Lovell v. Superintendent, North Central Correctional Institution

A memorandum entitled “Re: Smut Pictures,” dated October 15,1985, was sent by the deputy superintendent, North Central Correctional Institution, Gardner, to unit mana*36gers. It required that “all nude photos [be] removed from view in any and all Housing Units and common areas of the facility.” On October 17, 1985, the plaintiff filed an inmate grievance complaining of the removal of Playboy magazine pictures from the bulletin board of his cell. The grievance was denied, first by the superintendent of the institution,2 and then on appeal by the grievance coordinator of the Department of…