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| Lawsuit challenges Cache County jail policy banning newspapers |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/14/2005 |
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A lawsuit has been filed challenging the Cache County (Utah) Jail's policy of banning inmates from receiving newspapers through subscription. Inmates John Morris Kinter and Stan King jointed the Salt Lake City Weekly, a weekly alternative newspaper, in challenging the ban in U.S. District Court. City Weekly contends the policy serves no legitimate penological interest and is a violation of the constitutional right to free expression. Kinter and King joined the lawsuit after they said jail personnel rejected their request to subscribe by mail to their hometown newspapers, West County Times in Richmond, Calif., and The Salt Lake Tribune. The lawsuit filed last Tuesday seeks reversal of the ban and unspecified monetary damages. Cache County Attorney N. George Daines was out of the office last Thursday at the state bar convention, and not immediately available for comment. |
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