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A Pursuit of Prisoners’ Health and Safety A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU’s National Prison Project
Loaded on March 15, 2008
by Todd Matthews
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2008, page 26
A Pursuit of Prisoners' Health and Safety: A conversation with Elizabeth Alexander, director of the ACLU's National Prison Project
Filed under:
Crime,
Overcrowding,
Appointment of Counsel,
Attorney Fees (PLRA),
Consent Decrees (PLRA),
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA),
Filing Fees (PLRA),
Frivolous Litigation (PLRA),
Physical Injury Rule,
Injunctions (PLRA),
Prisoner Privileges,
Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
Location:
United States of America.
by Todd Matthews
Thirty-seven years ago, Elizabeth Alexander graduated from Yale Law School and planned to enter the field of welfare law. When her husband was offered a teaching job Madison, …
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