Hughes v. Werner's Estate

How courts have described this case

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• considering access to books in the library in Turner analysis of limitation on the number of books that plaintiff can have in his cell
• confirming a prison’s penological interest to search incoming books for drugs, weapons, or other contraband
• finding limits on the weight of incoming packages was reasonably related to legitimate safety and security interests, considering the prisons need to search incoming packages.
• finding limits on the weight of incoming packages was reasonably related to legitimate safety and security interests and noting that hardcover books and, in sufficient quantities, softcover books may be used as weapons
• possession of typewriter in prison cell would present safety and security concerns and impose an undue burden on jail personnel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).