Washington State Department of Corrections has censored incoming mail of MIM Theory on Prisons at Clallam Bay Corrections Center at Clallam Bay Washington State. All persons who are interested in protesting this mail rejection notice, the file number is 0804159 dated on August 12, 2004. Whoever is interested and still are able to read any of MIM literature might want to read Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401 at page 414-19 or in the Supreme Court reports at 109 S.Ct. 1874, 1881-82 which somewhat explains "Incoming Mail" standards. Also thought about reading Prisoners Self Help Litigation manual that has cases cited to find out how the imperialist U.S. so-called reasons in their unreasonable decisions.
Sent protest letters to: Sandra Carter, Superintendent Department of Corrections Clallam Bay Corrections 1830 Eagle Crest Way Clallam Bay, WA 98326
You can request the DOC Policy Directive 450.100 (mail policy) under the public disclosure request pursuant to RCW 42.17 on WAC 137-08.
Refusal of MIM Theory on Prisons, their claim is that the incoming mail violates mail rule #13 which states: "Mail that advocates that any ethnic, racial, or religious group is inferior for any reason and makes such group the object of ridicule and scorn, and may reasonably be thought to precipitate a violent confrontation between the recipient and a member(s) of the target group."
The comments section of the mail rejection slip states "give a brief but specific description of reasons for rejection. List titles, dates, issue numbers, etc." In this section the mailroom staff just wrote "13. MIM Theory Number 11, 1996"
Clearly the prison has no valid legal justification for this censorship. Please send protest letters to help fight this violation of freedom of speech.
- a WA prisoner, August 15, 2004