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$59,177 in Damages and Fees Awarded in Georgia Braille Suit

Loaded on June 15, 2000 published in Prison Legal News June, 2000, page 9
Filed under: Blind Prisoners, Conditions of Confinement, Reading Materials, Attorney Fee Awards, Writing Implements, Damages, Americans with Disabilities Act. Location: Georgia.
On April 15, 1999, a federal district court in Georgia issued a directed verdict awarding a blind Georgia state prisoner $2,000 in damages. Eddy Stephens, a blind prisoner, was denied access to braile books and writing instruments. He was also not allowed to take prison vocational courses due to his ...

 

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