Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

Report a New Censorship Incident

Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[CO]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 39 (July 2014)	unknown - no notification given	U.S. Penitentiary Florence
	[IL]	09/01/2015	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unknown - no notification given	Pontiac Correctional Center
	[SC]	09/01/2015	magazine	Que es el MIM?	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[SC]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	ULK en Espanol (recent ULK articles in Spanish)	unknown - no notification given	Evans Correctional Institution
	[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	letter	TX Campaign Pack	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[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
	[VA]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	River North Correctional Center
	[PA]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	returned March 2016 marked "released"	United States Penitentiary Lewisburg
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	PLC Guide: Access to Courts	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[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	Hays State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[IL]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Pontiac Correctional Center
	[VA]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification received	River North Correctional Center
	[FL]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	returned to sender	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[UT]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	refused - returned to sender	Utah State Prison
	[UT]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	refused - returned to sender	Utah State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 40 (Sept 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[MO]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Algoa Correctional Center
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Hays State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 38 (May 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[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
	[IL]	09/01/2015	book		unknown - no notification given	Pontiac Correctional Center
	[CA]	09/01/2015	book	Materialism and Empirio-Criticism: Critical Commen	unknown - no notification given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[WI]	09/01/2015	book	Palante	book is banned because it advocates sneaking contraband into the prison	Waupun Correctional Institution
	[GA]	09/01/2015	letter	Second Introductory Letter	unknown - no notification given	Hays State Prison
	[GA]	09/01/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 39 (July 2014)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[TX]	09/01/2015	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no notification given	Polunsky Unit
	[CA]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison
	[NE]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Tecumseh State Correctional Institution
	[TX]	09/01/2015	letter	PLC intro	unknown - no notification given, reported by prisoner on UMF	Allred Unit
	[KY]	09/01/2015	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification given	US Penitentiary McCreary
	[FL]	09/01/2015	letter	personalized	unknown - no notification given	Union Correctional Institution
	[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
	[FL]	08/28/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	threat to security [Download Documentation]	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[TX]	08/27/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	Form filed: Publication review/denial notification: pages 1+6 contain information detailing prison strikes	Gib Lewis Unit
	[TX]	08/27/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	Form Filed: Pages 1 + 6 contain information detailing prison strikes	Coffield Unit
	[FL]	08/26/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	threat to security [Download Documentation]	Columbia Correctional Institution
	[FL]	08/18/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 - Intro	threat to security [Download Documentation]	Florida State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 08/23/2015 prisoner appealed censorship - denied
	[KS]	08/21/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 15 (July 2010)	not allowed	El Dorado Correctional Facility
	[PA]	08/20/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	writings advocate violence, insurrection or guerilla warfare against the government or any of its facilitates or which create a danger within the content of the correctional facility (p1)	State Correctional Institution Rockview
	[FL]	08/20/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 44 (May 2015)	threat to security [Download Documentation]	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[FL]	08/20/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 44 (May 2015)	presents threat to security [Download Documentation]	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[FL]	08/18/2015	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 45 (July 2015)	threat to security, payment by stamps, STG symbols [Download Documentation]	Suwanee Correctional Institution

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