New York Court of Claims October 31, 2001, Claim No. 102949 (Craft v. State)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Stephen J. Mignano, J.

This claim by a pro se prisoner alleges that a lieutenant at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility (hereinafter Bedford Hills) *662opened claimant’s “outside” mail without authorization from the Bedford Hills Superintendent in violation of Department of Correctional Services (hereinafter DOCS) rules and regulations.