Federal judge rules Baxter County jail's postcard-only mail policy is unconstitutional

A federal judge in Arkansas' Western District has ordered the Baxter County jail in Mountain Home to stop restricting inmate mail to postcard size -- a practice the jail began in January 2012 -- and ruled the practice to be a violation of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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