Policy Directive 05.03.118 - Search

Figel v. Overton-121 Fed. Appx. 642 (6th Cir. 2005)

Case • 2005

("Overton"), MDOC Special Activities Coordinator David Burnett ("Burnett"), and MDOC Deputy Director Patricia Caruso ("Caruso"), alleging that the confiscation, pursuant to MDOC Policy Directive 05.03.118 ...

Dismissal of the Publisher/Approved Vendor Only Challenge Reversed

Article • June 15, 2006 • from PLN June, 2006

Filed under: Complaints, RLUIPA, Mail, Publications/Books

) implemented Directive 05.03.118, which prohibits books, magazines, newspapers and other publications that are not received directly from the publisher... from an unauthorized vendor, or not ordered ...

Rejecting Foreign Language Letters after Interpretation May Violate Prisoner’s Rights

Article • August 28, 2015 • from PLN September, 2015

Filed under: Retaliation for Filing Grievances, Mail Regulations

to a settlement in September 2014 that included a change in Policy Directive 05.03.118, to ensure that translation services are available through a private vendor at the MDOC’s expense. If no such services ...

Muthana v. Hofbauer, MI, R&R, Destruction of Mail Written in Arabic, 2012

Brief • January 11, 2012

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Prisoner Property, Mail Regulations, Due Process

both the cost and “available alternative” factors. Id. For the reasons set forth in Alame, the undersigned concludes that MDOC Policy Directive 05.03.118, ¶ MM (17) (eff. 9/14/2009) does not on its face ...

Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan DOC Officials

Article • August 24, 2016

Filed under: RLUIPA, Qualified Immunity, Publications/Books, First Amendment, Religious Property

religious books that were sent to him by a church were returned. The books were returned in accordance with Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Policy Directive 05.03.118, which prohibits prisoners from ...

Sixth Circuit Affirms Denial of Qualified Immunity for Michigan DOC Officials for Religious Book Censorship

Article • April 15, 2011

Filed under: RLUIPA, Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, Religious Property

prison officials after three religious books that were sent to him by a church were returned. The books were returned in accordance with Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) Policy Directive 05.03.118 ...

Third Circuit Upholds Ban on UCC Materials; Sixth Circuit Disagrees

Article • September 15, 2009 • from PLN September, 2009

Filed under: Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's, Mail, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations

. of Corrections (MDOC) from enforcing Rule 23 of MDOC policy directive 05.03.118. Rule 23 regulates prisoners’ possession of UCC-related materials. MDOC prisoner Walter Jones filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 ...

ACLU v Livingston Co, MI, Plf BIO, legal mail censorship, 2016

Brief • January 27, 2016

Filed under: Mail, Censorship

) ......................................................... 9 Mich. Dep’t of Corrs. Policy Directive 05.03.118 (Sept. 14, 2009) ...................................................... 10 Ohio Dep’t of Rehab. & Corr. Policy 75-MAL-01 (Oct. 20, 2014 ...

Kentucky Dept of Public Advocacy v. Kentucky DOC, KY, Complaint, Prisoners' Right to Mail, 2021

Brief • 2021

Filed under: Legal Mail, Mail Restrictions, Prison Mail

, prior to opening, through control numbers or a different method. See, e.g., MI DOC Policy Directive 05.03.118 at EE-KK (eff. 3/1/2018)(Requiring staff to confirm the sender if it appears that the item ...

Sallier v. Brooks-343 F.3d 868 (6th Cir. 2003)

Case • 2003

in compliance with Michigan Administrative Code Rule 791.6605(4) and Michigan Department of Corrections policy directive PD 05.03.118 ¶K, both of which state that upon a prisoner's written request, mail ...

Sallier v. Brooks, Mi, Legal Mail, Remittur of Damages Brief

Brief

be 05.03.118 L from the policy directives, that that was the definition of legal mail that should be used.” The court overruled that objection, and stated that if it followed what was requested “you could set up ...

Literature Locked Up: How Prison Book Restriction Policies Constitute the Nation’s Largest Book Ban

Publication • September 24, 2019

Filed under: Publications/Books

the directive in January 2018.53 The Federal Prison System: In 2018, two separate federal prisons—with over 1,000 people each—unveiled a policy preventing incarcerated people from receiving any books from outside ...

Hall v. Martin, MI, Complaint, MDOC religious diet kosher, 2010

Brief • December 10, 2010

Filed under: Religious Diet

for copy of MDOC PD 05.03.150, Religious Beliefs and Practices of Prisoners. [Exhibit pages 47-55.] On Exhibit pages 51-52 this policy covers Religious Menus/Meals. Exhibit page 52, paragraph SS. states ...