Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

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Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[NY]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Auburn Correctional Facility
	[FL]	02/01/2013	letter	Poetry Guide	unknown - no reason given	Florida State Prison
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unauthorized enclosure	State Correctional Institution Waymart
	[CT]	02/01/2013	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no reason given	MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[CA]	02/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Calipatria State Prison
	[CA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	California State Prison, Sacramento
	[CA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Mahanoy
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unauthorized enclosure	State Correctional Institution Waymart
	[MO]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notice given	Southeast Correctional Center
	[NJ]	02/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	South Woods State Prison
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unauthorized enclosure	State Correctional Institution Waymart
	[FL]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Suwannee Annex
	[WI]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Columbia Correctional Institution
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[CA]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Salinas Valley State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 01/31/2013 Prisoner apealed censorship Download Documentation
	[CA]	05/01/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 4: A Spiral Trajectory (Communist Hist)	unknown - no reason given This was overturned	West Valley Detention Center
Follow Up Correspondence 08/10/2012 Prisoner exhausted appeals process, but not allowed to receive magazine Show Text As for the grievances I submitted on the censorship of all previous MIM Theories, I have exhausted the appeals process with negative results. Their final action taken was to keep the magazines in my property bin until my release from their custody. They claim that the magazines pose a threat to the tranquility and safety to the facility without attempting to cite any language in the literature that supports their opinion. 01/31/2013 Prisoner reports he received magazine
	[CA]	04/01/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 11: Amerikkkan Prisons on Trial	unknown - no reason given This was overturned	West Valley Detention Center
Follow Up Correspondence 01/31/2013 Prisoner reports he received magazine
	[CA]	05/01/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 2/3: Revolutionary Feminism	unknown - no reason given This was overturned	West Valley Detention Center
Follow Up Correspondence 08/10/2012 Prisoner exhausted appeals process, but not allowed to receive magazine Show Text As for the grievances I submitted on the censorship of all previous MIM Theories, I have exhausted the appeals process with negative results. Their final action taken was to keep the magazines in my property bin until my release from their custody. They claim that the magazines pose a threat to the tranquility and safety to the facility without attempting to cite any language in the literature that supports their opinion. 01/31/2013 Prisoner reports he received magazine
	[NC]	01/30/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no notice given	Lanesboro Correctional Institution
	[CA]	01/10/2013	letter	personalized	Third Party Mail	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 01/29/2013 prisoner filed 602 appeal
	[FL]	12/07/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	dangerously inflammatory [Download Documentation]	Dade Correctional Institution
Follow Up Correspondence 01/03/2013 Prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 01/13/2013 Prisoner again appealed censorship Download Documentation 01/29/2013 Prison rejected appeal as filed too late Download Documentation
	[NC]	01/24/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	contains verbiage that if communicated - could potentially disrupt normal operations of the prison facility [Download Documentation]	Eastern Correctional Institution
	[SC]	01/24/2013	magazine	MIM Theory 7: Revolutionary Nationalism	inmate on lock-up, may not receive publication in lock-up [Download Documentation]	Broad River Correctional Institution
	[FL]	01/20/2013	book	False Nationalism False Internationalism: Class Co	no notice given	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/20/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	no reason given	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[CT]	01/18/2013	magazine	MIM Theory 4: XXXXXX Spiral Trajectory (Communist	Depicts, describes or encourages activities which may lead to the use of physical violence or group disruption [Download Documentation]	Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center
	[WA]	01/17/2013	letter	invitation to join study group	MIM is under investigation by Homeland Security and promotes a revolutionary movement	Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
	[WA]	01/17/2013	letter	2nd letter form	MIM is under investigation by Homeland Security and promotes a revolutionary movement	Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
	[KY]	01/17/2013	book	Marx, Engels, Marxism	Books rejected because written in	Kentucky State Penitentiary
	[NC]	01/15/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no notice given	Lanesboro Correctional Institution
	[CA]	08/13/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	newsletter calls for solidarity and threatens the security of the institution [Download Documentation]	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 09/04/2012 prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 09/10/2012 prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 09/10/2012 prison denied appeal Download Documentation 09/20/2012 prison denied first level appeal 10/25/2012 Warden upheld censorship Download Documentation 01/11/2013 Prison denied third level appeal Download Documentation
	[CT]	01/10/2013	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	Unauthorized enclosure; Used books, magazines are not allowed. (all material was new)	Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center
	[KY]	01/10/2013	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	must be mailed by publisher or authorized distributor. contains gang related material. [Download Documentation]	EKCC
	[NC]	01/08/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	page 2, commission of criminal activity [Download Documentation]	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/08/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	contains material that encourages illegal activity [Download Documentation]	Eastern Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/05/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	"violence, disorder, insurrection or terrorist/gang activities..."	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[CA]	10/01/2011	book	Chicano Studies (college reader)	no used books allowed This was overturned	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 01/03/2013 prisoner received book
	[MD]	01/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Metropolitan Transition Center
	[TX]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Allred Unit
	[NY]	01/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Attica Correctional Facility
	[PA]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Pine Grove
	[MD]	01/01/2013	letter	Poetry Guide	unknown - no reason given	Metropolitan Transition Center
	[NY]	01/01/2013	letter	Release Letter	unknown - no reason given	Orleans Correctional Facility
	[FL]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 35 (Nov 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[PA]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Coal Township
	[AZ]	01/01/2013	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no reason given	Arizona State Prison Complex Winslow/Kaibab
	[NV]	01/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	High Desert State Prison
	[MD]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 - Intro	unknown - no reason given	Western Correctional Institution

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