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Mississippi Juvenile Legal Access Class Action Settled
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2005, page 30
On January 12, 2005, Mississippi settled a class action suit challenging a policy at the Colombia Training School (CTS) which severely limited residents' access to legal counsel.
Filed under:
Attorney Client,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Court Access,
Attorney Visits.
Location:
Mississippi.
CTS is a co-ed juvenile detention facility in Mississippi. The residents range in age from 10-18 years old. CTS was the subject of ...
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