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Non-English Messed Over
Loaded on April 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
April, 1991, page 9
Many of our inmates are Mexican and/or Central American citizens. They are called up to legal mail line and receive registered letters from their home countries. These letters usually contain a few well worn, soiled American dollars. The institution counts them and has the inmate sign for postage to return ...
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