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Waupun Law Library Declared Unconstitutional
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1992
by Adrian Lomax
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1992, page 2
By Adrian Lomax
Filed under:
Court Access,
Prisoner Legal Assistance,
Law Library Access/Adequacy.
Location:
Wisconsin.
In the late 1980's, administrators at Waupun, Wisconsin's largest prison, devised a grand scheme to increase the difficulties facing any prisoner attempting to vindicate his rights in court. In May, 1988, the keep disbanded the Paralegal Base Committee (PBC), an organization made up of inmate paralegals who ...
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- Challenging Prison Censorship, by Paul Wright
- Five Boot Camp Guards Fired
- Waupun Law Library Declared Unconstitutional, by Adrian Lomax
- Wash. DOC Given $15 Million
- Cell Searches States Claim
- Disciplinary Hearing Must Rely on Preponderance of Evidence
- Guard Liable for Not Stopping Beating by Other Guards
- Outside Strip Search Constitutes Excessive Force
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Prisoner Entitled to Receive Medication
- Habeas Corpus Book
- Prisoner Rights Directory
- Killer Cops Whine About "Cop Killer", by Paul Wright
- Guard Killed - MANCI Madness, by John Perotti
- Uprising at Military Prison, by Carolyn Dock
- State Must Store Excess Property
- Prisoner Fined for Frivolous Suit
- Cons Entitled to Minimum Wage, by Adrian Lomax
- Telephone Announcements Halted
- Illinois Facing Prison Crisis
- Tom Manning Moved to Marion
- Seeking Jailhouse Lawyers?, by Gerald Mose
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- Stunning Revelations, Feb. 15, 1997
- Prison Labor and Private Profit, Nov. 15, 1996
- Old Friends Only, Nov. 15, 1995
- Police, Death and Inquests, Aug. 15, 1995
- Prison TV: Aid and Comfort to the Enemy, June 15, 1995
- Tommy's Jobs Program, May 15, 1995
- A Bunch of Scumbags, Dec. 15, 1993
- Report from the Hole, Nov. 15, 1993
- Supreme Court Strikes Blow Against Attorney Fees, March 15, 1993
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