CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - PRISONER MAIL CENSORSHIP REGULATIONS SUBJECT TO FIRST AMENDMENT REVIEW - PROCUNIER V MARTINEZ, 416 US 396 (1974)

• NCJ Number: 25370
• Journal: Dickinson Law Review Volume: 79 Issue: 2 Dated: (WINTER 1975) Pages: 352-365
• Author(s): M GARRETY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Dickinson School of Law
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF A SUPREME COURT DECISION WHICH HOLDS THAT CALIFORNIA REGULATIONS ALLOWING CENSORSHIP OF THE CONTENT OF PRISONERS' PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND NON-DELIVERY OF CERTAIN MAIL TO AND FROM INMATES IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Abstract

THE COURT IGNORED THE ISSUE OF PRISONERS' FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND INVALIDATED THE REGULATIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE OVERBOARD AND DID NOT FOSTER SECURITY, ORDER, AND REHABILITATION WHICH ARE THE THREE AIMS OF PRISON MAIL CENSORSHIP.