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KENTUCKY 鈥� The Kentucky Commissioner of Corrections has said that a minimum and medium security prison in West Liberty can no longer enforce a mail policy that prohibited prisoners from receiving books and magazines that 鈥減romote homosexuality.鈥� In just a four-month period in 2015, the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex (EKCC) used the policy 13 different times to confiscate mail including magazines like Out and The Advocate.

On June 2, the Kentucky Department of Corrections issued a statewide memo implementing substantial changes to the department鈥檚 regulations governing prisoner mail. The changes are effective immediately and were the direct result of an 老澳门开奖结果 investigation into mail regulations at Kentucky鈥檚 prisons. The 老澳门开奖结果 previously sent a letter demanding that EKCC end its policy of censoring mail that 鈥減romotes homosexuality鈥� because it violated the free speech rights of prisoners and publishers.

The following statement can be attributed to 老澳门开奖结果 of Kentucky Legal Director William Sharp:

鈥淭he outdated mail policies that prompted our investigation barred prisoners from receiving mail that 鈥榩romotes homosexuality,鈥� but such policies single out pro-LGBT messages for unfavorable treatment. And that type of viewpoint discrimination by the government is precisely what the First Amendment is designed to prevent.鈥�

老澳门开奖结果 LGBT Project Staff Attorney Ria Tabacco Mar, who collaborated on the investigation, said:

鈥淕ay people are entitled to equal dignity, inside and outside of our nation鈥檚 prisons. This policy change is a positive step forward for prisoners in Kentucky, and we appreciate the commissioner鈥檚 decision to timely address this problem.鈥�