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Offline Anonymous

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« on: April 03, 2006, 03:13:00 PM »
This info was posted in the Hidden Lake forum, but it may be of interest to others re: programs opening inmates mail.

http://fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?to ... =41#185175
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« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2006, 12:11:00 AM »
A little tidbit from Milonas v Williams The Case against Provo Canyon School. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. In former students action against private school for youths, with behavioral problems for its use of "behavioral-modification" program, allegedly violating section 1983, record supported finding that the schoolls use of polygraph machine, its monitoring and censoring of student mail, its use of isolation rooms and its use of excessive physcial force violated students' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. U.S.C.A Const. Amends. 1, 14; 42U.S.C.A. and 1983.  Although this was a case where they decided Provo Canyon was operating under the "color of state law" HLA and others have taken in kids placed by school boards and the courts. Not a lawyer but I don't see why these amendments are not appicable even to a BM which doesn't accept these kids. Monitoring and Censoring any mail to parents is unconstitutional and cannot be waived by a contract.
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Offline Deborah

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« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2006, 12:25:00 PM »
Can the Milonas v Williams ruling be accessed online?
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Hidden Lake Academy, after operating 12 years unlicensed will now be monitored by the state. Access information on the Federal Class Action lawsuit against HLA here: http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t=17700

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« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2006, 01:16:00 PM »
Yes it can. Try http://www.heal-online.org/provocases.htm If that fails try The Case Against Provo Canyon School This apparently is a HEAL link. The one bad part of the ruling is that this circuit feels the eight amendment only applies to people who have been convicted of a crime. But the fact that they upheld the constitutional rights of children to first and 14th amendment protection, and they are such a conservative circuit is good news. Best of luck.
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« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2006, 01:19:00 PM »
Thanks. I knew I'd read it somewhere. Doesn't turn up in google search.
Actually, it does. Must have had the wrong spelling.

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Hidden Lake Academy, after operating 12 years unlicensed will now be monitored by the state. Access information on the Federal Class Action lawsuit against HLA here: http://www.fornits.com/wwf/viewtopic.php?t=17700

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« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2006, 01:36:00 PM »
I just checked it the MSN search. It comes up under The Cases Against Provo Canyon School.
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