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| File Name | S22-Policy-NCFCA-38-NEG-PLRAMental.docx |
| File Size | 56.60 KB |
| Date added | January 24, 2022 |
| Category | Policy (NCFCA) |
| Author | Vance Trefethen |
Resolved: The United States Federal Government should significantly reform its policies regarding convicted prisoners under federal jurisdiction
Case Summary: The Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) requires prisoners who are suing prison officials for mistreating them to prove physical injury to win. They can claim emotional/mental abuse as well, but it has to be related to a physical injury. AFF Plan would reform this to allow purely mental/emotional abuse lawsuits. Plan also removes the “3 Strikes” rule from PLRA. This rule bars prisoners from filing any more lawsuits if they have already had 3 lawsuits thrown out for being improper or frivolous, to discourage prisoners from filing hundreds of useless lawsuits to clog up the courts and waste everyone’s time. AFF is worried that prisoners may be denied valid lawsuits simply because of minor paperwork errors.