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Crimes Against Prisoners

Fourteen years after Prison Legal News sued the U.S. Bureau of Prisons for thousands of documents about sexual assaults and other crimes against prisoners, a federal judge awarded the monthly publication $420,000 in legal fees, in addition to the records.

WASHINGTON — Fourteen years after Prison Legal News sued the U.S. Bureau of Prisons for thousands of documents about sexual assaults and other crimes against prisoners, a federal judge awarded the monthly publication $420,000 in legal fees, in addition to the records.

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