Return to Sender:
Postcard-only Mail Policies in Jails

by Leah Sakala
February 7, 2013

Taking Action

On March 8, 2013, more than 50 local and national organizations submitted a letter to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff calling on him to halt implementation of a postcard-only jail mail policy (press release).

Jail drops postcard-only mail policy, by Ray King The Commercial (Pine Bluff, Arkansas), May 20, 2013
All mail at Santa Clara County jail to be limited to small postcards, by Tracey Kaplan, Mercury News, May 18, 2013
Restricting inmates' mail unconstitutional, federal judge rules in Columbia County Jail case, AP, The Oregonian, April 25, 2013
Flagler sheriff hashing out deal over jail-mail lawsuit, by Julie Murphy, News Journal (Daytona Beach), March 14, 2013
Return to Sender, Leah Sakala, letter to the editor printed in The Independent, March 8, 2013
Lawsuit filed over jail’s postcard-only policy, by Megan Hoye, Palm Coast Observer, February 27, 2013
ACLU suing Flagler over jail mail policy, by Julie Murphy, News-Journal (Daytona Beach, FL), February 20, 2013
Update on first case challenging postcard-only mail policies to go to trial in From the Editor, by Paul Wright Prison Legal News, February, 2013 (page 7)