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Prisoner Awarded $75 after Magazine Withheld

On February 8, 2001, the Honorable Sally Shushan, U.S. Magistrate Judge, awarded a prisoner $75 in compensatory damages after jail officials refused to provide the prisoner with a magazine.

While incarcerated at the St. John Correctional Center in Louisiana, Leo Schwartz was denied access to his "Prisoner Self-Help Manual," a ...

 

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