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NY - Inmates' rights protected - Middletown lawyers win statewide guarantees

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View the article here 11/12/2008 By Oliver Mackson - Times Herald-Record ALBANY ? Two Middletown lawyers have reached an agreement with the state attorney general that will change the way state prison inmates receive sex-offender counseling. The lawyers, civil rights specialists Robert Isseks and Alex Smith, represent prisoners throughout the state who are covered by a 7-year-old class action lawsuit, which was filed in U.S. District Court in Albany. The suit accused the state Department of Correctional Services of coercing confessions from inmates who participated in the Sex Offender Counseling Program. - Happens all the time, across the country! The program leads to credits for "good time," meaning it can speed an inmate's freedom. But it required an inmate to admit to a sex crime, even if the inmate hadn't made such an admission in court...continue to full post

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