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How the Florida DOC Circumvents Prisoners' Rights to Meaningful Access to the Courts
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1996
by Van Poyck, William
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1996, page 1
by William Van Poyck and Enrique J. Diaz
Filed under:
Court Access,
Prisoner Legal Assistance,
Law Library Access/Adequacy.
Location:
Florida.
Although prisoners' constitutional right to meaningful access to the courts has been clearly established for almost three decades, the Florida DOC continues to evade and circumvent their constitutional obligation to accord prisoners their rights by employing blatantly unconstitutional rules and policies. Florida ...
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