· 3/22/1988
Childers v. Joseph
Citations
- 842 F.2d 689
- 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 3485
- 1988 WL 23324
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a “prisoner has no right to unlimited telephone use[,]” and prison officials may restrict a prisoner’s right to use the telephone to communicate with relatives and friends in the face of legitimate security and rehabilitation concerns
- “The policy at issue only limits inmates’ right to communicate by telephone, not their mail or visiting privileges.”
- prisoners do not have a right to unlimited phone use
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Judges: Cowen, Debevoise, Sloviter
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