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Prison Litigation Reform Act : Survey of Post-Reform Act Prisoners' Civil Rights Cases.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civil procedure.
- Civil rights.
- Courts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 pages) : digital, PDF file
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1997.
- System Details:
- System requirements: PDF reader software.
- text file
- Summary:
- Summarizes provisions of P.L. 104-134, the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) of 1996, which revises procedures for Federal civil rights cases filed by prisoners and limits Federal court authority to remedy prison conditions that violate prisoner rights. Surveys cases decided under PLRA and recent non-PLRA cases concerning prisoner civil rights.
- Notes:
- CRS Report.
- Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
- Other Format:
- Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Prison Litigation Reform Act
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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