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Standard for Modifying Consent Decrees Explained

Standard For Modifying Consent Decrees Explained

In 1976 prisoners in the Hamilton County, OH, jail filed suit challenging their conditions of confinement. The parties entered into a consent decree which settled all claims. Within five weeks of the decree's entry, in 1985, the jail's population began to exceed its design ...

 

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