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Franklin Reversed; DC Prisoners Have No Right to Qualified Interpreters
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1999, page 17
The court of appeals for the D. C. Circuit held that Spanish-speaking prisoners have no right to qualified interpreters at parole hearings, disciplinary hearings, or for medical and mental health treatment.
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Disciplinary Hearings,
Interpreters (Disciplinary Hearings),
Parole,
Interpreters.
Location:
Washington.
Spanish-speaking prisoners in the District of Columbia (District) prison system filed suit under 42 U.S. C. § 1983, alleging ...
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