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| Typewriter ban complaint |
| By Reno Gazette-Journal |
| Published: 08/11/2008 |
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NEVADA - For decades, Nevada prison inmates have tapped out their legal briefs and appealed their convictions on old typewriters perched atop shelves in their cells. But last year, corrections officials swept through the state institutions and confiscated hundreds of the portable writing machines, arguing parts could be converted into weapons. To support the new ban, they cited two incidents: one in which an inmate died and another when a [CO] was threatened. In a growing pile of lawsuits against the state and the Department of Corrections, inmates are protesting the new rule, saying officials are using the security argument as an excuse to try to slow their legal complaints about Nevada's overcrowded prisons and difficult living conditions. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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