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$750 to Washington State Prisoner in Mailroom/Public Records Suit
Loaded on Dec. 7, 2017
by Lonnie Burton
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Public Records,
Freedom of Information Act,
Public Records Act.
Location:
Washington.
by Lonnie Burton
On September 25, 2016, the state of Washington finalized a settlement agreement with a prisoner who had sued for public records act violations and for improper prison mail rejections. The parties agreed to a $750 payment to dismiss the suit, an amount which will be …
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