Federal court rules in favor of prisoners’ rights to adequate medical treatment
This month, in Shadrick v. Hopkins County, the federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a private, for-profit corporation providing medical services to prisoners may be liable for violating the federal constitutional rights of prisoners by failing to...
Resisting the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
Later this month, November 22nd to 28th is a National Week of Action against the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. The Week of Action precedes the sentencing hearings of Tyler Lang and Kevin Johnson (aka Kevin Olliff) who have plead guilty to charges under the AETA for...
First Amendment victories in New York
Last month, First Amendment defenders won two significant victories in New York. First, protestors of Donald Trump’s racist run for President secured the right to protest in front of Trump Tower in downtown Manhattan. Second, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators won...
FCC Caps Prison Phone Rates
Last week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued sweeping reforms to jail phone-call rates. In many states, prior to the reforms, the cost of a 15-minute in-state call could cost upwards of $5. In extreme cases, as a group of US Senators pointed out in a...
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