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Justice Dept. to Take Back Higher Inmate Limits
Loaded on Feb. 15, 1992
by Ronald J Ostrow
published in Prison Legal News
February, 1992, page 7
Justice Dept. To Take Back Higher Inmate Limits
Filed under:
Conditions of Confinement,
Overcrowding,
Consent Decrees.
Location:
United States of America.
By Ronald J. Ostrow, Los Angeles Times
From: Seattle Times, January 15, 1992
Agency taking hard-line position on crowded prisons
WASHINGTON - Outlining a major policy shift, Attorney General William Barr said yesterday that the Department of Justice will be "receptive" to …
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