Exploiting Prisoners: Precedent, Technology, and the Promise of Access to Justice

Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 12(1)

Stetson University College of Law Research Paper No. 2022-3

41 Pages Posted: 16 Aug 2021 Last revised: 14 Jul 2022

Date Written: August 13, 2021

Abstract

This article examines the legal evolution of access to information for incarcerated litigants and the role that access to the internet, libraries, and “ownership” of the law play in providing access to the Courts under decades of precedent. It then discusses the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence regarding the way technology has changed American behavior, including access to the internet, and how that significant shift in behavior is impacting incarcerated litigants. It concludes by offering a hopeful – and significantly more fair – approach to providing inmates access the courts and, therefore, true access to justice, without exploiting them in the process.

Keywords: technology, access to justice, criminal law, prisoners, net neutrality, precedent

Suggested Citation

Chase, Ashley Krenelka, Exploiting Prisoners: Precedent, Technology, and the Promise of Access to Justice (August 13, 2021). Wake Forest Journal of Law and Policy 12(1), Stetson University College of Law Research Paper No. 2022-3, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3904859 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3904859

Ashley Krenelka Chase (Contact Author)

Stetson University - College of Law ( email )

1401 61st Street South
Gulfport, FL 33707
United States

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