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Local Officials Tell Prisoners: "You don't live here"
Many prison town officials are quick to claim prisoners as residents when the Census Bureau comes to town, but prisoners report that this is the only time these officials are so welcoming.
The Census Bureau counts the nation's mostly urban prisoners as if they were residents of the prison town. ...
The Census Bureau counts the nation's mostly urban prisoners as if they were residents of the prison town. ...
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- The Complicity of Judges in Wrongful Convictions, by Hans Sherrer
- Washington Persistent Prison Misbehavior Statute Upheld
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- Federal DNA Statute Not Challengeable in Criminal Appeal
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Texas Boot Camp Denied Immunity for Ignoring Serious Medical Needs
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- No Qualified Immunity for Florida Jail Guards in Prisoner Murder
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- Rape of Women Prisoners Rampant in Ohio, by Michael Rigby
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- California Prison Guards Organize to Sue Assaultive Prisoners
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- California Guard's Obscene Behavior Towards Prisoner Is Actionable, by Marvin Mentor
- California No-Parole-Policy Suits For Damages And Injunctive Relief Fail, by John E Dannenberg
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- Permanent Injunction Against California Book Ordering Restrictions Affirmed, by John E Dannenberg
- Georgia Sheriff as "Arm of the State" Entitled to Eleventh Amendment Immunity, by Bob Williams
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- Tenth Circuit Holds Prisoner Has Burden Under PLRA To Plead Administrative Exhaustion, by John E Dannenberg
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- Mailbox Rule Applied To Administrative Forfeiture Proceeding, by Bob Williams
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