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PLN Awarded Injunction in Arizona Prison Censorship Suit

Loaded on March 4, 2020 by David M. Reutter published in Prison Legal News March, 2020, page 61
Filed under: PLN Litigation, Censorship. Location: Arizona.

by David M. Reutter

In November, 2019, PLN was awarded injunctive relief in a lawsuit challenging the Arizona Department of Corrections’ (ADC) “policy prohibiting sexually explicit material” as a violation of the First Amendment.

As we previously reported, ADC censored the October 2104, April 2017, May 2017 and June 2017 ...

 

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