Publication sues Miss. to get prison phone records

From Sunshine Review

March 11, 2009

[edit] Publication sues Miss. to get prison phone records

"A legal magazine dealing with prison issues has sued the Mississippi Department of Corrections for access to records of contracts with a prison telephone service provider.

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Hinds County Chancery Court.

Prison Legal News, a nonprofit monthly publication that reports on prison issues nationwide, claimed MDOC refused to provide a copy of its contract with Global Tel-Link as part of a research article on prison telephone services. "

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