Censorship Survey Results

2025 Censorship Update - Survey Results

Has access to the law library at your present facility changed following the pandemic? If yes, how?

Yes: 51%     No: 49%
"No. "
IL/Wicc
"No. "
NBCI
"Yes. The number of allowed to others at a time has been lowered, and only allowed to attend 1 day a week."
Indiana/ IYC
"No. "
IN 46168
"Yes. Access to physical law library in the Divisions that have been removed, now law librarians service is by request from indivdual detainees."
CCDOC/IL
"Yes. Since the pandemic, we've been on lockdown a lot rather it's for medical reasons or "short staff". The latter happens very often. There's no law library during lockdown."
Westville Correctional Facility
"Yes. Limited movement while lockdown by covid"
IL, Hill corrctr
"Yes. It comes to you... so if you don't know what you looking for, you'll get anything. No help."
Cook County Jail
"Yes. Short staffed constantly and not having adequate access to Law Library."
Westville Correctional Facility
"Yes. Certain USP's are constantly locking us down, and/or I movement is restricted/donfined which is violation of our prisoners constitutional rights."
USP-Beaumont
"Yes. There is not enough staff so we can only go if we have a deadline."
Miami Corr Fac Indiana
"N/A. Prior to pandemic it was relocated & down-sized."
Elkton FCI
"No. Can't use it anyway due to the facility refusing me access."
Westville Correctional Facility
"Yes. During the pandemic, we had no access and bare seen the paralegals. They did no rounds. Now we get to and hope to know what we need."
Pinckneyville Correctional Center
"Yes. The law library is closed, the law clerks come to us."
Menard CC IL
"No. "
CCDOC
"Yes/No. Institutional Operations"
Salinas Valley State Prison
"Yes. Limited to how often it could be used."
Federal Corr Inst. Perkin, IL
"N/A. Don't know."
Big Muddy River CC IL
"No. Just made a list to use the copy/computer."
North Dakota State Penitentiary
"Yes. They have taken a lot of book out because they had access to Westlaw, now they do not and we don't have those books. Also, no librarian or law librarian."
Big Muddy River CC IL
"N/A. I've not been here long, so I really can't say."
Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, IN
"N/A. "
N/A
"N/A. "
N/A
"Yes. Gotten worse. We had no access during the pandemic. Now it is hard because staff shortage or not doing their jobs."
IL, Marlor
"Yes. Less access, less functioning equipment, staff constanly on vacation without replacements."
I.S.P
"No. They was trash before the pandemic and they are equally trash if not more."
Clifford Clark
"Yes. SInce the pandemic, things are getting worse. We used to have law library everyday, and a clerk that would help prepare our files for the courts though they piut false information with some clerks because they are just like the staff, lazy!"
Dixon-Illinois
"No. "
FCI Pekin
"Yes. Have to drop a slip. No scheduled times, and only if you have an open case are we allowed any of the law libraries"
WIDOC Taycheedah
"Yes. Staff shortage, limited access to the general and law library, no movement."
WI Stanley Correctional
"Yes. We weren't able to go. As of now we haven't gone because of "short staff" in two weeks. They say until June or July"
MCC Chicago
"Yes. Deadline times used to be 1 hour a day. Now 2 hours every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Now deadlnes get 1 hour on Tuesday and Thursday when you can get in."
Indiana Pendleton
"Yes. Before COVID-19, all law books could be accessed as needed, but now, a designated individual must retrieve and find what is needed."
Indiana, Westville
"Yes. Control movement not to 'interact' with another unit."
FCI Butner
"Yes. They put the law library on one of the computers in our unit."
USP Marion
"Yes. It's gotten down to almost zero."
WI/JCI
"Yes. During pandemic hours were limited but pandemic restrictions here are now lifted"
WIDOC
"yes. A marked reduction of access as well as no ability to do research."
NCCF