Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

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Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[TX]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	page 5 advocates hunger strike	Wynne Unit
	[IL]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Tamms Supermax
	[PA]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 - Intro	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Mahanoy
	[FL]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 - Intro	promotes riots	Union Correctional Institution
	[NC]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Pasquotank Correctional Institution
	[FL]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	Dangerously inflammatory in that it advocates or encourages riot, insurrction, disruption of the institution, violation of department or institution rules [Download Documentation]	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[AZ]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknonw - no reason given	Arizona State Prison Complex Eyman SMUII
	[CA]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	La Lucha Borique?a	unknown - no reason given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[PA]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no notification given [Download Documentation]	State Correctional Institution Cresson
	[TX]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no notification given	Hughes Unit
	[MD]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 - Intro	unknown - no reason given	Western Correctional Institution
	[FL]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown- no notice given	Florida State Prison
	[FL]	08/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	threat because publication calls for solidarity demonstration [Download Documentation]	Florida State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 09/09/2012 Prisoner appeals censorship Download Documentation 10/01/2012 Administration rejected appeal Download Documentation
	[MI]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no notice given	G Robert Cotton Correctional Facility
	[NC]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[CA]	10/01/2012	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[CA]	10/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 28 (Sept 2012)	unknown - no notice given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[FL]	09/27/2012	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	Presents a threat to the security, order, or rehabilitative objectives of the Correctional System, or to the safety of any person [Download Documentation]	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[VA]	09/27/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 13: Revolutionary Culture	depicts or promotes violence or disorder [Download Documentation]	Red Onion State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 09/27/2012 Notification of Publication Review Committee Disapproval Download Documentation
	[NY]	09/24/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Upstate Correctional Facility
	[TX]	06/28/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 26 (May 2012)	Reason C. Pages 3 & 8 advocates hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Allred Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 09/15/2012 Prisoner appealed censorship 09/20/2012 Prison denied appeal as too late
	[TX]	09/17/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	pg 3 advocates a hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Allred Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 09/20/2012 DRC upheld denial and publication will not be delivered Download Documentation
	[NC]	09/19/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 13: Revolutionary Culture	p. 26 "has photo depicting a lynching (hate crime)" [Download Documentation]	Eastern Correctional Institution
	[PA]	09/19/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 13: Revolutionary Culture	Writings which advocate violence, insurrection or guerilla warfare against the government or any of its facilities	State Correctional Institution Fayette
Follow Up Correspondence 09/14/2012 prisoner appealed censorship 09/19/2012 Prison denied appeal
	[NC]	09/19/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	encourages insurrection against the government/indivduals [Download Documentation]	Eastern Correctional Institution
	[PA]	09/01/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	Pgs 3,6 This was overturned	State Correctional Institution Fayette
Follow Up Correspondence 09/14/2012 Prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 09/19/2012 Prison overturned censorship Download Documentation
	[NC]	09/18/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 13: Revolutionary Culture	p.2 encourages disruption of operations and the government [Download Documentation]	Pender Correctional Institution
	[NC]	09/17/2012	letter	announcement of Sept. 9 Day of Solidarity	Forms regarding retaliation & conspiracy [Download Documentation]	Pender Correctional Institution
	[NC]	09/17/2012	letter	copy of letter appealing censorship	Forms regarding retaliation & conspiracy [Download Documentation]	Pender Correctional Institution
	[TX]	09/17/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	advocates a hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Allred Unit
	[TX]	09/17/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	p3 advocates a hunger strike	Allred Unit
	[TX]	09/06/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	advocates hunger strike and work stoppage [Download Documentation]	Ferguson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 09/10/2012 Prisoner appealed censorship 09/12/2012 Appeal denied
	[AZ]	08/24/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 13: Revolutionary Culture	MIM propotes revolutionary armed struggle [Download Documentation]	Arizona State Prison Complex Lewis Morey
Follow Up Correspondence 08/24/2012 Prisoner requested review of censorship Download Documentation 08/26/2012 Review denied Download Documentation 09/10/2012 Prisoner requested second review Download Documentation
	[TX]	09/06/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	advocates hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Bill Clements Unit
	[TX]	09/06/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	p3 advocates a hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Allred Unit
	[TX]	08/30/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	(c) It contains material that a reasonable person would construe as written solely for the purpose of communicating information designed to achieve the breakdown of prisons through offender disruption such as strikes, riots, or security threat group activ	Beto I Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 09/06/2012 Prisoner appeals censorship
	[TX]	09/06/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	p3 contains and advocates hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Hughes Unit
	[TX]	09/04/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	advocating a hunger strike and work stoppage [Download Documentation]	Robertson Unit
Follow Up Correspondence 09/04/2012 DRC reversed denial of publication Download Documentation
	[TX]	09/03/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	shows how to start a hunger strike	Hughes Unit
	[LA]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	LA State Penitentiary
	[NC]	09/01/2012	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no reason given	Pender Correctional Institution
	[IL]	09/01/2012	letter	2nd letter form	no information given except "banned from facility" written on envelope	Stateville Correctional Center
	[NC]	09/01/2012	letter	Unconfirmed Mail Form	unknown - no reason given	Maury Correctional Institution
	[PA]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[PA]	09/01/2012	letter	2nd letter form	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[CA]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	no notification given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[CA]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[FL]	09/01/2012	letter	personalized	no notice given	Taylor Annex

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