![]() District Court in Florida, challenging an almost identical Florida DOC policy that prohibits prisoners from utilizing pen-pal services. Commissioner, Indiana Department of Corrections, USDC (S.D. Falk, and was certified as a class action by the court in April 2009. The suit was filed on Decemby ACLU of Indiana attorney Kenneth J. IDOC officials refused to let Woods and Tope receive any materials from based on Policy 02-01-103’s prohibition on prisoners’ use of the mail to “solicit or otherwise commercially advertise for money, goods, or services,” which includes “advertising for pen pals.” The policy also prohibits receipt of mail from individuals or organizations that market such advertising services. Both had sought to place ads with PLN advertiser to find freeworld pen-pals. ![]() 02-01-103 violates their right under the First Amendment to correspond with people outside of prison. ![]() The lawsuit, which seeks class action status, was brought after state prisoners Dana Woods and Earnest Tope had exhausted their administrative remedies claiming that IDOC Policy and Administrative Procedure No. To the extent that an Indiana Department of Corrections (IDOC) policy “denies prisoners the right to advertise for pen-pals and receive material so they can advertise for pen-pals, the violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution,” contends a civil rights action filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of two Indiana prisoners. ![]() Lawsuits Challenge Prohibition on Prisoner Pen-Pal Services in Indiana, Florida Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email ![]()
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