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Michigan Sheriff Settles PLN Censorship Suit for $295,000
Loaded on Nov. 6, 2017
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2017, page 30
Filed under:
Mail,
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations,
Media,
PLN Litigation,
Prisoner Media,
Access to Media,
Censorship.
Location:
Michigan.
by Derek Gilna
In June 2017, Prison Legal News obtained a substantial settlement from the Livingston County, Michigan Sheriff’s Office in a censorship lawsuit. The Livingston County jail agreed to settle after five years of litigation that challenged the facility’s mail policies and practices.
According to PLN …
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