Legal Opinion
James H. Kindred v. Jack R. Duckworth, in His Capacity as Superintendent of the Indiana Reformatory
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 9, 1993No. 92-3803PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENGEL, Senior Circuit Judge.
The issue in this appeal is whether the Indiana Reformatory’s recently-implemented policy of requiring inmates to open confidential correspondence in the presence of staff, as applied, comports with the terms of an earlier consent decree. The district court found the two compatible. We conclude they are not.
Having so concluded, we remand to the district court to determine whether subsequent legislation, applicable system-wide throughout Indiana and comporting with the standards of Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974), counsels that…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Hughes v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Hutto v. FinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rufo v. Inmates of Suffolk County JailSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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