Woods v. Commissioner of the Ind. Dept. of Corrections

Dist. Ct. did not err in granting defendant's motion for summary judgment in plaintiffs-prisoners' class action alleging that defendant's prohibition on plaintiffs from advertising for pen-pals or receiving materials from websites allowing persons to advertise for pen-pals violated plaintiff's First Amendment rights. Defendant's rational for said prohibition, i.e., to prevent prisoners from developing relationships with outside persons for the purpose of financially defrauding them, was legitimate governmental objective, and instant prohibition was reasonably related to said objective.