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Prison Litigation Reform Act: An Overview (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date May 30, 1996
Report Number 96-513
Report Type Report
Authors Dorothy Schrader, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Prison Litigation Reform Act, Public Law 104-134, effective April 26, 1996, makes major procedural and substantive changes in the federal civil rights of prisoners in federal or state custody. This report reviews the historical background of prisoner civil rights law, and summarizes and analyzes the Reform Act.