What rights does a prison inmate have to freedom of speech?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Uribe v. Mckesson, Civil No. 08CV01285 DMS (NLS) (E.D. Cal. 2011):
"[A] prison inmate retains those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system. " Pell v. Procunier, 417 U. S. 817, 822 (1974). "Of fundamental import to prisoners are their First Amendment 'right[s] to
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