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Illinois Jail Reprimanded for Denying Detainees Mail Based on Media Content, P.O. Box Return Address, Settles Detainees’ Suit with $111,825 Payment of Legal Fees by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a settlement agreement that took 15 months for PLN to obtain, Illinois’ Will County Adult Detention Facility (WCADF) agreed …
Article • May 1, 2026 • from PLN May, 2026
Federal Court Grants HRDC Preliminary Injunction Against Mail Censorship at New Mexico Jail by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On March 6, 2026, the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico granted the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC)—the publisher of Prison Legal News, Criminal Legal News, and …
Article • April 1, 2026 • from PLN April, 2026
Tulsa Jail Withholds Records Related to Detainee Deaths by The Frontier, a non-profit investigative news outlet in Oklahoma, recently found that seven detainees died from preventable causes in Tulsa’s municipal jail over a three-year period. These deaths occurred due to causes such as overdoses, suicides, an infection, and at least …
Article • March 1, 2026 • from PLN March, 2026
Incarcerated Women Featured in True Crime Media Face Flood of Sexual Harassment by Kwaneta Harris, Leigh Goodmark by Kwaneta Harris and Leigh Goodmark This article was originally published by Truthout.   Most true crime media is consumed by women, some of whom may be watching because they relate to the …
Alaska Prisoner’s Discipline for Violating Invalidated Rule Tossed by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a letter to PLN dated January 19, 2026, Alaska prisoner Donovan Taylor, 56, provided documentation of a disturbing incident in which he was disciplined for violating a state Department of Corrections (DOC) rule that had …
Like Prisoners, Most Jail Detainees Now Banned from Receiving Physical Mail by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman A February 2026 review by PLN of mail policies at 250 of the largest U.S. jail systems, which together hold over half the country’s detainees, reveals that almost 62% have instituted policies banning …
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 …
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