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Lawsuits Filed Over South Dakota Replacing Prison Law Libraries with Tablets

Loaded on Jan. 8, 2019 by Derek Gilna published in Prison Legal News January, 2019, page 20
Filed under: Computers, Law Library Access/Adequacy, Americans with Disabilities Act, Internet. Location: South Dakota.

by Derek Gilna

Two federal lawsuits were filed by South Dakota prisoners in May and June 2018 against the state Department of Corrections (DOC) over the introduction of tablet computers to replace prison law libraries and paralegals and attorneys who assist prisoners. Billed as a cost-saving measure, the tablets are ...

 

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