Whether a state administrative agency can deny access to publications protected by the First Amendment based on incarceration status

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a state administrative agency, based upon the recommendation of an ad hoc committee, can deny access to publications protected by the First pictorial sexually explicit materials—simply because the plaintiffs are incarcerated within a facility operated by the Connecticut Department of Correction or whether the Department’s administrative rule violates the First Amendment based on the factors set out in Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78 (1987).