U.S. Appeals Court: JUVENILES EDUCATIONAL.

• Position: Prisoners and prisons - Brief Article

Brian B. ex rel. Lois B. v. Corn. Dept. of Educ., 230 F.3d 582(3rd Cir. 2000). School-aged youths brought a class action challenging a Pennsylvania statute which limits the education available to youths convicted as adults and incarcerated in adult, county correctional facilities, but not those incarcerated in state facilities. The district court denied a preliminary injunction and the plaintiffs appealed. The appeals court affirmed, finding that the statute had rational bases, so that the...