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Hearing set in prison razor challenge
By gadsdentimes.com
Published: 11/26/2014

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge has set a February hearing in state inmates' request to change the way razor blades are distributed in Alabama prisons.

Five inmates requested a preliminary injunction. They say Alabama allows inmates with mental illness to have essentially unlimited access to razor blades.

Lawyers said one inmate cut his wrists five times over a period of seven months. They said another cut herself four times in one month, including twice in suicide watch.

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