Prisoner's Claim For Access To Religious Books With Racist Themes Continues

In Borzych v. Frank, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11486 (WD WI, 6/8/2005), the court allowed a prisoner's case alleging First Amendment infringements to proceed to trial, despite substantial doubts about the merits of the claim. Wisconsin prison officials denied plaintiff access to two allegedly religious books, "Temple of Wotan" and "Creed of Iron". In a case from a different correctional facility decided earlier this year, the same court found that the books present security risks by advocating the use of force to achieve racial purity and white supremacy. Nevertheless, plaintiff now may attempt to show that different considerations should apply in his maximum security facility where interaction between prisoners is limited.