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Georgia Jail Prisoner’s Lawsuit Over Mail Censorship Settled for $18,000
Loaded on April 10, 2019
by Matthew Clarke
by Matt Clarke
A Georgia county agreed to settle a jail prisoner’s lawsuit over censorship of mail and media and other issues at the Gwinnett County Detention Center after a federal magistrate recommended that it be allowed to proceed.
Adam Garber was a prisoner at the jail when, according to ...
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