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Letter to FCC re Incarcerated People's Communication Services-09-15-2025

Publication • September 15, 2025

Filed under: Telephone Access, HRDC Sign on Letters, Prisoners' Rights, Global Tel*Link Corp

Letter to FCC re Incarcerated People's Communication Services-09-15-2025 September 15, 2025 Chairman Brendan Carr Commissioner Anna Gomez Commissioner Olivia Trusty Federal Communications Commission 50 L Street, NE Washington, DC 20554 Re: Incarcerated People’s Communications Services, WC Docket Nos. 23-62, 12-375 Dear Chairman Carr, Commissioners Gomez and Trusty: The ninety-five undersigned ...

HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records

Article • August 1, 2025 • from PLN August, 2025

Filed under: Centurion, Systemic Medical Neglect, Medical Records, Misdiagnosis, Failure to Treat, Malpractice, Medical Neglect/Malpractice, Public Records Act, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

HRDC Wins $480,000 in Legal Fees from Centurion for Denied New Mexico Records by Chuck Sharman On February 17, 2025, Paul Wright, Executive Director of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), signed an agreement accepting a $480,000 payment to resolve claims for records made in a suit filed in state ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Settlement Agreement and Release, 2024

Filing • September 25, 2024

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

of HRDC publications to NCDAC incarcerated prisoners and the alleged lack of due process associated with the NCDAC’s failure to provide HRDC notice and opportunity to be heard regarding refused or censored ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Settlement Agreement and Release, 2024

Brief • September 25, 2024

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

of HRDC publications to NCDAC incarcerated prisoners and the alleged lack of due process associated with the NCDAC’s failure to provide HRDC notice and opportunity to be heard regarding refused or censored ...

Letter to Governor Inslee about Green Hill

Publication • September 10, 2024

Filed under: Education (Juveniles), Juvenile Prisons, HRDC Sign on Letters

Letter to Governor Inslee about Green Hill September 10, 2024 Dear Governor Inslee, As formerly incarcerated persons who have professional, as well as deep personal knowledge of the process of rehabilitation, we ask that you respect our lived expertise and release youth in our state’s Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) facilities who ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024

Filing • May 20, 2024

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and official capacities; DARCELL CARTER, ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024

Brief • May 20, 2024

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order re Court-Hosted Settlement Conference, 2024 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION 5:21-CV-469-FL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, Plaintiff, v. TODD ISHEE, in his official capacity, TIM MOOSE, in his individual and official capacities; DARCELL CARTER, ...

HRDC Wins Summary Judgment in North Carolina Prison Censorship Case

Article • May 1, 2024 • from PLN May, 2024

Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship, Articles About PLN, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

, 2019, placing a blanket ban on all HRDC publications during that period. After the prison system failed to respond to any administrative appeals, HRDC filed suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024

Filing • March 27, 2024

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

of a prisoner receiving HRDC’s publications. (Id. ¶¶ 4–5). All further references in this order to the “complaint” refer to the operative amended complaint at docket entry (DE) 35. 1 Pursuant to Local Rule 56.1 ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting in Part Motion for Summary Judgment, 2024

Brief • March 27, 2024

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

of a prisoner receiving HRDC’s publications. (Id. ¶¶ 4–5). All further references in this order to the “complaint” refer to the operative amended complaint at docket entry (DE) 35. 1 Pursuant to Local Rule 56.1 ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting Motion to Compel, 2023

Filing • April 7, 2023

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

seeking NCDPS’s rationale for rejecting various HRDC publications, the Center asked Sutton to identify the material within each publication that led to its rejection. But, like those that came before ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order to Recover Attorneys Fees and Expenses, 2023

Filing • April 7, 2023

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order to Recover Attorneys Fees and Expenses, 2023 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:21-CV-00469-FL Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff, Order v. Casandra Skinner Hoekstra, et al., Defendants. The court has found that Plaintiff ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order Granting Motion to Compel, 2023

Brief • April 7, 2023

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

seeking NCDPS’s rationale for rejecting various HRDC publications, the Center asked Sutton to identify the material within each publication that led to its rejection. But, like those that came before ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order to Recover Attorneys Fees and Expenses, 2023

Brief • April 7, 2023

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, Order to Recover Attorneys Fees and Expenses, 2023 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:21-CV-00469-FL Human Rights Defense Center, Plaintiff, Order v. Casandra Skinner Hoekstra, et al., Defendants. The court has found that Plaintiff ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, First Amended Complaint, Censorship, 2022

Filing • October 17, 2022

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

an Annual Report. The Annual Report provides details on HRDC’s accomplishments from the previous year and explains the steps that HRDC is taking to fulfill its mission. 23. HRDC’s publications, as described ...

HRDC v. Ishee, et al., NC, First Amended Complaint, Censorship, 2022

Brief • October 17, 2022

Filed under: Publications/Books, Due Process, Banned Book Lists, PLN Litigation, Censorship, HRDC Publications, HRDC Litigation

an Annual Report. The Annual Report provides details on HRDC’s accomplishments from the previous year and explains the steps that HRDC is taking to fulfill its mission. 23. HRDC’s publications, as described ...

Environmental Justice for Unaccompanied Migrant Children—Response to Request for Information (RFI): 2022 HHS Environmental Justice Strategy and Implementation Plan Draft Outline (Document No. 2022-075...

Publication • June 17, 2022

Filed under: HRDC Sign on Letters, Offenses Involving the Environment, Immigration Law/Offenses

Environmental Justice for Unaccompanied Migrant Children—Response to Request for Information (RFI): 2022 HHS Environmental Justice Strategy and Implementation Plan Draft Outline (Document No. 2022-07514) Earthjustice · American Friends Service Committee Florida · Hispanic Federation Respond Crisis Translation · Alianza Nacional de Campesinas · GreenLatinos Farmworker Association of Florida · National ...

Calling for an end to MailGuard

Publication • July 15, 2021

Filed under: Mail, HRDC Sign on Letters

Calling for an end to MailGuard Attorney General Merrick Garland U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 July 15, 2021 Dear Attorney General Merrick Garland, The undersigned organizations are demanding that the Biden Administration end a federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) program to deprive people who ...

ALI Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses

Publication • June 4, 2021

Filed under: Sex Offender Registration, HRDC Sign on Letters

ALI Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses June 4, 2021 Re: ALI Model Penal Code: Sexual Assault and Related Offenses, Tentative Draft No. 5, May 4, 2021 Dear American Law Institute Member: The undersigned are attorneys, academics, and other stakeholders writing to express our grave concerns with the ...

HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, Granting in Part Motion for Attorney Fees, censorship, 2021

Brief • March 28, 2021

Filed under: Attorney Fee Awards, Publications/Books, First Amendment, HRDC Publications, First Amendment, rights, Fourteenth Amendment, rights

HRDC v. County of Napa, CA, Granting in Part Motion for Attorney Fees, censorship, 2021 Case 3:20-cv-01296-JCS Document 50 Filed 03/28/21 Page 1 of 28 1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE CENTER, 7 Case No. 20-cv-01296-JCS Plaintiff, 8 v. ...

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