Does a prison have a legitimate penological purpose to restrict the amount of mail being sent to an inmate by a private company?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Harris v. Gomez, 122 F.3d 1071 (9th Cir. 1997):
A prison may adopt regulations with legitimate penological objectives, even if the regulations interfere with an inmate's constitutional rights. See Witherow v. Paff, 52 F.3d 264, 265 (9th Cir.1995). Regulations that affect outgoing prison mail must be closely related to the penological interest. See id.
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