Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

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Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[CO]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Colorado State Penitentiary
	[CA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	High Desert State Prison
	[KY]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	Security threat [Download Documentation]	Kentucky State Penitentiary
	[CO]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	U.S. Penitentiary Florence
	[FL]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 36 (Jan 2014)	unknown - no reason given	Florida State Prison
	[VA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 36 (Jan 2014)	unknown - no reason given	Red Onion State Prison
	[WI]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Green Bay Correctional Institution
	[CA]	02/01/2013	letter	Writing Tips	unknown - no reason given	Pleasant Valley State Prison
	[FL]	02/01/2013	book	Malcolm X Speaks	unknown - no notification given	Okeechobee Correctional Institution
	[CA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	California State Prison, Corcoran
	[FL]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Florida State Prison
	[AZ]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	Arizona State Prison Complex Tucson Cimarron Unit
	[CA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility at Rock Mountain
	[GA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Valdosta Correctional Institution
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no reason given	State Correctional Institution Rockview
	[TX]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Michael Unit
	[PA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	State Correctional Institution Greene
	[VA]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Greensville Correctional Center
	[FL]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[TN]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown - no notification given	MORGAN COUNTY CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX
	[NC]	02/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 30 (Jan 2013)	unknown	Bertie Correctional Institution
	[CA]	04/01/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 11: Amerikkkan Prisons on Trial	unknown - no reason given This was overturned	West Valley Detention Center
Follow Up Correspondence 01/31/2013 Prisoner reports he received magazine
	[CA]	05/01/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 4: A Spiral Trajectory (Communist Hist)	unknown - no reason given This was overturned	West Valley Detention Center
Follow Up Correspondence 08/10/2012 Prisoner exhausted appeals process, but not allowed to receive magazine Show Text As for the grievances I submitted on the censorship of all previous MIM Theories, I have exhausted the appeals process with negative results. Their final action taken was to keep the magazines in my property bin until my release from their custody. They claim that the magazines pose a threat to the tranquility and safety to the facility without attempting to cite any language in the literature that supports their opinion. 01/31/2013 Prisoner reports he received magazine
	[CA]	05/01/2012	magazine	MIM Theory 2/3: Revolutionary Feminism	unknown - no reason given This was overturned	West Valley Detention Center
Follow Up Correspondence 08/10/2012 Prisoner exhausted appeals process, but not allowed to receive magazine Show Text As for the grievances I submitted on the censorship of all previous MIM Theories, I have exhausted the appeals process with negative results. Their final action taken was to keep the magazines in my property bin until my release from their custody. They claim that the magazines pose a threat to the tranquility and safety to the facility without attempting to cite any language in the literature that supports their opinion. 01/31/2013 Prisoner reports he received magazine
	[CA]	01/01/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	unknown - no reason given	Salinas Valley State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 01/31/2013 Prisoner apealed censorship Download Documentation
	[NC]	01/30/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no notice given	Lanesboro Correctional Institution
	[CA]	01/10/2013	letter	personalized	Third Party Mail	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 01/29/2013 prisoner filed 602 appeal
	[FL]	12/07/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	dangerously inflammatory [Download Documentation]	Dade Correctional Institution
Follow Up Correspondence 01/03/2013 Prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 01/13/2013 Prisoner again appealed censorship Download Documentation 01/29/2013 Prison rejected appeal as filed too late Download Documentation
	[SC]	01/24/2013	magazine	MIM Theory 7: Revolutionary Nationalism	inmate on lock-up, may not receive publication in lock-up [Download Documentation]	Broad River Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/24/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	contains verbiage that if communicated - could potentially disrupt normal operations of the prison facility [Download Documentation]	Eastern Correctional Institution
	[FL]	01/20/2013	book	False Nationalism False Internationalism: Class Co	no notice given	Suwanee Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/20/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	no reason given	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[CT]	01/18/2013	magazine	MIM Theory 4: XXXXXX Spiral Trajectory (Communist	Depicts, describes or encourages activities which may lead to the use of physical violence or group disruption [Download Documentation]	Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center
	[WA]	01/17/2013	letter	invitation to join study group	MIM is under investigation by Homeland Security and promotes a revolutionary movement	Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
	[WA]	01/17/2013	letter	2nd letter form	MIM is under investigation by Homeland Security and promotes a revolutionary movement	Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
	[KY]	01/17/2013	book	Marx, Engels, Marxism	Books rejected because written in	Kentucky State Penitentiary
	[NC]	01/15/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no notice given	Lanesboro Correctional Institution
	[CA]	08/13/2012	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 27 (July 2012)	newsletter calls for solidarity and threatens the security of the institution [Download Documentation]	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 09/04/2012 prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 09/10/2012 prisoner appealed censorship Download Documentation 09/10/2012 prison denied appeal Download Documentation 09/20/2012 prison denied first level appeal 10/25/2012 Warden upheld censorship Download Documentation 01/11/2013 Prison denied third level appeal Download Documentation
	[KY]	01/10/2013	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	must be mailed by publisher or authorized distributor. contains gang related material. [Download Documentation]	Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex
	[CT]	01/10/2013	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	Unauthorized enclosure; Used books, magazines are not allowed. (all material was new)	Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center
	[NC]	01/08/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	page 2, commission of criminal activity [Download Documentation]	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/08/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	contains material that encourages illegal activity [Download Documentation]	Eastern Correctional Institution
	[NC]	01/05/2013	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 29 (Nov. 2012)	"violence, disorder, insurrection or terrorist/gang activities..."	Scotland Correctional Institution
	[CA]	10/01/2011	book	Chicano Studies (college reader)	no used books allowed This was overturned	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 01/03/2013 prisoner received book
	[NJ]	01/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	South Woods State Prison
	[NV]	01/01/2013	letter	Release Letter	unknown - no reason given	High Desert State Prison
	[NV]	01/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	High Desert State Prison
	[MD]	01/01/2013	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Metropolitan Transition Center
	[MD]	01/01/2013	letter	Poetry Guide	unknown - no reason given	Metropolitan Transition Center
	[NY]	01/01/2013	letter	Release Letter	unknown - no reason given	Orleans Correctional Facility

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