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New Mexico Lawyers Entitled to Jail Visiting, Phone and Records Access
Loaded on March 15, 2003
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2004, page 38
Filed under:
Attorney Client,
Settlements,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Discovery,
Attorney Calls,
Mental Health,
Attorney Visits.
Location:
New Mexico.
A New Mexico federal district court has entered a preliminary injunction that enjoins jail officials from prohibiting class counsel from having access to the jail, its prisoners and staff, its records, and from imposing time limits on telephone calls to lawyers by prisoners. This is a class action suit that …
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