Should Prisoners Be Able To Receive Printouts Of Facebook Pages?
It’s no news that Facebook and prison are not a good mix. According to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, printouts of pages from the social network fit that bill, as well.
It’s no news that Facebook and prison are not a good mix. According to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals, printouts of pages from the social network fit that bill, as well.
CNET reported that Mark Nixon, an inmate at the Mahanoy prison, an all-male, medium-security prison in Schuylkill County, Pa., filed a federal civil rights lawsuit after prison officials rules that printouts of Facebook pages sent via U.S. Mail were “unacceptable correspondence.”
The court agreed with the prison officials, according to CNET, ruling that:
Inmates’ right to receive and send mail can be restricted for legitimate penological interests.
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