context: First, "federal courts must take cognizance of the valid constitutional claims of prison inmates." Thus, prison inmates possess the right of free speech under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, including the right to receive publications.
citation_a.signal: no signal
citation_a.identifier: 678 F.2d 787, 791
citation_a.parenthetical: "[T]he blanket prohibition against receipt of the publications by any prisoner carries a heavy presumption of unconstitutionality."
citation_a.sentence: Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 545, 550-51, 99 S.Ct. 1861, 1877-78, 1880-81, 60 L.Ed.2d 447 (1979); Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401, 407, 109 S.Ct. 1874, 1878-79, 104 L.Ed.2d 459 (1989); Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396, 407-11, 94 S.Ct. 1800, 1808-10, 40 L.Ed.2d 224 (1974); Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787, 791 (1982) (“[T]he blanket prohibition against receipt of the publications by any prisoner carries a heavy presumption of unconstitutionality.”); see also Sizemore v. Williford, 829 F.2d 608, 610 (7th Cir.1987) (in absence of legitimate penological interests, prisoners retain First Amendment right to receive and read publications).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 829 F.2d 608, 610
citation_b.parenthetical: in absence of legitimate penological interests, prisoners retain First Amendment right to receive and read publications
citation_b.sentence: Bell v. Wolfish, 441 U.S. 520, 545, 550-51, 99 S.Ct. 1861, 1877-78, 1880-81, 60 L.Ed.2d 447 (1979); Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401, 407, 109 S.Ct. 1874, 1878-79, 104 L.Ed.2d 459 (1989); Procunier v. Martinez, 416 U.S. 396, 407-11, 94 S.Ct. 1800, 1808-10, 40 L.Ed.2d 224 (1974); Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787, 791 (1982) (“[T]he blanket prohibition against receipt of the publications by any prisoner carries a heavy presumption of unconstitutionality.”); see also Sizemore v. Williford, 829 F.2d 608, 610 (7th Cir.1987) (in absence of legitimate penological interests, prisoners retain First Amendment right to receive and read publications).