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Access to the courts can be hard for people who are incarcerated unless they have an attorney.
Some prisoners choose to represent themselves. Others only get to see their attorneys infrequently and rely on correspondence to keep in touch. In 2003, the Saline County Sheriff's office announced they were no longer going to allow jail staff to act as notary publics to inmates. A notary public is a form of official witness that's required on many legal documents. The Sheriff's office said the inmates' attorneys would have to provide the notary service, yet many prisoners either did not have an attorney or did not see their attorney often, since the Public Defender for Saline County was responsible for covering three large rural counties simultaneously and simply couldn't visit every week. ACLU Nebraska pledge to file suit, but the case was resolved prior to legal action; the Saline County Sheriff restored notary public service to all inmates.
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