ACLU Calls on Prison System to Reverse Rule Severely Limiting Access to Books in Violation of First Amendment
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018
BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 31 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland issued the following news release:
Citing the First Amendment rights of prisoners and their families, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland and the ACLU's National Prison Project (NPP) is calling on the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Recruitment (DOC) to immediately rescind Institutional Bulletin # 2018-02, which categorically forbids gift books even whe . . .
Citing the First Amendment rights of prisoners and their families, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Maryland and the ACLU's National Prison Project (NPP) is calling on the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Recruitment (DOC) to immediately rescind Institutional Bulletin # 2018-02, which categorically forbids gift books even whe . . .