First Amendment …
Brief • September 7, 2021
Federal Trade Commission v. Inmate Magazine Service, FL, Settlement, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 Case 3:21-cv-00294-TKW-HTC Document 34 Filed 09/07/21 Page 1 of 29 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA PENSACOLA DIVISION FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, and OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF …
Article • September 1, 2021 • from PLN September, 2021
HRDC Sues Florida DOC Over Censorship, for the Third Time in 18 Years by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman The publisher of Prison Legal News(PLN)and Criminal Legal News (CLN)filed a federal lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) on August 10, 2021, for “ongoing censorship” of both monthly publications …
Brief • August 4, 2021
Knight First Amendment Institute v. BOP, NY, Complaint, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 Case 1:21-cv-06579 Document 1 Filed 08/04/21 Page 1 of 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK KNIGHT FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-6579 v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS and …
Article • August 1, 2021 • from PLN August, 2021
Smart Communications Contract Reveals Plans for Expanding Privatized Prison Mail by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss The Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) has been negotiating with a newly organized company called Smart Communications (SC), per a March 24, 2021 article in Vice. Built by CEO Jon Logan, the company’s purpose …
Brief • July 21, 2021
Filed under: Mail, Prison Mail
O'Neil-Barrett v. Oregon Dept of Corrections, OR, Settlement, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE OF CLAIMS This action is currently pending in Marion County Circuit Court Case Number 20CV35863 ("Action"). The parties to this Action are Plaintiff Liam O'Neil-Barrett ("Plaintiff'), who is self-represented, and Defendants Oregon Department …
Brief • 2021
HRDC v. Hoekstra, NC, Complaint, Censorship, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CASE NO. _____________________ HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER COMPLAINT Plaintiff, vs. CASANDRA SKINNER HOEKSTRA, ERIK A. HOOKS, TIM MOOSE, DOUG PARDUE, DARCELL CARTER, LARRY DUNSTON, GARRY BLEEKER, ZACHARY KENDALL, individually and …
Brief • 2021
Kentucky Dept of Public Advocacy v. Kentucky DOC, KY, Complaint, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT 48TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DIVISION ____ CIVIL ACTION NO. __________________ – Electronically Filed – KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY, PLAINTIFFS KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS, CHRISTOPHER KOTERAS, MICHAEL FUGATE, …
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