Does a prison officer have a constitutional right to inspect a prisoner's legal correspondence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Saavedra v. Kernan, 1:14-cv-00870-EPG (E.D. Cal. 2016):
The First Amendment protects against the censorship of incoming inmate mail when not necessary to protect legitimate governmental interests. Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 575 (1974). The mere fact that prison officials open and conduct a visual inspection of a prisoner's legal correspondence does not state a claim for violation of a prisoner's constitutional rights.
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