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Constitutional Law Keyed to Choper
Turner v. Safley
Citation:
482 U.S. 78 (1987)Facts
The case concerned two regulations at Renz Correctional Institution in Missouri. The first regulation restricted correspondence between inmates at different institutions, allowing it only between family members or concerning legal matters, or when deemed in the “best interest” of the parties by the classification team. In practice, Renz enforced a near-total ban on inmate-to-inmate correspondence. The second regulation permitted inmates to marry only with the superintendent’s permission and only for “compelling reasons,” which prison officials testified generally meant only pregnancy or birth of an illegitimate child. Renz housed both male and female prisoners of varying security levels in a minimum security perimeter without guard towers or walls. Prison officials justified the correspondence restriction based on security concerns, including preventing escape plans, gang activities, and protecting inmates in protective custody. They justified the marriage restriction based on security concerns about “love triangles” and rehabilitation concerns that female inmates needed to develop self-reliance rather than dependency on male figures.
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