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Prison Legal News Sues Arizona Jail Over Restrictive Mail Policy
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2011
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2011, page 36
On September 7, 2011, Prison Legal News, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona (ACLU) and the law firm of Rosen, Bien & Galvan, LLP, filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Pinal County, Arizona jail policy that prohibits prisoners from receiving any magazines, hardcover books ...
Filed under:
Mail,
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations,
PLN Litigation,
Censorship.
Location:
Arizona.
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