Washington v. Meachum

This appeal arises from a class action filed by the plaintiffs,1 inmates of Connecticut correctional institutions, against the defendant, Larry R. Meachum, the commissioner of the department of correction (department),2 in his individual and official *694capacities, challenging certain department regulations governing inmate use of the telephone and mail systems within Connecticut correctional facilities. The plaintiffs appeal, claiming that the trial court improperly concluded that: (1) the department regulations permitting the monitoring and recording of nonprivileged inmate telephone calls (a)…