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Monday, April 15, 2024 | Back issues
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News for inmates

WILMINGTON, N.C. — A federal court in North Carolina found in favor of the Human Rights Defense Center on its First Amendment lawsuit against the state prison system, which was preventing it from sending periodicals about prison and criminal legal news to prisoners. The blanket ban on the nonprofit’s materials violated the prison system’s own policies.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Briefs, First Amendment, Government, Media

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