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Washington DOC Settles Mail Censorship Suit
Loaded on March 15, 2000
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2000, page 18
In early October, 1999, the Wash- ington Department of Corrections settled a wide ranging lawsuit challenging various aspects of its mail censorship policies. PLN reported the filing of the suit in its November, 1997, issue. The lawsuit had publisher plaintiffs Humanists of Washington, the ACLU's National Prison Project and PLN. ...
Filed under:
Legality of Rules,
Attorney Fee Awards,
Legal Materials,
Photocopies,
Settlements,
Mail,
Publications/Books,
Sexually Explicit Materials,
Mail Regulations,
Due Process,
Postage,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
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