What is the current state of the law regarding the right of a prisoner to receive and receive their mail?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bell v. Jones, No. 2:20-cv-00793-WBS-CKD P (E.D. Cal. 2020):
The First Amendment protects a prisoner's right to send and receive mail. See Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401, 407 (1989). While courts have afforded greater protection to an inmate's legal mail than non-legal mail, isolated incidents of mail interference or tampering
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