By JIM SAUNDERS THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA ©2015 The News Service of Florida. All rights reserved. Posting or forwarding this material without permission is prohibited. You can view the Terms of Use on our website. THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, December 28, 2015………. The Florida Department of Corrections is seeking to block state and national media […]
Judge Backs State on Prison Newspaper – The News Service of Florida
THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 1, 2015……Inmates won’t be reading a newspaper banned by Florida corrections officials anytime soon, due to a decision by a Tallahassee federal judge who said the publication’s advertisements pose a threat to security. But in a ruling last week, U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker also handed a partial victory to […]
Prison Legal News prepares for trial over Florida ban – The Washington Times
The publishers of a journal that reports on inmate rights is preparing for trial over Florida’s ban on the publication in state prisons. The state’s prison system is the only one in the U.S. to ban Prison Legal News, said Paul Wright, editor and founder of the Lake Worth-based journal. The publishers have sued Florida’s […]
