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Jail's Access To Courts Program, Visitation Policies Unconstitutional

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held, among other things, that the
access to courts program and certain visitation policies of a Texas county
jail were unconstitutional.

In 1976, prisoners housed in McLennan County's "old jail" (built in the
1950's) brought a class action in the U.S. District Court ...

 

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