What are the implications of the First Amendment for the exercise of freedom of speech in prison?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Gallegos v. Stainer, Case No. 1:15-cv-01397 DLB (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2016):

The First Amendment prohibits government officials from "abridging the freedom of speech ... or the right of the people peaceably to assemble." Prisoners retain those First Amendment rights not inconsistent with their status as prisoners or with legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system. See Pell v. Procunier, 417 U.S. 817, 822 (1974). Although a

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