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Virginia Federal Court Invalidates DOC Ban on Sexually Explicit Books

Loaded on March 15, 2011 by David Reutter published in Prison Legal News March, 2011, page 22
Filed under: Mail, Sexually Explicit Materials. Location: Virginia.
by David M. Reutter

A U.S. District Court has held that a Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) policy which prohibits “works of literature which include an explicit description of a sexual act or intercourse” is unconstitutional, both facially and as applied.

The court’s ruling was entered on cross-motions for summary ...

 

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