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Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[NC]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no reason given	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[MN]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 - Intro	unknown - no notification given	Minnesota Corrections Facility Rush City
	[TX]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Telford Unit
	[PA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[PA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[NY]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Upstate Correctional Facility
	[TX]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no reason given	Gib Lewis Unit
	[FL]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[CA]	06/01/2011	magazine	MIM Theory 5: Diet For a Small Red Planet	no notification given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[FL]	06/01/2011	newspaper	Shut Down Control Units in Prison	unknown - no notification given	Century Correctional Institution
	[TN]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no reason given	Riverbend Maximum Security Institution
	[CA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	Unknown - no notification given	California Men's Colony
	[CA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[NC]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	no notification given	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[CT]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Northern Correctional Institution
	[PA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	State Correctional Institution Somerset
	[FL]	06/01/2011	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Century Correctional Institution
	[CA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain
	[IL]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Menard Correctional Center
	[WI]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no reason given	Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution
	[CA]	06/01/2011	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Southwest Detention Center
	[NY]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	unknown - no notification given	Attica Correctional Facility
	[CA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	no notification given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[FL]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 6 (Jan 2009)	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[FL]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 13 (March 2010)	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[VA]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	no reason given	US Penitentiary Lee County
	[FL]	06/01/2011	letter	Writing Tips letter with climate change article	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[FL]	06/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 16 (Sept 2010)	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[CA]	05/01/2011	letter	personalized	2006 memo citing ban of MIM This was overturned	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 05/06/2011 prisoner filed 602 appeal Show Text explained that 2006 memo was overturned years ago 05/12/2011 appeal denied at level 1 05/20/2011 prisoner appealed again 05/26/2011 mail returned to prisoner
	[VA]	05/20/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	RTS - "refused"	VA Beach
	[VA]	05/20/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 - Intro	RTS "refused"	VA Beach
	[TX]	05/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 6 (Jan 2009)	pg 7 advocates a hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Smith Unit
	[LA]	05/16/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 - Intro	RTS "refused, not allowed in SMU"	BB Rayburn Correctional Center
	[PA]	05/13/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 - Intro	Writings which advocate violence, insurrections, or guerilla warfare against the government or any of its facilities or which create a danger within the context of a correctional facility. etc. p. 1, 4-5	State Correctional Institution Fayette
	[CA]	05/12/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	RTS	Pleasant Valley State Prison
	[FL]	05/06/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Impounded: (3)(g) ... advocates or encourages riot, insurrection, disruption of the institution, violation of department or institutional rules. [Download Documentation]	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[LA]	05/03/2011	letter	2nd letter form	MIM Notes newsletters contain material sent in from several different state inmates throughout the country discussing different facts about prison life and radical extremist material. (Not MIM Notes, not written by prisoners.) [Download Documentation]	Federal Correctional Institution - Pollock
	[AL]	05/01/2011	letter	Writing Tips	no notification given	Federal Correctional Institution Talladega
	[MO]	05/01/2011	letter	MO Grievance Petition	none	Jefferson City Correctional Center
	[VA]	05/01/2011	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no notification given	Wallens Ridge State Prison
	[FL]	05/01/2011	newspaper	Shut Down Control Units in Prison	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[CA]	05/01/2011	book		unknown - no reason given	California Institution for Men
	[TX]	05/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 17 (Nov. 2010)	none	Montford Unit
	[AR]	05/01/2011	letter	2nd letter form	unknown - no reason given	East Arkansas Regional Unit
	[AK]	05/01/2011	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no reason given	Spring Creek Correctional Center
	[VA]	05/01/2011	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Red Onion State Prison
	[AR]	05/01/2011	letter	Poetry Guide	unknown - no reason given	East Arkansas Regional Unit
	[CA]	05/01/2011	letter	2nd letter form	unknown - no reason given	Pleasant Valley State Prison
	[SC]	04/28/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Return to Sender; Unable to Forward (still at facility)	Broad River Correctional Institution
	[PA]	04/23/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Not Authorized, Refused, No Package Authorization	Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood

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