In March, revisions were made to a New Jersey statute prohibiting imprisoned repetitive sexual offenders from possessing reading material that made any reference to sex, and the Third Circuit held last week that the law meets constitutional standards. The ruling reversed a July 1998 decision by a federal judge in Newark who concluded that the law aimed at inmates in a state treatment center had too narrow an impact on rehabilitation to justify breaching First Amendment rights.
July 07, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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A Third Circuit panel on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of aNew Jersey law barring pornographic materials from imprisoned repetitivesexual offenders.
The ruling reversed a July 1998 decision by a federal judge in Newarkwho concluded that the law aimed at inmates in the Adult Diagnostic andTreatment Center in Avenel had too narrow an impact on rehabilitation tojustify breaching First Amendment rights.
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