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Loaded on Feb. 15, 2013 by Paul Wright published in Prison Legal News February, 2013, page 8
Filed under: Editorials, Telephones, Telephone Rates, Mail Regulations, PLN Litigation. Location: United States of America.
I would like to thank everyone who has donated to the Human Rights Defense Center/Prison Legal News annual fundraiser. As of mid-January 2013 we had raised a little over $29,000 of our $60,000 goal to continue the Campaign for Prison Phone Justice, and still need more support to be able …

 

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