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Illinois DOC Violates Court Access Rights
Loaded on June 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
June, 1996, page 13
A federal district court in Illinois held that the Illinois DOC violates the rights of segregated prisoners by requiring them to rely on a "runner system" in order to do legal research and litigate their claims. In a lengthy post trial ruling examining court access practices at five maximum security ...
Filed under:
Court Access,
Prisoner Legal Assistance,
Law Library Access/Adequacy,
Interpreters.
Location:
Illinois.
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