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Georgia Inmate Welfare Fund Consent Decree Terminated Under PLRA
Loaded on Oct. 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2008, page 43
Georgia Inmate Welfare Fund Consent Decree Terminated Under PLRA
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals has ordered a Georgia federal district court to terminate a permanent plan for charitable donations from the Inmate Welfare Fund at the Glynn County Detention Center (GCDC). The matter was before the Eleventh Circuit after ...
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