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Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood
Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood
by Margo Schlanger*
The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA),1 enacted in 1996 as part of the Newt Gingrich “Contract with America,”2 is now as old as some prisoners. In the year after the statute’s passage, some commenters labeled it ...
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- Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood, by Margo Schlanger
- Guard Admits Guilt, but Lawsuit Dismissed against Jail Supervisors, by Derek Gilna
- Report on Prosecutorial Coercion in Obtaining Drug Pleas, by Derek Gilna
- Sesame Street Creates Muppet with Father in Jail, by Christopher Zoukis
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- Digital Darkness and Silence for Sex Offenders in the Information Age, by Andrew Extein
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- Michigan to Accommodate Religious Rights of Muslim Prisoners, by David Reutter
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More from Margo Schlanger:
- Narrowing the Remedial Gap: Damages for Disability Discrimination in Outsourced Federal Programs, May 1, 2021
- Trends in Prisoner Litigation, as the PLRA Enters Adulthood, Sept. 28, 2015
- Preserving the Rule of Law in America’s Jails and Prisons: The Case for Amending the Prison Litigation Reform Act, July 15, 2009
- Jail Strip-Search Cases: Patterns and Participants, April 15, 2009
- BEYOND THE HERO JUDGE: INSTITUTIONAL REFORM LITIGATION AS LITIGATION, April 15, 2009
- National Prison Reform Commission Begins Work, April 15, 2009
- Operationalizing Deterrence: Claims Management (In Hospitals, a Large Retailer, and Jails and Prisons), April 15, 2009
- The Political Economy of Prison and Jail Litigation, June 15, 2007
- National Prison Reform Commission Started, Aug. 15, 2005
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