Tracking Prison Censorship in the United States

Report a New Censorship Incident

Click for more	STATE	DATE	TYPE	TITLE	REASON GIVEN	FACILITY	DIRECT LINK
	[TX]	05/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 6 (Jan 2009)	pg 7 advocates a hunger strike [Download Documentation]	Smith Unit
	[LA]	05/16/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 - Intro	RTS "refused, not allowed in SMU"	BB Rayburn Correctional Center
	[PA]	05/13/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 - Intro	Writings which advocate violence, insurrections, or guerilla warfare against the government or any of its facilities or which create a danger within the context of a correctional facility. etc. p. 1, 4-5	State Correctional Institution Fayette
	[CA]	05/12/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 20 (May 2011)	RTS	Pleasant Valley State Prison
	[FL]	05/06/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Impounded: (3)(g) ... advocates or encourages riot, insurrection, disruption of the institution, violation of department or institutional rules. [Download Documentation]	Santa Rosa Correctional Institution
	[LA]	05/03/2011	letter	2nd letter form	MIM Notes newsletters contain material sent in from several different state inmates throughout the country discussing different facts about prison life and radical extremist material. (Not MIM Notes, not written by prisoners.) [Download Documentation]	Federal Correctional Institution - Pollock
	[MO]	05/01/2011	letter	MO Grievance Petition	none	Jefferson City Correctional Center
	[AL]	05/01/2011	letter	Writing Tips	no notification given	Federal Correctional Institution Talladega
	[VA]	05/01/2011	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no notification given	Wallens Ridge State Prison
	[FL]	05/01/2011	newspaper	Shut Down Control Units in Prison	unknown - no notification given	Florida State Prison
	[TX]	05/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 17 (Nov. 2010)	none	Montford Unit
	[CA]	05/01/2011	letter	2nd letter form	unknown - no reason given	Pleasant Valley State Prison
	[AK]	05/01/2011	letter	Censorship Guide	unknown - no reason given	Spring Creek Correctional Center
	[VA]	05/01/2011	letter	personalized	unknown - no reason given	Red Onion State Prison
	[AR]	05/01/2011	letter	Poetry Guide	unknown - no reason given	East Arkansas Regional Unit
	[AR]	05/01/2011	letter	2nd letter form	unknown - no reason given	East Arkansas Regional Unit
	[CA]	05/01/2011	book		unknown - no reason given	California Institution for Men
	[SC]	04/28/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Return to Sender; Unable to Forward (still at facility)	Broad River Correctional Institution
	[PA]	04/23/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Not Authorized, Refused, No Package Authorization	Federal Correctional Institution Allenwood
	[NY]	04/21/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Pages 2-7 and 12-14 violate Guideline II D of Directive 4572... Could incite lawlessness.. contains information regarding an inmate presently incarcerated in DOCS. [Download Documentation]	Clinton Correctional Facility
	[LA]	04/21/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 - Intro	stamped "refused"	BB Rayburn Correctional Center
	[UT]	04/21/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 - Intro	stamped "refused" and RTS	Central Utah Correctional Facility
	[FL]	04/20/2011	letter	personalized	unknown	Florida State Prison
	[FL]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	unknown	Charlotte Correctional Institution
Follow Up Correspondence 04/20/2011 prisoner filed grievance to find out why censored
	[SC]	04/20/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Periodicals not permitted on lock-up unit	Perry Correctional Institution
	[PA]	04/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 - Intro	1st and 2nd class only	State Correctional Institution Laurel Highlands
	[SC]	04/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	None given	Lieber Correctional Institution
	[SC]	04/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	UTF/RTS (none given)	Lieber Correctional Institution
	[NC]	04/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Inmates are not allowed this publication TCI Mailroom	Lanesboro Correctional Institution
	[NC]	04/19/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Inmates at TCI are not allowed this publicaion. TCI Mailroom.	Bertie Correctional Institution
	[FL]	04/18/2011	magazine	MIM Theory 14: United Front	33-210.101(20) boxes, padded envelopes, envelopes with metal parts are not allowed.	Century Correctional Institution
	[LA]	04/15/2011	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	MIM Notes newsletters contain material sent in from several different state inmates throughout the country discussing different facts about prison life and radical extremist material. [Download Documentation]	Federal Correctional Institution - Pollock
	[IL]	12/01/2010	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 17 (Nov. 2010)	Unknown This was overturned	Menard Correctional Center
Follow Up Correspondence 04/14/2011 Prisoner appealed censorship and won
	[IL]	02/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 18 (Jan 2011)	Unknown This was overturned	Hill Correctional Center
Follow Up Correspondence 04/14/2011 Prisoner appealed censorship and won
	[FL]	04/06/2011	magazine	Teor?a del MIM 1: Los Proletarios Blancos?	Refused by Marion County Jail	Marion County Jail
	[UT]	04/04/2011	newspaper	MIM Notes (unknown issue)	Intensive Management inmates are not allowed magazines/newspapers [Download Documentation]	Utah State Prison
	[UT]	04/04/2011	newspaper	MIM Notes (unknown issue)	Intensive Management inmates are not allowed magazines/newspapers [Download Documentation]	Utah State Prison
	[MO]	12/01/2010	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 17 (Nov. 2010)	none This was overturned	Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center
Follow Up Correspondence 04/04/2011 Prisoner finally received ULK 17
	[NY]	04/02/2011	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	Contains "disobedience towards prison authorities."	Marcy Correctional Facility
	[CA]	03/02/2011	letter	personalized	"ban on MIM" cited 2006 memo	Pelican Bay State Prison
Follow Up Correspondence 03/03/2011 prisoner filed 602 grievance saying that organization no longer exists 04/01/2011 prisoner notified that appeal was bypassed and went to associate Warden
	[WV]	04/01/2011	letter	study group assignment	security threat	Mt Olive Correctional Complex
	[PA]	04/01/2011	newspaper	MIM Notes (assorted issues)	no reason given	United States Penitentiary Lewisburg
	[CO]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	none	Sterling Correctional Facility
	[CA]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	unknown	Pelican Bay State Prison
	[TX]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	none	Bill Clements Unit
	[TX]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	none	Bill Clements Unit
	[TX]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 - Intro	none	Hughes Unit
	[TX]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	Page 10 contained racial material	Gib Lewis Unit
	[PA]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	none	State Correctional Institution Smithfield
	[FL]	04/01/2011	zine/pamphlet	Under Lock & Key 19 (March 2011)	unknown	Florida State Prison

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