Broward County inmates sue to stop libraries closing.(News in Brief)

Two jail inmates in Broward County, Florida, filed suit July 15 to prevent Sheriff Ken Jenne from shutting down the law libraries in the county's jails and replacing them with an online service.

Jenne began planning earlier this year to convert the law libraries at the county's five jails into online systems for an annual savings of about $150,000, the Miami Herald reported July 16. Rather than conduct their own research, inmates would be allowed to submit one written request for legal research per week. The research would be conducted by sheriffs office employees who have received 18 hours of training in legal research. Inmates …