North Carolina prisons censor MIM Notes

Central Prison in Raleigh, NC and Warren Correctional Institute in Manson, NC confiscated the September 2001 issues of MIM Notes. Neither alerted MIM to the censorship nor explained why the MIM Notes were censored. One prisoner at Central Prison received a letter saying that Division of Prisons policy D.0103 is justification for the censorship, but the letter did not state what that policy is. Despite the legal requirement to send notification to sender (i.e. MIM) when material is censored with an explanation of why, we have not received such notification. Another letter sent to a prisoner states in part: "Your publication: MIM Notes, September 15, 2001; No. 242, has been received. I have reviewed this material and determined that it violates Division of Prisons policy at section D.0109. Therefore, I am disapproving possession of the material pending review of the Publications Review Committee."
The letter includes no explanation of what the D.0109 policy is. A Notice of Rejection of MIM Notes received by another North Carolina prisoner states
"Publications/Magazines/Newspapers - Must be received directly from the publisher." This despite the fact that MIM Notes does come directly from the publisher. RAIL condemns this censorship by North Carolina prisons, and urges people to send additional protest letters to the following people. (Send a copy of the letter to MIM.)

Warden Robey C. Lee, Central Prison
1300 Western Blvd.
Raleigh, NC 27606
(919) 733-0800

Superintendent J. Hayes
Warren Correctional Institute
PO Box 399
Manson, NC 27553
(252)456-3400


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