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Seizure of Prisoner’s Manuscript Containing Offensive Writing About Staff Does Not Violate First Amendment

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2009

Filed under: Prisoner Property, Media, Censorship. Location: Pennsylvania.

On December 2, 2008, a non-jury trial was held before a Federal District Court in Pennsylvania on prisoner Wesley Harper §1983 claim against certain officials at the Smithfield State Correctional Institution (SCI) for First Amendment violations stemming from the officials seizure of documents written by Harper about prison staff. The ...

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