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AZ: Prison Legal News, ACLU of AZ Sue CCA Over Sensorship of Books Sent to Prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

SOURCE: PRISON LEGAL NEWS, ACLU OF ARIZONA Publisher Sues Corrections Corporation of America Over Censorship of Books Sent to Prisoners September 2, 2009 Phoenix, AZ ? Prison Legal News (PLN), a non-profit monthly publication that reports on criminal justice-related issues, filed suit today in U.S. District Court against Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation?s largest for-profit prison firm. PLN contends that CCA violated its rights under the First Amendment and the Arizona Constitution by censoring books sent to prisoners at the company?s Saguaro Correctional Center in Eloy, Arizona. ?Publishers have a well-established First Amendment right to send their publications and books to prisoners,? said PLN editor Paul Wright, ?and CCA, which has been in the prison business for more than 25 years, should have been well aware of that right...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).