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Virginia's One-Ounce Incoming Mail Policy Upheld

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Mail, Mail Regulations. Location: Virginia.

A Virginia federal district court has upheld a Virginia Department
of Corrections policy that limits a prisoner's incoming mail to a one-
ounce envelope. The prisoner filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging
the policy, Division Operating Procedure 851, violated the First
Amendment. The defendant moved for summary judgment.

The …

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