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PLN in Court
Loaded on May 15, 2000
by Paul Wright
published in Prison Legal News
May, 2000, page 5
Since PLN started in 1990 we have been censored in prisons and jails around the country. We have always attempted to resolve censorship issues administratively, but in cases where the goal was to keep PLN out of prison at any cost, that obviously wasn't possible. We have aggressively challenged censorship ...
Filed under:
Damages,
Settlements,
Disclosure of Records,
Parole,
Publications/Books,
Media,
PLN Litigation,
Prisoner Media.
Locations:
Michigan,
Oregon,
Utah,
Washington.
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