Federal judge back prison inmates in contesting postcard-only mail policy

The Columbia County Jail in Oregon suffered a setback in its quest to limit prison mail to postcards when a federal district judge issued a injunction against enforcing the policy.

The judge wrote that the prison failed to show that the postcard-only restriction was essential for safety or rehabilitation purposes. -db

From a commentary for  the First Amendment Center, May 31, 2012, by David L. Hudson Jr.

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