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PRESTON v. FORD

378 F.Supp. 729 (1974)

John Brenton PRESTON, Plaintiff, v. Wendell FORD, Governor, Commonwealth of Kentucky, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Kentucky, Lexington Division.

August 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Brenton Preston, pro se.

Ed Hancock, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

SWINFORD, District Judge.

John Brenton Preston seeks to proceed in forma pauperis in this civil rights "class" action attacking Kentucky provisions foreclosing a "work release program" for inmates. The plaintiff, who is confined in a minimum security institution, argues that the wages paid incarcerated convicts are "inherently unfair", and that the unavailability of work release programs violates the...

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