NCJ Number
38319
Journal
Tennessee Law Review Volume: 43 Issue: 2 Dated: (WINTER 1976) Pages: 275-306
Date Published
1976
Length
31 pages
Annotation
THIS 1971 SUPREME COURT DECISION HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT IN ITS EFFECTS ON CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS AND IN ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE SHARP ACCELERATION IN PRISON LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAMS.
Abstract
THE DECISION, WHICH DECLARED A STATE LAW BANNING JAILHOUSE LAWYERS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, WAS SHOWN BY A SURVEY OF PRISON OFFICIALS TO BE WELL UNDERSTOOD. THE HIGH RATE OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE MANDATE OF THE SUPREME COURT, BOTH IN TERMS OF ABOLISHING RULES AND REGULATIONS PROHIBITING MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AMONG INMATES AND IN TERMS OF MAKING EFFORTS TO SEEK A REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE OF IMPROVED INMATE LEGAL-SERVICES PROGRAMS, CLEARLY INDICATES THAT JOHNSON V. AVERY HAS EXERTED A MAJOR INFLUENCE UPON THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF CORRECTIONAL AUTHORITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)