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Utah Jail Censorship Suit Settled for $68,682
Loaded on May 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
May, 1999, page 6
On October 28, 1998, a class action suit challenging various censorship rules at the Davis County Jail in Utah was settled for $11,682 in damages and $57,000 In attorney's fees. In 1995 the Davis County Jail enacted policies banning books, newspaper clippings and sexually explicit materials. The latter were defined ...
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Damages,
Settlements,
Mail,
Publications/Books,
Sexually Explicit Materials,
Mail Regulations.
Location:
Utah.
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