Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

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Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[WA]	08/10/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Stafford Creek Corrections Center
	[TX]	07/01/2022	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	"contains content that can cause a disturbance" This was overturned	Allred Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 07/02/2022 prisoner appealed (date uncertain) 08/10/2022 Director's Review Committee reversed decision to appeal Show Text prisoner received the letter, which was just a list of mail sent to him in recent months
	[MN]	08/09/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	"...they are excess and intended for mass distribution"	Federal Correctional Institution Waseca
	[FL]	08/09/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	(15)(h),(i),& (p): P. 2 What is AIPS? How to Join the UF? p.3 The 2022 Strike, p.4 talks about warden Jimmy Smith and gives out phone number 940-855-7477 texas prison, p. 5 send SASE and 3 stamps, p.12 Comrades in TN Observing their First Black August...	Florida State Prison
	[TX]	08/09/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	not in custody - but still there in database	Midland County Jail
	[NC]	08/05/2022	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	facility does not accept friend and family mail directly	Marion Correctional Institution
	[TX]	08/01/2022	study pack	Censorship Guide	"could incite a disturbance" This was overturned	Stevenson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 08/01/2022 prisoner appealed 08/05/2022 Director's Review Committee reversed decision to censor
	[NC]	08/05/2022	letter	Second Introductory Letter	facility does not accept friend and family mail directly	Marion Correctional Institution
	[WI]	08/05/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	"...Multiple STG references" "item teaches or advocates illegal activity, disruption, or behavior consistent with a gang or a violent ritualistic group."	Redgranite Correctional Institution
	[TX]	08/02/2022	letter	JFI campaign updates	appeal response: "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance" (not clear what mail this is responding to)	Wynne Unit
	[TX]	06/24/2022	letter	personalized	inciting a disturbance	Wynne Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 06/29/2022 prisoner appealed 08/02/2022 appeal upheld censorship Show Text "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance received in contradiction with BP-03.91"
	[TX]	08/02/2022	letter	JFI updates letter	appeal response: "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance" (not clear what mail this is responding to)	Wynne Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 08/02/2022 prisoner appealed
	[TX]	08/02/2022	letter	JFI campaign updates	appeal response: "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance"	Wynne Unit
	[TX]	06/24/2022	letter	personalized	contains messages of hatred and statements that could start riots	Wynne Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 08/02/2022 appeal upheld censorship Show Text "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance" (not clear what mail this is responding to)
	[TX]	06/23/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 76 (Winter 2022)	publication contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve a breakdown of prisons through offenders disruption such as strikes, riots or security group activity	Clemens Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 08/02/2022 No notification to MIM Distributors Show Text censored by Dee Walden in the Clemens Unit mail room, but no notification sent to us
	[TX]	06/17/2022	letter	JFI campaign info	content inciting a disturbance	Wynne Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 06/23/2022 prisoner appealed 08/02/2022 censorship upheld on appeal Show Text "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance"
	[MO]	08/02/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 76 (Winter 2022)	"contains information which can be used to instill violence or hatred among the offender population"	Potosi Correctional Center
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Allred Unit
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	page 12, 16 info could cause disruption	Estelle 2
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Allred Unit
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Allred Unit
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Allred Unit
	[NV]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	High Desert State Prison
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Allred Unit
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Polunsky Unit
	[CA]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[CA]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[CO]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Sterling Correctional Facility
	[CA]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	no notification from prison	Salinas Valley State Prison
	[IN]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Westville Correctional Facility
	[MO]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Hughes Unit
	[TX]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Bill Clements Unit
	[PA]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	State Correctional Institution Huntingdon
	[IN]	08/01/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	New Castle Correctional Facility
	[TX]	07/29/2022	letter	JFI campaign letter	response to appeal: "newsletter contains content inciting a disturbance received in contradiction with BP-03.91"	Torres Unit
	[TX]	07/28/2022	letter	JFI campaign updates	appeal response "1 letter containing content intended to cause a disturbance received in contradiction to BP-03.91" (not clear what mail this is responding to)	Ferguson Unit
	[TX]	06/22/2022	letter	JFI campaign updates	content inciting a disturbance	Ferguson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 06/23/2022 prisoner appealed 07/28/2022 censorship upheld on appeal Show Text "1 letter containing content intended to cause a disturbance received in contradiction to BP-03.91"
	[TX]	06/22/2022	letter	personalized	inciting a disturbance	Ferguson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 06/24/2022 prisoner appealed 07/28/2022 censorship upheld on appeal Show Text "1 letter containing content intended to cause a disturbance received in contradiction to BP-03.91"
	[TX]	07/27/2022	letter	personalized	due to security concerns	Allred Unit
	[TX]	06/13/2022	letter	personalized	inciting a riot	Hughes Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 07/25/2022 censorship upheld on appeal Show Text "contains information inciting a disturbance in contradiction with BP-03.91"
	[TX]	07/25/2022	letter	JFI campaign letter	appeal response: "contains information inciting a disturbance in contradiction with BP-03.91"	Beto I Unit
	[TX]	07/25/2022	letter	JFI campaign letter	appeal response: "contains information inciting a disturbance in contradiction with BP-03.91"	Beto I Unit
	[NC]	07/25/2022	letter	Grievance Campaign Info	This facility DOES NOT accept friend and family mail directly.	Alexander Correctional Institution
	[TX]	06/14/2022	letter	JFI campaign info	2 pages - content inciting a disturbance	Stevenson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 06/15/2022 prisoner told letter called for riot Show Text I was unable to view, so I asked what type of disturbance and was told, "it explicitly said, to "start a riot."" Which I surely doubted! 07/21/2022 censorship upheld on appeal Show Text "2 pages containing information inciting a disturbance received in contradiction with BP-03.91"
	[TX]	06/15/2022	letter	personalized	"content inciting a disturbance"	Stevenson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 07/21/2022 censorship upheld on appeal Show Text "2 pages containing information inciting a disturbance received in contradiction with BP-03.91"
	[TX]	07/26/2022	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	security threat reasons	Allred Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 07/15/2022 Director's Review Committee upheld censorship on appeal Show Text [notification does not specify what the "1 correspondence" in question is]
	[TX]	06/15/2022	letter	personalized	inciting a disturbance	Wallace Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 07/15/2022 Director's Review Committee upholds decision to censor on appeal
	[TX]	07/15/2022	letter	TX Campaign Pack	returned marked "UTF" but still at that address	Connally Unit
	[NC]	07/15/2022	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	This facility DOES NOT accept friend and family mail directly.	Alexander Correctional Institution

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