Prisoners in Michigan Win Ruling on Postage
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LANSING, Mich. — Each prisoner in the Michigan corrections system is entitled to 10 first-class postage stamps a month, the state Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
The ruling by the three-judge appeals panel struck down a Corrections Department policy that free stamps be provided only to indigent inmates. It came in a lawsuit filed in 1981 by prisoner Ronald L. Jordan, who contended he was entitled to free stamps.
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