All prisoners have the basic rights needed to survive and sustain a reasonable way of life.
Most rights are taken away ostensibly so the prison system can maintain order, discipline, and security.
[citation needed] For example, prison personnel are required to read and inspect all in-going or out-going mail, in order to prevent prisoners from obtaining contraband.
The only time a prisoner has a full right to privacy is in conversations with their attorney.
Among its provisions, the PLRA requires prisoners to exhaust all possibly executive means of reform before filing for litigation, restricts the normal procedure of having the losing defendant pay legal fees (thus making fewer lawyers willing to represent a prisoner), allows for the courts to dismiss cases as "frivolous" or "malicious", and requires prisoners to pay their court fees up front if they have three previous instances of a case having been dismissed as "frivolous.