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Prison Legal News: February, 2026

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Volume 37, Number 2

In this issue:

  1. Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail (p 1)

Most U.S. Prisoners Now Barred from Directly Receiving Physical Mail

by Chuck Sharman

In just over seven years, changes in prison mail policies proliferating across the country have severely restricted mail privileges at lockups holding the majority of America’s nearly 1.2 million prisoners. According to research conducted by PLN in January 2026, at least 78% of these prisoners …