Miner v. N.Y.S. Dept. of Corr. Blanket prohibition of nude photographs of wives invalid. Inmates must shave beard for I.D. photographs. No right to force inmate to cut hair. Prisons do not have to recognize common-law marriages without marriage licenses for purposes of conjugal visits.
Inmates can be auxiliary guards with limited powers.
Prison employee properly dismissed for selling firearms to recently released felon. Inmates may open outside savings accounts monitored to ensure withdrawals not made to buy drugs. Each state may determine whether prisoners may be allowed to vote. Prisoner might be able to marry former prison employee despite their involvement in trafficking contraband. Inmate may be permitted to marry if prison cannot justify reasons against it.