Testimony of Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the ACLU National Prison Project
November 8, 2007
Testimony of:
Elizabeth Alexander, Director of the ACLU National Prison Project
The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security
“Review of the Prison Litigation Reform Act: A Decade of Reform or and Increase in Prison Abuses?”
November 8, 2007
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