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California Jail Ordered to Restore Attorney-Client Contact Visits
Loaded on July 6, 2016
by Derek Gilna
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2016, page 41
Filed under:
Jail Misconduct,
Jail Specific,
Attorney Client,
Attorney Visits.
Location:
California.
The Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada County, California changed its rules in 2013 to prohibit defense attorneys from having contact visits with their clients, allegedly due to security and cost concerns. Several prisoners filed suit, and a superior court ruled against the county and reinstated the contact visits. The ...
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