IN RE BRANDT

Docket No. Crim. 20227.

25 Cal.3d 136 (1979)

599 P.2d 89

157 Cal. Rptr. 894

In re WILLIAM BRANDT on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

August 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael R. Snedeker and Paul W. Comiskey for Petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford K. Thompson and John T. Murphy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


OPINION

NEWMAN, J.

(1) May the Department of Corrections (CDC) prohibit correspondence between inmates and a paroled Prisoners Union official? "No" is the answer because of Penal Code section 2600, which reads: "A person sentenced to imprisonment in a state prison may, during any such period of confinement, be deprived of such rights, and only such rights, as is necessary in order to provide for the reasonable security...

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