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| Texas prisons bar sexually explicit mail |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 04/05/2004 |
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Prison inmates in Texas will no longer be able to receive sexually explicit material in the mail and their letters to the news media and government officials can now be read by officials. The Texas Board of Criminal Justice adopted the new rules on Friday in the first overhaul of prison mail in 21 years. Gary Johnson, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, said the aim is to "strike an appropriate balance between an offender's privilege to correspond with the outside world" and the prison system's need to prevent inappropriate mail. Publications such as National Geographic, artistic materials and medical or anatomy reference books might be allowed "on a case-by-case basis." The other policy change with mail will now allow officials to read letters that prisoners send to reporters and government leaders. Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman for the prison system, said some inmates have recently sent threatening letters to state and county officials, as well as reporters. |
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