ACLU to Kentucky prison: Stop censoring mail on sexual orientation

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

ACLU to Kentucky prison: Stop censoring mail on sexual orientation
Reuters
By Steve Bittenbender
30 minutes ago

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - The American Civil Liberties Union said on Monday it has called on a Kentucky prison to stop censoring inmates' mail and removing items it claims promote homosexuality.

ACLU lawyers Bill Sharp and Ria Tabacco Mar complained in a March 15 letter to the prison that it had rejected mail at least 13 times since August for violating state policy. The letter to Kathy Litteral, warden of the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, followed an open records act probe of the medium-security prison prompted by complaints to the nonprofit group, they said.

The censored items included personal letters and pictures as well as Out and The Advocate magazines, the lawyers said in the letter, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters.

The letter said the state policy denies inmates' their First Amendment rights.

Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/aclu-kentucky-prison-stop-censoring-mail-sexual-orientation-204822968.html

[valerief]

1. First Amendment rights only involve rich people paying pols large sums of money.

Or buying people/air time for pols. That's what the First Amendment protects these days.