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CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials
Loaded on July 7, 2015
by Michael Brodheim
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2015, page 58
Filed under:
Sexually Explicit Materials,
Mail Regulations,
PLN Litigation,
Censorship.
Location:
California.
CDCR Adopts New Contraband Rules on Obscene, Gang-related Materials
by Michael Brodheim
In the aftermath of a 2013 ruling by the California Court of Appeal that found a book containing sexually explicit content was not obscene and must be returned to the prisoner who ordered it, and …
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- California Pays $585,000 to Settle Suit by Prisoner Who Lost Eye Due to Poor Medical Care, May 6, 2015
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