Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

Report a New Censorship Incident

Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	invitation to join study group	returned unopened, envelope stamped "unauthorized materials"	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unopened, stamped "unauthorized materials", returned to sender	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	Second Introductory Letter	returned unopened, envelope stamped "unauthorized materials"	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	Donate to MIMP	returned unopened, envelope stamped "unauthorized materials"	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	Second Introductory Letter	returned unopened, envelope stamped "unauthorized materials"	Ware Correctional Institution
	[TX]	08/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	prisoner notifies MIM Dist of censorship	Bill Clements Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 03/08/2016 prisoner notifies MIM Dist of censorship, appealed Show Text I was denied July/Aug 2015 No. 45 because the mail room "claims" pgs 1 & 6 contain information detailing prisoner strikes! I appealed it, but it was upheld!
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	study group invitation	unopened, stamped "unauthorized materials", returned to sender	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unopened, stamped "unauthorized materials", returned to sender	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	returned unopened, envelope stamped "unauthorized materials"	Ware Correctional Institution
	[GA]	03/08/2016	letter	invitation to intro study group	unopened, stamped "unauthorized materials", returned to sender	Ware Correctional Institution
	[TX]	02/15/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	marked "UTF" and "RTS" but prisoner still ad Telford Unit according to TDCJ search	Telford Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 03/04/2016 Form Filed: Inmate Request to Official Show Text To: Mail Room Subject: I want to know why you guy refuse my copy of Under Lock and Key No. 48, they said it had unable to find and return to sender on it no explanation was given. Disposition: We did not receive nor reject "Under Lock and Key" #48. Inform company to send again. 3/5/16 03/05/2016 Staff claims ULK 48 was never received nor rejected Show Text see 3/4 text
	[TX]	03/04/2016	book	Power and the Struggle for Aztlán	"c" it contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through offender disruption, such as strikes, riots or security threat group activ	Eastham Unit
	[AZ]	03/04/2016	letter	How To Form a Study Group	Promotes superiority of one group over another/promotes racism/degradation	Arizona State Prison Complex Tucson Santa Rita
	[FL]	03/03/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	Threat to security: p12 USW, p13 punished for reporting brutal assault, p14 fables and facts	Hamilton Correctional Institution
	[TX]	03/03/2016	book	Power and the Struggle for Aztlán	Form Filed: p 234 promotes peaceful protest, noncooperation, hunger strikes	Jordan Unit
	[FL]	03/03/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	pg12: united struggle from within, p13: punished for reporting brutal assault during ramadan, p14: fables and facts: fighting police brutality	Hamilton Correctional Institution
	[TX]	01/19/2016	book	Power and the Struggle for Aztlán	Reason C: Page 234 promotes peaceful protest, noncooperation, and hunger strikes and no labor.	Wayne Scott Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 03/03/2016 Prisoner notifies MIM Dist of censorship of book, forced to destroy it
	[OH]	03/01/2016	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unknown - no notification given	Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
	[OH]	03/01/2016	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification given	Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
	[KS]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	El Dorado Correctional Facility
	[GA]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given, prisoner reported on UMF	Georgia State Prison
	[CT]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution
	[CA]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	California Correctional Institution
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given, prisoner reported on UMF	Stevenson Unit
	[CA]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	California Medical Facility
	[OK]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Joseph Harp Correctional Center
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Hughes Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	letter	Prisoners Legal Clinic intro	unknown - no notification given	Hughes Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Hughes Unit
	[CA]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	California Medical Facility
	[FL]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Union Correctional Institution
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Allred Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Ferguson Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	letter	Spanish Translators Intro	unknown - no notification given	Allred Unit
	[CA]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[AZ]	03/01/2016	letter	personalized	unknown - no notiication given	Arizona State Prison Complex Tucson Santa Rita
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given, prisoner reported not received on Unconfirmed Mail Form	Eastham Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - prisoner reported on UMF	Clemens Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given. prisoner reported not received on Unconfirmed Mail Form	Allred Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 49 (March 2016)	prisoner reported censorship to MIMP via Unconfirmed Mail Form	McConnell Unit
	[FL]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	Unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[CA]	03/01/2016	letter	personalized	unknown-no notification given	California State Prison, Sacramento
	[FL]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Hamilton Correctional Institution
	[KY]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	US Penitentiary McCreary
	[SC]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	McCormick Correctional Institution
	[TX]	03/01/2016	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Bill Clements Unit
	[TX]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Polunsky Unit
	[VA]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	River North Correctional Center
	[NY]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Southport Correctional Facility
	[TN]	03/01/2016	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 48 (Jan 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Turney Center Industrial Prison

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