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PLN Sues Oregon DOC Over Bulk Mail Ban
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1999, page 6
On October 29, 1998, Prison Legal News ( PLN ) sued the Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) in federal district court for damages and declaratory and injunctive relief. Since at least 1991 the Oregon DOC has had a policy requiring that all mail sent to Oregon prisoners be sent via …
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