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Wait,What? Florida DOC Bans Tee Shirts Promoting Prisoner Visits
Loaded on Sept. 16, 2022
by Jo Ellen Nott
by Jo Ellen Nott
On August 5, 2022, the Florida Department of Corrections (DOC) warned employees that certain t-shirts worn by visitors to state prisons “are considered inflammatory and a potential threat to security.” So what messages on the t-shirts sparked this clamp-down?
“I Love My Visits”
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