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PLRA Three Strikes Applicable to Halfway House “Prisoner”

In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has decided that detention in a halfway house, as a condition of mandatory supervision stemming from a criminal conviction, satisfies the definition of “prisoner” under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). As such, the PLRA’s ...

 

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