Federal Mail Censorship of Adult Magazines and Solitary Confinement of Activist William Combs

returned to sender on the claim they appeared to be for a course. MAPS [Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies]--their publication was sent back several times because maps are not allowed in here. High Times was repeatedly denied because it posed a danger to the safe, secure and orderly operation of the institution. ‘Smut mags’ like Hust/er are reviewed monthly.” * “There’ s a whole new genre of men’ s magazines--Maxim, Stuff, For Him--which show it all except for nipples and beaver. Now the feds want to ban Maxim due to ‘security’ reasons. The ‘rejected mail’ slip they send you when some verboten material arrives has boxes to check (to specify offending matter), one of which says ‘pubic hair.’ ” * “Peace activist William Combs spent eight days in_ solitary confinement for receiving and sharing with other inmates what federal authorities consider disruptive, if not subversive, political literature. The offending ‘propaganda’ included commentary by such extremists as Bill Moyers and Ellen Goodman, and included an article published in Reader’ s Digest. The common thread was that they all questioned the wisdom of government policy.” HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015289