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Michigan DOC Settles Lawsuit Over PLN Book Ban

Loaded on March 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News March, 2000, page 21
Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations. Location: Michigan.
In April, 1999, the Michigan DOC settled a class action lawsuit filed by Prison Legal News, Common Courage Press, and Michigan prisoners Larry Lynch and Calvin Holmes over the censorship of the PLN anthology, The Celling of America: An Inside Look at the U.S. Prison Industry (TCOA). Michigan Department of ...

 

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