MIM(Prisons) is a cell of revolutionaries serving the oppressed masses inside U.$. prisons, guided by the communist ideology of Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary
501 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 57
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of six (6) copies of the above referenced issue of Under Lock & Key (hereinafter, “ULK”). These issues were returned to us by Suwannee Correctional Facility, stamped “UTF Unable to Forward.” We are the distributors of ULK. A review of the Florida DOC Offender Locator shows that each of these prisoners was housed at Suwannee C.I. at the time of delivery of the issue and at the time they were returned to us. These prisoners are in fact still housed at Suwannee C.I.
These actions in returning ULK constitutes de facto censorship of our publication and violates our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is clear the prisoners were and continue to be housed at Suwannee C.I. and were so at the time the publication was delivered by postal authorities.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher], due process requires that [the publisher] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015) (emphasis added).
We demand an explanation of this violation of our Constitutional rights as well as the violation of the Florida Administrative Code concerning the handling of inmate publications received by mail.
Please provide your written response which addresses this serious issue within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter. You may reply to the address listed.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary
501 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 57
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of six (6) copies of the above referenced issue of Under Lock & Key (hereinafter, “ULK”). These issues were returned to us by Suwannee Correctional Facility, stamped “UTF Unable to Forward.” We are the distributors of ULK. A review of the Florida DOC Offender Locator shows that each of these prisoners was housed at Suwannee C.I. at the time of delivery of the issue and at the time they were returned to us. These prisoners are in fact still housed at Suwannee C.I.
These actions in returning ULK constitutes de facto censorship of our publication and violates our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is clear the prisoners were and continue to be housed at Suwannee C.I. and were so at the time the publication was delivered by postal authorities.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher], due process requires that [the publisher] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015) (emphasis added).
We demand an explanation of this violation of our Constitutional rights as well as the violation of the Florida Administrative Code concerning the handling of inmate publications received by mail.
Please provide your written response which addresses this serious issue within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter. You may reply to the address listed.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary
501 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 57
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of six (6) copies of the above referenced issue of Under Lock & Key (hereinafter, “ULK”). These issues were returned to us by Suwannee Correctional Facility, stamped “UTF Unable to Forward.” We are the distributors of ULK. A review of the Florida DOC Offender Locator shows that each of these prisoners was housed at Suwannee C.I. at the time of delivery of the issue and at the time they were returned to us. These prisoners are in fact still housed at Suwannee C.I.
These actions in returning ULK constitutes de facto censorship of our publication and violates our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is clear the prisoners were and continue to be housed at Suwannee C.I. and were so at the time the publication was delivered by postal authorities.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher], due process requires that [the publisher] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015) (emphasis added).
We demand an explanation of this violation of our Constitutional rights as well as the violation of the Florida Administrative Code concerning the handling of inmate publications received by mail.
Please provide your written response which addresses this serious issue within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter. You may reply to the address listed.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary
501 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 57
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of six (6) copies of the above referenced issue of Under Lock & Key (hereinafter, “ULK”). These issues were returned to us by Suwannee Correctional Facility, stamped “UTF Unable to Forward.” We are the distributors of ULK. A review of the Florida DOC Offender Locator shows that each of these prisoners was housed at Suwannee C.I. at the time of delivery of the issue and at the time they were returned to us. These prisoners are in fact still housed at Suwannee C.I.
These actions in returning ULK constitutes de facto censorship of our publication and violates our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is clear the prisoners were and continue to be housed at Suwannee C.I. and were so at the time the publication was delivered by postal authorities.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher], due process requires that [the publisher] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015) (emphasis added).
We demand an explanation of this violation of our Constitutional rights as well as the violation of the Florida Administrative Code concerning the handling of inmate publications received by mail.
Please provide your written response which addresses this serious issue within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter. You may reply to the address listed.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary
501 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 57
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of six (6) copies of the above referenced issue of Under Lock & Key (hereinafter, “ULK”). These issues were returned to us by Suwannee Correctional Facility, stamped “UTF Unable to Forward.” We are the distributors of ULK. A review of the Florida DOC Offender Locator shows that each of these prisoners was housed at Suwannee C.I. at the time of delivery of the issue and at the time they were returned to us. These prisoners are in fact still housed at Suwannee C.I.
These actions in returning ULK constitutes de facto censorship of our publication and violates our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is clear the prisoners were and continue to be housed at Suwannee C.I. and were so at the time the publication was delivered by postal authorities.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher], due process requires that [the publisher] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015) (emphasis added).
We demand an explanation of this violation of our Constitutional rights as well as the violation of the Florida Administrative Code concerning the handling of inmate publications received by mail.
Please provide your written response which addresses this serious issue within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter. You may reply to the address listed.
Florida Department of Corrections
Office of the Secretary
501 South Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-2500
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 57
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of six (6) copies of the above referenced issue of Under Lock & Key (hereinafter, “ULK”). These issues were returned to us by Suwannee Correctional Facility, stamped “UTF Unable to Forward.” We are the distributors of ULK. A review of the Florida DOC Offender Locator shows that each of these prisoners was housed at Suwannee C.I. at the time of delivery of the issue and at the time they were returned to us. These prisoners are in fact still housed at Suwannee C.I.
These actions in returning ULK constitutes de facto censorship of our publication and violates our rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. It is clear the prisoners were and continue to be housed at Suwannee C.I. and were so at the time the publication was delivered by postal authorities.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher], due process requires that [the publisher] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015) (emphasis added).
We demand an explanation of this violation of our Constitutional rights as well as the violation of the Florida Administrative Code concerning the handling of inmate publications received by mail.
Please provide your written response which addresses this serious issue within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter. You may reply to the address listed.
Facts reviewed: On grievance dated 7/13/17 offender claims that the May/June 2017 issue of MIM Distributors, No. 56 was banned but feels that he should be allowed to have it since he is interested in all radical political movements.
Counselor Dennis responded "According to the Publication Review Committee MIM Distributors May/June 2017 No. 56 is on the banned list."
Grievance Officer finds that according to the PRC Chairperson the publicaiton was reviewed and determined to be on the banne dlist. Offenders' political beliefs are not a factor in PRC determinations. Offender received and signed a Publication Review Determination and Course of Action DOC0212 form on 7/13/17. It appears that proper protocol was followed.
Recommendation: Based upon a total review of all available information it is the recomendation of this Grievance Officer that this offender's grievance be DENIED due to offender's publicaiton being on the banned list.
Grievance officer's name: David Mansfield, CCII
Chief Administrator Officer's Response 7/21/2017:
"I Concur"
09/06/2017
MIM(Prisons) appealed censorship
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September 6, 2017
Illinois DOC
Office of the Director
PO Box 19277
Springfield, IL 62794-9277
Re: Appeal of Censorship of Publication
Under Lock & Key Issue 56
To Whom It May Concern:
We are in receipt of a notice of censorship from XX concerning the issue of Under Lock Key (ULK), issue 56. We are the distributors of ULK and did not receive notice of the censorship of this issue at any time.
Due process requires adequate notice of the reasons for censorship. Instructive is the District Court’s reasoning set forth in Prison Legal News v. Jones, “Procunier demands that the publisher "be given a reasonable opportunity to protest" the censorship. Id. at 418. For an opportunity to be reasonable, the publisher must know of the grounds upon which the publication has been censored. See Henry J. Friendly, "Some Kind of Hearing", 123 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1267, 1280 (1975) (explaining that it is "fundamental" to due process that "notice be given . . . that . . . clearly inform[s] the individual of the proposed action and the grounds for it"). This knowledge component of due process does not turn on whether the publication is the first copy or a subsequent copy. What matters is the basis for censorship. If a subsequent impoundment decision is based on a different reason not previously shared with [the publisher or distributor], due process requires that [the publisher or distributor] be told of this new reason.” 126 F. Supp. 3d 1233, 1258 (N.D. Fla. 2015).
Please provide an original reason for censorship of issue 56 of ULK, which clearly states the objectionable material and reason for censorship within fifteen (15) days of receipt of this letter.
Illinois Administrative Code title 20, section 525.140(h) requires written notification to the sender when mail is censored or denied.
In the alternative, we request the decision to censor issue 56 be vacated and the issue be delivered to all prisoners to whom it was addressed.
You may respond to the address listed.
Sincerely,
MIM Distributors
10/25/2017
Publication receipt and course of action
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Notification of publication denial because publication:
Be otherwise detrimental to security, good order, rehabilitation, or discipline or itm ight facilitate criminal activity or be detrimental to mental health.
Article drugs in prison, unity amongst prisoners.
Promotes leadership and organization detrimental to safety and security of the facility.
