When Kimberly Southall received
mail on April 18, 2000, they wouldn't
give it to her. She had to
fight with the prison officials at the Ohio
Reformatory for Women, and they
finally gave it to her, with this "Notice
of Contraband" describing "illegal
internet material".
Of course, this raises some questions,
What is illegal internet material?
If it's illegal, why is it received
at other Ohio prisons? What law was
broken by this internet material?
If it's illegal, why did they eventually
give it to her anyway?
Perhaps they just want to harass the inmates.
Again, on April 26, 2000,
letters from another Ohio inmate were sent to
her, but CO Bolvert refused to
let her have it, and would not tell her why.
According to the State of Ohio,
inmates
have the right to receive mail,
but Southall's rights are being
withheld by the ORW, a State run facility.
What makes the situation even more
curious is that the mail was reviewed
and cleared as acceptable by another
Ohio institution, or they would not
have sent it.
Perhaps Sgt. Ogen or Lt. Bolten
can help clear this up for us.
We'll let you know what we find.
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