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Con Awarded $1,500 For Inadequate Book Access
Loaded on July 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1992, page 5
A prisoner housed in a maximum security building at a Delaware prison filed a lawsuit challenging the adequacy of the legal resources available to him. The court found the legal resources provided constitutionally inadequate and awarded him $750 in compensatory and $750 in punitive damages, as well as attorneys' fees. …
Filed under:
Attorney Fee Awards,
Court Access,
Law Library Access/Adequacy,
Paralegals,
Injunctions.
Location:
Delaware.
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