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Inmates prevail in mail-opening suit
By The Philadelphia Inquirer
Published: 05/04/2007

PHILADELPHIA, PA - A group of jailhouse lawyers who argued that the state's mail policy violated their constitutional rights have won their case.

In a decision handed down yesterday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, Judge Timothy J. Savage ruled that the policy infringes upon an inmate's First Amendment right to be present when their legal and court mail is opened. Read more.

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