Deck 5: Rights to Use of Mail, Internet, and Telephone

Question 1

The three general reasons to place restrictions on mail in prisons are prison security, orderly administration, and __________.

A) Officer discretion
B) Rehabilitation
C) Economic costs
D) Officer safety

Answer 1

Rehabilitation

Question 2

Which of the following is the primary difference between the traditional approach and the new approach regarding mail restriction in prisons?

A) New approach required justification of actions
B) New approach allowed the refusal of mailing letters to significant others
C) Traditional approach did not require a prisoner to state a cause of action
D) Traditional approach allowed access to the courts

Answer 2

New approach required justification of actions

Question 3

In __________, the Supreme Court provided the criteria for censorship of prison mail.

A) Procunier v. Martinez
B) Turner v. Safley
C) Thornburgh v. Abbott
D) Bell v. Wolfish

Answer 3

Procunier v. Martinez

Question 4

All of the following are steps if the procedural process of prison officials censoring or withholding mail EXCEPT:

A) The prisoner must be notified of the rejection of his/her letter
B) The letter's author must be allowed to protest the refusal
C) The letter's recipient must be notified of the ongoing process of rejection
D) The complaint must be decided by an official other than the one who made the original refusal decision

Question 5

In __________, the Supreme Court held that the lower courts had been in error in holding that Procunier required the application of a strict scrutiny standard of review.

A) Procunier v. Martinez
B) Turner v. Safley
C) Thornburgh v. Abbott
D) Bell v. Wolfish

Question 6

In Thornburgh v. Abbott, the Supreme Court addressed which of the following issues?

A) Censorship of prison mail
B) Prisoner correspondence with other prisoners in different institutions
C) Communication with attorneys and courts
D) Incoming publications

Question 7

Which of the following does a prisoner NOT have a right to regarding correspondence?

A) To communicate with public officials throughout the U.S.
B) Making requests for general information
C) Making requests for numerous federal and state statutory sections, chapters, codes, etc
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following standards have the courts generally required when restricting First Amendment rights?

A) Substantial and controlling
B) Non-interference
C) Shocked the conscience
D) Unduly hazardous

Question 9

In regard to obscene material, federal regulation is to __________, and the state regulation is to __________.

A) Confiscate and criminally punish those who sell it; to prohibit the mailing of it
B) Prohibit the mailing of it; to confiscate and criminally punish those who sell it
C) Confiscate; criminally punish
D) Criminally punish; confiscate

Question 10

A time-consuming task and rehabilitation are the arguments used by prison officials to defend the use of which of the following?

A) Use of the Internet
B) Use of the telephone
C) Use of telephone list
D) Use of a mail list

Question 11

In __________, the Supreme Court addressed regulations regarding the receipt of books and packages.

A) Procunier v. Martinez
B) Turner v. Safley
C) Bell v. Wolfish
D) Beard v. Banks

Question 12

In __________, the Supreme Court held that some access to magazines and newspapers is necessary to motivate better behavior in maximum-security prisons.

A) Procunier v. Martinez
B) Turner v. Safley
C) Bell v. Wolfish
D) Beard v. Banks

Question 13

In prisons run by the Bureau of Prisons, how many individuals are allowed on a prisoner's telephone call list?

A) 20
B) 10
C) 30
D) 25

Question 14

Procunier enunciated the minimum procedures that must be followed when prison officials withhold mail.

Question 15

Regulation of prisoner correspondence between immediate family who were prisoners in different institutions was held to be a violation of the First Amendment.

Question 16

Wardens can reject incoming publications based on sexual, unpopular, or repugnant content.

Question 17

Incoming mail from the courts is allowed to be inspected for contraband and read for plans of escape.

Question 18

Procunier applies to all classes of prisoner correspondence, especially in contact with media.

Question 19

Inflammatory material consists of pornographic material and material inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is restricted on the basis of rehabilitation.

Question 20

The exclusion of all black-oriented periodicals is allowed on the basis of security.

Question 21

Prisoners have no constitutional right to receive packages from outside sources. However, pretrial detainees do have a constitutional right to receive packages.

Question 22

Substantial deference is given to the professional judgement of prison administrators in maximum-security prisons.

Question 23

Barring an inmate from using the Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System (TRULINCS) is not unconstitutional since there are other avenues of communication.

Question 24

Regulations of the Federal Bureau of Prisons have no direct effect on state prison systems.

Question 25

The use of telephones is not regulated by any constitutional significant regulations.

Question 26

Explain the significance of each of the following cases:
● Procunier v. Martinez
● Turner v. Safley
● Thornburgh v. Abbott

Question 27

Summarize the transition of the use of telephones in prisons, and the new protocols.

Question 28

Discuss the differences between the traditional approach and the new approach.