×
You've used up your 3 free articles for this month. Subscribe today.
Incarcerated Juveniles Have Right to Court Access
Loaded on Dec. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
December, 1992, page 2
In a still developing area of the law, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that juvenile prisoners have a constitutional right of access to the courts. To make this right meaningful, the state must provide juveniles with access to attorneys. This opinion joins the First Circuit and a district ...
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Prison Legal News, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- Physical Evidence Need Not be Preserved For Hearing
- Officials Seek to End Politicization of Crime Debate
- Beaten Jail Prisoner Entitled to Counsel
- Incarcerated Juveniles Have Right to Court Access
- Jail Inmates Entitled to Safe Cells
- Medical Treatment Cannot Be Delayed to Coerce Confession
- Unlawful to Knock Down Handicapped Prisoner
- Prison Drug Test Survey
- Prisoner Has No Right to Independent Drug Test
- BOP Prisoners Don't Need to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
- Due Process Requires Hearing Before Punishment
- Hearing Officer Must Base Guilt Finding on Evidence
- Resources for Incarcerated Parents
- Government Entitled to Only One Qualified Immunity Appeal
- Texas Death Row Prisoners on Hunger Strike
- Magistrates Cannot Dismiss Civil Rights Suits
- Prisoner Entitled to Appointment of Substitute Counsel
- Animal Rights Movement Criminalized
- Attention Artists
- California HIV+ Prisoners on Medical Strike
- U.S. Slammed on Death Penalty
- Death Penalty Foes Boo Pennsylvania Governor, by Paul Wright
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Crime and Punishment in America, by Paul Wright
- From the Hole to the Street, by Laurie Bembenek
- Prison Press Reviews, by Paul Wright
- Prison Slave Labor in the U.S., by Joe Mowish
- Article Clarification
More from these topics:
- Sixth Circuit Holds Dismissal Not Automatic When Plaintiff Simultaneously Files Same Claims in State Court, Aug. 1, 2025. Retaliation, Court Access, Grievances, Mail.
- Class-Action Suit at BOP “Rape Club” in California Settled for Record $116 Million, July 15, 2025. Staff-Prisoner Assault, DOC/BOP misconduct, Settlements, Injunctions, Class Actions.
- Preliminary Injunction Issued Against Milwaukee Jail’s Mail Policy in HRDC Suit, July 15, 2025. Injunctions, Censorship, First Amendment, Prison Mail, Legitimate Penological Interests, Reasonably Related to Legitimate Penological Interest.
- Rhode Island Supreme Court Announces Indigent First-Time Applicant for Postconviction Relief Entitled to Counsel Even When Not Requested; Superior Court Must Determine Whether Applicant Intended to Waive Right to Counsel and Whether Done Knowingly, Vol, May 15, 2025. Appointment of Counsel, Counsel - Right to, Counsel - Constructive denial of.
- BOP Jettisons Transgender Offender Manual, May 1, 2025. Injunctions, Banned Book Lists, Discrimination (Transgender), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- Colorado Supreme Court Announces When Deciding Defendant’s Pro Se Motion Requesting Counsel on Postconviction Review, Trial Court Must Either Deny Entire Motion or Permit All Claims If Any Have Arguable Merit, Dec. 15, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, After Request for Counsel, Pro Se Issues.
- $25 Million Contempt Fine Prompts Release of Pretrial Detainees from Philadelphia Lockups, Dec. 15, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Bail/Pretrial Release, Fines.
- Seventh Circuit Lets BOP Restrict Access to Federal Register from Prison in Illinois, Dec. 15, 2024. Court Access, Administrative Procedures Act (State), Bureau of Prisons (BOP).
- Indigent Defense: Appointed Counsel Does Not Mean Free Counsel, Dec. 1, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, Indigent Defense, Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses.
- In Oregon Case, Ninth Circuit Limits Pretrial Detention Without Counsel to Seven Days, Nov. 15, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, Pretrial Detention and Detainees, Speedy Trial Clock - Tolling of.