Administrative Segregation.

• Position: Prisoner litigation - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

REGULATIONS

FREE SPEECH

Spellman v. Hopper. 142 F.Supp.2d 1323 (M.D.Ala. 2000). A prison inmate brought a suit challenging a corrections department regulation which limited access to subscription publications for prisoners in administrative segregation, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief. The district court held that the subsequent amendment of the regulation, and the inmate's release from administrative segregation, did not render the case moot. The court entered declaratory judgment that the former absolute prohibition of receipt of subscription publications by inmates in segregation violated the First Amendment, and that the policy should not be implemented further. The court noted that the corrections department possessed the power to return the regulation to its original form. (Alabama Department of Corrections)

U.S. Appeals Court

DUE PROCESS

EXERCISE

RESTRICTIONS

TELEPHONE

Yousef v. Reno 254 F.3d 1214 (10th Cir. 2001). An inmate who had been convicted of conspiracy to blow up aircraft and for participation in the World Trade Center bombing, was...