The Press Democrat
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. — New rules are now in place for processing mail coming into the Sonoma County jail, the result of a lawsuit filed against the county and the Sheriff’s Office by the Human Rights Defense Center, a national nonprofit that advocates for people in detention and sends publications on prisoner rights to those inside.
The organization took issue with the jail’s prior policy, which it called “unconstitutional” and “unduly broad,” after dozens of its informational brochures, letters and publications addressed to inmates at the Main Adult Detention Facility were rejected between October 2023 and 2024 — without proper explanation or recourse to protest, according to the Jan. 10 complaint…