Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

I'm refiling informal complaint, notification of grievance, and appeal to chief inspector to exhaust all remedies on the issue of no longer allowing used books. I was informed the MT 2/3 was rejected because of condition - even tho new, it appeared worn. Our mailroom staff is pretty lenient. They now have the investigator over their shoulder because of contraband entering through used books. Please resend MT 2/3 in newer form. They have also been allowing spiral bound in.

The book was received on 3-1. I got a notice of "Nuisance Contraband: used book." I found out this is a new rule and began fighting it asap. The Deupty Warden of Operations (DWO, second in command under the Warden) said we should have been give a 2 week notice. He sent the Institutional Investigation to check the book (for contraband - no used book rule is now in place because drugs have recently been found in used books) and he was going to let me have it.

Then I got a second "Notice Conraband - materials not conducive to prison policy" stating the title "The truth about the white nation."

I just wrote the DWO again stating retaliation by the investigator who told the mail clerk to re-write the contraband slip rather than put in the proper slip (any non-conducive materials can be appealed) that would allow me the opportunity to appeal first to the Warden, then to a committee in ODRC headquarters. He did this because I can't appeal used book rule. He tried to get around the fact that the DWO was going to allow the book. I'm still fighting and will keep you updated.