Re: mail tampering at a prison

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Seems to me that you'd first have to know what the rules are
regarding ANYTHING that comes onto the prison grounds. Next of
all you'd have to tell us a little bit more. It sounds like
there was some suspicion of this guy's activities?

On 1/18/08, -- wrote:
> 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?
>>