Prisoner Civil Rights
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Striking Out of Federal Court: Heck Dismissals are now PLRA Strikes in the Fourth Circuit
By Alex Gracia As of September 16, 2024, indigent prisoner-plaintiffs in North Carolina must be weary when their civil… Read More
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Can Prisoners Challenge the Conditions of their Confinement Through a Writ of Habeas Corpus?
By Max Anthony On September 26, 2022, thousands of prisoners across the state of Alabama launched a labor strike in… Read More
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U.S. Jails & Prisons Poorly Positioned to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
By Amanda Manzano The rapid spread of COVID-19 has disrupted business as usual across the globe and created a “new… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Prisoners’ Complaint for Mootness
By John Van Swearingen On March 24, 2017, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the prisoner civil rights… Read More