Judge Overturns Prison Ban on Web Printouts
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From Times Wire Reports
A federal judge has overturned a Department of Corrections policy barring inmates from receiving mail containing printed material from the Internet.
In a ruling made public Wednesday, the judge wrote that inmates have a right to receive mail and that the government did not adequately justify the 1998 ban.
The corrections department adopted the policy on grounds that Internet-generated mail may contain coded messages.
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