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I can imagine that there will be some who will see "ACLU" and "prisoners" and refuse to consider the big picture. It's just that evil, Liberal, ACLU. By God, don't they realize that once someone has been arrested and convicted, that's it's OK to do whatever you want to them? (If other people can make straw men just so they can knock them down, so can I).

Minnesota Prison Officials End Censorship of ACLU Publication After Threat of Lawsuit

May 27, 2005

"ST. PAUL, MN -- The American Civil Liberties Union today applauded prison officials’ policy revision allowing Minnesota prisoners in segregation to receive publications containing legal material. The policy change came on the eve of the ACLU’s filing that would have challenged the censorship of the organization’s legal journal for prisoners.

"Access to legal information is the most fundamental tool that prisoners have to protect their rights," said Teresa Nelson, an attorney for the ACLU of Minnesota. "Minnesotans value constitutional rights and the Department of Corrections’ move to lift this ban on legal information should be congratulated."

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