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PLN Sues Washington DOC Over Mail Censorship - Again
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2002, page 16
On November 27, 2001, Prison Legal News sued Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) officials across the state for its policies and practices of censoring mail items sent by PLN to Washington state prisoners. The suit names DOC Secretary Joseph Lehman, Deputy Secretary Eldon Vail, regional administrators Jim Blodgett and Carol …
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