Georgia Jail Settles PLN Censorship Suit, Pays $149,759.21 in Damages, Attorney Fees

Loaded on June 15, 2010 published in Verdict1 June, 2010, page 32

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Settlements, Publications/Books, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation, Censorship. Location: Georgia.

On April 22, 2010, Prison Legal News announced that it had settled a First Amendment censorship suit against Fulton County, Georgia and former Fulton County Sheriff Myron Freeman.

The lawsuit, filed by PLN in October 2007, claimed that prisoners at the Fulton County Jail were not allowed to receive subscriptions ...

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