Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

Report a New Censorship Incident

Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[NC]	09/03/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	p. 16 Encourages Insurrection and disorder	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[TX]	04/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 35 (Nov 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Bill Clements Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 04/06/2015 Denial Notification given to prisoner Show Text (c) It contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the pirpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through offender disruption such as strikes, riots or security threat group activity. Page 6 contains material of a racial nature. 05/11/2015 Prisoner informed MIM(Prisons) about censorship, did we get it? Show Text On No. 35 Nov 2013, I had to send it back. They would not let me have it. Did yall get it? Also I sent yall all the paperwork to show why they denied it. Did yall get it? I've wrote to find out why they take so long to send me my ULK and I've not heard nothing back. Want to thank you for all the newsletters and all the assistance. 09/03/2015 MSCP says issue was denied in the past Download Documentation
	[IL]	09/02/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	Disapproved - safety and security of institution	Stateville Correctional Center
	[GA]	09/02/2015	magazine	MIM Theory 14: United Front	unknown - no notification given	Hays State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 41 (Nov 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Hays State Prison
	[PA]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	returned March 2016 marked "released"	United States Penitentiary Lewisburg
	[VA]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification received	River North Correctional Center
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 40 (Sept 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[CA]	09/01/2015	book	Materialism and Empirio-Criticism: Critical Commen	unknown - no notification given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2015	magazine	MIM Theory 13: Revolutionary Culture	unknown - no notification given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[CA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 41 (Nov 2014)	unknown - no notice given	Centinela State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 40 (Sept 2014)	unknown - no notice given	Centinela State Prison
	[FL]	09/01/2015	magazine	MIM Theory 10: Labor Aristocracy	no padded, cardboard or envelopes with metal parts [Download Documentation]	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[SC]	09/01/2015	magazine	Teoría del MIM 1: Los Proletarios Blancos?	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	PLC Guide: Access to Courts	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[SC]	09/01/2015	magazine	Que es el MIM?	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	TX Campaign Pack	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[IL]	09/01/2015	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unknown - no notification given	Pontiac Correctional Center
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[SC]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Fundamental Political Line of the Maoist Internati	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[SC]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	On Contradiction	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[IL]	09/01/2015	book		unknown - no notification given	Pontiac Correctional Center
	[IL]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Pontiac Correctional Center
	[TX]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Polunsky Unit
	[FL]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	returned to sender	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[CO]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 39 (July 2014)	unknown - no notification given	U.S. Penitentiary Florence
	[SC]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	ULK en Espanol (recent ULK articles in Spanish)	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unknown - no notification given	Hays State Prison
	[FL]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	asks for payments by stamps and cover has gang symbols	Florida State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 39 (July 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification given	Hays State Prison
	[MO]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Algoa Correctional Center
	[FL]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Union Correctional Institution
	[WI]	09/01/2015	book	Palante	book is banned because it advocates sneaking contraband into the prison	Waupun Correctional Institution
	[UT]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	refused - returned to sender	Utah State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2015	letter	How To Form a Study Group	unknown - no notice given	Centinela State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2015	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unknown - no notice given	Centinela State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notice given	Centinela State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 38 (May 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[UT]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	refused - returned to sender	Utah State Prison
	[NE]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
	[KY]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification given	US Penitentiary McCreary
	[VA]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	River North Correctional Center
	[TX]	09/01/2015	letter	PLC intro	unknown - no notification given, reported by prisoner on UMF	Allred Unit
	[FL]	08/28/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	threat to security [Download Documentation]	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[KS]	08/21/2015	magazine	MIM Theory 9: Psychology	threat to safety and security	El Dorado Correctional Facility
Follow Up Correspondence 08/21/2015 FORM FILED: KDOC notification of publication seizure/censorship Show Text .... has been rejected in accordance with KDOC regulations, specifically KAR 44-12-601. The publication has been rejected because: the contents of this magazine pose a threat to the safety and security of correctional facilities. Examples on pages: throughout the whole magazine 08/21/2015 FORM FILED (same form) prisoner appeals censorship Show Text This magazine teaches readers about the psychological problems that are going on in American society and the U.S. government. It is no different than the programs that the Mental Health at this facility are offering. 08/28/2015 FORM FILED: Appeal of censored material (Result) Show Text The response rendered by the mail review officer is appropriate; the evidence presented by the review officer supports the decision to withhold this publication from distribution ton inmates housed in the Kansas Department of Corrections Facilities.
	[FL]	08/28/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	threat to security [Download Documentation]	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution

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