Re: mail tampering at a prison

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On 1/18/08, Rhonnye Russell wrote:

Your friend should file a suit under 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983.
You should be able to find a lawyer who would take this case
on a contingency basis if it is as you say it is.

> This involves a letter that was sent to a fifteen year
> employee of a prison unit in Gatesville. He owns and lives
> in a mobile home that he has located on the prison
> grounds. The letter was addressed to him personally at his
> personal address on the grounds and NOT to the prison
> unit.
>
> This letter was intercepted by prison officials and
> opened. He was fired from his job and is now losing all
> benefits he had acquired through his years of service.
>
> I won't go into the injustice here (and there is a lot of
> it)as the story gets very detailed, involving more than
> just this one individual.
>
> He is reluctant to take action because of fearing harm
> coming to others involved so right now I am just trying to
> figure out if he has a legal leg to stand on.
> Would this be considered mail tampering?
>