Censorship of Inmate Mail and the First Amendment: The Way of the Circuits

Date

1988

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Volume Title

Publisher

Texas Tech Law Review

Abstract

Examines the censorship by prison officials of nonlegal inmate mail correspondence and the jurisprudence that has developed in the federal circuit courts and the Supreme Court in response to litigation arising from this issue. The author concludes that such censorship in cases that do not involve prison security constitute an abrogation of inmates’ First Amendment and due process rights.

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Keywords

Prisoners, Mail, First amendment, Censorship, Constitutional rights, “Hands-off” doctrine, Due process

Citation

19 Tex. Tech L. Rev. 1057