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Publications Ban Unconstitutional

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Law Library Access/Adequacy, Mail, Publications/Books. Location: Texas.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a ban on publications by a
Texas jail was unconstitutional.

Stewart Mann was denied access to newspapers and magazines as he awaited
trial in the Midland County, Texas, jail. The denial was part of a jail
policy which prohibited prisoners from …

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