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Waterman v. Commandant, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks.


U.S. District Court

PUBLISHER-ONLY RULE

REJECTING MAIL

Waterman v. Commandant, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks bar·rack 1  
tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks
To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

n.
1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.
, 337 F.Supp.2d 1237 (D.Kan. 2004). A military prisoner brought an action challenging the policy that allows mail room personnel to reject incoming mail that contains photocopies of publications or materials that do not come directly from a publisher or commercial vendor. The court upheld the policy, finding that it was rationally related to the goal of promoting prison security and therefore did not violate the prisoner's First Amendment free speech rights. But the court found that it was improper for the prison to reject a legal newsletter on the ground that it contained an advertisement for the illegal exchange of stamps for currency. The court noted that the advertisement did not instruct an inmate to send in postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps that are especially notable in some way.

The best-known stamps:
  • Treskilling Yellow (Sweden)
  • Penny Black (Britain)
  • Blue Penny (Mauritius)
  • Inverted Jenny (U.S.
 in exchange for currency, but rather instructed the inmate to send a self-addressed stamped envelope A self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE), or just stamped addressed envelope (SAE) in the UK, is often just that: an envelope with the sender's name and address on it, with affixed paid postage and mailed to a company or private individual.  to obtain details and an application. (United States Disciplinary Barracks The United States Disciplinary Barracks (or USDB, popularly known as Leavenworth, the DB, or the Castle) is a military prison located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. , Fort Leavenworth Fort Leavenworth (lĕv`ənwûrth'), U.S. military post, 6,000 acres (2,430 hectares), on the Missouri River, NE Kans., NW of Leavenworth; est. 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. The oldest U.S. , Kansas)
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Publication:Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U4KS
Date:Feb 1, 2005
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