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Oregon ACLU Sues Jail over Mail Policy; County Quickly Capitulates
Loaded on March 15, 2013
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2013, page 50
The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon filed a federal lawsuit against a county jail in June 2012, challenging a policy that prevented prisoners from receiving ACLU correspondence. County officials quickly agreed to change the policy and the suit was resolved within four months.As previously reported in PLN, the …
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