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Michigan DOC Held in Contempt in Court Access Case

Loaded on Aug. 15, 1997 published in Prison Legal News August, 1997, page 18
Filed under: Court Access, Contempt (Civil Procedure), Consent Decrees. Location: Michigan.
A federal district court in Michigan found the Michigan DOC to be in contempt of previous court orders and a consent decree governing court access and programming opportunities for women prisoners. The case began as a class action suit filed by women prisoners in 1977. Since then there have been ...

 

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