Parties: Bell v. Wolfish
Date: 1979-05-14
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Paragraph: 30 - "There is no iron curtain drawn between the Constitution and the prisons of this country." Wolff v. McDonnell, supra, 418 U.S., at 555-556, 94 S.Ct., at 2974-2975. So, for example, our cases have held that sentenced prisoners enjoy freedom of speech and religion under the First and Fourteenth Amendments, see Pell v. Procunier, supra; Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319, 92 S.Ct. 1079, 31 L.Ed.2d 263 (1972); Cooper v. Pate, 378 U.S. 546, 84 S.Ct. 1733, 12 L.Ed.2d 1030 (1964); that they are protected against invidious discrimination on the basis of race under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, see Lee v. Washington, 390 U.S. 333, 88 S.Ct. 994, 19 L.Ed.2d 1212 (1968); and that they may claim the protection of the Due Process Clause to prevent additional deprivation of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, see Meachum v. Fano, supra; Wolff v. McDonnell, supra.
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Paragraph: 76 - That individuals have a fundamental First Amendment right to receive information and ideas is beyond dispute.
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