Joseph Taylor v. W. L. Sterrett

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1976-06-01

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WISDOM, Circuit Judge: In this case we grapple with the difficult issue of prisoners’ rights within the context, primarily, of censorship of inmate mail. A secondary issue relates to the prison practice of allowing “cop-out” men (investigators) access to prisoners. This appeal is from an unreported district court order, entered November 1, 1974, placing res…

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