thornburgh abbott argued november decided may federal bureau prisons regulations generally permit prisoners receive publications outside authorize wardens pursuant specified criteria reject incoming publication found detrimental security good order discipline institution might facilitate criminal activity wardens may reject publication solely content religious philosophical political social sexual unpopular repugnant establish excluded list publications must review issue subscription separately respondents class inmates certain publishers filed suit district claiming regulations face applied specifically excluded publications violated first amendment rights standard set forth procunier martinez district refrained adopting martinez standard favor approach deferential judgment prison authorities upheld regulations without addressing propriety exclusions appeals however utilized martinez standard found regulations wanting remanded case individualized determination constitutionality exclusions held regulations issue affect sending publications prisoners must analyzed standard set forth turner safley therefore valid reasonably related legitimate penological interests prison officials due considerable deference regulating delicate balance prison order security legitimate demands outsiders seek enter prison environment less deferential standard martinez whereby prison regulations authorizing mail censorship must generally necessary protect one legitimate governmental interests limited regulations concerning outgoing personal correspondence prisoners regulations centrally concerned maintenance prison order security moreover martinez overruled extent might support drawing categorical distinction incoming correspondence prisoners turner applied reasonableness standard incoming correspondence nonprisoners pp regulations issue facially valid turner standard underlying objective protecting prison security undoubtedly legitimate neutral regard content expression regulated also broad discretion regulations accord wardens rationally related security interests furthermore alternative means expression remain open inmates since regulations permit broad range publications sent received read even though specific publications prohibited moreover respondents established alternative regulations accommodate prisoners constitutional rights de minimis cost valid penological interests pp case remanded examination validity regulations applied publications introduced trial remains live controversy blackmun delivered opinion rehnquist white scalia kennedy joined stevens filed opinion concurring part dissenting part brennan marshall joined post deputy solicitor general bryson argued cause petitioners briefs solicitor general fried acting assistant attorney general dennis robert klonoff andrew levchuk steven ney argued cause respondents brief edward koren alvin bronstein steven shapiro briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed state florida et al robert butterworth attorney general florida jason vail assistant attorney general robert gates deputy attorney general idaho state missouri et al william webster attorney general missouri kelly mescher assistant attorney general steve clark attorney general arkansas james jones attorney general idaho michael cody attorney general tennessee briefs amici curiae urging affirmance filed association american publishers et al bruce rich correctional association new york john boston william rold justice blackmun delivered opinion regulations promulgated federal bureau prisons broadly permit federal prisoners receive publications outside authorize prison officials reject incoming publications found detrimental institutional security years respondents class inmates certain publishers claimed regulations violate first amendment rights standard review enunciated procunier martinez mount facial challenge regulations well challenge regulations applied specific publications excluded bureau bench trial district refrained adopting martinez standard instead favored approach deferential judgment prison authorities upheld regulations without addressing propriety specific exclusions app pet cert appeals hand utilized martinez standard found regulations wanting remanded case district individualized determination constitutionality exclusions abbott meese app petitioners officials department justice bureau prisons sought certiorari granted writ order determine appropriate standard review meese abbott hold district correctly anticipated proper inquiry case whether regulations reasonably related legitimate penological interests turner safley conclude standard regulations facially valid therefore disagree appeals issue facial validity agree remand case district determination validity regulations applied publications ii concerned primarily regulations set forth cfr first promulgated generally permit inmate subscribe receive publication without prior approval authorize warden reject publication certain circumstances warden may reject determined detrimental security good order discipline institution might facilitate criminal activity warden however may reject publication solely content religious philosophical political social sexual content unpopular repugnant ibid regulations contain nonexhaustive list criteria may support rejection publication warden prohibited establishing excluded list publications issue subscription publication reviewed separately regulatory criteria rejecting publications supplemented program statement provides guidance subject sexually explicit material regulations provide procedural safeguards recipient sender warden may designate staff screen appropriate approve incoming publications warden may reject publication warden must advise inmate promptly writing reasons rejection must provide publisher sender copy rejection letter notice must refer specific article material considered objectionable publisher sender may obtain independent review warden rejection decision timely writing regional director bureau inmate may appeal bureau administrative remedy procedure see warden instructed permit inmate review rejected material purpose filing appeal unless review may provide inmate information nature deemed pose threat detriment security good order discipline institution encourage instruct criminal activity iii little doubt kind censorship described raise grave first amendment concerns outside prison context equally certain rison walls form barrier separating prison inmates protections constitution turner safley bar free citizens exercising constitutional rights reaching inside bell wolfish jones north carolina prisoners labor union pell procunier recognized however rights must exercised due regard inordinately difficult undertaking modern prison administration turner safley particular sensitive delicate balance prison administrators must strike order security internal prison environment legitimate demands outside seek enter environment person written word many categories noninmates seek access prisons access essential lawyers legal assistants representing prisoner clients see procunier martinez journalists seeking information prison conditions see pell procunier supra families friends prisoners seek sustain relationships see procunier martinez supra claims prison access undoubtedly legitimate yet prison officials may well conclude certain proposed interactions though seemingly innocuous laymen potentially significant implications order security prison acknowledging expertise officials judiciary ill equipped deal difficult delicate problems prison management afforded considerable deference determinations prison administrators interest security regulate relations prisoners outside world case question publishers wish communicate subscription willingly seek point view legitimate first amendment interest access prisoners question previous first amendment cases area standard review apply prison regulations limiting access martinez first significant decision regarding first amendment rights prison context struck california regulations concerning personal correspondence inmates noninmates regulations provided censorship letters unduly complain magnify grievances expres inflammatory political racial religious views beliefs reviewed regulations following standard first regulation practice question must important substantial governmental interest unrelated suppression expression prison officials must show regulation authorizing mail censorship furthers one substantial governmental interests security order rehabilitation second limitation first amendment freedoms must greater necessary essential protection particular governmental interest involved thus restriction inmate correspondence furthers important substantial interest penal administration nevertheless invalid sweep unnecessarily broad latitude anticipating probable consequences allowing certain speech prison environment essential proper discharge administrator duty regulation practice restricts inmate correspondence must generally necessary protect one legitimate governmental interests decision apply reasonableness standard cases rather martinez less deferential approach stemmed concern language martinez might readily understood establishing standard strict heightened scrutiny strict standard simply appropriate consideration regulations centrally concerned maintenance order security within prisons see turner safley specifically declined apply martinez standard prisoners rights cases noted turner martinez read require strict least restrictive alternative analysis without sufficient sensitivity need discretion meeting legitimate prison needs expressed concern every administrative judgment subject possibility somewhere conclude less restrictive way solving problem hand rejected costs least restrictive alternative rule high see also estate shabazz refusing apply least restrictive alternative standard regulation prisoner work rules impact religious observance believe martinez need read subjecting decisions prison officials strict least restrictive means test noted martinez required challenged regulation generally necessary legitimate governmental interest certainly martinez required close fit challenged regulation interest purported serve careful reading martinez suggests rejection regulation issue resulted least restrictive means requirement recognition regulated activity centrally issue case outgoing personal correspondence prisoners nature pose serious threat prison order security pointed martinez outgoing correspondence magnifies grievances contains inflammatory racial views reasonably expected present danger community inside prison addition implications security far predictable dangerous outgoing correspondence likely fall within readily identifiable categories examples noted martinez include escape plans plans relating ongoing criminal activity threats blackmail extortion although careful martinez limit unduly discretion prison officials reject even outgoing letters concluded regulations issue broader generally necessary protect interests stake light considerations understandable martinez concluded regulations issue swept broadly martinez nature asserted governmental interest require lesser degree discretion closer fit regulation purpose serves may safely required categorically different considerations considerations far typical problems prison administration apply case presently deal incoming publications material requested individual inmate targeted general audience prison material kind reasonably may expected circulate among prisoners concomitant potential coordinated disruptive conduct furthermore prisoners may observe particular material possession fellow prisoner draw inferences fellow beliefs sexual orientation gang affiliations material cause disorder acting accordingly see app see generally prisoners law robbins ed noting possession homosexually explicit material may identify possessor homosexual target assault deputy solicitor general noted oral argument problem individual reading materials cases problem material getting prison tr oral arg see also app volatile prison environment essential prison officials given broad discretion prevent disorder turner dealt incoming personal correspondence prisoners impact correspondence internal environment prison great concern recognized martinez readily understood failing afford prison officials sufficient discretion protect prison security light concerns hold regulations affecting sending publication see regulations specific definition word supra prisoner must analyzed turner reasonableness standard regulations valid reasonably related legitimate penological interests turner furthermore acknowledge today logic analyses martinez turner requires martinez limited regulations concerning outgoing correspondence observed outgoing correspondence central focus opinion martinez implications outgoing correspondence prison security categorically lesser magnitude implications incoming materials attempt justify similar categorical distinction incoming correspondence prisoners applied reasonableness standard turner incoming correspondence nonprisoners likely prove futile invite extent martinez suggests distinction today overrule case accomplished much step decided turner recognize might possible apply reasonableness standard incoming materials without overruling martinez instead made clear martinez uniformly require application least restrictive alternative analysis choose go route however prefer express flexibility turner reasonableness standard adopt turner standard case confidence petitioners asserted reasonableness standard toothless pet cert iv turner identified several factors relevant serve channel reasonableness inquiry first turner factor multifold must determine whether governmental objective underlying regulations issue legitimate neutral regulations rationally related objective agree district requirement met legitimacy government purpose promulgating regulations beyond question regulations expressly aimed protecting prison security purpose said central corrections goals pell procunier neutrality found important inquire whether prison regulations restricting inmates first amendment rights operated neutral fashion without regard content expression turner ban correspondence certain classes inmates issue turner clearly met neutrality criterion restrictions issue pell wolfish issue however case closer face regulations distinguish rejection publication solely content religious philosophical political social sexual content unpopular repugnant prohibited rejection publication detrimental security permitted cfr determinations turn extent content reference neutrality turner intended go requirement martinez regulation practice question must important substantial governmental interest unrelated suppression expression prison administrators draw distinctions publications solely basis potential implications prison security regulations neutral technical sense meant used term turner also conclude broad discretion accorded prison wardens regulations issue rationally related security interests reach conclusion two reasons first kind security risk presented incoming publications explored part iii district properly found publications present security threat closely tailored standard result admission publications even lead directly violence exacerbate tensions lead indirectly disorder app pet cert regulations issue concern entry materials prison agree district regulation gives prison authorities broad discretion appropriate second comforted individualized nature determinations required regulation regulations publication may excluded unless warden makes determination detrimental security good order discipline institution might facilitate criminal activity cfr controlling standard publication fits within one criteria exclusion may rejected determined meet standard conditions prevailing institution time indeed regulations expressly reject certain shortcuts lead needless exclusions see nondelegability power reject publications prohibition establishing excluded list publications agree rational bureau exclude materials although necessarily likely lead violence determined warden create intolerable risk disorder conditions particular prison particular time second factor turner held relevant determining reasonableness prison restriction whether alternative means exercising right remain open prison inmates already made clear turner right question must viewed sensibly expansively turner require prisoners afforded means communicating inmates institutions require alternative means attending religious ceremony rather held turner sufficient means expression necessarily means communicating inmates prisons remained available prisoners permitted participate muslim religious ceremonies regulations issue present case permit broad range publications sent received read factor clearly satisfied third factor addressed turner analysis impact accommodation asserted constitutional right others guards inmates prison class publications excluded limited found potentially detrimental order security likelihood material circulate within prison raises prospect precisely kind ripple effect turner concerned right question exercised cost significantly less liberty safety everyone else guards prisoners alike courts defer informed discretion corrections officials finally turner held existence obvious easy alternatives may evidence regulation reasonable exaggerated response prison concerns inmate claimant point alternative fully accommodates prisoner rights de minimis cost valid penological interests may consider evidence regulation satisfy reasonable relationship standard agree district regulations face exaggerated response problem hand obvious easy alternative established regarding rule analyze respondents proposed alternatives rule alternative means accommodating respondents asserted rights district discussed evidence found basis testimony record petitioners fear tearing rejected portions admitting rest publication create discontent current practice reasonably founded app pet cert appeals contest district factual finding ruled upholding practice merely based upon reasonably founded fears improper martinez appeals held finding conflicts holding martinez prison administrators burden showing restrictive practice generally necessary app apply martinez standard reject appeals sole ground questioning district findings respect view prison officials able demonstrate rejected less restrictive alternative reasonably founded fears lead greater harm succeed demonstrating alternative fact selected exaggerated response turner furthermore administrative inconvenience proposed alternative also factor considered adds additional support district conclusion petitioners obligated adopt see wolfish sum hold turner reasonableness standard applied regulations issue case regulations facially valid standard agree remand examination validity regulations applied publications introduced trial remains live controversy see app judgment appeals vacated case remanded proceedings consistent opinion ordered footnotes lawsuit filed prisoners may certified following year class action three publishers prisoners union weekly guardian associates revolutionary socialist league added party plaintiffs suit also challenged several prison practices largely concerning inmate correspondence issue individual claims damages severed bench trial claims injunctive relief took place memorandum opinion accompanying order issued district september appeals predicated jurisdiction ground order district denied respondents injunctive relief abbott meese app complaint filed bureau yet issued regulations dealing management federal inmates see fed reg proposed rulemaking fed reg final rules references herein regulations presently effect identical version considered district appeals current version differs respects version differences material present inquiry term publication defined book example novel instructional manual single issue magazine newspaper plus materials addressed specific inmate advertising brochures flyers catalogues cfr section reads publications may rejected warden include limited publications meet one following criteria depicts describes procedures construction use weapons ammunition bombs incendiary devices depicts encourages describes methods escape correctional facilities contains blueprints drawings similar descriptions bureau prisons institutions depicts describes procedures brewing alcoholic beverages manufacture drugs written code depicts describes encourages activities may lead use physical violence group disruption encourages instructs commission criminal activity sexually explicit material nature content poses threat security good order discipline institution facilitates criminal activity program statement promulgated january response lawsuit brought national gay task force see app pet cert opinion district statement warden may reject following types sexually explicit material pursuant cfr see supra homosexual sex institution population bestiality involving children material categories may admitted warden determines pose threat local institution explicit heterosexual material ordinarily admitted explicit material may admitted scholarly general social literary value homosexual material sexually explicit admitted includes publication covering activities groups gay religious groups literary publications homosexual themes references see app administrative remedy procedure prisoner unable informally resolve difficulty may file formal written complaint cfr inmate believes adversely affected complaint became known prison may file complaint regional director bureau warden regional director respond within days respectively adverse decision regional director may appealed general counsel bureau adverse decision warden may appealed regional director although regulations provide practice bureau withhold entirety publication containing excludable material practice referred parties rule also issue case think sufficient focus respondents urge identity individuals whose rights allegedly infringed although took special note procunier martinez fact rights nonprisoners issue stated rule turner safley circumstances prison regulation impinges inmates constitutional rights emphasis added attempt forge separate standards cases implicating rights outsiders step intervening decisions pell procunier jones north carolina prisoners labor union bell wolfish three cases expressly relied turner announced reasonableness standard inmates constitutional rights cases involved regulations affected rights prisoners outsiders pell involved right representatives news media conduct interviews prisons order inform public prison conditions asserted right issue jones right prisoners union send literature prison wolfish publishers sought send hardback books prison cases regulations worked consequential restriction rights prisoners martinez turner observed none cases apply standard heightened scrutiny instead inquired whether prison regulation burdens fundamental rights reasonably related legitimate penological objectives whether represents exaggerated response concerns martinez characterized subsequent decisions case concerning written communication inmates noninmate recipients see pell see also houchins kqed plurality opinion distinguishing martinez dealing outsiders right receive communications inside prison opposed outsiders right prison access dissenting opinion noting martinez case concerning excessive censorship outgoing inmate correspondence emphasis added indeed parties martinez stressed regulation enforced dealt thoughts expressed prisoner mail relatives friends mainly outgoing letters matters circulated within walls emphasis added brief appellees procunier martinez see also tr oral arg martinez pp issues case involve prisoners writing outside prison sure regulations issue martinez applied incoming well outgoing correspondence striking regulations facially overbroad limit holding restrictions outgoing correspondence noted regulation banning transmission inflammatory political racial religious views limited incoming letters observation suggests approach regulation might different regulation limited district present case stated standard review bureau must articulate relationship regulations practices legitimate penological objectives internal security bureau meets requirement plaintiffs must show substantial evidence defendants exaggerated response problems regulations address app pet cert citing among cases claire cuyler district benefit decision turner standard review applied precisely identical turner standard particular means certain district meant substantial evidence pass question evidentiary burdens burden shifting conclude standard applied district sufficiently close turner standard present purposes permit reliance district findings indeed upheld content distinctions jones internal distribution prisoners union materials prohibited distribution materials jaycees alcoholics anonymous permitted upheld distinctions equal protection challenge distinctions rational basis legitimate penological interests prisons contrast prisoners union jaycees alcoholics anonymous seen serving rehabilitative purpose working harmony goals desires prison administrators determined pose threat order security institution contrast censorship issue martinez closely resembled kind censorship expressly prohibited regulations presently issue martinez regulations barred writings unduly complain magnify grievances express inflammatory political racial religious views defamatory otherwise inappropriate found martinez hese regulations fairly invited prison officials employees apply personal prejudices opinions standards prisoner mail censorship purpose regulations found unrelated suppression expression ibid regulations issue martinez therefore decidedly neutral relevant sense exercise discretion called regulations may produce seeming inconsistencies may appear inconsistent results necessarily signs arbitrariness irrationality given likely variability within institutions time see app pet cert app greater consistency might attainable cost broadly restrictive rule admission incoming publications cf dostoyevsky house dead penguin prisoners permitted read bible attempt achieve greater consistency broader exclusions might run afoul second turner factor presence absence alternative means exercising right question regulations issue view strike acceptable balance respondents argued record support conclusion exclusions fact based particular events conditions particular prison contend variability enforcement regulations stems solely censors subjective views brief respondents contentions go adequacy regulations applied considered remand justice stevens justice brennan justice marshall join concurring part dissenting part article labyrinth magazine published committee prisoner humanity justice began follows january william lowe black prisoner penitentiary terre haute indiana died asthma august joseph yusef jones black prisoner penitentiary terre haute died asthma prison infirmary time one respirator known inoperative january william lowe died still broken august joseph jones needed day death jones suffering acute asthma attack gasping breath stale hot humid air cell requested medical aid guards several hours unheeded pleading accompanied complaints guards fellow prisoners cell block jones became frantic breath painful breath brought closer suffocation finally guards called pa physician assistant brought broken respirator finding equipment unusable pa gave jones injection tranquilizer thorazine calm treatment tranquilizer unquestionably contraindicated jones medical condition twenty minutes later jones dead conclusion jones convicted bank robbery sentenced years prison fact sentenced death murdered neglect yet labyrinth efforts disseminate article subscribers marion federal penitentiary met government resistance marion officials acting within federal bureau prisons bureau regulations returned magazine ground article entitled medical murder detrimental good order discipline institution type philosophy guide inmates institution situations cause inmates problems medical staff two years publication marion official testified believed article posed threat app nonetheless district found suppression publications reasonable thus sustained rejections wholesale app pet cert holds today carte blanche deference improper remands review agree aspect decision agree however either holding another finding reasonableness justify censorship premature approval bureau regulations latter determinations upset precedent headlong rush strip inmates vestige free communication world beyond prison gate first addressed first amendment prison context procunier martinez prior lower treatments varied courts maintained posture others required demonstration compelling state interest justify censorship prisoner mail characteristic wisdom justice powell opinion rejected extremes difficulties prison administration perceived make strict scrutiny first amendment demands contexts inappropriate see first national bank boston bellotti elrod burns opinion brennan brandenburg ohio per curiam focusing rights prisoners inextricably meshed rights nonprisoners particularized interest communicating wrote undemanding standard review squared fact first amendment liberties free citizens implicated censorship prisoner mail martinez supra thus chose intermediate means evaluating speech restrictions allowing censorship ed important substantial governmental interest unrelated suppression expression limitation first amendment freedoms greater necessary essential prison officials may censor inmate correspondence simply eliminate unflattering unwelcome opinions factually inaccurate statements justice powell stressed ibid censorship might permitted however ensure preservation internal order discipline maintenance institutional security escape unauthorized entry rehabilitation prisoners omitted prison administrators show certainty adverse consequences flow failure censor particular letter regulation practice restricts inmate correspondence must generally necessary protect one legitimate governmental interests identified years since martinez decided lower courts routinely applied standard review limitations correspondence inmates private citizens also communications newsletters magazines books issue inmates publishers carefully examining free speech rights countervailing governmental interests courts approved restrictions invalidated others thus correctly recognizes martinez standard review deprive prison officials discretion necessary perform difficult tasks ante inexplicably partially overrules martinez limiting scope outgoing mail letters publications sent prisoners subject review reasonableness ante peculiar bifurcation constitutional standard governing communications inmates outsiders unjustified decision martinez based distinction prisoners constitutional rights protection first amendment affords prisoners nonprisoners senders receivers justice powell explained whatever status prisoner claim uncensored correspondence outsider plain latter interest grounded first amendment guarantee freedom speech depend whether nonprisoner correspondent author intended recipient particular letter addressee well sender direct personal correspondence derives first fourteenth amendments protection unjustified governmental interference intended communication wife prison inmate permitted read husband wanted say suffered abridgment interest communicating plain results censorship letter citations omitted pell procunier inmates reporters challenged regulations prohibiting media interviews specific prisoners infringement prisoners rights held reasonable prisoners write letters media means communication less disruptive physical entry reporters prison reporters assertion special right access prevail explained first amendment give media greater access public events institutions including prisons gives ordinary citizens pell way diluted basic distinction articulated martinez inmates jones north carolina prisoners labor union maintained first amendment associational rights protected efforts form union concluded administrators grounds preventing union organizing within prison activity occurring largely among inmates reasonable also approved officials refusal deliver bulk packets union literature specific inmates distribution others applying equal protection clause well first amendment standards held restriction reasonable limited scope union retained avenues outside informational flow see third case bell wolfish upheld regulation allowed publishers bookstores book clubs mail hardbound books pretrial detainees hardbacks might serve containers contraband jail administrators argued since risk improper use publishers similar sources low jail delivered books outsiders found explanation acceptable held rule violate detainees first amendment rights although expressly address rights nonprisoners fact softcover publications delivered without restriction see minimized abridgment outsiders rights approval wolfish greater protection publishers individual citizens reinforces martinez view first amendment rights nonprisoners must carefully weighed undermines approach today recently turner safley confirmed vitality martinez evaluating encroachments first amendment rights nonprisoners relied three interim prisoners rights cases establish reasonableness standard reviewing correspondence unanimous invalidation restriction inmate marriages acknowledged regulation may entail consequential restriction constitutional rights prisoners martinez might posit correct level review quoting martinez reach question however even reasonable relationship test marriage regulation withstand scrutiny turner opinion cited quoted martinez times disapprove martinez holding standard recognition special interest protecting first amendment rights prisoners notwithstanding today abandons premise martinez grounded casual discarding secure foundation considered precedent ill serves orderly development law see runyon mccrary stevens concurring quoting cardozo nature judicial process ii lieu martinez rationale properly takes consideration effects prison regulations first amendment rights nonprisoners applies manipulable reasonableness standard set regulations easily may interpreted authorize arbitrary rejections literature addressed inmates pointed partial dissent turner reasonableness standard makes much easy uphold restrictions prisoners first amendment rights basis administrative concerns speculation possible security risks rather basis evidence restrictions needed important governmental interest despite vagueness accepts petitioners assertion need broad discretion prevent internal disorder thus holds regulations facially valid see ante premature leap faith creates presumption rejections pursuant regulations reasonable presumption makes likely far less judicial protection publishers rights believe first amendment requires justice blackmun block rutherford concurring judgment concerned today readily substitute rhetoric judicial deference meaningful scrutiny constitutional claims prison setting cf estate shabazz brennan dissenting jones marshall dissenting feeble protection provided reasonableness standard applied within framework regulations apparent record like labyrinth issue many rejected publications criticized prison conditions otherwise presented viewpoints prison administrators likely welcome testimony one mail clerk rote explanations decisions suggest rejections based personal prejudices categorical assumptions rather individual assessments risk cf martinez circumstances belie interpretation regulations assertion rejection decisions made individually see ante rejected publications may represent sole medium conveying receiving particular unconventional message thus irrelevant regulations permit many publications delivered prisoners see ante evidence supports assumption unlike personal letters publications circulate within prison cause ripples disruption see ante evidence incoming publication ever caused disciplinary security problem indeed rejected publications delivered inmates prisons without incident see app sum record convinces either martinez standard deferential reasonableness standard regulations impermissibly exaggerated response security concerns cf turner iii prison official deems part publication content even one page book present intolerable security risk bureau regulations authorize official return entire issue publisher see cfr challenge rule respondents argue first amendment interests easily accommodated administrators omitted objectionable material forwarded rest publication inmate district however found defendants fears censorship create discontent current practice reasonably founded app pet cert contrary appeals applied martinez standard held rejection balance generally necessary protect legitimate governmental interest involved portion properly rejected app petitioners argue remand appeals conduct detailed analysis evidence case determine rule reasonable brief petitioners validity policy continue depend among things security administrative justifications policy availability alternative courses action costs risks associated employing alternatives ibid remarkable years litigation petitioners failed develop argument tells us anything assumed security administrative justification rule even remarkable conclusion since apply martinez standard need examine appropriateness district finding rule reasonable see ante review record reveals thus defers findings security threat even prison officials admitted nonexistent evidence delivery part publication endanger prison security rather primary justification advanced rule administrative convenience see app bureau objected contrary rule mean defacing material laboriously going article publication fed reg general speculation administrative burden might ensue sufficient justify abridgment first amendment rights either free citizen prison inmate difficult even imagine burden instance regulations text seems require prison officials actually read article rejecting incremental burden associated clipping offending matter constitutional significance bureau administrative convenience justification thus insufficient matter law either martinez standard reasonableness standard district contradictory finding simply highlights likelihood attitude broad judicial deference coupled reasonableness standard provide inadequate protection rights stake reasons affirm judgment appeals medical murder labyrinth apr emphasis original reprinted joint lodging recognized peech concerning public affairs essence first fourteenth amendments embody profound national commitment principle debate public issues uninhibited robust may well include vehement caustic sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks government public officials garrison louisiana quoting new york times sullivan see also hustler magazine falwell thornhill alabama part regulations state bureau prisons permits inmate subscribe receive publications without prior approval cfr warden may reject publication determined detrimental security good order discipline institution might facilitate criminal activity see procunier martinez marshall concurring prisoner shed basic first amendment rights prison gate see also turner safley pell procunier coffin reichard per curiam suffice say problems prisons america complex intractable point readily susceptible resolution decree require expertise comprehensive planning commitment resources peculiarly within province legislative executive branches government reasons courts ill equipped deal increasingly urgent problems prison administration reform martinez obvious martinez calls less strict scrutiny today correctly rejects petitioners argument contrary compare ante brief petitioners reply brief petitioners see lawson dugger denied per curiam cert pending morris murphy missouri dept corrections pepperling crist trapnell riggsby brooks sciter guajardo estelle aikens jenkins morgan lavallee see espinoza wilson travis norris meadows hopkins vodicka phelps carpenter south dakota cert denied drew support proposition branzburg hayes case like comparable cases decided pell arose outside prison context herbert lando zurcher stanford daily petitioners thus quite wrong contend turner mandated first amendment challenges prison regulations always reviewed reasonableness see brief petitioners undisputed warden may exclude incoming publication depicts describes procedures construction use weapons ammunition bombs incendiary devices contains blueprints drawings similar descriptions bureau prisons institutions depicts describes procedures brewing alcoholic beverages manufacture drugs written code cfr cf turner stevens concurring part dissenting part describes standard review prison regulation infringes fundamental constitutional rights often far less consequence inmates actual showing demands state order uphold regulation publications like labyrinth reported prison conditions legal matters rejected publications discussed depicted sexual activity martial arts electronics advocated homosexual rights politics see app see generally respondents lodging asked deposition describe method reviewing publications clerk replied standard explain okay sex standard radical standard go limb say communism fascism standard use type standard personally use told told use happen get looking see excluded publications generally sexual political nature therefore believe questionable area ones refer app statements reasons returning different publications identical even misspelling see publication used part glorify problem inmates prison unions cause problems inmates staff security orderly running institution publication also propagets sic adversary attitude inmates toward staff cf type material institutions tendency develop adversary attitude inmates toward staff cause unhealthy environment institution makes assumption basis statement petitioners oral argument see ante quoting tr oral arg publication issue addressed single inmate making case analogous personal correspondence martinez bulk mailings jones north carolina prisoners labor union prison regulations martinez raised specter disruptive dissemination justification censorship nevertheless found regulations unconstitutional quote entirety discussion record preceded district finding rule reasonable plaintiffs offered evidence less restrictive policy cost security tear rejected portions admit rest publication defendants contend censorship create discontent current practice one plaintiffs witnesses app pet cert district cites following trial testimony witness respondents offered expert field corrections familiar policy bureau prisons concerning call rule understand publication approved admission may approved toto material considered offensive entirely excluded regardless condition tenor items publication security justification opinion giving prisoner sympathize bureau publication material like exclude take example publication gave explicit design produce molotov cocktail like admit particular publication institution however like idea cutting offending part publication letting think compromise one might make like suppose best bad solutions available see security risk cutting offending portion giving unoffending portion inmate pushed wall guess said earlier deposition say like smacks goes fascist countries attractive solution see way rather exclude publication entirely basis one offending passage tr although testimony manifests expert witness discontent censoring parts publications offers support petitioners argument inmate discontent practice threaten prison security indeed petitioners proffered pieces supporting evidence among deposition testimony official marion federal penitentiary present security threat cut page prevent sic security threat cut page nothing else question administrative convenience institution easier bother cutting different pieces right well think dealing kind individual deal institution start cutting magazines going leave open kinds criticism remarks problems best return entire publication source insinuations remarks made concerning us individual publications magazines people receive app see also thus must disagree petitioners staunch insistence reasonableness standard toothless see brief petitioners suggested turner standard satisfied nothing logical connection regulation legitimate penological concern perceived cautious warden virtually meaningless application standard seem permit disregard inmates constitutional rights whenever imagination warden produces plausible security concern deferential trial able discern logical connection concern challenged regulation indeed logical connection prison discipline use bullwhips prisoners security logically furthered total ban inmate communication inmates also outsiders conceivably might interested arranging attack within prison escape concurring part dissenting part citation omitted emphasis original