MIAMI — The state of Florida cannot require ex-felons to pay all outstanding court fees, fines and restitution before they are allowed to vote, a federal judge here ruled Oct. 18. This decision is the latest development in the fight…
“While you can imprison the person, you cannot imprison their mind,” United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770 President John Grant wrote Florida prison officials Oct. 16. “We call on you to do the right thing and respect the constitutional…
As the campaign against suppression of the Militant by Florida prison wardens gathers momentum, the Department of Corrections Literature Review Committee overturned the latest impoundments of two more issues of the socialist newsweekly Aug. 28. And they did so before…
In the face of growing support for the fight against the censorship of the Militant, Florida prison officials have rescinded the ban on five issues of the socialist newsweekly. All those who support the right of prisoners to read literature…
With the notice this week from Florida prison officials that they have impounded issues no. 29 and 30, they have now banned 11 of the last 12 issues of the Militant. In upholding these bans, the Department of Corrections Literature…
“We the undersigned Walmart workers in Illinois demand the end to the censorship of the Militant newsweekly by Florida prison officials,” said a petition signed by 22 workers at three stores and sent to the prison system’s Literature Review Committee…
The Florida Press Association has joined the fight to halt the censorship of the Militant by Florida prison officials, who have impounded 10 issues of the paper since April. The association represents most newspapers in the state. The banned issues…
With the impoundment of issue no. 26 of the Militant, Florida prison officials have now censored 10 of the last 12 issues of the paper. The last six were all banned for featuring articles about the authorities’ previous censorship! The…
Florida prison officials informed the Militant they have impounded issues no. 24 and 25 of the paper, claiming articles reporting on the fight against prison censorship is “a threat to the security, good order, or discipline of the correctional system.”…
Kansas state prison officials overturned their ban on the Militant July 5. This victory gives a boost to the fight against censorship in Florida, the only prison system in the country that is systematically banning the Militant, in violation of…
