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# O.C.G.A. § 42-12-1. Short title.

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996.”

## History

Code 1981, § 42-12-1, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 400, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For review of 1996 prison litigation reform legislation, see 13 Ga. U. L. Rev. 280 (1996).

For article, “You’re Out!: Three Strikes Against the PLRA’s Three Strikes Rule,” see 57 Ga. L. Rev. 779 (2023).