PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) - A federal judge Monday [3-24-14] ordered an Oregon county to pay Prison Legal News $802,000 in attorneys' fees and costs for a lawsuit that challenged censorship of inmates' mail.
Prison Legal News, a nonprofit monthly by and for prisoners, sued Columbia County and its Sheriff Jeff Dickerson in January 2012 after jailers censored the magazine and letters to detainees.
Columbia County, whose seat is St. Helen's, allowed prisoners to receive only postcards and banned magazines.
