Karlin v. Goord

Froceeding pursuant to CFLR article 78 (transferred to this *698Court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Albany County) to review a determination of respondent which found petitioner guilty of violating certain prison disciplinary rules.

After it was discovered that petitioner had received information on arson through the mail at the correctional facility where he was housed and was also attempting to obtain the names of inmates at another correctional facility, the Superintendent of the facility authorized a mail watch entailing the screening of petitioner’s outgoing and incoming mail.…