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PLN Lawsuit Ends No-Publication Policy at Washington Jail, Results in $180,000 Settlement
Loaded on July 15, 2012
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2012, page 28
Less than 90 days after PLN filed suit challenging a no-publication mail policy at Washington State’s Chelan County Regional Justice Center (RJC), the defendants conceded the policy was unconstitutional and agreed to the entry of a consent decree and payment of $180,000 in damages, attorney fees and costs.
Filed under:
Publications/Books,
Mail Regulations,
Due Process,
Media,
PLN Litigation,
Censorship.
Location:
Washington.
The settlement ...
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