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RICE v. STATE

No. 89,759

31 Kan.App. 2d 964 (2003)

76 P.3d 1048

JERRY RICE, et al., Appellants, v. STATE OF KANSAS, et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas

Opinion filed September 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Plenk, of Lawrence, for appellants.

Kenneth R. Smith, special assistant attorney general, for appellees.

Before BEIER, P.J., JOHNSON, J., and WAHL, S.J.

BEIER, J.:

Petitioners, inmates at the Lansing Correctional Facility (LCF), challenge respondents' prohibition of their receipt of gift subscriptions to newspapers and magazines as a violation of their First Amendment rights. The district court upheld the respondents' practice, finding it reasonably related to a valid penological interest of the Kansas Department of Corrections (DOC).

The parties stipulate that petitioners' family members and friends have...

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