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| No More Staples In SC County Jail |
| By usatoday.com |
| Published: 10/25/2010 |
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MONCKS CORNER, S.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Berkeley County, S.C., jail it says prevents inmates from receiving reading material other than Bibles through the mail. Sandy Senn, the attorney representing Sheriff H. Wayne DeWitt, who runs the Berkeley County Detention Center, denies the allegation made in a lawsuit filed in federal court Oct. 6. The action was filed on behalf of Prison Legal News and the Human Rights Defense Center, which publishes the legal information journal dealing with the rights of prisoners. It alleges that none of the Prison Legal News copies mailed to at least nine prisoners or the books distributed by the company sent to at least three prisoners made it to the intended recipients. The lawsuit claims the jail's policy violates the prisoners' free-speech rights under the First Amendment and right to due process under the 14th Amendment. Read More. |
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