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Chain Gangs Challenged in Court
Loaded on Sept. 15, 1995
published in Prison Legal News
September, 1995, page 10
In the July, 1995, PLN, we reported that the state of Alabama had reintroduced chain gangs to its prison system on May 3, 1995. We did not give much attention to the issue because it has received enormous media coverage, most of it rather sensationalistic. What the mainstream media has ...
Filed under:
Prison Labor,
Chain Gangs,
Escapes,
Conditions of Confinement,
Failure to Protect (General),
Restraints.
Locations:
Arizona,
Michigan.
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