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Youth in Washington Prisons Challenge Lack of Education
Loaded on July 15, 1998
by David C Fathi
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1998, page 3
by David C. Fathi
Filed under:
Federal Statutory Law,
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
Education (Juveniles).
Location:
Washington.
Youth incarcerated in the Washington Department of Corrections (WDOC) are challenging the state's failure to provide them with basic and special education, as required by state and federal law.
The lawsuit, Tunstall v. Bergeson , was filed in state court on November 21, 1997, and certified ...
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