Inmates can view their mail only on shared tablet or kiosk software during brief daily recreational sessions, sometimes for as little as 30 minutes per day, the lawsuit said, but an attorney says, “Physical mail is a lifeline for people in jail." trib.al/Q8arlsJ

Thinking about this oped during today's NYC Board of Correction meeting discussing NYC jail mail bans. As Linda makes says, "mail is a staple of life behind bars—a palpable link between an incarcerated person and the outside world." It should not be destroyed so cavalierly.

Here’s a 🧵 for observers of the Office of Legal Counsel. It’s a whodunit of sorts — where the victim is public confidence in OLC transparency and the culprit is probably just a technical glitch and an eagle-eyed cite checker in the government.

Letters are invaluable to incarcerated people. So why is this jail teaming up with a for-profit company to take letters out of their hands and put them on limited tablets and kiosks? eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

Malti Prasad - among plaintiffs represented by EFF, Knight First Amendment Institute & The Social Justice Legal Foundation in a lawsuit challenging an unconstitutional jail mail policy - speaks out in the @MercNews: “Why should San Mateo County jail ban handwritten letters from loved ones?” mercurynews.com/2023/03/29/opi…

MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTRABAND MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTRABAND MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTRABAND MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTRABAND MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTRABAND MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTRABAND MAIL IS NOT THE SOURCE OF CONTR... reason.com/2023/03/23/law…

New from me, in Just Security: why the OLC's release of an index of recent unclassified opinions is a big step forward for the agency's relationship to public accountability . . . and why there's still a ways to go. justsecurity.org/86591/inching-…

We’ve been arguing for a decade that a warrant is required for border searches of electronic devices, and a federal judge finally agreed. eff.org/deeplinks/2023…