Dreben, J.
A memorandum entitled “Re: Smut Pictures,” dated October 15,1985, was sent by the deputy superintendent, North Central Correctional Institution, Gardner, to unit mana[36]*36gers. It required that “all nude photos [be] removed from view in any and all Housing Units and common areas of the facility.” On October 17, 1985, the plaintiff filed an inmate grievance complaining of the removal of Playboy magazine pictures from the bulletin board of his cell. The grievance was denied, first by the superintendent of the institution,2 and then on appeal by the grievance coordinator of the Department of Correction. The latter cited Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1982), as the basis for his decision. Subsequently, a copy of another picture, “Bather” by Renoir, was alleged by the plaintiff to have been removed from his cell.
The plaintiff filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the restrictions violated his State and Federal constitutional rights. Both the plaintiff and the defendants moved for summary judgment. A judge of the Superior Court denied the plaintiff’s motion and allowed the defendants’ on the'basis of Pepperling v. Crist, supra at 790-791. The reliance on that case is misplaced. We reverse and remand for further proceedings to determine whether the directive3 of October 15, 1985, is “reasonably related to legitimate penological interests,” the standard recently enunciated in Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89 (1987).4
This standard of review for constitutional claims of prisoners reflects two important concerns. Id. at 84-85. The first is the [37]*37need to protect the constitutional rights of prison inmates. The second is that courts are ill equipped to deal with the problems of prison administration and, therefore, must exercise a policy of “‘judicial restraint regarding prisoner complaints.’” Id. at 85. See also O’Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342, 348-349 (1987).
It is settled “that a prison inmate retains those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system.” Pell v. Procunier, 417 U.S. 817, 822 (1974). “Prison walls do not form a barrier separating prison inmates from the protections of the Constitution.” Turner, at 84. The memorandum here unquestionably burdens the prisoner’s First Amendment rights, and the defendants concede the point. They make no argument that the material is obscene or otherwise not within the ambit of First Amendment protection. They do argue, however, that the rule meets the Turner test, i.e., that it is “reasonably related to legitimate penological objectives” and is not “ ‘an exaggerated response’ ” to those concerns. Turner, at 89, 90.
In Pell v. Procunier, supra at 822-823, the court listed the legitimate penological objectives in light of which a court “must assess challenges to prison regulations based on asserted constitutional rights of prisoners.” These are deterrence of crime, rehabilitation, and internal security within the correctional facility.
The only suggestion in the record before us of the penological objectives of the writer of the memorandum is that contained in the defendant’s own grievance appeal form, which states: “The reason for this restriction is due to women being employed at NCCI as well as persons with religious beliefs.”5 There was no testimony or other evidence supporting the existence of these employee sensibilities or indicating their importance to prison administration, or even that the prison officials concur[38]*38red that these were the concerns which prompted the directive. The defendants’ brief, citing as record support only the inmate’s grievance form, argues that a “privacy right of a ‘captive audience’ such as employees not to be exposed to material they may find offensive . . . [is] served by the . . . limited restriction on posting nude pictures on the bulletin board in the prisoner’s cell.” In addition, the defendants urge, citing Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1982), that the restriction is reasonably related to security concerns.
In Turner, four factors, set forth in the margin, were considered to be relevant in determining the reasonableness of a regulation.6 Applying those factors to this bare record, the conclusion is not warranted that the prohibition is reasonable as matter of law.
We deal first with the security issue. As noted earlier, the defendants’ sole basis for claiming such concerns is a citation to [39]*39Pepperling v. Crist, supra. In that case, prison authorities prohibited prisoners’ receipt of nude pictures of wives and girlfriends and of “sexually explicit” material. Relying on the regulations, prison officials banned as “sexually explicit” the receipt of the magazine Hustler. The court held that neither prison security nor rehabilitation, the penological objectives discussed in Pell, could justify the prohibition against “sexually explicit” material without a determination that a prisoner’s receipt of the publications would have an adverse impact on either the prisoner’s rehabilitation or prison security. Pepperling v. Crist, supra at 790-791. See Thibodeaux v. South Dakota, 553 F.2d 558, 559 (8th Cir. 1977), where censorship of a publication was not allowed without findings that the material (publication entitled “Mature”) would have a detrimental effect upon rehabilitation, and also see Aikens v. Jenkins, 534 F.2d 751, 756, 758 (7th Cir. 1976), striking as overbroad a regulation which allowed nude photographs only if they were “supportive or incidental to a theme not designed primarily to arouse sexual drives.” Cf. Abbott v. Meese, 824 F.2d 1166, 1173 (D.C. Cir. 1987), cert. granted, 485 U.S. 1020 (1988) (nexus required between penological objective and banning of sexually explicit material, but applying heightened standard of review, see note 4, supra). In reaching the conclusion that there is no justification for censorship on the sole basis that photographs are sexually explicit, the Pepperling court stated, at 790, “Prison officials have no legitimate governmental interest in imposing their own standards of sexual morality on the inmates.”
Restrictions on nude photos of wives and girlfriends were, however, permitted based on a contention of prison officials that these items are “highly emotionally charged and often lead to violent altercations among prisoners.” Id. at 790.7 The Pepperling court cited
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Dreben, J.
A memorandum entitled “Re: Smut Pictures,” dated October 15,1985, was sent by the deputy superintendent, North Central Correctional Institution, Gardner, to unit mana[36]*36gers. It required that “all nude photos [be] removed from view in any and all Housing Units and common areas of the facility.” On October 17, 1985, the plaintiff filed an inmate grievance complaining of the removal of Playboy magazine pictures from the bulletin board of his cell. The grievance was denied, first by the superintendent of the institution,2 and then on appeal by the grievance coordinator of the Department of Correction. The latter cited Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1982), as the basis for his decision. Subsequently, a copy of another picture, “Bather” by Renoir, was alleged by the plaintiff to have been removed from his cell.
The plaintiff filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, claiming that the restrictions violated his State and Federal constitutional rights. Both the plaintiff and the defendants moved for summary judgment. A judge of the Superior Court denied the plaintiff’s motion and allowed the defendants’ on the'basis of Pepperling v. Crist, supra at 790-791. The reliance on that case is misplaced. We reverse and remand for further proceedings to determine whether the directive3 of October 15, 1985, is “reasonably related to legitimate penological interests,” the standard recently enunciated in Turner v. Safley, 482 U.S. 78, 89 (1987).4
This standard of review for constitutional claims of prisoners reflects two important concerns. Id. at 84-85. The first is the [37]*37need to protect the constitutional rights of prison inmates. The second is that courts are ill equipped to deal with the problems of prison administration and, therefore, must exercise a policy of “‘judicial restraint regarding prisoner complaints.’” Id. at 85. See also O’Lone v. Estate of Shabazz, 482 U.S. 342, 348-349 (1987).
It is settled “that a prison inmate retains those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system.” Pell v. Procunier, 417 U.S. 817, 822 (1974). “Prison walls do not form a barrier separating prison inmates from the protections of the Constitution.” Turner, at 84. The memorandum here unquestionably burdens the prisoner’s First Amendment rights, and the defendants concede the point. They make no argument that the material is obscene or otherwise not within the ambit of First Amendment protection. They do argue, however, that the rule meets the Turner test, i.e., that it is “reasonably related to legitimate penological objectives” and is not “ ‘an exaggerated response’ ” to those concerns. Turner, at 89, 90.
In Pell v. Procunier, supra at 822-823, the court listed the legitimate penological objectives in light of which a court “must assess challenges to prison regulations based on asserted constitutional rights of prisoners.” These are deterrence of crime, rehabilitation, and internal security within the correctional facility.
The only suggestion in the record before us of the penological objectives of the writer of the memorandum is that contained in the defendant’s own grievance appeal form, which states: “The reason for this restriction is due to women being employed at NCCI as well as persons with religious beliefs.”5 There was no testimony or other evidence supporting the existence of these employee sensibilities or indicating their importance to prison administration, or even that the prison officials concur[38]*38red that these were the concerns which prompted the directive. The defendants’ brief, citing as record support only the inmate’s grievance form, argues that a “privacy right of a ‘captive audience’ such as employees not to be exposed to material they may find offensive . . . [is] served by the . . . limited restriction on posting nude pictures on the bulletin board in the prisoner’s cell.” In addition, the defendants urge, citing Pepperling v. Crist, 678 F.2d 787 (9th Cir. 1982), that the restriction is reasonably related to security concerns.
In Turner, four factors, set forth in the margin, were considered to be relevant in determining the reasonableness of a regulation.6 Applying those factors to this bare record, the conclusion is not warranted that the prohibition is reasonable as matter of law.
We deal first with the security issue. As noted earlier, the defendants’ sole basis for claiming such concerns is a citation to [39]*39Pepperling v. Crist, supra. In that case, prison authorities prohibited prisoners’ receipt of nude pictures of wives and girlfriends and of “sexually explicit” material. Relying on the regulations, prison officials banned as “sexually explicit” the receipt of the magazine Hustler. The court held that neither prison security nor rehabilitation, the penological objectives discussed in Pell, could justify the prohibition against “sexually explicit” material without a determination that a prisoner’s receipt of the publications would have an adverse impact on either the prisoner’s rehabilitation or prison security. Pepperling v. Crist, supra at 790-791. See Thibodeaux v. South Dakota, 553 F.2d 558, 559 (8th Cir. 1977), where censorship of a publication was not allowed without findings that the material (publication entitled “Mature”) would have a detrimental effect upon rehabilitation, and also see Aikens v. Jenkins, 534 F.2d 751, 756, 758 (7th Cir. 1976), striking as overbroad a regulation which allowed nude photographs only if they were “supportive or incidental to a theme not designed primarily to arouse sexual drives.” Cf. Abbott v. Meese, 824 F.2d 1166, 1173 (D.C. Cir. 1987), cert. granted, 485 U.S. 1020 (1988) (nexus required between penological objective and banning of sexually explicit material, but applying heightened standard of review, see note 4, supra). In reaching the conclusion that there is no justification for censorship on the sole basis that photographs are sexually explicit, the Pepperling court stated, at 790, “Prison officials have no legitimate governmental interest in imposing their own standards of sexual morality on the inmates.”
Restrictions on nude photos of wives and girlfriends were, however, permitted based on a contention of prison officials that these items are “highly emotionally charged and often lead to violent altercations among prisoners.” Id. at 790.7 The Pepperling court cited Trapnell v. Riggsby, 622 F.2d 290 (7th Cir. 1980), which upheld against constitutional challenge a [40]*40regulation banning photos of girlfriends and wives but not of nude photographs published for commercial use and so marked. Evidence was presented in Trapnell which showed that the propensity for violence in the institution, where inmates with assaultive backgrounds were housed, was increased by nude photos of girlfriends and wives. Id. at 292-293.
Here, unlike Pepperling and Trapnell, where there was a basis for connecting the nude photos of wives and girlfriends with security, there is nothing in the record to which prison officials can point suggesting any security problem posed by the pictures from Playboy magazine or the Renoir pictures. We recognize that posting of photographs differs from their receipt and possession, see Pepperling at 790-791; nevertheless, in the absence of a logical connection between the governmental objective claimed (security) and the restriction on First Amendment rights, some evidence of their reasonable relationship should be presented before, the limitation can be upheld as matter of law.
As to the claim of employee sensibilities, no precedent has been cited suggesting that this is a legitimate governmental interest. Even assuming that this concern could by evidence be shown to affect prison administration, there seems to be an obvious solution, namely, to require that such pictures be placed on the wall which faces inwards towards the cell. This “alternative . . . [appears] fully [to] accommodate[ ] the prisoner’s rights at de minimis cost to valid penological interests.” Turner, 482 U.S. at 91, see note 6, supra. In any event, the concerns of the institution, as appearing only in the inmate’s grievance form, do not without more, warrant a decision that the limitation on First Amendment rights is reasonable as matter of law and not an exaggerated response. Summary judgment for the defendants should not have been entered.
The judgment is reversed and the matter remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
So ordered.