Although prisoners have routinely failed to successfully challenge strict confinement, a federal district judge in Colorado ruled that a convicted terrorist could have his day in court to contend that his First Amendment rights are being violated by prison authorities.
Convicted of participating in the bombing of the American Embassy in Tanzania in 1998, the prisoner is almost completely prevented from communicating with outsiders, and his communications with lawyers and family are restricted and closely monitored. -db
From The New York Times, October 3, 2011, by John Schwartz and Benjamin Weiser.