Prisoners are the most highly isolated population in the United States. Yet, they are the ones in most need of competent legal services, and services related to their rights under the Constitution. Innocence projects, pro bono legal service providers and other attorneys survive in large part due to their access to the internet.

The Prison Services Project exists to assist prisoners find competent legal services, and we intend to publish prisoner websites under the following conditions:

1. The primary purpose of the website is to request assistance from lawyers, it is not a pen pal or dating service.
2. The prisoner does not own the website, it is owned and published by Litigation Data Services.
3. The prisoner does not have direct access to the website and does not control editorial decisions.
4. The public does not have direct access to the website, lawyers and legal service providers must register
5. Prisoner names and detailed case descriptions are not accessible outside of the password protected-domain
6. Every effort is made to preserve attorney-client confidence.

With these precautions in mind, we do not expect ANY governmental interference with our business, --which is to protect the rights of prisoners and their families to obtain legal assistance. While it is a fair compromise to limit or deny interactive access to the internet, it does not follow that prisoner web sites should be censored any more than any other website. It is a clear violation of the First and Eigth Amendments to deny prisoners, their attorneys, or legal service providers the right to publish, or request publication of, legal websites.