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| County Jail Sued Over Mailing Processes |
| By sfexaminer.com |
| Published: 08/04/2010 |
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BOULDER, COLO. — The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado filed a lawsuit Tuesday in federal court over the Boulder County jail's policy of restricting inmates' outgoing mail to postcards. The ACLU claims the policy is unconstitutional because inmates are reluctant to freely express themselves and write about personal, sensitive information. Mark Silverstein, the Colorado ACLU's legal director, said the policy also violates the First Amendment rights of the recipients and possibly the media, which might receive tips from inmates. "This unnecessarily infringes on the rights of hundreds and hundreds of prisoners and potentially thousands of their correspondents in the outside world," Silverstein said. Read More. |
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