Government
Feb. 1, 2011
Ventura Inmate Letters Ban Challenged
Inmates in Ventura County jails can send and receive only postcards, a policy in place since October to curb the incoming flow of contraband.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Ventura County public defender has filed a habeas petition challenging a local jail regulation limiting inmates' postal correspondence to postcards.
The sheriff's department implemented the regulation, which bans inmates from sending and receiving letters mailed in envelopes, in October to reduce the growing amount of contraband - primarily illegal drugs - entering the county's...
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