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PLN Sues Washington DOC over Censorship of Nazi Guard Exposé
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1999, page 7
PLN Sues Washington DOC over Censorship of Nazi Guard Exposé
Filed under:
Guard Misconduct,
DOC/BOP misconduct,
Racial Discrimination,
Mail,
Publications/Books,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
On August 27, 1999, Prison Legal News filed suit in federal court in Spokane, Washington, seeking a court injunction to ensure the delivery of the May, 1999, issue of PLN to its Washington prisoner readers. The May, 1999, issue of …
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