Does a prisoner have a right to receive mail?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ruiz v. Orozco, 1:19-cv-00048-AWI-GSA-PC (E.D. Cal. 2020):
Prisoners have "a First Amendment right to send and receive mail." Witherow v. Paff, 52 F.3d 264, 265 (9th Cir. 1995) (per curiam). Nevertheless, correctional institutions and jails have
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