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Racial Discrimination in Prison Challenged
Loaded on Jan. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
January, 1992, page 2
Racial Discrimination In Prison Challenged
Filed under:
Racial Discrimination,
Prison Labor,
Civil Procedure,
Mootness,
Supervisory Liability.
Location:
New York.
New York's Elmira Correctional Facility is plagued by racism toward prisoners in the areas of job placement, housing assignments, and discipline, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York held. Relying on both anecdotal and statistical evidence, the court found that whites ...
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