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Washington Mail Ruling Published
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2003, page 5
We reported in the September 2003 issue on a suit brought by PLN where the court issued permanent injunctions ordering the Washington DOC to deliver all bulk mail and catalogs sent to Washington prisoners and to provide due process to the sender and intended recipient when mail to Washington prisoners ...
Filed under:
Injunctions,
Appeals,
Mail,
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations,
Due Process,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
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