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Protecting Written Family Communication in Jails: A 50-State Survey [1]

Accession Number: 032690
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This report "reviews which agencies in each state provide rules, guidelines, or best practices to local jails and uncovers what, if anything, these entities say about mail that people in jail may send or receive. As expected, we find a strong correlation between the states that have strong language protecting letter writing and the states in which no jails are experimenting with banning letters" (p. 1).

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Protecting Written Family Communication in Jails: A 50-State Survey [2]

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Publication Year: 
2016
Tags: 
  • Visitation [3]
  • Mail [4]
  • Jails [5]
Author(s): 
Frost, Corey [6]
Source(s): 
Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) (Northampton, MA) [7]

Source URL: https://nicic.gov/protecting-written-family-communication-jails-50-state-survey

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[1] https://nicic.gov/protecting-written-family-communication-jails-50-state-survey
[2] https://www.prisonpolicy.org/postcards/50states.html
[3] https://nicic.gov/tags/visitation
[4] https://nicic.gov/tags/mail
[5] https://nicic.gov/tags/jails
[6] https://nicic.gov/authors/frost-corey
[7] https://nicic.gov/sources/prison-policy-initiative-ppi-northampton-ma