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VILLANOVA ANNUAL LAW REVIEW SYMPOSIUM, 7TH PRISONERS' RIGHTS AND THE CORRECTIONAL SCHEME - THE LEGAL CONTROVERSY AND PROBLEMS OF IMPLEMENTATION INTRODUCTION

NCJ Number
7481
Journal
Villanova Law Review Volume: 16 Issue: 6 Dated: (AUGUST 1971) Pages: 1088-1118
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1971
Length
31 pages
Annotation
THE SALIENT PORTIONS OF TWO PANEL DISCUSSIONS WHICH WERE HELD AT A PENNSYLVANIA SYMPOSIUM ON PRISONERS RIGHTS AND PRISON ADMINISTRATION.
Abstract
THE PANELISTS TALKED ABOUT A WIDE VARIETY OF LEGAL ISSUES IN PRISON ADMINISTRATION, SUCH AS CENSORSHIP OF MAIL AND READING MATERIALS, THE JUDICIAL ROLE IN THE SUPERVISION OF PRISONS, PAROLE HEARINGS AND DUE PROCESS, AND PRISONER GRIEVANCES. FOR THE TEXTS OF THE WORKING PAPERS WHICH THESE PANELISTS DELIVERED TO THE SYMPOSIUM, SEE NCJ- 007482 THROUGH NCJ- 007487.