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Arizona DOC Paralegal Fraud: Law Libraries Closed, Replaced by Scam Artists

Loaded on Oct. 15, 1998 by Dan Pens published in Prison Legal News October, 1998, page 1
Filed under: Contractor Misconduct, DOC/BOP misconduct, Court Access, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Paralegals. Location: Arizona.
One year ago this month, PLN reported that 34 Arizona prison law libraries were permanently closed and replaced with visiting paralegals under contract with the state. [See: "Experiment in Access: Law Libraries Eliminated in Arizona Prisons" PLN , Vol. 8 No. 10]. The "experiment in access'' recently exploded in the …

 

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