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WASHINGTON POST CO. v. KLEINDIENST

Civ. A. No. 467-72.

357 F.Supp. 770 (1972)

The WASHINGTON POST CO. and Ben H. Bagdikian, Plaintiffs, v. Richard G. KLEINDIENST, Acting Attorney General of the United States and Norman A. Carlson, Director, United States Bureau of Prisons, Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Declaration and Order May 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Charles H. Wilson, Jr., Richard M. Cooper, Williams, Connolly & Califano, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Joseph Hannon, Michael A. Katz, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GESELL, District Judge.

This complaint seeks injunctive and declaratory relief. Plaintiffs, a newspaper and one of its experienced reporters, sought permission to interview certain prisoners at two federal penitentiaries: Lewisburg and Danbury. Defendant Carlson denied this request, relying on the Bureau of Prisons' Policy Statement of February 11, 1972, which flatly prohibits any interviews of prisoners subject to control of the Bureau...

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