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Muslims Entitled to Prayer Oils
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1992, page 6
Three Michigan state prisoners at the Jackson State Prison filed suit under section 1983 claiming that a policy banning all use of prayer oils to Muslim prisoners violated their first amendment rights. The district court appointed counsel to represent the prisoners. Both parties moved for summary judgement and the district …
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- Status of Reformatory Crowding Litigation, by Ed Mead
- Grievance Standards Changed
- Overcrowding and Violence in Washington State, by Ed Mead
- Parolees Have a Right to Bodily Privacy
- Transferred Con Has Right to Books of Sending State
- Prisoners Have Right to Privacy in Their Mail
- Medication Must Be Delivered in Timely Manner
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- State Judges Can Be Sued for Injunctive Relief in Federal Court
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- Editorial, by Ed Mead
- Committee Formed to Defend Abimael Guzman
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