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| Prisoners Drop Lawsuit Over Book Access |
| By sfgate.com |
| Published: 04/22/2010 |
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(04-21) 15:28 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Inmates who sued the state in 1966 seeking access to law books to challenge their convictions and disciplinary violations have finally dropped their case now that state law requires prisons to stock legal research material in their libraries. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of San Francisco lifted an injunction last week that another judge had imposed in 1972 ordering California prisons to give inmates access to specific case books and legal information that they need to gain access to the courts. The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation adopted rules in December that provide the same access and entitle all inmates to visit prison law libraries. Lawyers for the prisoners agreed that they no longer needed the federal suit and could ask state judges to enforce the new rules if necessary. "Prisoners use the law libraries often, and they use them to good effect," said attorney Alison Hardy of the nonprofit Prison Law Office, which has represented the inmates since the late 1990s. Read More. |
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