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Ohio Sued by Non-Profit Law Firm 
for Opening Prisoner Legal Mail
Article • July 15, 2025 • from PLN July, 2025
Filed under: Attorney Client, Legal Materials, Attorney Calls, Legal Mail
Ohio Sued by Non-Profit Law Firm for Opening Prisoner Legal Mail by On May 6, 2025, the Ohio Justice and Policy Center, a non-profit law firm, filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections (DRC) over the practice of intercepting mail between prisoners and their attorneys. The …
Smart Communications Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Article • June 1, 2025 • from PLN June, 2025
Filed under: Telephones, Mail, Legal Mail, Private Phone Contractors
Smart Communications Files for Bankruptcy Protection by Smart Communications Holding, Inc., provides a variety of communications services in prisons and jails nationwide, including phone calls, video calling, tablets and e-messaging. It’s best known for its mail scanning program, MailGuard, which digitizes correspondence sent to prisoners and provides the scans on …
Albert, et al. v. Global Tel*Link Corp., Securus Technologies, 3Cinteractive Corp., MD, class action complaint, prison phone calls, 2020
Brief • June 29, 2020
Filed under: RICO, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Monitoring, Mail, Antitrust Offenses
in a prison or jail in the United States. I. INTRODUCTION 1. This case concerns a scheme by the Defendants—including the nation’s two largest providers of telephone calling services for inmates—to fix ...
Dept. of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General - ICE's Inspections and Monitoring of Detention Facilities Do Not Lead to Sustained Compliance or Systemic Improvements, 2018
Publication • June 26, 2018
Filed under: Strip Searches, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Exercise, Attorney Client, Immigration, Telephone Access, Mail, Staff Training
, age, medical history, and the detainee’s country of origin. ODO used the DHS language telephone line for translation and interviewed some detainees in Spanish and other languages. ODO teams discussed ...
ACLU SoCal - Orange County Jails, 2017
Publication • June 28, 2017
Filed under: Gay/Lesbian, Failure to Treat, Failure to Protect (General), Food, Overcrowding, Clothing, Plumbing, Sanitation, Prisoner Privileges, Commissary, Americans with Disabilities Act, Telephone Access, Mail, Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement, Visiting
ACLU SoCal - Orange County Jails, 2017 JUNE 2017 A REPORT BY THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JAILS PROJECT The authors of this report are Esther Lim, MSW and Daisy Ramirez, MSW. Contributing authors and researchers: David Colker, Ruth Dawson, Peter Eliasberg, Brendan Hamme, Tasha Hill and …
Hines v. Mincks, WA, Prelim. Inj. - Jail Attorney Phone Call Policy, 2017
Brief • May 25, 2017
Filed under: Jail Specific, Attorney Client, Public Defenders, Indigent Defense, Telephones, Telephone Access, Mail, Due Process, Sixth Amendment
(the “Jail”) who allege that their Sixth Amendment right to the assistance of counsel is being infringed by the Jail’s restrictive telephone call and written correspondence policy. They therefore move ...
Photo of Prisoner Beaten by Georgia Gang Members Posted Online
Article • December 8, 2016 • from PLN December, 2016
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Retaliation for Media Contact, Retaliatory Transfers, Prison Gangs, Failure to Protect (General), Cell Phone Access, Photos, Media, Internet, Juveniles, Failure to Protect (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons
Photo of Prisoner Beaten by Georgia Gang Members Posted Online by Prisons are designed to be closed institutions, cut off from the rest of the world. Contraband cell phones, however, are opening them up and exposing the reality of what happens behind the walls. When Demetria Harris saw a photo …
Wisconsin Jail Policies Unconstitutional But Not Enjoined
Article • November 1, 2016
Filed under: Jail Misconduct, Notice of Rules, Legality of Rules, Witnesses (Disciplinary Hearings), Hearing Officers, Notice of Charges, Notice of Hearing, Jail Specific, Telephones, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Censorship
, and telephone procedures were unconstitutional. On January 17, 1973, the district court issued an opinion holding that all but the MCJ telephone policies were unconstitutional. First, the court found ...
Eighth Circuit Finds No Constitutional Right to Communicate in Chinese
Article • October 25, 2016
Filed under: Discrimination, Interpreters, Telephones, Mail, Mail Regulations, Due Process, Family
Eighth Circuit Finds No Constitutional Right to Communicate in Chinese by Lonnie Burton On August 15, 2016, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a case filed by a Chinese-born Missouri state prisoner who had his mail to and from China repeatedly rejected by prison officials. …
Kaelin v. County of Riverside, CA, Consolidated Opp to MTD - Inmate Phone Systems, 2016
Brief • August 8, 2016
Filed under: Tax Law, Telephones, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Mail, First Amendment, rights
THE IMPOSITION OF THE UNLAWFUL TAX UNCONSTITUTIONALLY BURDENS PLAINTIFFS’ FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH In contrast to Defendants’ contentions, inmates do “have a First Amendment right to telephone access ...
From the Editor
Article • August 2, 2016 • from PLN August, 2016
Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship, First Amendment, PLN related
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 …
Courts Divided on Confidentiality of Attorney-Prisoner Email
Article • July 6, 2016 • from PLN July, 2016
Filed under: Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Prison Reform, Computer Searches, Attorney Client, Computers, Telephone Monitoring, Due Process, Legal Mail, Attorney Visits
Courts Divided on Confidentiality of Attorney-Prisoner Email by Derek Gilna The fact that prosecutors and corrections officials read emails between prisoners and their lawyers comes as no surprise to most defense attorneys, many of whom find it ironic that the very public officials paid to enforce the laws do not …
UNODC, Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence, 2015
Publication • December 1, 2015
Filed under: Cell Searches, Prison/Common Area Searches, Visitor Searches, Videotaping, Security Systems, Terrorism, Telephone Monitoring, Mail, Staff Training
UNODC, Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence, 2015 Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence CRIMINAL JUSTICE HANDBOOK SERIES Cover images: Left and right: ©Photodisc.com, Centre: ©Neil Chapman UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME Vienna Handbook on Dynamic Security and Prison Intelligence CRIMINAL JUSTICE HANDBOOK SERIES UNITED NATIONS …
Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication
Article • April 15, 2014 • from PLN April, 2014
Filed under: Statistics/Trends, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Telephone Access, Telephone Rates, Mail Regulations, Visiting
Lowering Recidivism through Family Communication by Alex Friedmann There are currently 2.2 million people held in prisons and jails in the United States,1 and an estimated 95% of prisoners currently in custody will one day be released. Based on 2012 data, around 637,400 people are released annually from state and …
From the Editor
Article • February 15, 2013 • from PLN February, 2013
Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation
From the Editor by Paul Wright I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the Human Rights Defense Center/Prison Legal News annual fundraiser. As of mid-January 2013 we had raised a little over $29,000 of our $60,000 goal to continue the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, and still …
Army Prisoners Isolated, Denied Right to Legal Counsel
Article • February 15, 2010 • from PLN February, 2010
Filed under: Political Prisoners, Attorney Client, Telephones, Telephone Access, Attorney Calls, Telephone Monitoring, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail, Attorney Visits, PLN Litigation, Access to Media, Censorship, Military Law, Military Prisons
the entire time, which obviously negates any compliance with attorney-client privilege. And presumably the phone call was taped (all of the other brigs have special rooms for attorney calls, that have phone ...
More Damages, Costs & Attorney Fees Awarded in NH False Disciplinary Case
Article • February 15, 2009 • from PLN February, 2009
Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Retaliatory Discipline, False Charges (Disciplinary Hearings), Clothing, Showers, Toilets, Water, Strip Cells, Bedding, Hygiene Supplies, PLRA, Attorney Fees (PLRA), Restraints, Damages, Settlements, Costs, Telephone Access, Mail Regulations
for a quick shower while wearing shackles. They were not allowed telephone calls, mail or non-attorney visits, and their food was half the normal portion. The conditions were especially onerous for Palacio ...
Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Dental Care, Escapes, Strip Cells, Restraints, Attorney Calls, Mail, Mail Regulations, Ad-Seg Hearings, Access to Media
Sandin Inapplicable to Pretrial Detainees by Procedural Due Process--Disciplinary Proceedings (920): Sandin does not apply to detainees, who are entitled to procedural due process in disciplinary proceedings. Here there was some evidence because staff said the plaintiff had confessed. Procedural Due Process--Administrative Segregation (921): Placement of an escape risk in …
Right to Consult, Hire Counsel Well Established and Constitutionally Protected
Article • August 15, 2008
Filed under: Attorney Client, Attorney Calls, Qualified Immunity, Mail, Legal Mail, Attorney Visits
Right to Consult, Hire Counsel Well Established and Constitutionally Protected by At 953-54: The right to hire and consult an attorney is protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech, association and petition. ... It has long been recognized that the First Amendment prohibits the state from interfering …
Court Upholds Photocopying of Jail Prisoner’s Mail, Suppression Denied
Article • May 15, 2008
Filed under: Searches, Police Searches, Criminal Prosecution, Telephone Monitoring, Mail Regulations, Legal Mail
, both incoming and outgoing." The court distinguishes telephone monitoring cases because in those the monitoring was done pursuant to an ongoing security-related program. At 292: "No case holds ...
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