The PLRA (42 USC § 1997e [a]) provides: "No action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under section 1983 of this title, or any other Federal law, by a prisoner confined in any jail, prison, or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted."
The statute is designed to reduce the amount of prisoner litigation, filter out at least some of the frivolous claims, facilitate the adjudication of cases that...
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