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Florida DOC Offers Settlement
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1991
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1991, page 4
In 1988 the Florida Justice Institute filed a class action suit on behalf of PC (Protective Custody) prisoners. The suit challenges the fact that PCs aren't allowed to work, thus can't earn good time which extends their prison sentence; are locked down 23 hours a day, can't smoke, exercise, etc. ...
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