Does a prisoner have a First Amendment right to receive mail?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Howell v. Burns, Case No. 1:18-cv-00311-EPG (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Prisoners have protected First Amendment interests in both sending and receiving mail. Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401 (1989); Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987). "The decision
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