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[Bold] 20 years is enough: Time to repeal the Prison
Litigation Reform Act [Bold]
[Italic] Professor Margo Schlagers data shows how the Prison Litigation Reform Act
closed the courthouse door on incarcerated people seeking protection of their civil
rights. [Italic]
by Meredith Booker, May 5, 2016
The Prison Litigation Reform Act, which made it much harder for incarcerated people to file
and win civil rights lawsuits in federal court, was a key part of the Clinton-era prison boom.
It turned 20 years old last week.
Law Professor Margo Schlanger has an important article using 40 years of court and
imprisonment data to explore the impact of Prison Litigation Reform Act on incarcerated
people's access to the courts:
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