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Court Access in Massachusetts DDU Challenged
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1996, page 21
Afederal district court in Massachusetts expressed severe reservations about the court access afforded to prisoners confined in that state's control unit, or Departmental Disciplinary Unit (DDU). Manuel Ferreira was placed in the DDU after being infracted for allegedly leading a group demonstration. He filed suit on several issues relating to ...
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