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New Jersey Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Barring Women Prisoners at Men’s Prison
Loaded on Jan. 15, 2009
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2009, page 46
Filed under:
Gender Discrimination -- Women,
Exercise,
Prisoner Privileges,
Education,
Preliminary Injunctions/TRO's,
Class Certification.
Location:
New Jersey.
New Jersey Court Enters Preliminary Injunction Barring Women Prisoners at Men’s Prison
A New Jersey Superior Court has issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits prison officials from transferring women prisoners to the New Jersey State Prison (NJSP), a men’s maximum-security facility. The Court also entered orders certifying the lawsuit as ...
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