In what may be a trend in the future, the Blair County Law Library in Hollidaysburg, Pennsyvania is considering converting its prison law library into an electronic one. For more on the story, click here.
Category: Jail Law Library
Prisoner Access in Bergen County
From NorthJersey.com: Bergen jail first to provide online legal aid in cells. “Bergen officials say theirs is the first jail in the nation to provide laptops to inmates….”
Law Library Usage as Evidence in Criminal Case
An article from today’s Bridgeton News (NJ), How many killers?: “The state presented witnesses Thursday to counter the defense’s argument that Boston is mentally disabled, and because of this, was easily coerced into making incriminating statements to detectives.” The Jail Law Librarian testified that the defendant “used the jail library 17 times while he was being lodged there between 2004 and 2007.” [drc]