Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

Report a New Censorship Incident

Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[FL]	08/31/2022	zine/pamphlet	Jailhouse Lawyer's Manual 9th ed., Chapter 16: Using 42 U.S.C. S1983...	"presents a threat to the security, order or rehabilitative objectives of the correctional system or the safety of any person" pgs. 419, 421 and 423-7, 433,436-7	Florida State Prison
	[TX]	08/25/2022	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no notification from prison	Connally Unit
	[TX]	08/23/2022	letter	personalized	no reason given, prisoner denied ability to appeal or grieve, all mail from our address being blocked	Allred Unit
	[FL]	08/18/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	Violates FL DOC Mail Rule 33-210-101	Hernando Correctional Institution
	[MO]	08/16/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	"contains information which can be used to instill violence or hatred among the offender population"	Potosi Correctional Center
	[MO]	08/16/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	"contains information which can be used to instill violence or hatred among the offender population"	Potosi Correctional Center
	[MO]	08/16/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	"contains information which can be used to instill violence or hatred among the offender population"	Potosi Correctional Center
	[TX]	08/15/2022	letter	Petition to DOJ and JFI flier	inciting a disturbance	Hughes Unit
	[PA]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	State Correctional Institution Forest
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Estelle High Security Unit
	[NC]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Mountain View Correctional Institution
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 74 (Summer 2021)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 73 (Spring 2021)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 72 (Winter 2021)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 71 (Fall 2020)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[OR]	08/15/2022	book	Marx & Engels On Colonies, Industrial Monopoly, & The Working Class Movement	Max 1/4 inch thick for personal mail (is books)	Warner Creek Correctional Facility
	[OR]	08/15/2022	book	Karl Marx	Max 1/4 inch thick for personal mail (is books)	Warner Creek Correctional Facility
	[TX]	08/15/2022	book	Proletarian Feminist Revolutionary Nationalism	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[CO]	08/15/2022	book	Settlers: The Mythology of the White Proletariat	unknown - prisoner filing a complaint to find out what happened to it	US Penitentiary MAX
	[TX]	08/15/2022	book	Chican@ Power and the Struggle for Aztlán	unknown - no notification from prison	Lane Murray Unit
	[TX]	08/15/2022	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 54 (Jan 2017)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 51 (July 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/15/2022	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 50 (May 2016)	unknown - no notification given	Polk County Jail
	[TX]	08/12/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	RTS - no justification given	Michael Unit
	[PA]	08/11/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	REFUSED	State Correctional Institution Muncy
	[FL]	08/11/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	"...page 3 THE 2022 Stirke Page 4 Talks About Warden Jimmy Smith and gives out phone number 940-855-7477 texas prison...page 5... page 12... page 13... page 2"	Florida State Prison
	[TX]	08/10/2022	letter	TX Grievance Operation Manual	response to appeal: "rejection of records not releaseable to inmate received in contradiction with BP-03.91"	Ferguson Unit
	[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
	[WY]	08/10/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	"Your full name and complete address must appear on the front of the envelope"	Wyoming State Prison
	[WA]	08/10/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	unknown - no notification from prison	Stafford Creek Corrections Center
	[MN]	08/09/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 77 (Spring 2022)	"...they are excess and intended for mass distribution"	Federal Correctional Institution Waseca
	[TX]	08/09/2022	newspaper	Under Lock & Key 78 (Summer 2022)	not in custody - but still there in database	Midland County Jail
	[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
	[NC]	08/05/2022	letter	Second Introductory Letter	facility does not accept friend and family mail directly	Marion Correctional Institution
	[NC]	08/05/2022	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	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]	08/01/2022	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
	[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"
	[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]	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]	08/02/2022	letter	JFI campaign updates	appeal response: "newsletter contains content intended to incite a disturbance"	Wynne Unit
	[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" (not clear what mail this is responding to)	Wynne Unit
	[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
	[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)	page 12, 16 info could cause disruption	Estelle 2
	[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

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