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PLN Settles Lawsuit against Florida Jail’s Postcard-only Policy
Loaded on Feb. 2, 2016
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2016, page 40
Filed under:
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations,
PLN Litigation,
First Amendment,
PLN related.
Location:
Florida.
After PLN filed suit, a South Florida federal district court granted a preliminary injunction requiring the St. Lucie County Jail (SLCJ) to keep its amended postcard-only policy in effect during the litigation, which later resulted in a settlement.
PLN filed a civil rights action challenging SLCJ’s postcard-only policy in December ...
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