28 C.F.R. § 540.10
Purpose and scope
The Bureau of Prisons encourages correspondence that is directed to socially useful goals. The Warden shall establish correspondence procedures for inmates in each institution, as authorized and suggested in this rule.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 2005–2017 · leading case: Yu Kikumura v. Osagie, 461 F.3d 1269 (10th Cir. 2006).
Yu Kikumura v. Osagie, 461 F.3d 1269 (10th Cir. 2006). “See 28 C.F.R. §§ 540.10 & 542.15. Consequently, this case requires us to craft a rule for when the prison regulations are silent.”
Jordan v. Pugh, 425 F.3d 820 (10th Cir. 2005). “According to the regulations themselves, the restrictions on correspondence are intended to “eneourage[ ] correspondence that is directed to socially useful goals,” 28 C.F.R. § 540.10 , and provide the public with access to information about prisons.”
Jordan v. Pugh, 504 F. Supp. 2d 1109 (D. Colo. 2007). “For example: 28 C.F.R. § 540.10 (which states that the BOP "encourages correspondence that is directed to socially useful goals”), 28 C.”
Casey v. Hazelton USP (N.D.W. Va. 2017). “14 regarding correspondence for inmates is based on 28 C.F.R. § 540.10 et seq. Pursuant to 28 C.”
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