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Parolee's Jail Rights Discussed
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1996
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1996, page 19
The court of appeals for the fifth circuit addressed, for the first time ever, the question of what rights are retained by a parolee who is charged with a crime and is also held on a detainer. Steven Hamilton was on parole for various sex offenses when he was arrested …
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Totality of Conditions,
Jail Specific,
Parole.
Location:
Texas.
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