Punch and Jurists

Beard v. Banks, No. 04-1739 (U.S. Supreme Court) (548 U.S. 521; 126 S.Ct. 2572) (June 28, 2006) (Justice Breyer) by Ronald Banks, a prisoner confined in a Long Term Segregation Unit (LTSU) within the Pennsylvania prison system, sued the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections to challenge the constitutionality of a prison …

Banks v. Beard, No. 03-1245 (3rd Cir.) (399 F.3d 134) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Julio M. Fuentes) by Here the Third Circuit held that the district court had erred when it upheld a state prison’s policy, which banned inmates' access to newspapers, magazines and photographs that were neither legal nor …