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Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined in PLN Suit, Due Process Required
Loaded on Sept. 15, 2003
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2003, page 18
Washington DOC Ban on Bulk Mail and Catalogs Enjoined
Filed under:
Court Access,
Injunctions,
Qualified Immunity,
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations,
Due Process,
PLN Litigation.
Location:
Washington.
in PLN Suit, Due Process Required
by Paul Wright
On June 17, 2003, Seattle federal district court judge Robert Lasnick issued a permanent injunction, effective August 16, 2003, enjoining the Washington Department of Corrections (DOC) from censoring mail based on the ...
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