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Deaf Inmates Certified as Class
Loaded on July 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1992, page 3
Doris Clarkson is a deaf New York state prisoner who filed suit under 42 U.S.C. F 1983 because the women's prison at Bedford Hills, New York, lacked any type of facilities for deaf prisoners. At this point in the legal process the case primarily involves procedural issues, such as class …
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