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| Block on delivery of legal news publication to Nevada prison inmates draws ACLU-backed lawsuit |
| By therepublic.com |
| Published: 08/19/2013 |
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CARSON CITY, Nevada — Claims that Nevada prison officials are improperly banning legal rights publications mailed to Nevada inmates have drawn a First Amendment lawsuit backed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Reno accuses the Nevada Department of Corrections of improperly using a restriction on mail with address labels and envelope tape as a pretext to confiscate and discard copies of Prison Legal News sent to prisoners. "The First Amendment does not end at the prison door," ACLU Legal Director Staci Pratt told the Las Vegas Review-Journal (http://bit.ly/14GVHsg ). "Censorship of legal materials through the establishment of arbitrary procedural roadblocks does not comport with the Nevada Department of Corrections' constitutional obligations." Read More. |
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